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Contact Improvisation workshop: Tangible Presence - with Elisa GhionSaturday 7th of February, Ljubljana
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Matter grounds us, attention guides us.
The harsher and rougher the world becomes, the more I recognize that Contact Improvisation, through its exquisitely material elements, can speak of humanity and trust, reciprocity and support.
I am interested in observing where this dialogue arises, between the tangible and the invisible.
We will explore strategies to invite the body to inhabit the present moment: fully awake, rooted in awareness, free to create. Attention becomes an inner radar that guides us to dwell in the space around and within us, sustaining our individual actions while weaving them into a collective flow.
We will dive into the material heart of contact improvisation. Off-balance becomes a generative cradle for movement – an invitation to fall, to flow beyond equilibrium, where the body rediscovers the poetry of instability. Weight-sharing, in turn, becomes a silent language: a dialogue of hands, skin, and gravity that invites authentic, profound, and real connections.
The proposed material will be adaptable to all levels of experience.
WHAT IS CONTACT IMPROVISATION
Contact Improvisation is an improvised dance based on 2+ bodies moving in contact, sharing weight, gravity, intention. It’s about breathing, listening, trusting, rolling, sliding, flying. It’s a dance for everybody, that can be practiced right from the start.
OTHER
We recommend wearing comfortable clothing and removing necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Please arrive 15 minutes early to change and register at a relaxed pace.
TIME TABLE
10:00 - 13:00 workshop
13:00 - 14:00 break
14:00 - 17:00 workshop
LOCATION
Center Premik - Neubergerjeva ulica 9, 1000 Ljubljana
RECOMMENDED DONATION FOR THE WORKSHOP
60 EUR (you can donate at your arrival)
REGISTRATIONS AT:
https://forms.gle/DCdEVvJmMSBkbXMD6
for further information, write to [email protected]
Elisa Ghion
Beyond family ties, my relationship with Contact Improvisation is my longest and most stable one. I’ve asked myself why, without ever finding a consistently valid answer. The question, however, never loses its value.
Contact Improvisation teaches me to root myself in transformation, to passion for questioning reality, to trust the matter of bodies.
I’ve been studying since 2005, teaching since 2010. I observe people rediscover the beauty of falling together and recognize how privileged I am to witness it.
I’ve studied with many people, including Roberto Lun, Nancy Stark Smith, Julyen Hamilton, Steve Batts, Kj Holmes, Eszter Gàl, Ytai Yatuv, and Katja Mustonen.
I continue learning every time I teach and every time I join a jam.
I was part of CorPoetica (2018-2022), a collective promoting awareness through movement practices. Since 2020, I’ve been a teacher at the Artemente Higher Education Center in Milan, and since 2025, I’ve also collaborated with the Nausica association at the Tito Livio Dance High School. In 2025, I joined the collective that created Moving Humanity, a project that, through CI, channels solidarity and collective action.
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Center Premik, Neubergerjeva 9,Ljubljana, Slovenia
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