Contact Improvisation & Performing ART

Poetics of Movement — Workshop

An experiential journey where movement becomes language, the body becomes narrative, and the stage opens to the poetry of gesture.

Contact Improvisation is a dance practice based on contact, shared weight, and sensory listening. Bodies enter into relationship with gravity, balance, impulse, and inertia. Movement is created moment by moment, through presence and awareness.Born from the research of Steve Paxton, this practice explores movement through physical contact and the laws of physics. It is a dance grounded in subtle listening to the skin and to one’s partner, where bodily dialogue becomes spontaneous and unpredictable.Improvisation teaches us the value of the “here and now”: nothing is predetermined, only the present moment exists. This generates a deep physical and psychological release—when the body surrenders to the flow of movement, the mind lets go of control and opens to the pleasure of play. The benefits are immediate: a sense of lightness, enjoyment, and connection. The group ceases to be a collection of individuals and becomes a living organism, where authentic gesture arises from real relationships between bodies.

Experimental Performing Art explores narrative movement and the scenic unconscious. It is a dramaturgy of the body that reveals itself through symbolic gesture and the listening to inner images, guiding us toward authentic presence and conscious play. In ancient theatre, catharsis was the purification of the soul through the telling of passions. In the laboratory, this experience moves beyond theory and becomes active practice. Through movement, voice, and gesture, we reconnect with collective rituals through the Poetic Act, which opens the necessary space for the subconscious to emerge.

An experimental performative practice that explores narrative movement and the scenic unconscious. A dramaturgy of the body revealed through symbolic gesture and the listening to inner imagery, guiding us toward authentic presence and conscious play.

The workshop supports the development of self-esteem, body awareness, and relational skills. As theatre pedagogue Jacques Lecoq, master of physical theatre, stated:“The body is the actor’s first instrument and humanity’s first language.”

A protected space in which each person can recognize themselves, express freely, and grow through the ritual of improvised dance. A laboratory open to sensory experience and scenic invention, where practice becomes discovery and every gesture opens new creative possibilities.

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