Odessa Summer Festival Sold Out! Veemkade

★Odessa Veemkade Summer Festival, Veemkade www.odessa.amsterdam 🌅🌞⛱️🍹🌴🥥 ★ Welcome on Board for our Odessa Summer Festival!★ A cozy weekend on our magical boat ⛵ Welcome to paradise, her deep belly awaits you, she invites you to play🌴 Unfold while we dance, carried wave by wave 🌊, where we express without words and talk without say. Expect a range of playful, inspiring & moving workshops. Explore connections with others or relax, unwind and dive deep into the waters of 't IJ. Come as you are and enjoy as you like. Let's celebrate this beautiful co-creation called life. ☯️ We gather to connect, explore, co-create, play and recharge. Inspire and be inspired. 🌴✨ We welcome everybody from diverse cultural backgrounds, gender identities, size, shape and color. -💜💙💚💛🧡❤️- WHAT TO EXPECT Conscious Movement & Connection - Yin Yoga & Handpan - 4 Hands Massage - Contact Improv - Shiatsu - Authentic Relating - Tantric Twerk - Music & Sharing - Voice Liberation - Playful Dance Journey - Potluck - Ecstatic Dance ★The Program SATURDAY 30 of July 9:30-10:00 | Welcome on board 10:00-11:30 | Movement & Connection workshop 11:30-12:00 | Introduction: Get to know each other & introducing facilitators 12:00-13:00 | Potluck Lunch 13:00-14:30 | Workshop Round I >Upperdeck: Yin Yoga & Handpan by Gerard & Wytse >Lowerdeck: Contact Improv by Tom Goldhand 14:30-15:30 | Break 15:30-17:00 | Workshop round II >Upperdeck: Connective Communication by Joya >Lowerdeck: Tantric Twerk by Juel McNeilly 17:00-18:00 | Potluck Dinner 18:30-21:00 | Ecstatic Dance SUNDAY 31st of July 10:30-11:00 | Welcome on board 11:00-13:00 | Ecstatic dance 13:00-14:30 | Potluck Lunch 14:30-16:00 | Workshop Round III >Upperdeck: Shiatsu by Christoph >Lowerdeck: 4 Hands Massage by Dylan 16:00-16:30 | Break 16:30-18:00 | Workshop Round IV >Upperdeck: Voice liberation & Singing by Marianna >Lowerdeck: Playful Dance Journey by Jerre 18:00-19:00 | Potluck Dinner 18:30-19:30 | Live Lotte Walda & Open Stage 19:30-20:00 | Afterglow *Please be aware! Schedule is subject to subtle change.* -🥭 Lunch & dinner potluck style. 🍓- ★Ticketprice Early Bird 85,- Spring Bird 95,- Only full weekend tickets available. >>> Read more about the workshops <<< ★ Tom Goldhand - Contact Improvisation ★ The Weight Of the Dance - Sharing, Lifting, Feeling In this workshop we will play and find the core strength of Contact Improvisation as a dance form. With sharing the weight, understanding where you stand and where the other is. Sharing the weight and sharing the dance are the core principles in Contact Improvisation and I am very happy to come back to them time and time again - for beginners and also very advanced practitioners. Tom Goldhand is a dancer, dance teacher and group facilitator, owner and manager of Sadhana Dance School. Tom has been teaching and creating dance, contact workshop and movement pieces for over 15 years. ★ 4 Hands Massage - Dylan ★ Ever wondered what it is like to be massaged by 4 hands instead of 2? One of the benefits is that It’s very hard for your mind to keep track of 4 hands. This will help you drop inside the body and surrender to the flow of sensations. The 4 hands massage has no predetermined end goal and the flow of intuition will be followed. This makes it a very exciting experience and gives space for creativity and playfulness! In this workshop we will explore connection, trust and surrender through conscious and attentive touch. You will experience the intensity and relaxation of receiving as well as the beauty and creativity of giving. We will be working with desires, boundaries and create a space for trust & deep connection. This workshop will be facilitated by Dylan. Guided by a love for freedom, authenticity and connection, he has explored both academic Western philosophy and experiential Eastern philosophy. In recent years his main focus has been on Tantric massage and Reiki healing. ★ Tantric Twerk - Juel ★ Feminine Embodiment Caribbean style Ooooh, the mystical hips. They can awaken the raw physicality inside of you and your intuitive power. Reminding you of your essence. Creating an internal, intuitive body connection so profound when you give yourself permission to surrender and let go – to feel your flesh, this body you live in. In this practice, you will explore what it feels like to dive into your juicy, sensuous primal body. Taking Caribbean dance (wining/twerking) to a new level through deep embodiment and tantric practices. It doesn’t just involve learning how to wine your waist, isolate your hips, jiggle and shake that booty – but giving space to feel into the sensations of what happens as you invite your primal instincts to emerge into rhythm. Juel wants to share some of her Trini culture, as the roots of these ancient dances helped liberate, release, clear, ground, heal, expand and connect. This workout is done barefoot. All are welcome. Wear whatever you feel sexy and comfy to sweat in. ★ Shiatsu - Christoph ★ Shiatsu is a Japanese/Zen art, using Traditional Chinese Medicine as its foundation along with concepts like meridians and qi. In this workshop we will mainly focus on the basic attitudes of a professional Shiatsu therapist, like presence, openness and silence. Is it a massage? Is it non-verbal communication via touch? Is it energy or body work? Is it working on the unconsciousness? Find your own answer by first hand experience. With an interest in Chinese Traditional Medicine, Christoph completed a 3-year Shiatsu education. Along the way he also got acquainted with Thai massage, Qigong, Yoga, Feldenkrais, Conscious Dance, Neo Tantrism, Nonviolent Communication, Radical Honesty, and much more. Shiatsu, as an art and passion, has changed his life profoundly and permanently. The quality of touch, non-verbal communication, deep connection. Being humble and to genuinely give, welcoming you with respect, mindfulness and gratitude.