Diving Deep, Flying High

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Diving Deep, Flying High a week-long retreat for Solo Dance, Contact Improvisation, and Somatic Research led by Šuka Horn at Ponderosa Stolzenhagen, (Near Berlin) September 20–26, 2026 Quick Overview Schedule Sunday · 20 September Arrival from 16:00 Welcome Dinner at 19:00 Monday–Friday · 21–25 September 6 hours of practice per day Saturday · 26 September Breakfast & Check-out until 11:00 For Whom? People with experience in both Solo Dancing and Contact Improvisation Where? You find Ponderosa in Lunow-Stolzenhagen, close to Berlin. With public transport, take a train from Berlin to Angermünde. From there we organize on-demand buses to Ponderosa. Pricing Retreat Fee Sliding scale from 360–620 € (depending on registration date) Accomodation 135–230 € for the full week (depending on room type) Food Optional organic catering: 265 € for the full week (Vegan and vegetarian options available) You can also cook for yourself and use the kitchen on site. The retreat is dedicated to the study of dancing — alone and with others. The focus is on the intrinsic joy of movement that emerges when dancing is approached as an infinite game. With a somatic emphasis on listening to the body's signals and becoming adaptive movers, the approach is not concerned with how the dance looks from the outside. Participants carefully study the mechanics of the body and the use of attention, aiming to move better and savour the experience of dancing more fully. The retreat is grounded in the premise that solo dance and Contact Improvisation can mutually enhance one another. Šuka Horn (Germany/Greece) trained at Codarts University Rotterdam and spent five years touring internationally with Dimitris Papaioannou's productions (Transverse Orientation, INK). His work integrates somatic inquiry, movement research with Frey Faust, and an ongoing meditation practice. He has taught in universities, dance companies, festivals, and studios in more than 20 countries.