Water Earth Contact -Caribe Costa Rica-

Water / Earth Contact- Caribe Costa Rica Welcome to the 2nd edition in the beautiful beaches of the Costa Rican Caribbean area, a region surrounded by forest, clear warm water, biodiversity, super chill vibes and a laid back atmosphere. This year we have 4 facilitators Andrea Scheel (Mexico), Dan Springer (USA), Lucy Leiva (Costa Rica) and Lau Cruz (Costa Rica) A 6 days immersion in the art of touch, bodywork, contemplative dance, somatics, performative labs and contact improv in studio, on water and in nature, All the classes and intensives are a complement of the other to allow a deeper awareness of oneself while dancing with others and the environment. The journey starts with an encounter to reflect on the different layers of touch as a fundamental act for well being, shared from a somatics perspective, followed by a Craneo Sacral Intensive to work on the hands on another body and practice subtle touch. Our bodies contain encrypted memories of our ancestral origins that can be embodied and expressed through embodied experiences as proposed in the 7 Basic Neurocellular patterns on earth and water Intensive, the different body systems can beautifully dance in an organic way, our inner waters in harmony. To continue deppening in the subject of touch there will be a translation of Thai massage to contact improv and the use of thai massage to contact in water as well. The last part of this encounter will be focused on eco performative explorations in different landscapes: forest, shore, trails to end this edition with the projection of underwater dance videos. Itinerary 📆📍 Day 0 / 13th October Landing / registration Opening Circle /Jam Dinner Day 1 / 14th October 8-10am Introduction to the 5 layers of touch Break / Fruits 11:00 - 1pm Craneo Sacral Intensive Lunch 3pm -5pm Craneo Sacral Intensive Sunset & Contemplative Dance Day 2 / 15th October 8-11am The 7 neurocellular patterns Intensive (at the beach) Fruits on the beach BREAK 3-5pm Thai massage to Contact Improv Jam Dinner 7pm Day 3 / 16th October 8-11 am Contact in water Jam in the ocean Fruits 3-5pm The 7 neurocellular patterns Intensive (estudio) Tea Day 4 / 17th October 8-11am The 7 neurocellular patterns Intensive (at the beach) Lunch Afternoon off Day 5 / 18th October 8am Nature underscore Lunch 2-5pm Ecoperformance video laboratory 6pm Last night. Projection of underwater dance videos The Gravity of Water Animalia 7pm Closing Dinner Day 6 / 19th October Contemplative dance Inversion 💠🔹️♾ Includes 🙂🙏 All the intensives, classes and jams Use of the studio at Casa Katuk 3 Lunches 3 Dinners Fruits and coconout water everyday 👀🙌👇 EARLY BIRD $285 Until the 19th of september 😇🙏Regular price $325 RESERVATIONS 💦🐬🏝 [email protected] Paypal or Transfer wise payments MORE Info on Whats app +506 86413777 Acomodation We have a special deal at Casitas Mar y Luz a very nice hotel in Playa Chiquita with 6 individual lodges perfectly integrated to the landscape and decorated according the Carribean style. You would be appreciated to relax on your private terrace, to cook your meals in the kitchen of your little house. 5 nights price 1 person in 1 bungalow. $250 2 persons in 1 bungalow $125 3 person in 1 bungalow $100 4 persons in a larger bungalow $75 ​If you are in familly or in group, you can also choose to enjoy the charm of a villa fully equipped with a generous cover deck serves as living and dining area. This house proposes 3 bedrooms each with her own bathroom. www.casitasmaryluz.com CAMPING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE at other locations Facilitators This year we have 4 facilitators Andrea Scheel (Mexico), Dan Springer (USA), Lucy Leiva (Costa Rica) & Lau Cruz (Costa Rica). ANDREA`S BIO Mexican artist trained in contemporary dance in AREA, espai de movimento; (Barcelona, 2006 – 2008) and the dance conservatory of Sevilla (2009 – 2010). She starts her professional dancing with CAD- centro andaluz de danza (Sevilla, 2010 – 2011) with different choreographers such as Johan Inger, Isabel Vasquez}. Now in constant exploration with somatics, biomechanics and evolutionary movement on land and water. She has practiced Contact Improvisation since 2008, facilitating spaces for its practice since 2013. She also started practicing aquatic therapies like Aguahara and Wasser Tanz while creating spaces for its sharing. Part of her mission is to create safe spaces for facilitating processes of inhabiting the body from a somatic approach, and contact improvisation from a creative, collective and performing view. She has been organizing the Contact and Flow festival , before Liquid Flow, since 5 years now. Her actual passion is drawing, painting, and handpoke tattooing. Instagram: andyscheel https://andreascheel.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/animalvrbano/ www.contactandflow.com LAU CRUZ Bio Movement artist, researcher and facilitator of experiences involving the arts of movement, somatic techniques and ecology. She studied contemporary dance at Danza Abierta (University of Costa Rica) and Den Danske Scenekunstskole, in Denmark (where she dabbled in somatic techniques such as Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Klein and Body Mind Centering). She has been invited to various international projects and festivals, in Costa Rica, Denmark, Faroe Islands and Cuba. Laura has been investigating the possibilities of movement in water for about 10 years in different modalities, like contact improvisation, deep dance (using free diving techniques), liquid body and together with Leela Lamela from Finland they’ve cretead a material call Fluid Spine. This research includes dancing in the ocean, rivers, lakes and thermal waters. She has participated in various meetings, festivals and movement laboratories in countries such as Germany, Portugal, Thailand, Spain, India and Mexico. Her artistic approach has led her to work on video art and underwater photography. She has facilitated workshops in Denmark, Finland, Mexico, and Costa Rica. In 2020 Laura founded the first Laboratory for the study, practice and reflection on somatic practices in Costa Rica, called SOMA LAB. This group won several funds and together with her colleagues she created intensive courses on Neuroscience and Dance, Body-Systems and a written research call The Five layers of touch and contact which will be publish this year. She was invited as a speaker at the II International Congress of Aquatic Therapies-Costa Rica 2018, with the theme of Aquatic Dance. She is a Yoga instructor, graduated in India. She is an aquatic therapist, trained in Aguahara and Aquatic Bodywaves as well as being a trainer of trainers in sensory experiences in the water. https://www.instagram.com/lau.cruzt/ https://vimeo.com/user18524282