Vienna Contact Improvisation

# Surfing on Skin-Somatic Contact Improvisation Workshop

What does it feel like to be carried by a wave? What if movement in contact—through listening with the body—could effortlessly follow a flow?
In this workshop, we begin by playfully exploring how movement is organized through the center and spine, and how we can stand, fall, roll, and share weight with a partner.

Through somatic exploration—individually, hands-on with a partner, and within the group—through anatomy in movement, imagination, and kinaesthetic imagery, we reconnect with movement patterns already embedded in the body (so-called developmental movement patterns). We explore how these patterns support body surfing and fluid, dynamic transitions between different levels.

The somatic approach offers a pathway into the body’s own intelligence and wisdom, allowing you to move with a partner through shared weight in a soft, dynamic, and three-dimensional way across different levels.

What you will take away
→ The 3 keys to body surfing
→ Organic transitions – effortless level changes through functional movement organization
→ Greater trust in your body weight – both giving and receiving
→ An embodied understanding of anatomy in movement
→ Refined body awareness, greater presence, and freedom of movement
Contact Improvisation is a contemporary dance form in which we playfully explore movement possibilities through shared weight. It is physics in motion, as well as a practice of sensing, moving, and meeting one another.
This workshop offers an introduction to the technical basics of Contact Improvisation through a somatic and exploratory approach to movement.

FOR WHOM
Beginners welcome/ open level: People who are interested in contact improvisation as an artform and want to get to know a technique for dancing with shared weight.

WHEN
Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 10:00–16:00
Sunday, October 18, 2026 · 11:00–17:00

WHERE
Perform
Mariahilferstraße 51
1060 Vienna