DESERT RHYTHMS NEW YEAR'S RETREAT 2026

(En français plus bas) Welcome to the DESERT RHYTHMS NEW YEARS retreat. We are very much looking forward to sharing this special celebration with you. 7 days and 6 nights of immersion in movement connected with the Amazigh & Berber culture. 5Rhythms® movement practice, Free dance, Contact, Yoga, Silent walk, Massage, Live Music, Land Art, New Year's ritual. Dates: From 6:30am meeting in Marrakech December 27th (at 11 am if you land in Ouarzazate) Back in Marrakech at 8pm January 2nd (at 12pm if you leave from Ouarzazate) A magical time in the middle of the dunes in Merzouga Desert. Fantastic local musicians and guest musicians from Europe. A privileged movement journey to integrate 2025 and open space and clarity for 2026. We will be welcomed in a little traditional camp set 18 years ago for the first retreat Guillaume organised with local Berber friends. Merzouga Desert is filled with magestuous stary sky and the high dunes are amazing dance and play grounds for our explorations. The black rock desert is also a stunning place for one very special session and expand until the high cliffs that creats the natural borders with the Algerian Sahara Desert. Our host are generous and friendly, experienced in welcoming us for almost 20 years and keen to share the dance and music with us for this special time of celebration. You'll find more images and impressions from the previous retreats on the website www.guillaumelaplane.com This event is 2SLGBTQ+ friendly, please get in touch by email to find a moment for a call together. Looking forward to sharing the dance with you very soon. Guillaume & Team More informations here : https://www.billetweb.fr/desert-rhythms-new-years-retreat-2026 *** About Guillaume Laplane: Architect Epfl and dancer, trained in classical and contemporary ballet, tango Argentino and Contact improvisation, Ecstatic Dance Dj and 5Rhythms facilitator.His approach of movement finds resources into an accurate relationship to the multiple dynamics we meet in our daily lives. Urban environments, natural and wild sites, and the human collective synergies. Guillaume collaborated with fantastic artists such as Anna Halprin and Marie Motais in performative arts and integrative rituals, with Manuela Blanchard in Contact improvisation on earth and in water, with Margot Anand in meditation and Tantra. For 18 years he has been facilitating internationally in studios, in cities and in the heart of majestic natural sites such as the Moroccan Desert, the beaches of Corsica and Ibiza, the raw landscapes of Iceland and in interaction with the local cultures of Bali, Russia, Mexico, Hawaii. Despite a partly nomadic life, beautiful co-creations keep on inspiring local communities into the dance like the Move & Sound association co-created 10 years ago in Geneva with Joyleen Rao that became today The Dancing Tribe with a wonderful team of facilitators. As well, the LibraDAnse association in Marseille was created 8 years ago and now gathers a large number of facilitators and practices around freeing the dance. With a large experience in embodiment practices and somatics, Guillaume creates workshops and seminars to embrace movement as a resource for self transformation and expression deepening the quality of relationship with oneself, the others and life environments. His guidance is clear and creative, expanding the conception of dance to build new personal landscapes of movement embracing all aspects of our existence, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. 5Rhythms® accredited teacher since 2007, trained with Gabrielle Roth & member of the 5RTA Global. A team of talented musicians and body practitioners contribute to the magic of every of his events. ****************FRANCAIS******************** Bienvenue pour la retraite du Nouvel an dans le Desert de Merzouga. Nous avons très hâte de partager cette célébration spéciale avec vous. 7 jours et 6 nuits d'immersion dans le mouvement lié à la culture Amazighe & Berbère. 5 Rythmes®, Contact, Yoga, Marche silencieuse, Massage, Live Music, Land Art, Rituel du Nouvel An. Dates : À partir de 6h30 rendez-vous à Marrakech le 27 décembre (à 11h si vous atterrissez à Ouarzazate) Retour à Marrakech à 20h le 2 janvier (à 12h si vous partez de Ouarzazate) Un moment magique au milieu des dunes du désert de Merzouga. Musiciens locaux fantastiques et musiciens invités d’Europe. Un temps en mouvement privilégié pour intégrer 2025 et ouvrir l’espace et la clarté pour 2026. Nous serons accueillis dans un petit camp traditionnel installé il y a 18 ans pour la première retraite organisée par Guillaume avec des amis berbères locaux. Le désert de Merzouga est rempli d'un ciel étoilé magique et les hautes dunes sont d'incroyables terrains de danse et de jeu pour nos explorations. Le désert de roche noire est également un endroit magnifique pour une séance très spéciale et s'étend jusqu'aux hautes falaises qui créent la frontière naturelle avec le désert du Sahara Algérien. Nos hôtes sont généreux et sympathiques, habitués à nous accueillir depuis près de 20 ans et désireux de partager avec nous la danse et la musique pour ce moment privilégié de méditation et de fête. Vous trouverez plus d'images et d'impressions des retraites précédentes sur le site www.guillaumelaplane.com Cet événement est ouvert à toutes personnes incluant la communauté 2SLGBTQ+. Toutes les informations sur la billetterie : https://www.billetweb.fr/desert-rhythms-new-years-retreat-2026