OCEANDANCE Turkey Retreat

Welcome to a two weeks intensive on shallow and deep water dancing. You will learn practices based on contact improvisation and freediving, through a somatic approach. We invite you to: 💦Discover the depth of your dance and the great joy of being present in your body 💦Gain the playfulness and freedom in your movement 💦Let yourself be danced by water 💦Find new pleasurable ways of connecting to others 💦Empower your sensitivity and expressivity to experience your life at full power 💦Get access to a sense of connectedness through your dance 💦Befriend the breath hold and get addicted to being underwater 💦Get incredible memories in photo and video The "Ocean Dance" approach is about: 🐋somatic freediving, 🐋somatic movement and 🐋contact improvisation in water And you will learn it from the founders of the approach! Even if you are unfamiliar or agitated thinking about being in deep water, you will learn that you can: 🌊 Deeply connect to your body, sense it in detail, and guide yourself to a greater freedom of movement 🌊 Move efficiently and effortlessly in water, releasing tension and avoiding unnecessary movements 🌊 Become friends with water, have ease holding your breath, and enjoy going deep 🌊 Be peaceful, restful, playful, and joyful in the water, and under 🌊 Let your body become a piece of art, using the aesthetics of non-doing and relaxation, clear directions, and conscious movement 🌊Feel and express through touch and movement What does a day in the Retreat look like: 🐳 Morning warm-ups with somatic movement 🐳 Morning Water Session 🐳 Lunch / Rest time 🐳 Afternoon Water or Land session 🐳 Evening session (Dance, bodywork, Yoga Nidra, etc.) 🐳 4 boat Trips during the retreat 🐳 Excursions and hikes What you will learn: 🐳 Principles of effortless and conscious movement in land and water 🐳 Principles of contact improvisation. 🐳 Safety on the water 🐳 Theory of freediving 🐳 Freediving techniques: Breathhold, equalization, diving and descent, "no fins" and more 🐳 Exercises that develop your spatial awareness, orientation and proprioception What we can also do during the retreat: 💧 Chill out in Cirali Spa & hammam (free day) 💧 Authentic Movement 💧 Dancing Jams and Dance Dates 💧 Visit to the ruins of the ancient city of Olympus 💧 Hiking to the Khimera mountain and along the Lycian Trail 💧 Underwater photo and video shootings The retreat is organized and led by Sasha Bezrodnova (Founder), Mario Blanco (Founder), and Ann Kristin Foss Holten. It is assisted by the supportive and experienced presence of Francisco Borges, Damla Ozcelik, and Reimar Wen Shen. NB! The retreat itself begins on the 12, you should arrive and check in on the 11 in order to be ready to start the adventure on time! Don't plan anything else on the days of the workshop. You can only attend it fully. Amount of participants is limited. Registration and fees: https://forms.gle/ZUBTi49wE7AYHF2W8