Name: GLASS between Touch and Distance – Open for all, dance with professional dancers
Start: 2026-05-26T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Gheinstraat 51, 2562 NL The Hague, Netherlands

$GLASS between Touch and Distance \u2013 Open for all, dance with professional dancers$

Glass between Touch and Distance – An open for every one contact improvisation lab in collaboration with professional Dancers
6 Sessions of Embodied Research with Another Kind of Blue
How do we connect when something stands between us?
In a time where so much of our contact happens through screens — phones, laptops, digital platforms — we are constantly seeing each other, yet rarely touching. We communicate through glass. We reach through devices. We connect — but something is filtered.
This Research Lab explores that space between visibility and physical presence.
We work with a glass plate as both a physical object and a powerful metaphor. The glass is transparent. You can see the other person. But you cannot fully touch.
What changes when connection is mediated?
Can we maybe still share weight and dance with the glass in between us?
How do boundaries, trust, and intention shift?
What does connection feel like when something stands in between?
Through movement, contact-based practice, and guided research tasks, we investigate connection, weight, touch, and distance in a very physical way.
This lab is part of an ongoing artistic research project by Another Kind of Blue. The material developed here may become part of a future touring performance — and you can be part of that process.
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What We’ll Explore
Rooted in contact improvisation principles and contemporary movement practice, we investigate:
• Sharing weight — and what happens when weight meets resistance
• What skin contact provides — and what remains when touch is blocked
• Trust, hesitation, and proximity
• How boundaries are felt and negotiated
• How connection shifts in a digitally mediated world
The Moving Barrier
A key experiment in this lab explores whether the glass can become a moving partner rather than a fixed obstacle.
In contact-based duets, we investigate how shared weight can keep the glass suspended between two bodies. The barrier remains upright only through mutual listening and subtle adjustment.
What happens when connection is so precise that losing attention means losing the structure?
Can resistance become cooperation?
Can the barrier become shared responsibility?
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Who Is This For?
This lab is open to:
Amateur dancers and movement enthusiasts curious about embodied research
Dance and art students interested in deepening their physical and creative practice
You do not need to be highly technical. Curiosity, body awareness, and willingness to explore are more important than virtuosity.
To make that safe for everyone, we expect participants to be able to take care of themselves physically and mentally within the setting of the class. If you have any doubts about whether this class is suitable for you at this time, please get in touch with us beforehand.
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Participation
€195 – Regular participation
€100 – Student price (max. 4 places available)
(For participants currently enrolled in an official dance or art academy)
Cancellation & Refund
Cancellations are possible up to 72 hours before the start of the event. After that, refunds are no longer available. You are welcome to transfer your ticket to someone else.
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How We Work
Each session combines physical training with guided research.
We begin by building strength, awareness, and sensitivity through technique and contact-based principles. On the first day, Joy Post, an experienced tantra facilitator, guides us in working with personal boundaries and embodied consent, creating a safe and grounded framework for the lab. Throughout the process, sessions are also supported by contact improvisation teacher Ady Elzam, who brings depth to weight sharing, listening, and relational awareness.
From there, we move into focused research with the glass barrier. We explore weight sharing, resistance, mediated touch, and the idea of the glass as a moving partner in duet work.
Participants alternate between moving and observing, so reflection remains embedded in the process. The lab stays collaborative, exploratory, and physically engaging throughout.
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Work Alongside Professional Touring Dancers
Throughout the lab, 6 professional dancers from the current Another Kind of Blue touring cast will be present and actively participating.
This is a rare opportunity to work closely with dancers who have trained for years at a professional level and perform internationally. You won’t just observe them — you’ll share weight, research material, exchange feedback, and explore together.
This creates a unique environment where professional and non-professional dancers meet on equal ground — learning from each other in real time.
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Schedule
Tuesdays 19:00–22:00
• Tuesday 26 May
• Tuesday 2 June
• Tuesday 9 June
Sundays 10:00–13:00
• Sunday 31 May
• Sunday 7 June
Final Presentation
📍 Saturday 13 June
🕒 18:30–21:30
(Last hour includes a public sharing of the research)
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Practical Information
📍 Studio in The Hague
🗓 6 sessions × 3 hours (18 hours total)
Includes:
- 6 technique classes (including guest teachers)
- 18 hours of guided research
- Professional artistic guidance
- Studio access
- Tea and 30 minutes after each session of free space