Life in Motion BXL

#### One afternoon. Many ways to move.

Mix & Move is an afternoon to move, explore and cherry-pick what feels good — from tai chi and capoeira to contact improvisation, somatic dance and bodywork and massage.
Join a single workshop, combine a few, or stay for the full experience. Between sessions, there will be time to rest, share a meal and meet others.
Each activity works on its own, so you can choose the ones that spark your curiosity, or mix a few into your own programme, or stay for the entire afternoon.
New to a practice? You’re welcome. Already experienced? There will be room to go further. All workshops are accessible without previous experience, with possibilities to explore according to your level and curiosity.

12:00 – 13:15 Tai Chi
13:30 – 14:30 Capoeira & soft acrobatics
14:30 – 15:00 Potluck snack
15:00 – 16:15 Contact improvisation
16:30 – 17:45 Somatic dance: spine & spirals
18:00 – 19:00 Rock my world – massage & bodywork

### What happens when we bring the qualities of Tai Chi into improvised dance?

Explore verticality, moving from the centre and release — not as Tai Chi forms to reproduce, but as qualities that can influence how we move, improvise and connect with others.
We’ll pay attention to how we move rather than what the movement looks like, using simple exercises and improvisation to explore different qualities in the body.
No Tai Chi or dance experience is needed. Come as you are, wear something you can move in, and be ready to experiment, play and move with other people.
Who is it for?
If you already dance, the workshop offers an opportunity to look at familiar movement from a different perspective and experiment with qualities such as softness, balance, release and movement from the centre.
If you’re new to dance, you don’t need any previous experience or specific technique. The exercises will give you simple ways to start exploring.
You don’t need to know Tai Chi. You don’t need to consider yourself a dancer.

### An open dance jam with live music, bringing dancers, movers and musicians together for an afternoon of improvisation and exploration.

An open dance jam with live music where dancers, movers and musicians can explore, improvise and create together. Since it’s around dinner time, bring some snack to share, we will make a little potluck!

Whether you’re an experienced dancer or just curious to see where movement can take you, you’re welcome here.
We’ll have electronic musicians playing live to get things started, but the music doesn’t belong only to them. Dancers and movers are welcome to join the conversation through rhythm, voice, body percussion, instruments, movement or whatever other creative impulses arise. The idea is not to separate musicians from dancers, but to co-create the experience together.

You might:

• dance on your own
• explore contact improvisation
• move between solo and shared movement
• connect with other dancers and musicians
• contribute rhythm, sound or music
• sit, listen and let the music move through you

There is no single «right» way to participate.

### Tuning in together

We’ll begin with a one-hour guided warmup designed to help us arrive in our bodies, tune into ourselves and ease into the space together. For those interested in dancing with others, we’ll also explore some simple tools and a shared vocabulary that can help us connect during the jam.
What we do want to create is a welcoming, respectful and non-judgmental space where people can explore, play, experiment and be themselves.