Dance Improvisation & Body Awareness Workshop

These workshops are open to anyone interested in exploring movement as a way to deepen body awareness, improve mobility and enjoy dancing in connection with others. The workshops offer an original blend of dance practices, combining contemporary dance, elements of Body-Mind Centering®, relaxation and mindfulness techniques,as well as capoeira, and a pinch of partnered styles such as forró, tango, and fusion dance.
Objectives:

• To unwind and enjoy improvised movement — with or without prior dance experience
• To deepen body awareness
• To develop connection with dance partners
• To learn techniques from various dance and movement forms and apply them in improvisation
• To stay active while having fun and sharing enjoyable moments

Workshop 1: Body awareness for connection: exploring the spine (with Agnieszka)
This workshop explores the spine as a source of movement, presence, and relational responsiveness. Through guided exercises, we awaken and articulate the spine, moving from the floor to standing, exploring waves, spirals, and vertebral articulation.
We then bring this awareness into partner work, using gentle touch, shared breath, and subtle attunement to explore connection and resonance.

Workshop 2: Relaxing into contact (with Lemmer)
Drawing on Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges, this workshop explores the Social Engagement System — the physiological state in which our nervous system naturally opens toward connection, bonding, and relational presence.
Through guided movement and partner work, we investigate how dance can help us navigate toward relaxation, safety, and trust, allowing us to soften protective patterns that may hinder connection, such as excessive tension, self-doubt, or inner withdrawal. Rather than forcing change, we practice meeting these responses with awareness, kindness, and constructive support.
The workshop integrates short theoretical inputs with embodied exercises so that the concepts become directly tangible in movement and contact.

More info: https://fusion-circus.com/events/dance-improvisation-mar26/