About this Event

Dear friends! We are happy to invite you to dance with us at the first Silent Contact Improvisation Festival which will take place in the first week of October, among the black sands of Colchis on the beach in Western Georgia! 🇬🇪 OCTOBER 1-7, UREKI, GEORGIA http://www.somatiq.org/silentjam FESTIVAl PROGRAM Contact Improvisation, Axis Inspired, authentic movement, ideokinesis, tea practice and bodywork. All intensives and classes will be held in silence. We will talk during opening and closing circles, and have one singing circle in a middle of festival. Intensives: Ekaterina Basalaeva (Siberia) Leonardo Lambruschini (Italy) Otto Akkanen (Finland) Ksenia Opria (Poland) As well as Игорь Хализев (Igor Halizev) (Axis Inspired) Smadar Richke (Yoga) Katya Zorina (Ideokinesis) Yu Gen (Tea Practice) PLACE Black magnetic sands of Ureki, Colchis, Western Georgia. It was here that the Argonauts sailed to get the Golden Fleece We will dance on a three-level terrace with a wooden floor on the beach. In a middle of festival we will go for 1 day to dance in the mountains. First week of October is still warm, its 22-24 in daytime and 16-18 in a night, water temperature is about 20-22 C Tourist season ends in mid September, so, almost no one on a cost, except us) ACCOMMODATION & FOOD Good hotel, right on a sea shore, rooms for 2-3 people, beds, sheets, big windows (most with the sea view), hot showers - everything we need for comfort. We have 3 meals a day - vegetarian version of traditional Georgian food. Actually, local food is like Mediterranean, but with some mountain flavor. А lot of greens, walnuts, delicious bakery, eggplants, beans and honey in unusual combinations. Super good! HOW TO GET THERE? Check flights to Tbilisi and Kutaisi. wizzair.com have lots of cheap flights to Kutaisi. For people from Russia it’s easy to take a train, or to come by car (there is parking in territory) Also there are lots of comfortable buses from Turkey, which can also be an option. We will help you with transportation to the place in Georgia. WHAT ELSE? After a week in silence, we are planning afterparty in the capital of Georgia - Tbilisi. There will be excursions, museums, parties, wine and, of course, jams - with jazz and folk Georgian music. We recommend to join and continue to enjoy the Georgian hospitality and open heart :) OK, PRICE? Price includes festival program, accommodation and food 199 € - first 10 places 229€ - in June 249 € - in July 279 € - in August 299 € - in September REGISTRATION: Will be open June, 1 at 12:00 GMT! ... and closed September, 15 at 12:00 GMT JOIN EVENT for more information, pictures and links Contact us [email protected] +380502878610 Enjoy the trip! Y

Dance Styles

Contact Improvisation (50%)

Pricing

Early bird (first 10 places):€199.00
June:€229.00
July:€249.00
August:€279.00
September:€299.00

Organizer

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Georgian Contact Festival

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Yu Gen

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SOMATIQ