Contact Improvisation Workshop
About the event
Surfing on Skin-Somatic Contact Improvisation Workshop
What does it feel like to be carried by a wave? What if movement in contact—through listening with the body—could effortlessly follow a flow? In this workshop, we begin by playfully exploring how movement is organized through the center and spine, and how we can stand, fall, roll, and share weight with a partner.
Through somatic exploration—individually, *hands-on* with a partner, and within the group—through anatomy in movement, imagination, and kinaesthetic imagery, we reconnect with movement patterns already embedded in the body (so-called developmental movement patterns). We explore how these patterns support *body surfing* and fluid, dynamic transitions between different levels.
The somatic approach offers a pathway into the body’s own intelligence and wisdom, allowing you to move with a partner through shared weight in a soft, dynamic, and three-dimensional way across different levels.
What you will take away → The 3 keys to body surfing → Organic transitions – effortless level changes through functional movement organization → Greater trust in your body weight – both giving and receiving → An embodied understanding of anatomy in movement → Refined body awareness, greater presence, and freedom of movement Contact Improvisation is a contemporary dance form in which we playfully explore movement possibilities through shared weight. It is physics in motion, as well as a practice of sensing, moving, and meeting one another. This workshop offers an introduction to the technical basics of Contact Improvisation through a somatic and exploratory approach to movement.
FOR WHOM Beginners welcome/ open level: People who are interested in contact improvisation as an artform and want to get to know a technique for dancing with shared weight.
WHEN Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 10:00–16:00 Sunday, October 18, 2026 · 11:00–17:00
WHERE Perform Mariahilferstraße 51 1060 Vienna
HOW MUCH: 230.-/210.-/ 180.- (support/normal/ bring a friend) only Saturday: 129.- REGISTER: [hi@movingintopresence.at](mailto:hi@movingintopresence.at) More INFO: fb: movingintopresence.vie
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