Workshops 2026

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅/𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔/𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍/𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔. We utilize the somatic practices of contact improvisation, improvisational dance, authentic movement, visionary craniosacral, bodywork, breath work and interaction with nature to support this voyage of 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔. -------- Alicia Grayson and Sabine Parzer as they describe their teaching methods, influences and the process: Short version (3 mins): https://youtu.be/gxH12xCpteM?si=XFtFfNewz4v3wBvX Deeper Discussion (28 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1AUwuzhNzo -------- We will explore the play between the 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄/𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆/𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈. We open a space for healing and nurturing the unseen, unknown and secret places within the Self and celebrate 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. We use dance and related techniques to let the bodies speak, to physicalize content and to embody wisdom from within. Meditations and visualizations clarify our intent, bodywork and somatic investigations support our integration. We work with solo, partnering and group processes. The workshop is within a frame of the context of our larger lives and connects with deeper longings that yearn to be known and manifested. We will give tools and practices to take the insights and discoveries of the workshop back into our lives. -------- 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒐𝒏 Alicia has been passionately involved with dancing, teaching and performing Contact Improvisation for the past 36 years. She has taught CI as an adjunct faculty at George Washington University, University of Denver, Naropa University and Shenandoah University. She teaches CI classes in Boulder, CO, and regularly travels nationally and internationally to teach. Her long time practices of authentic movement, yoga and pilates and her love of nature are important influences on her dancing and teaching. She facilitates somatically based transformational workshops, teaches yoga and pilates and works with individuals in-person and online. She is a certified Hakomi therapist, certified perinatal somatic attachment therapist, certified Feminine Power transformational coach and facilitator and certified Biodynamic Breath and Trauma Release practitioner. She delights in exploring and discovering new depths to contact improvisation and related disciplines and is particularly interested in the intersection of physics and expression and the mind/body relationship. She is dedicated to supporting her fellow humans to be the most amazing embodied beings that we are! 𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒛𝒆𝒓 Is head and founder of the Holistic Dance Institute (founded 2010), she has been recognized as a Master Somatic Movement Educator by ISMETA. The Holistic Dance Institute is an ISMETA accredited institute and offers professional Teachers Trainings and Advanced Teachers Trainings. In 2012 Sabine co-created the Contact Festival Austria, for which she served as the artistic director of until 2017. Her professional experience spans over 35 years of teaching, performing, choreographing and researching in the USA, Canada, Europe, Russia, Israel and Brazil. Sabine has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College Chicago in Modern Dance, and an education in Systemische und Integrative Bewegungslehre® (an extended Feldenkrais® Training). Her in-depth practice of Contact Improvisation and Authentic Movement began 1997. Her ongoing trainings since 1995 in Kleintechnique, ZenBodytherapy®, Yoga, White Crane Silat, Rosen Method®, Kashmirian Massage, family constellations and Integrative Somatic Traumatherapy a.o. She is currently studying visionary Cranialsacral Work with Hugh Milne. Sabine is a dancer, choreographer, dance-pedagogue, bodyworker, organizer and author. In her Holistic Dance Institute people from all different kinds of backgrounds (such as dancers, artists, bodyworkers, social workers, coaches and psychotherapists) are trained in Holistic Dance Teachers Trainings, Advanced Teachers Trainings, Retreats, open workshops and single sessions. Her professional dance career began in Chicago, IL, in 1990, where she danced professionally in Mordine & Company Dance Theatre and in many independent productions. She was a co-founder of Loop Troop and has been presenting her choreographies and improvisational scores since 1990 in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Moscow and Vienna, amongst other cities. She has recently collaborated with film maker Krisztina Kerekes on the experimental dance film “eMBODYMe” and the documentation about her work “Interconnections”. Her latest solo “Mayya Amore” will premiere in 2024. Sabine teaches regularly at international dancefestivals such as Impulstanz Vienna, Tanzfabrik Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, Potsdamer Tanztage and has taught intensives at many international festivals such as Israeli Contact Festival, Moscow Contact Festival, Kontakt Budapest, Contact in Rio de Janeiro, Osterimprofestival Göttingen, Ibiza Contact Festival and more. Between 1999 and 2013 she was employed as dance therapist at a rehabilitation center for people after work and traffic accidents in Austria. Sabine is considered to be a pioneer of the somatic and healing dance field and is highly regarded for her humorous, down-to-earth approach in her teachings. . . . 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 Early Bird 590 euro | 22 000 thai baht (until 25 December 2025) Standard Price 620 euro | 23 100 thai baht (please apply before 31 January 2026) *see the application form for the 'first part / 6-13th Feb' option. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: https://forms.gle/ULtW4R9eannoyuaQA *Please note that this course does not include organized food or accommodation. You are welcome to reach out if you have any questions, or need advice about navigating Koh Phangan. 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 There are 2 partial scholarships available for dedicated CI practitioners/teachers/artists who are unable to pay the full price. There are 2 partial scholarships reserved for local Thai dance/movement practitioners. In case of financial difficulty, it is possible to reach out to the organizer (Alexandra Wuzyk). Please apply via the 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: https://shorturl.at/elOSW 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗘 Please note it is necessary to commit to full participation in all sessions, and to arrive on time. We recommend not to plan any other activities in the duration of this intensive in order to fully benefit from the process. 6 February opening session --------- 18:00-20:30 7, 8, 9th full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 --------- 10 February integration day --------- 11, 12, 13th full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 --------- 14 February integration day --------- 15, 16, 17 full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 --------- 18th February integration day --------- 19, 20 full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 21st closing session --------- 16:00 - 18:30 We highly recommend joining the whole duration of the course. In case this is not possible for you, it is possible to apply for only the first part (6-13th February). It is not possible to enter in the second half. . . . 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦 . 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://shorturl.at/elOSW . 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 '𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲': Short version (3 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1AUwuzhNzo Deeper Discussion (28 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1AUwuzhNzo . 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 The Practice of Embodiment - interview with Sabine Parzer https://tinyurl.com/s926huuj Conversation about Dance, Art and Life - Sabine Parzer and Alicia Grayson https://tinyurl.com/y2v3cnhs . 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲 Sabine Parzer Holistic Dance Institute https://tinyurl.com/ck8y5vaw Inter Connections https://tinyurl.com/ta4fj3t5 . 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 www.aliciagrayson.com Alicia dancing at Moab Jam https://tinyurl.com/5n965hdt . . . *Promotional photos for this workshop are from the collections by Melissa Sung (2023) and Mathieu Parent (2024) in Rhizome Springs Canada, and Oilivia Pino (2025) Koh Phangan. ------------------------------------------------ If you have further questions regarding the workshop you can reach Alexandra at +31615525238 (WA) or a.b.wuzyk@gmail.com

𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙄𝙎 𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀 𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙒? SPINE FLOW Improvisations around ̈Material for the Spine ̈ is a Movement Workshop that has toured in China, Thailand, Japan, Colombia, Russia, Ukraine, US, Germany, in cities like Shanghai, Tokyo, Bogota, Moscow, Leipzig and New York. This workshop offers an introduction to the basic principles of Material for the Spine, to develop a smoother engagement of the spine in our movements, and it proposes ways to apply this material in group, in an improvisational setting. SPINE FLOW offers somatic exercises and movement techniques to train the mobility of the human skeleton’s axis, and its interconnectivity. It proposes concrete shapes and sequences to explore the biomechanics and practical functioning of the spine in coordination with the rest of the body, specially the limbs and the head, inspired by Aikido and Taichi forms. This workshop researches the ‘Material for the Spine’ solo exercises created by Steve Paxton, creator of Contact Improvisation, focused on the functioning of the musculoskeletal system and its inner sensations, and it proposes new ways to apply them in duo and group practices. It’s an opportunity to investigate how our anatomy works, interacting with inner and outer forces, cooperating with them, training how to embody principles of stability, softness, strength, adaptability, roundness and groundedness. SPINE FLOW offers a space to investigate and embrace the movement of our body, proposing a balance of Somatics, Technique and Playfulness. 𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙄𝙎 “𝙈𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀”? Initiated more than 20 years ago, the technique Material For the Spine of Steve Paxton concentrates accumulated knowledges from his background—from the walk study to dancer experience, from Contact Improvisation exploration to the Aikido practice. “𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘐𝘈𝘓 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘌 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. (...) 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘲𝘪 𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘪. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭. “𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘐𝘈𝘓 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘌 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. (...) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘪 (...) 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 (...) 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴.” 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝙄𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍? 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗷𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 Multidisciplinary Performing Artist born in Latin America, with 9 years of experience teaching Contact Improvisation and Somatics internationally. Studied Plastic Arts & Contemporary Art at the Colombia National University; got a Master degree on Traditional Chinese Painting at the China Art Academy, with a thesis about Painting & Performance; learned Physical Theater in South Korea with the Theater Troupe Georipae; trained Butoh with the Japanese master Katsura Kan (桂勘) and learned Taichi in China with the master Zhou ZhongFu (周中福). After co-creating the first CI community in Hangzhou, China, he has toured extensively, opening workshops and laboratories on Somatics, Performance & Contact Improvisation in Japan, China, South Korea, Thailand, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Colombia and Egypt. He has performed pieces in collaboration with Contact HZ, as well as Dance & Theater pieces created by The ASK from Shanghai, the Theater Troupe Teatre Animal from Spain and the Dance Company Ingrid Olterman Dans from Sweden, performing at the India Art Fair in New Delhi, the Myriang Village Theater in South Korea, the National Grand Theater in Beijing and the Power Station of Art at the Shanghai Art Biennial. His performance practice is rooted in Contact Improvisation, with explorations on Theater, Poetry, and Music. Currently he is developing and presenting his new physical theater solo performance: ENSŌ.

✨ Contact Improvisation Foundations Workshop ✨ – with Zuza & Christina This is a 1-day workshop designed to dive into the foundations of Contact Improvisation. ⏰ 10 AM - 2 PM Register: https://forms.gle/bFHXrDwi7u7zddr66 We will engage in a series of exercises designed to build skills and techniques. Weight sharing, rolling, falling, sliding, working with centre in relation to others and how to safely fly. The special opportunity of receiving teaching from three seasoned CI teachers offers a unique opportunity to widen your movement vocabulary. Develop a heightened sense of awareness and responsiveness, allowing you to move confidently and creatively in the dance. We will be doing solo exploration, partner work, and group exercises. Open to EveryBODY and all levels of experience. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩𝙨, 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙩! 𝙒𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 😊 ------------------------------------------------------------ 👉 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁: - Hands on skills to move your own body - Technical ins and outs for safe dancing - Increased trust in non-verbal communication - Expanded movement vocabulary - Supportive and creative learning environment 🎒 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: - Comfortable clothing that allows for freedom of movement, ideally long sleeves and trousers - An open mind and a willingness to explore and connect - Water bottle 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 1500 THB Early Bird (before 18th February) 1800 THB Regular Register: https://forms.gle/bFHXrDwi7u7zddr66 Refund Policy: The ticket is non-refundable, but you can transfer it to someone else. 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀: Christina is a certified Embodiment Coach and Facilitator with a background in Aikido and a multitude of movement and somatic practices. Contact Improv has been her passion for 10 years and she started sharing classes and workshops since 2020. She loves weaving her psycho-somatic and philosophical interests into embodied explorations in a playful way. Zuzanna has explored dance since the age of 4, and trained in numerous movement practices – martial arts, ballet, yoga, modern dance, and Axis Syllabus. Passionate about the connection between body and mind, she bridges these insights in her work as a coach, IT consultant, and dance teacher. She co-organizes international CI events like the Thailand Contact & Movement Arts Festival and Warsaw CI Flow Festival. 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? Feel free to send a dm 🙂 See you on the dance floor!

Soften into touch, playfulness, stillness, and somatic practices. Contact is not just dance, but a continuous investigation on movement as a vehicle for present moment awareness, connection, creative expression, community, and self empowerment. Join us to embody the primary skills of contact, including weight sharing, counterbalance, surfing, acrobatics in low post and basic dance lifts. We also work with the creative and somatic sides of CI, through Bartenieff Fundamentals, Authentic Movement, improvising, bodywork, contemporary floorwork and much more. Ideal for anyone brand new and those who would like to brush up on their skills. No previous experience is required, however some dance or movement background is an asset. This will be our 42nd edition of Momentum, having training hundreds of new contact dancers since 2020 in Bali, Thailand, and Canada. Small class size - 14 spaces available. WHAT WE COVER DAY 1 • CI Foundations, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Contemporary Floorwook, Falling Safely, Weight Sharing, Surfing, and Table. DAY 2 • Improvisation and Play, Authentic Movement, Bodywork, History, Contact Improvisation Combos, Easy Lifts and Jam Etiquette. 📆 February 20 &22 , 2026 Friday 12:30 - 6:30 pm Sunday 12 - 6pm (1.5 hour break, 9 hours total) 📍 Koh Phangan (Location sent to participants the day before) *1 day option is available - 4 slots only (50% rate).

It is part of an ongoing Performative Arts investigation developed through the last years in workshops and performances in China, Russia, Thailand and Egypt. The proposal is to dive into our fundamental state of embodied consciousness, and from there, explore the possibilities of artistic creation in a collective movement research, sensing the state of our attention as the basic mechanism with which we enter in contact with the world. This journey is informed by the performative potential of Contact Improvisation, that goes back to its very origins, and from my own experience performing Theater, Dance and Music; approaching the performance practice simply as a process of being present and being witnessed. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙? This workshop is offered to investigate the questions that are proposed and to find together new directions of research on Improvisation and Performance, nurturing the process with elements from Physical Theater, Contact Improvisation, Authentic Movement, Mindfulness, TaiChi, and Somatics, meeting inner and outer Nature as our primal source of learning. We aim to explore the conscious attention of our body and mind, in relation with physical contact, and in relation with the empty spacetime that hold us together, the essential net that allow us to meet and create structures, movements, dances, actions, sounds and silences. The proposal is: To inquire together the relation between the matter and the emptiness, within and around. To experiment with Stillness, Movement, Composition, and Improvisation To be supported by Silence, Music, and Poetry To integrate our movement research, our state of presence, and our ability and necessity to relate with others in a Shared Space. 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔 Multidisciplinary Performing Artist born in Latin America, Colombia, with 9 years of experience teaching Contact Improvisation and Somatics internationally. Studied Plastic Arts & Contemporary Art at the Colombia National University; got a Master degree on Traditional Chinese Painting at the China Art Academy, with a thesis about Painting & Performance; learned Physical Theater in South Korea with the Theater Troupe Georipae; trained Butoh with the Japanese master Katsura Kan (桂勘) and learned Taichi in China with the master Zhou ZhongFu (周中福). After co-creating the first CI community in Hangzhou, China, he has toured extensively, opening workshops and laboratories on Somatics, Performance & Contact Improvisation in Japan, China, South Korea, Thailand, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Colombia and Egypt. He has performed pieces in collaboration with Contact HZ, as well as Dance & Theater pieces created by The ASK from Shanghai, the Theater Troupe Teatre Animal from Spain and the Dance Company Ingrid Olterman Dans from Sweden, performing at the India Art Fair in New Delhi, the Myriang Village Theater in South Korea, the National Grand Theater in Beijing and the Power Station of Art at the Shanghai Art Biennial. His performance practice is rooted in Contact Improvisation, with explorations on Theater, Poetry, and Music. Currently he is developing and presenting his new physical theater solo performance: ENSŌ.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 explores how the bodymind can reorganize toward ease, efficiency, and responsive presence. Drawing from neuromuscular repatterning, developmental pathways, and the research of the Axis Syllabus, let’s look at lightness as something composed — a deliberate orchestration of tone, timing, anatomy, and relational intelligence. The Axis Syllabus informs this work by offering tools, frameworks and resources for movement safety, adaptability, and kinetic efficiency. In this intensive training we will make perceptual inquiries into how force travels through the body, how joints spiral and self-organize, how tissues adapt under load, and how rhythm, momentum, and rebound can support sustainable pathways of motion. Within this lens, precision is not rigid; it is liberating: a way to expand possibility while decreasing unnecessary strain. "My pedagogy situates learning and research deep inside an ecology of care. It cultivates tenderness as an active method of sensing, modulating, and responding." 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜 - 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘈𝘹𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴-𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 We begin with accessible somatic explorations that introduce key Axis Syllabus principles: • functional joint mapping and supportive ranges • load distribution across bones, tissues, and connective structures • rhythmic cycles such as oscillation, rebound, and pendular momentum • tone modulation for efficiency and sustainability • interoceptive and proprioceptive clarity Through micro-movements, developmental pathways, breath-based regulation, and gentle relational tasks, we invite the neuromuscular system to re-organize toward greater adaptability and ease. 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗙𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘐 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤/𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦/𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. The second session deepens into more complex sequencing, integrating: • spiralling joint coordination and multi-directionality • elastic recoil pathways and effortless transitions • falling and recovering through biodynamic principles • solo technique informed by kinetic efficiency • Contact-based pathways of timing, support, and weight exchange • choreographic material emerging from anatomical clarity rather than imposed form We study how lightness composes in body, time and space — not by reducing mass, but by improving orientation, timing, and the traveling of force. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 • solo techniques and contact improvisation • sensory integration & perceptual accuracy • neuromuscular repatterning & tonic recalibration • biomechanics (spirals, arcs, vectors, rhythm cycles) • tissue adaptability & load management • responsive touch, shared weight & co-regulation • choreography emerging from somatic intelligence • relational movement built on clarity, care & dialogue 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 proposes that ease is not a magical quality — it is a teachable, researchable, sharable skill. Through somatic attention, biomechanical literacy, and relational care & curiosity, we reorganize how the body receives force, distributes weight, and moves through complexity with precision, softness, and joy. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵 Kira Kirsch is a movement artist, community organizer, and experiential researcher, originally from East Berlin. After spending seven years in San Francisco, she now resides in Berlin with her family as residents of Lake Studios —a vibrant, artist-run space for dance, performance, and creative production. Kira is deeply invested into creating and shaping spaces for people to experience, learn about and sensitize their mind-body-movement continuum. She has pioneered, taught and continuously researched through the lens of the Axis Syllabus (AS) for more than 20 years and has established dance research communities in Brussels, San Francisco and Berlin. Her work is deeply informed by studies in Moving Alchemy with Sarah Shelton Mann, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Mind in Motion with Nita Little, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and Body-Mind Centering (BMC). As a curator, Kira has been involved with projects like the "SENSING IN" festival, mov*ed—a peer exchange platform for movement educators—and leads the Movement Artisans educational program in Berlin. Kira’s teaching spans internationally, from contemporary dance festivals to contact improvisation gatherings, and she is a regular presence in professional dance institutions. Recent artistic collaborations include Many Lives with choreographer Jorge de Hoyos, (dis)comfort behaviours with actress Anneke Schwabe, Earth Will Come with filmmaker Katelyn Stiles and musician/poet Barnaby Tree, as well as the music video We Are the Flood and the short film Dreamstroy with the collective Cargocult. The training is in 2 parts: 1. Part: 07-11 of March 2026, 3 hours in the mornings and every second day lab time in the afternoon. 2. Part: 14.-18. of March 2026, 3 hours in the mornings and every second day lab time in the afternoon. 3 scholar ships for Thai researchers 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆: 350 Euro / 13000 Baht per Part, both together 600 euros / 22000 Baht. Registration at: https://bit.ly/4agW88D Update: As accommodation is not included, you have to check on booking or you can write me that you would like to stay on the campsite that is a 5 min scooter ride from the workshop venue. More information about what is happening on the island: www.contactimprovkohphangan.com

Soften into touch, playfulness, stillness, and somatic practices. Contact is not just dance, but a continuous investigation on movement as a vehicle for present moment awareness, connection, creative expression, community, and self empowerment. Join us to embody the primary skills of contact, including weight sharing, counterbalance, surfing, acrobatics in low post and basic dance lifts. We also work with the creative and somatic sides of CI, through Bartenieff Fundamentals, Authentic Movement, improvising, bodywork, contemporary floorwork and much more. Ideal for anyone brand new and those who would like to brush up on their skills. No previous experience is required, however some dance or movement background is an asset. This will be our 42nd edition of Momentum, having training hundreds of new contact dancers since 2020 in Bali, Thailand, and Canada. Small class size - 14 spaces available. WHAT WE COVER DAY 1 • CI Foundations, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Contemporary Floorwook, Falling Safely, Weight Sharing, Surfing, and Table. DAY 2 • Improvisation and Play, Authentic Movement, Bodywork, History, Contact Improvisation Combos, Easy Lifts and Jam Etiquette. 📆 March 14 &15 , 2026 (Saturday and Sunday) ⏰ 12:15 - 6:15 pm daily (1.5 hour break, 9 hours total) 📍 Koh Phangan (Location sent to participants the day before) *1 day option is available - 4 slots only (50% rate).

We will explore various themes of contact dance related to creativity in trios.  What transformations occur in a trio situation?  What can we practice individually and together? * A trio widen consciousness. If given a chance and time, our attention stretches, and we become one fluid, airborne body. On the other hand, a Trio brings us back to ourselves. I can be responsible for my part, knowing, seeing, hearing everything that comes to me. A trio teaches us to be centered, perceiving our entire three-dimensional sphere of sensations, touches, and emerging possibilities from any direction. Then, after experiencing a trio, any number of partners can join. A trio is a way to meet the unknown and be with it. A trio shifts us in space. It opens access to air, invites us in motion. Courage and playfulness can triple, and our dance steps beyond, into a journey. Flight. When we attune and begin to understand, as three, the common center, supports, and momentum—it becomes much easier and more fun to fly. * We will practice heightened awareness and responsibility. We will laugh and enter endless spirals. We will experience dynamic ranges of speed. Our rivers will climb up mountains. Life will most surely emerge. We will explore different subjects in CI related to trio work. Questions we ourselves ask:  CI skills: what physical reorganization happens in a trio situation? What can we practice alone and together? How are trios born?  How can I be ready within my trio at the right place and the right time?  What is required of me in each moment?  How do I find more courage and trust within myself in the multidimensional space of a trio? In this workshop, we will observe each other, practice spiral flow, engage the space behind us, and learn how to stay involved in the dance and use all our best capacities in this joyful, adventurous experience. * Time: March 20-22, daily from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM.  And on Sunday, March 22, an evening jam with sunset from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Place: Koh Phangan Cost: Early bird until February 28: 5000 THB  Regular until March 15: 6000 THB  Late registration from March 15 to 20: 6500 THB Single day: 2500 THB For participants with some prior experience in CI (if you have questions, please ask us).

Ray has richly contributed to the development of Contact Improvisation through 46 years of involvement with this form, including practice, teaching and performance. 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 Using Contact Improvisation (CI) as a foundation, we will create ways to improvise dancing in duo, trio, and ensemble. A detailed survey of CI essentials, with a focus on efficient, effortless use of technical skills, will develop a facility for, and availability to, changing physical states and levels of touch and weight. We will work with strategies for improvising or how we improvise the way we improvise. Come prepared for focused playfulness within committed practice. 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 Ray Chung is a performer, teacher, engineer who has a passion for dancing which he likes to share with other people. His main focus is improvisation and he has worked with Contact Improvisation since 1979 as part of improvisational performance practice and integrates other movement forms into his work, including martial arts, bodywork and Authentic Movement. Ray has worked with the leading proponents of Contact Improvisation including Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, Nita Little, Lisa Nelson, Peter Bingham, Chris Aiken, Andrew Harwood, and regularly collaborates with dancers, musicians, and other artists. Ray has also been certified as an instructor of shiatsu by the Shiatsu Education of America in 1982, and has studied with Wataru Ohashi, Ryuho Yamada, and Shizuto Masunaga. His work has been featured at numerous national and international festivals and venues. Currently based in San Francisco & Sweden, Ray regularly teaches abroad. 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 Martin Keogh and Ray Chung, performing at Contact Festival Freiburg 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR2QCf5cL6Q&t=63s Peter Bingham and guests Chris Aiken and Ray Chung - performance at EDAM Studio, Vancouver, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH4N3-Sc-ko Chris Aiken, Ray Chung, and Mike Vargas - Movement Research at Judson Church 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWR8qwxwUU4 Mike Vargas, Andrew Harwood, Ray Chung, Nancy Stark Smith performing at Warsaw FLOW 2014 (dance footage from 06:00) https://youtu.be/xaCZvIbl860?si=uuYF3BzXSWbjylkC&t=349 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 “Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes quiet and meditative, it is a form open to all bodies and enquiring minds.” – 𝘙𝘢𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 2009 "a mode of movement which is relaxed, constantly aware and prepared, and onflowing. As a basic focus, the dancers remain in physical touch, mutually supportive and innovative, meditating upon the physical laws relating to their masses: gravity, momentum, inertia, and friction. They do not strive to achieve results, but rather, to meet the constantly changing physical reality with appropriate placement and energy." – 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘰𝘯, 1979 This workshop is open to all levels of movement experience. 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 Studio in Chaloklum, Koh Phangan, Thailand https://maps.app.goo.gl/84tCaBTHZobsakZ8A 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 320 euro | 12 000 thai baht - Standard Pricing (until 28th Feb) 350 euro | 13 200 thai baht - Last minute ticket (for applications after 28th February) 250 euro | 9 420 thai baht - Low income / artists & dancers price (limited places) 380 euro | 14 330 thai baht - Share the dance (part of the price supports scholarship program) 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻* This intensive will consist of one 3 hour session with Ray every day, morning or evening (the other part of the day the venue will be hosting Focused Jam). Please note It’s necessary to fully participate in the workshop, arriving punctually for all sessions. ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｆｏｒｍ： https://forms.gle/6WdWmGRSbbK1VL9CA *𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 30 𝘰𝘤𝘵, 30 𝘯𝘰𝘷, 30 𝘥𝘦𝘤, 30 𝘫𝘢𝘯, 28 𝘧𝘦𝘣, 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 We have a limited number of scholarship (pay what you can) places available for dedicated practitioners of contact improvisation who would not otherwise be able to participate, and for Thai or Burmese nationals wishing to study Contact Improvisation. Ｓｃｈｏｌａｒｓｈｉｐ ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｆｏｒｍ： https://forms.gle/rzfFCnSBAJCqsjkT8 𝗜𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 Alexandra Wuzyk Whatsapp: +31615525238 email a.b.wuzyk@gmail.com

This workshop is oriented to dancing only in shallow water, focused on aspects of effortless movement, playfulness, human contact and bonding with the Sea. No prior experience required. Key Practices: - Relating to the surface of water, in movement and breath - Somatic movement patterns, as a base for effortless, joyful and skillful dancing - Fine-tuning of attention and perception - Deep listening through gazing, touch, and other senses - Spatial awareness - Following and non-invasive touch - Befriending breathing and breath-holding - Qualities of presence - Embodied resonance - Non-verbal expressivity - Nourishing contact Schedule: 4 mornings of 4 hour-classes in the ocean by the shore 9:00-9:30/10:00 Shore: Setting up, Movement and relational basics 9:30/10:00-12:30 Water: Exercises, Practice, Movement Rituals 12:30-13:00 Shore: Tea, Fruit, Sharing, Q&A, Artistic integration Price: Early bird - 290 euro Base price - 350 euro Befriend water. Feel confident and relaxed in your own body. Allow yourself to enter into a tender and playful connection with the sea and your partners. Fill up your body-mind with joy.

This is an intensive workshop and a laboratory for those who are curious to explore and to take a fresh look at connections between dancers and the inner logic of Contact Improvisation. What do we encounter as CI? What can CI be like? Who is meeting whom? What is meeting what? How do our actions and choices influence the process and the form itself? Katya Basalaeva: "Contact Improvisation is often presented as a duet form, but I see a big potential in exploring the interaction of matter and consciousness as such. Often, the heaviness, awkwardness, or repetitiveness in contact dance come not so much from the "other", but from the limitations and patterns of our own body and perception (beliefs, concepts, habits). During these days the practice will unfold in three directions: solo, duet, and group. 1. How whole, free, and meaningful can my own movement be before I meet another person? What is moving me? Does this practice drain and wear out my body, or does it make my body more whole, able, healthy? How do I bring body and mind together in one clear action? How do I want with a body that can act? 2. What happens when I meet another body and another consciousness? How do I sense where I end and the other begins? How do I create here/there, this/other, me/not-me? What do I touch with what? How can touch clarify what is happening, or make it more confused? How can a meeting lead to shared action, or into a chain of compromises? 3. In the space of movement, can I see, touch, and support not people as objects, but a living process of change - of forms, directions, density and emptiness, speed and pause? Can contact dance appear not only as a dialogue, but also as one whole movement in a larger body? How ready am I, really, to know myself as another form, volume, process - as a shared event in the field of gravity? I like it when questions appear at the center of the practice that take away our usual ground, yet point to another quality of presence and to other ways of being and relating. I will be happy to share my vision of the practice, and I invite us to find new questions and answers together." About Katya Basalaeva: "I have been practicing and teaching Contact Improvisation since 2000 because I love this practice and I have never reached a point where my interest felt exhausted. Over time it keeps opening into new layers and possibilities. My current view of CI can roughly be expressed like this: Contact — as coherence, wholeness, inner consistency of the whole system involved in action. Improvisation — as the ability to create and shape forms, flows of forces, space, and time. I prefer CI that stays an exploration and a creation and does not shrink to learning and repeating familiar forms. What if we look not only at what has already been and what is, but also at what could be? From the endless range of what is possible, what do I want to manifest right now? What do I choose to embody, support, and sustain? What do I want, and what do I actually do? How do I want things to be? How do I want to bring order into chaos? And what to do with the accumulated baggage of patterns, ideas, and beliefs when they do not serve well my new tasks and challenges at hand? I will be happy to welcome anyone who is ready to enter this experience - not of searching for yourself or for the dance, but of creating both." Venue: Studio in Chaloklum, Koh Phangan, Thailand https://maps.app.goo.gl/84tCaBTHZobsakZ8A Schedule: April 3–7 | 5 days intensive workshop 14:00-19:00 class 19:30-21:30 focus jam April 8 | Individual integration day April 9–11 | 3 days laboratory 16:00-19:00 lab 19:30-21:30 focus jam Total of 50 hours Price: 14,000 Thai baht | 380 euro Early bird until February 14: 12,000 Thai baht | 330 euro Registration form: https://forms.gle/FtUL59jLszZiWMPv5 Inquiries Yuri Novitsky Email: ynovitsky@myself.com

Discover new ways of having fun and relating that you never had in your life. Become confident, free, expressive, and playful in the endless freedom of the underwater experience. Meet the Ocean and Nature on a deep level of unity. Integrate your experience through art. Create deep connections in the community of ocean dancers. Key practices: - Principles of effortless and conscious movement on land and water - Principles and particularities of contact improvisation in water - Theory and practice of somatic freediving. - Cellular awareness - Freediving techniques: breath-hold, equalization, diverse duck-dives, descent, "no fins" technique and more - Exercises that develop your spatial awareness, orientation under water and proprioception - Exploring oceanic patterns of movement to awaken sensitivity and developing a heightened sense of presence - Buoyancy awareness, ability to play with buoyancy and speed - Restfulness and non-doing in every movement - Embodied self-regulation - Training and refining of attention - Freedom from habitual reactions and fears - Movement in the multidimensional space of water, from the surface to depths of 18m, feeling like you are flying Schedule: 9:00-13:00 "dry" classes in the studio somatic patterns and water contact dance in shallow water 13:00-15:00 lunch break & rest 15:00-18:00 afternoon sessions freediving, breathing techniques, swimming practice in deep water with buoys We highly recommend not planning anything else in the days of the intensive. Meditation and good sleep are a part of experience in the days before and during the intensive. Price: Early bird - 750 euro Base price - 890 euro With possibility to add a Molchanov's Freediving Certification for €180

Soften into touch, playfulness, stillness, and somatic practices. Contact is not just dance, but a continuous investigation on movement as a vehicle for present moment awareness, connection, creative expression, community, and self empowerment. Join us to embody the primary skills of contact, including weight sharing, counterbalance, surfing, acrobatics in low post and basic dance lifts. We also work with the creative and somatic sides of CI, through Bartenieff Fundamentals, Authentic Movement, improvising, bodywork, contemporary floorwork and much more. Ideal for anyone brand new and those who would like to brush up on their skills. No previous experience is required, however some dance or movement background is an asset. This will be our 42nd edition of Momentum, having training hundreds of new contact dancers since 2020 in Bali, Thailand, and Canada. Small class size - 14 spaces available. WHAT WE COVER DAY 1 • CI Foundations, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Contemporary Floorwook, Falling Safely, Weight Sharing, Surfing, and Table. DAY 2 • Improvisation and Play, Authentic Movement, Bodywork, History, Contact Improvisation Combos, Easy Lifts and Jam Etiquette. 📆 April 25 & 26 , 2026 (Saturday and Sunday) ⏰ 11 - 5 pm daily (1.5 hour break, 9 hours total) 📍 Koh Phangan (Location sent to participants the day before) *1 day option is available - 4 slots only (50% rate).