𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐒 is a 5-day immersion into (Deep) Water Dance — a practice weaving freediving, somatic movement, and contact improvisation. It is a reawakening of the body as a sensing, relational organism — remembering how to belong within water. registration: https://www.bluemotion.live/workshops#register-b555c5fb89f2
𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝗼𝘆:
Supported by freediving fundamentals, we will be dancing between surface and depth (up to 10m), entering a living dialogue with the ocean. Through buoyancy, spirals, and shared weight, the body relearns how to organize in water.
We offer clear, grounded tools—breath, orientation, partner awareness, and simple compositional scores—so you can discover your own dance.
Like the octopus, offering another way of knowing—soft-bodied, decentralized, exquisitely perceptive, We learn to taste the water with our movement.
Here, perception loosens from the mind and spreads through skin, contact, and environment. We begin to feel ourselves not as a separate mover, but as part of a living field—shaped by it, shaping it in return.
An invitation to step beyond the human-centered view and rejoin the wider story of the Earth.
** no prior freediving experience needed, you will learn it here. it is required that you are at least a comfortable snorkeler.
registration: https://www.bluemotion.live/workshops#register-b555c5fb89f2
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𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑬𝑿𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 >>>>>>>
* Somatic Freediving Foundations
Learn to move, breathe, and descend with ease and awareness
* Creative Embodiment Lab (land)
Explore movement, touch, and improvisation to prepare the body
* Deep Water Dance — Open Water (4 sessions)
Enter depth, space, and fluid partnering in the sea
* Water Dance — Shallow / Pool (4 sessions)
Refine technique, trust, and play in a held environment
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𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑮𝑼𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑺 >>>>>>
𝗢𝗹𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 :
Ola is a Ukrainian movement facilitator and creative producer, and the founder of Blue Motion — a project exploring the meeting point of body, water, and artistic collaboration.
With a background in psychology and over 20 years of experience in dance and somatic practices, her work weaves Contact Improvisation (land and water), embodiment, and freediving as a felt, relational practice.
She creates spaces where movement becomes a shared inquiry — inviting dancers and curious bodies to explore presence, connection, and expression in natural environments.
Ola guides water dance, CI jams, and movement sessions with precision, intuition, and play, supporting participants to discover their own language in and with water.
𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐩𝐧𝐞𝐫 :
Road-bound movement explorer, Molchanovs freediving instructor, and passionate musician. Ruben holds a PhD in physics, worked as a science teacher, and trained in Thai yoga massage, dance improvisation, meditative and somatic practices.
His current interest is to explore and facilitate a being together, between land and water, as a holistic practice of discovering and caring for our mind-bodies, in relationship to each other and our natural world.
Through contemplative practice, physical preparation and precise understanding of our physiological processes, Ruben will support the group readying and reaching for new depths — of presence and connection — far below the water surface and within ourselves.
He will guide theoretical and experiential sessions on land that will help us dive into the world of our breathing, sensing bodies, and gentle, methodical practices in water to support discovering new ways of being in water and softening into the unknown together.
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When
September 23–27
The workshop begins on Wednesday, September 23, at 10:00 and concludes on Sunday, September 27, at approximately 20:00.
We can assist with booking additional nights directly at the villa if you choose to arrive early or extend your stay.
Location:
Egypt, Dahab
The workshop takes place in Dahab, a coastal village in Sinai situated between the desert and the sea. Our villa is located in the Asala district, and all deep-water sessions are conducted at the Lighthouse, a primary site for water-based training.
Nourishment
Meals are self-catered. Each apartment at the villa is equipped with a functional kitchen, and local markets are a short walk away. Participants typically coordinate shopping and cooking collectively to accommodate the daily training schedule, or use food delivery.
Accommodation
We stay in a spacious private boutique villa in Dahab, featuring an onsite warm pool, terrace, and balcony. This is our shared base — a comfortable place to land, rest, and connect, equipped with multiple kitchens and living areas. Rooms are available with a double bed or two single beds.
Please choose your accommodation type after registration.
How much?
EARLY BIRD (until 30.06)
• 605€ — private room
• 555€ — shared room (2 people)
• 480€ — own accommodation (for those already based in Dahab or arranging their own stay)
REGULAR (until 10.09)
• 705€ — private room
• 655€ — shared room (2 people)
• 580€ — own accommodation
LAST MINUTE (after 10.09, if spots remain)
• 805€ — private room
• 755€ — shared room (2 people)
• 680€ — own accommodation
What’s included:
• 5 days , 8 guided workshop
(land sessions, shallow water, and deep water)
Not included:
• Water gear rental
• Meals (we’ll share meals together, paid individually)
registration: https://www.bluemotion.live/workshops#register-b555c5fb89f2
Event venue
Dahab. South Sinai, Sharm El-sheikh, Egypt
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