Artem dancing

From Small Dance to Wild Flight

Contact Improvisation Workshop
2 - 5 May in Amsterdam

I am happy to be back in Amsterdam. For this workshop, I would like to delve into the topic of light and effortless dance.

Physicality, technical skills, subtlety, pleasure, depth, strength and lightness. Can these qualities be in your dance at the same time?


Artem lying on the floor, sensing the space around him

In contact improvisation, we are accustomed to playing with the fall of the central axis, which is called the small dance. The fall of the vertical axis is one of the main tools that initiates movement in space.

In somatic approaches based on BMC (Body-Mind Centering), we utilize the material of human embryonic development to see how new forms and new possibilities of movement are nurtured within us. I invite you to dive into profound method of embryological bodywork and find your own deeph. We will also learn from imagination qualities for flying.

Additionally, you will study to recognize movement directions, the vector of movement. Birds can soar on air currents, surfers glide on the waves of ocean movement. You will learn to distinguish the directions of movement in order to surrender to the flow and not argue with physical forces.

In this workshop we will study:

  • How to be lighter in dance;
  • How to maintain movement, and not freeze;
  • How to be steady while dancing;
  • How to find resolution and joy from own strength.

Come to improve your dance skills.

Artyom instructing and dancing Photo by Judit Emese Konopas
Artem

Artem Markov

Artem has been engaged in Contemporary dance field since 2002. He worked as a dancer in Ufa (Russia) in performance group “White Label” 2004-2006. From 2006, he started dancing contact improvisation. He has been teaching CI since 2008. Artem is contact teacher he taught in many festivals such as: Dancefulness: Ukraine Festival of Contact Improvisation (2013), Ibiza Contact Festival (2015), Italy Contact Festival (2017, 2024), Israel Contact Festival (2019).

In parallel, Artem has been engaged in body-work and movement therapy since 2006. He had started to participate somatic workshops and finally he decided to learn somatic professionally.

Artem is educated in two somatic universities Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy (IBMT dip.) and SomaticBody Training. He teaches at the SomaticBody Training program, and also he conducts his own somatic courses.

Dance floor

Time and location

The workshop will be held at Studio 239, Prinsengracht 239, Amsterdam.

Please bring comfortable clothes, warm socks, water bottles and notepads in case you would like to write things down. Cookies and tea will be provided.

The programme is as follows:
  • Friday 2nd: 10.00 to 17.00
  • Saturday 3rd: 10.00 to 17.00
  • Sunday 4th: 10.00 to 17.00
  • Monday 5th: 10.00 to 17.00
  • All days include a lunch break of an hour
Close-up of Artyom moving Photo by Judit Emese Konopas

Register

Full workshop
  • Before February 22nd: € 170.
    (If you bring a friend: € 150)
  • Between February 22nd and April 1st: € 190.
    (If you bring a friend: € 170)
  • After April 1st: € 210.
    (If you bring a friend: € 190)

If you don't have the financial resources available at the moment but do wish to join, please get in touch and we can see if we can work something out.

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Cancellation policy:
We do not return your deposit within two weeks before the workshop. You could however pass your place on to another person. Contact us if you wish to do so.