FROM ZERO TO FLYING with Scott Wells (USA)

FROM ZERO TO FLYING with Scott Wells (USA) A somatic based approach to Contact and Flying We will start with contact practices in which sensation and proprioception lead to refined skills. We will work with physics and somatics that support freedom of flight and expression. (Pleasure <---> Technique, Somatics ---> Acrobatics). Zero as in developmental patterns at birth. Zero as cellular touch. We will practice flying, catching, landing, fluid acrobatics, deft manoeuvres. For the acrobatics everyone will work at their own level and will learn best by building group safety and trust. I aim to connect the work to somatic knowledge. For example, Jumping ≠ Flying because jumping is muscular action, whereas flying is in the bones and is affected greatly by emotions and attitude. We will be doing favourite Contact Improvisation exercises and current curiosities: created and learned over the decades investigation and indulgence. BIO Scott Wells has been practicing contact improv for 40 years, teaching for 30 and directs an award winning dance company in San Francisco. He has created works for skateboarders, for boxers and choreographed West Side Story for Sonoma State University. Scott has twice received the Izzie (San Francisco’s most prestigious dance award) for Outstanding Choreography. Scott has toured to Europe for the last 25 years teaching and performing in festivals in Moscow, Barcelona, Budapest, Berlin, Vienna, Zagreb, Bucharest and Ankara to name a few. He has an MFA in Dance, has been practicing Alexander Technique for thirty years, BMC for 15 and has studied a variety of counselling and bodywork practices. His current research passions are Eyebody practice, moving from the organs and contact improvisation. PRESS “Scott Wells...has a dizzying abundance of pure dance-making talent“ Rachel Howard, SF Examiner "Wells has become over the last fifteen years the Paul Taylor of Contact Improv — that is, the first to make dances in this idiom that are deeply musical, somehow "normal," imaginative, witty, often hilarious, sometimes fierce.” Paul Parrish, Danceviewtimes "Come for the Thrills, Stay for the Artistry." Allan Ulrich, Voice of Dance "Sproing! Once you adjust to the notion that very fit people are supposed to be bouncing off walls and flying in your face, you can relax and let them (Wells and dancers) do their thing, which is an electrifying style of contact improvisation" SF Weekly ℹ️ All Levels, but basic ci or contemporary dance experience recommended. 🎥 Videólinkek: https://vimeo.com/1112068788 https://vimeo.com/790875855 https://vimeo.com/263768098 📅 MIKOR? Május 15-17. 2026 Péntek: 6-9pm Szombat 10am-5pm Vasárnap: 10am-4pm 📍 HOL? Kontakt Budapest Studio FREEDOM, Freeszfe Ház Szabolcs u. 27. 2. emelet Budapest, 1134 💶 ÁRAK 📅 Nagyon Early Bird - regisztráció és előleg fizetés 2026.02.10. előtt 47.000 Ft / 125 EUR ⏰ Early Bird – regisztráció és előleg fizetés 2026.04.10. előtt 57.000 Ft / 150 EUR 📅 2026.03.01. utáni foglalás esetén 67.000 Ft / 175 EUR 💰Szociális (kedvezményes): 47.000 Ft / 125 EUR 🎓 Profik / Táncosok / Tanárok 40.000 HUF / 105 EUR ℹ️ Minden foglalás esetén 15.000 Ft / 40 EUR vissza nem térítendő előleg fizetendő. Ezt a Kontakt Budapest egyéb rendezvényein készpénzben tudod befizetni. 📝 JELENTKEZÉS A regisztrációhoz kérjük, töltsd ki ezt a Form-ot: https://forms.gle/K9Kv6nvN2FvFPpX26 🗣️ A workshop nyelve: angol Info in English: 📅 WHEN? 15-17 May 2026 FRI: 6-9pm SAT: 10am-5pm SUN: 10am-4pm 📍 WHERE? Kontakt Budapest Studio FREEDOM, Freeszfe House Szabolcs u. 27. 2nd floor Budapest, 1134, Hungary 💶 WORKSHOP FEES: ⏰ Very Early Bird – before 10/02/2026 47,000 HUF / 125 EUR ⏰ Early Bird – before 10/04/2026 57,000 HUF / 150 EUR 📅 Bookings after 10/04/2026 67,000 HUF / 175 EUR 💰 Social (concessions): 47,000 HUF / 125 EUR 🎓 Professionals / Dancers / Teachers 40,000 HUF / 100 EUR ℹ️ A non-refundable deposit of HUF 15,000 / 40 EUR is required for all bookings. To be paid in cash at Kontakt Budapest events. For registration, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/K9Kv6nvN2FvFPpX26 Organization - Juli Gabor, Lipka Peter: [email protected] Don’t hesitate to write me if you have any QUESTIONS!