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Come and welcome the New Year with us at the Contemplative CI Retreat!Set in a cosy retreat venue at the north-west of the Czech Republic, embraced by a gentle winter landscape, the retreat offers a nourishing space for CI dancers who wish to spend the end-of-year transition resting, wintering, playing, exploring… and dancing together!
Held within a simple container, the retreat will provide plenty of space for jamming, researching and contemplating, supported by periods in silence.
In that way, the retreat is intended as a continuum, where our main practice is the art of listening, softening, allowing, unknowing…
Together we will embark on a journey, arching the worlds of stillness and movement, being emptied, being filled...
Presence will be our compass.
Contact improvisation our vessel.
Silence will be our Teacher.
SILENCE
Silence is an empty container that holds and connects.
It is a shared ground we can rise from and return to.
It invites us to enter a raw and open mode of being, readying our receptivity and availability.
It encourages us to relax into the unknown, waking our playfulness and curiosity.
Some of the themes we might want to explore during the sessions may be for example:
What can I hear in Silence?
What happens when we enter the jam from this shared field of Silence?
How Silence shapes my attention, movement, interaction..?
We will observe silence every day until 12.30.
We will transition from silence into a spoken word during small group sharings after the morning jam.
The New Year will be welcomed in all-day silence on the 31st (on and off the dance floor).
THE ART OF IMPROVISATION
Most of our practice time will be held within a simple format of jam.
It is a beautiful opportunity to dive deep into the very essence of improvisation, relax into the unfolding process and research the vast expanse of landscapes that jamming may encompass.
We are envisioning a jam as a continuous journey, which we enter and exit together. A jam, where every movement, every gesture and every experience becomes part of the composition.
What if, whilst jamming as usual, we could be also creating an effortless piece of art? A field of magic? A mosaic of diverse shapes and colours that are all part of one whole?
STRUCTURE
Mornings will be dedicated to a jam in silence, evening jam sessions will have live music.
Afternoons will host scores / labs / research on themes that may emerge for us during our time together. Everyone is welcome to propose a score or lab and we will use a simple voting system to arrange the sessions.
There will be a 14-hour long jam on the 31st December – yay, we will dance ourselves into the brand New Year!
COST:
Please see the website:
https://www.ladakoprivova.info/en/contemplative-contact-retreat/#tab-id-3
REGISTRATION:
Please find registration form here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBQUhdjn3Vv8FRuWcLrdjexjLpW-B7O9jcvacVzMoMEU8RdQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
The maximum capacity of the retreat is 35 participants.
THE VENUE
A former homestead re-purposed as a retreat venue, beautifully renovated with natural materials. The venue is set at the edge of a small village north of Prague, surrounded by fields, hills and forests. Enclosed by a large garden, it provides complete privacy and plenty of space.
Both buildings and the dance hall have a central heating, plus there are three wood burning stoves in the dining hall, dance hall and meditation room to make us extra cosy.
Dance hall: 130m2
Sleeping arrangements: 2-4 people in each bedroom. There are 11 toilets and 11 showers available.
https://www.e-chalupy.cz/kokorinsko/ubytovani-skalka-u-doks-17312.php
ORGANISERS:
Lenka Sabolčáková - CI lover, somatic facilitator, bodyworker, body-based coach
Lada Kopřivová – body-oriented therapist, somatic movement educator and group facilitator, CI dancer
MORE INFO:
https://www.ladakoprivova.info/en/contemplative-contact-retreat
CONTACT: [email protected]
Photo by: Maysara Volf
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Skalka 22 - centrum osobního rozvoje, Skalka u Doks 22, 472 01 Skalka u Doks, Česko,Doksy, Kravare, Czech Republic
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