Rooted Exuberance and Structural Arcs Workshop with Sabine 18th-19th Nov 2025

Rooted Exuberance and Structural Arcs Workshop with Sabine 18th & 19th November 6 hours both days 10am - 6pm (including 2h lunch break) >>Holistic Dance with focus on Technique and Composition in the Contact Improvisation Practice In this workshop I will focus on the technical and compositional qualities of contact improvisation in relationship to the ability to stay connected to the flow of our dance. In many contact duets I see a beautiful connection with the two people involved, but not a very strong presence to space, off balance or risk taking. On the other hand, I see a lot of dances that are the opposite: high risk adrenaline ridden but lacking listening, a range of movement quality and compositional elements. So how do we manage to invite both high risk, upside down, off balance, falling, moving through space, lifting and being lifted and tricking each other with gestural, compositional elements, range of speed, levels, movement qualities. and body awareness? We will work on: ➢ Lifting and being lifted on different levels ➢ Training our landing gears and reflexes ➢ Three dimensionality for travelling, supporting and composition ➢ Recognizing and extending our limits (when appropriate) ➢ Compositional elements such as gesture, repetition, theme and variation ➢ Definition of solo material within a contact duet We will concentrate on the duet form working to refine our abilities, research together and dive into the depth of the movement and performance possibilities of this amazing improvisation form. Over these days we will continue to perform for each other and watch from a place of curiosity and exploration. >>Interest and Registration Form https://forms.gle/mddYCsfSRMvAkM2g7 >>Price Early bird (till 10th November) Indian residents: 4,400 INR Foreign nationals: 5,900 INR Regular price Indian residents: 6,200 INR Foreign nationals: 8,100 INR >>Contact ‭+34 634 475 800‬ (WhatsApp Katia) [email protected] >>About Facilitator Sabine Parzer (AT), B.A., MSME Sabine is a dancer, choreographer, dance-pedagogue, bodyworker, organizer and author. She is the head and founder of the Holistic Dance Institute (founded 2010), she has been recognized as a Master Somatic Movement Educator by ISMETA. The Holistic Dance Institute is an ISMETA accredited institute and offers professional Teachers Trainings and Advanced Teachers Trainings. In 2012 Sabine co-created the Contact Festival Austria, which she was the artistic director of until 2017. Her professional experience spans over 35 years of teaching, performing, choreographing and researching in the USA, Canada, Europe, Russia, Israel and Brazil. Sabine has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College Chicago in Modern Dance, and an education in Systemische und Integrative Bewegungslehre®️ (an extended Feldenkrais®️ Training). The in-depth practice of Contact Improvisation and Authentic Movement begins 1997. Ongoing trainings since 1995 in Kleintechnique, ZenBodytherapy®️, Yoga, White Crane Silat, Rosen Method®️, Kashmirian Massage, family constellations and Integrative Somatic Traumatherapy a.o. She is currently studying visionary Cranialsacral Work with Hugh Milne.