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Mix your (partner)dance ingredients, every 1st Tuesday of the month, in an epic Church!Bring your folkie funk, connect through contact impro, throw in a tango touch, spice it with salsa, give it a hop & there we go!
EveryBody is welcome! No (partner) dance experience or partner needed!
6:45 PM - Doors
7:00 PM - Class (in ENG) "From Folk to Fusion" with Natalia Klamann & Xavier Dufour
8:00 PM - Dance Party
10:00 PM - End
CLASS: FROM FOLK TO FUSION
With Balfolk fundaments as a base (e.g. the “Scottish”) we’ll open up for creative dance dialogues, focused on connection and mindful listening, based in Contact Improvisation and somatic approach. We will break out of dance schemes to co-create new possibilities.
TEACHERS - 3 March
- Natalia Klamann
is an internationally known balfolk festival and event organiser and teacher from Poland. Her dance background is diverse: contact improvisation, contemporary dance, tango, flamenco, tribal fusion bellydance,... She is particularly interested in a somatic approach in movement inspired by the Body Mind Centering method, yoga and mindfulness.
- Xavier Dufour
Starting with Balfolk in 2012, XAVIER quickly became a social dance addict who loves to mix dance styles and use a full range of moves to express his creativity on the dancefloor. His dance journeys include Rock, Forro, Contact Improv and is now investing into Brazilian Zouk. He completed the Fusion Teacher Training in Berlin in 2025 and likes to bring original and exotic topics in his workshops.
https://www.instagram.com/dancing.xavier/
EPIC LOCATION
Hartetroef, Heilig-Hartkerk, Heilig-Hartplein, Ghent
(15 min walk Gent Dampoort Train Station)
A wonderful restored church!
TICKETS
Pre-Sale (until 3 march noon)
20 euros - normal price
15 euros - social price / Sint-Amands neighbours / !! Balhalla Festival Dancers !!
30 euros - support price (so we stay break-even offering social price)
Door
25 euros - for everyone
https://hipsy.be/event/162038-fusion-dance-gent-all-partnerdance-styles-mix-on-the-floor
LET'S BLEND ALL DANCE SCENES INTO A NEW TRIBE!
‘Kula’ means community, tribe friendship, school, to stick together. My vision is to bring people of all cultures, ages, backgrounds, dance scenes & schools together in a playful, tender, adventurous, steamy, safe, heartfelt dance night.
Come with an open heart. No judgements, only free expression within the safe boundaries of consent.
KULA DANCE
https://linktr.ee/kuladance
I'm Lene Van Steenwinkel, a Dance/Movement Therapist & Anthropologist, who loves dancing with tribes/cultures all over the world, to explore the healing power of dance.
In 2018 I founded Kula Dance to create a conscious community in Ghent. I offer Embodied Dreamwork, Consensual Intimacy, Women Circles, Nature Connection & individual/group Dance/Movement Therapy. I discovered Fusion Dance at Burning Man and would love to create a Fusion scene in Ghent!
GUIDELINES EVENT
- Consent is key. Ask & respect a "no”.
- Everyone can invite each other (non-)verbally to dance a(nother) song.
- Check in with your dance partner: do you want to lead, follow or switch roles?
- Ask if your partner is comfortable with a close embrace, with lifts or dips.
- Does a dance feel uncomfortable? Be creative: how can I make it a pleasant/inspiring experience? Express your needs and boundaries. At any time you can end a dance.
- There are spaceholders you can ask support to & that insure a safe concensual space.
- If someone felt uncomfortable in the interaction with you, listen attentively, give apologies if needed & learn from the experience.
- This is an alcohol-free dance party.
- Between the opening and closing circles, conversation is kept to a minimum, for example, to ask consent or to ask a question during the class. We stay as much as possible out of the mind, in the body.
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Event Venue
Heilig-Hartplein, 9040 Gent, België, Heilig-Hartplein 9, 9040 Gent, België, Gent, Belgium
Tickets
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