Focused training and research of Contact Improvisation, Somatics, and movement.
Where: Jungle Dance Studios, Arambol, Goa, India
When:1st November – 19th December 2026
Deadline for applications: First come first serve basis
The program of Art of Improvisation residency provides extended intensives with diverse teachers, who will share their different and unique approaches towards the art of Contact Improvisation and movement improvisation practices. The expertise of artists with background in Contact Improvisation, contemporary dance, somatic practices, and more provides a multitude of ways to enter the practice of improvisation. The Residency provides a solid structure of focused practice and open space for integration and individual process through laboratories, open studio space, and community jams.
We see Contact Improvisation as a practice that is a revolution at the level of the skin. We look deeply into the origins of Contact Improvisation that understood the body as the intersection of physicality, attention, imagination, the social and the political, and therefore formed the underlying score of the practice as an inquiry into meeting in and through movement. As such, we recognize the critical importance of Contact Improvisation for both professional and non-professional dancers to expand the imagination and thinking of the moving body and to cultivate new ways of being together in motion.
PART 1 – Propelling forward (Foundation of Contact Improvisation)
1-6th Nov
Teachers: Ayelet Yekutiel, Kirti Verma, Lalit Ghanshyal , Pandurang Saghbor
PART 2 – De-centering and re-centering (Advanced skills of Contact Improvisation)
12-28th Nov
Teachers: Karen Nelson, Prashant More, Somya Kautia, Purnendra Meshram,
PART 3 – Dance of Listening (Somatic approach in improvisation)
3-19th Dec
Teachers: Bari Kim, Guru Suraj, Harmandeep Singh
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Costs for participants:
Part 1 – 240 EURO,
Part 2 – 860 EURO,
Part 3 – 860 EURO,
Combo 2 & 3 – 1450 EURO.
Price includes lunch. Discounted price for Indian Nationals
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