Build your skills and tune your awareness towards spontaneous dance-making in this 6-day Contact Improvisation intensive with Sarah Young (USA) & Angela-Mara Florant (Germany).

Where: Ponderosa², Gutshof 3, 16248 Lunow-Stolzenhagen, Germany

When: 14–20 July, 2025

This is a 6-day Contact Improvisation intensive led by Sarah Young & Angela-Mara Florant. Sourcing research from CI originators, Nancy Stark Smith and Steve Paxton, and our own decades of practice in the form, we build on
practical physical studies and ways of tuning our awareness towards spontaneous dance-making.

~~Whether it’s sunlight glimmering off the pond or a dance that takes a surprising turn, we catch the flickering moments and ride the mystery.~~

Each day we’ll drop into subtle physical choice-making with the Feldenkrais Method®, Contemplative Dance Practice, and Body-Mind
Centering® with guest teacher, Saliq Savage. We’ll dive into studies of momentum, gravity, weight-sharing, rolling, spiraling, and falling;
our reflexes at work in Contact Improvisation.

In the evenings, we’ll continue with jams and group scores, and dip into CI history. An
Underscore with live music concludes the intensive. There’s time throughout for enjoying delicious meals, swimming, and walks in the
countryside.

This intensive is for those wanting a facilitated focused study of Contact Improvisation and is best suited for those with some previous
CI jam and/or class experience. You should already know how to reach your hands towards the floor when falling and be responsive to your own self-care needs. We ask that you come ready to contribute positively and collaboratively to the group dynamic.

The price of the intensive includes accommodation in a shared dormitory, studio or in your own tent, as well as 2 cooked meals per day and a simple breakfast – prepared by our onsite chef, cooking healthy vegetarian and vegan options.

Weekend option is also available!

How to register:
6-day Registration:  www.ponderosa-dance.de/event/finding-the-sparkle-6-day

Weekend Registration:  www.ponderosa-dance.de/event/finding-the-sparkle-weekend

Costs for participants:
6-Day Pricing:  Early Bird until 1 June 680€ | Full Price 840€.   
Weekend Pricing:  Early Bird until 1 June 280€ | Full Price 340€. 
Scholarship & Work-Exchange opportunities available.

Contact details:
Sarah Young:  cooscafe@gmail.com
Keira Sinclair:  utopia@ponderosa-dance.de

For further information, please visit https://www.ponderosa-dance.de/event/finding-the-sparkle-6-day

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