🌿 Elements of the Nature into Partner Dance 💧🌍🔥🌪️

Join us for an immersive 1-day workshop designed to transform your partner dance experience. With a special guest teacher from Iceland 🇮🇸we dive deep into the elements— water 💧, air 🌪️, earth 🌍, and fire 🔥 — to enhance your connection, communication, and expression with your partner. WHAT IS UNIVERSAL PARTNER DANCE? Universal Partner Dance, short UPD combines traditional partner dance, contact improvisation, bodywork, and movement flow principles to create a deep connection between you, your partner, and the environment. By listening through touch and cultivating sensitivity, it nurtures presence and mutual connection. We use the Liberato Method to create a practice, which begins by helping you build confidence in your own body and movements, embracing your unique rhythm and expression. From there, it encourages you to carry that confidence into your interaction with your partner. As you explore the dynamics of leading and following, both you and your partner are empowered to move freely. Through this shared dialogue, you unlock creativity, discover new movements, and create space for mutual expression. WHAT ELEMENTS CAN ADD TO YOUR DANCE? The qualities of lightness, flow, passion, and stability will guide you in developing a more profound and harmonious partner dance experience. Each element will be explored with partner exercises. __________________________________ WHAT YOU GET + 4.0 hours of workshops + Practical tools to enhance connection & creativity + Lead & following by the elements of nature + A unique experience based on the elements creating flow and presence in your partner dance __________________________________ 📅 When: Sunday 27 October, 13:00 - 17:30 📍 Where: La Catedral, Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 87 💰 Price: €49 🎯 Who: dancers of all traditions Bachata, Forro, Fusion, Kizomba, Salsa, Tango, Zouk or any other dance practice __________________________________ REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/rF4JiibyYhRhVdW59 __________________________________ YOUR FACILITATORS The workshop will be facilitated by Jan from Berlin and Inga from Iceland, both trained directly by Xandy Liberato in the Liberato Method. With over 25 years of experience each in various movement practices, they bring a wealth of expertise and insight to their facilitation. Personal bios below. __________________________________ LIBERATO DANCE METHOD Liberato Dance, developed by Xandy Liberato and his team (among them Brenda and Anderson) since 2009, is a body reeducation technique designed to reconnect us with the natural freedom of movement while deepening our connection with dance partners. The method focuses on communication, flow, and sensitivity, encouraging self-awareness and exploration of new physical expressions. University-Backed Results In 2020, the University of Valencia’s Social Psychology Department conducted research on Liberato Dance's social and emotional effects. Participants from over 30 countries reported: * Increased body awareness and self-confidence * Enhanced connection with oneself and others * More empathetic communication and conscious relationships * Greater freedom and authenticity in physical expression * New ways of dancing and interacting with partners * Deeper trust in oneself and others * Strengthened emotional resilience and self-esteem * Heightened sense of presence and mindfulness in both dance and daily life * Increased capacity for creative expression and spontaneity __________________________________ ABOUT JAN Jan is an internationally renowned dance artist and instructor with over 25 years of teaching experience, including more than a decade in Brazilian Zouk. His expertise encompasses somatic movement practices, bodywork, contemporary and modern dance, as well as Capoeira and Brazilian solo dances. As the initiator of Zouk Berlin, co-founder of Dança Alegria e.V., and organizer of major events like the International Zouk Congress Berlin (2010-2012) and the Sensual Summer Festival (2014), Jan has been instrumental in popularizing Zouk in Berlin. ABOUT INGA Inga is based in Iceland, where she finds deep inspiration in the wild elements to explore movement as a way to connect with true inner nature. She has over 13 years of experience dancing, teaching and performing Brazilian Zouk. Her passion lies in empowering confidence, self-expression and creativity with the magic of flowy, sensual zouk. With her experience in holistic healing, bodywork, Daoist tantric arts, Inga loves to share awareness of the healing aspects of movement and authentic self-expression. Her dance style is a fusion of primal feminine movement, Brazilian zouk and ritual. "I like to weave dance styles and explore my body's potential and various props, like fans and veils to find new ways to flow”.