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CONTACT IMPROVISATION IMMERSION: new dialogues w/ Stéphanie & Mileen

Start Fri 15 May '26
14:30 - 16:30

1 session

Prices

Basic price: € 28
All prices

Location Danspunt
Dok Noord Sint-Salvatorstraat 18 001A
9000 GENT

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Language & teacher(s) English

During "New dialogs w/ Mileen & Stéphanie," Mileen Borgonjon and Stéphanie Auberville meet on the dance floor to co-create.

Stéphanie Auberville is a dancer, improviser, and choreographer based in Brussels. She has been practicing improv performance since the early 90s. She has been influenced by the work and research of artists such as Lisa Nelson, Deborah Hay, Simone Forti, and Nancy Stark Smith. In 2002, she met Nita Little and was her assistant from 2005 to 2009. Since 2003, she has been teaching instant composition and contact improvisation in the form of weekly classes and workshops. She regularly invites other artists to teach, organizes jam sessions, and hosts meetings or research labs. Her lessons are based on perception work and often take the form of research that she shares with participants.

Mileen Borgonjon is a dancer and performer, primarily at home in the field of improv performance and passionate about contact improvisation. For her, CI is a source of inspiration for movement research and a platform to reflect on the great 'encounter' and improvisation we call 'life'. She enjoys interacting dynamically and playfully with the movement principles of this practice, with a nod to poetic layering. Her own journey as a mover, dancer, and performer led her thru various master's programs in 'instant composition' and thru inspiring movement and somatic methods including Thai yoga massage, Breathwork, Gaga, the Ido Portal Method, and Playfight.

This workshop is part of a three-day immersion in Contact Improvisation on May 14–15–16. The program includes several workshops, a jam, a conversation table, and a performance evening. You are welcome to join one or multiple parts of the program!

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Practical

Wear comfortable clothes, without sharp or metal parts, in which you can move freely and bring your own bottle of water. There is a filter to refill. A pair of light knee pads might be comfortable. We dance barefoot.

Level of experience

Level X: everyone is welcome. During this three-day immersion, we aim to create an environment where we can collectively broaden and deepen our practice, experience, and perspectives on Contact Improvisation. Both beginning and experienced CI dancers are welcome and will find inspiration, depth, and meaningful reflection here. Some movement training or dance experience is recommended.

Sessions

  • Fri 15 May '26
    14:30 - 16:30
    Danspunt - Studio 1

Location(s)

  • Danspunt Dok Noord Sint-Salvatorstraat 18 001A
    9000 GENT Show on map

    WISPER has several course locations at the DOK Noord site. The Danspunt studio's are one of them. Is it your first time here? Please come in time and make sure to read the information on www.wisper.be/doknoord first. Without these guidelines, it's easy to get lost here!

Prices

  • Better world price
    € 31 Choose this price and contribute to the course of someone who can’t afford it without help. How wonderful is that?
  • Basic price
    € 28 Covers the cost of your course. Nothing less, nothing more.
  • Reduced price
    € 22 If money is tight (right now).
  • Social discount UiTPAS Ghent
    € 6 (max 6 / year) only for Ghent citizens

Teacher

Mileen Borgonjon

Mileen coordinates the dance program for WISPER in Ghent and Antwerp. She is a dancer, performer…
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Stéphanie Auberville

Stéphanie Auberville is a choreographer and improviser based in Brussels. Her researches are driven…
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