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Contact improvisation: basics

Start Wed 7 October '26
19:00 - 21:00

9 sessions

Prices

Basic price: € 171
All prices

Location 't Werkhuys
Zegelstraat 13
2140 Borgerhout

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Language & teacher(s) English

Contact improvisation is a dance form based on improvisation, physical dialogue, and the exploration of movement through touch. This dance form originated at the intersection of dance, acrobatics, and meditative practices and has become a global movement language.

Together, we will explore the core principles of contact improvisation. You will learn to give and receive weight, and how to find both stability and freedom in this process. Responding to touch, impulses, and a partner's direction of movement is crucial. Together you will learn to fall, lift, and explore rolls in dialogue with the floor.

In contact improvisation, there are no fixed steps; the dance unfolds in the moment. Trust and playfulness are therefore central: you can expect openness, spontaneity, and safety in both the duet and the group.

This course is designed as a gradual introduction to these principles. Each lesson combines exercises in awareness and sensitivity, partner techniques, group explorations, and allows for free dance.

Practical

Deze cursus doorgaat in het Engels. Draag kledij waarin je gemakkelijk kan bewegen en breng een flesje water mee voor tussendoor. We dansen op blote voeten.

Level of experience

Level 1: this longer series of lessons provides you with a foundation in CI, so no dance experience or prior knowledge is required.

The course is open to anyone who wants to be introduced to contact improvisation for the first time and, as a dancer or mover, wants to develop greater body awareness and confidence in movement. You’ll also explore new ways of nonverbal communication through dance.

Did you already take a beginners class before but would you like to refresh your foundation or further master it? Come along, you are more than welcome!

Sessions

  • Wed 7 October '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 14 October '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 21 October '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 28 October '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 18 November '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 25 November '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 2 December '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 9 December '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal
  • Wed 16 December '26
    19:00 - 21:00
    't Werkhuys - Danszaal

Location(s)

  • 't Werkhuys Zegelstraat 13
    2140 Borgerhout Show on map

Prices

  • Better world price
    € 188 Choose this price and contribute to the course of someone who can’t afford it without help. How wonderful is that?
  • Basic price
    € 171 Covers the cost of your course. Nothing less, nothing more.
  • Reduced price
    € 137 If money is tight (right now).

Teacher

Anna Svetlitskaya

Anna Svetlitskaya discovered contact improvisation in 2004. At the time, she was studying Religious…
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