Landing in Delight

About this event

Landing in Delight — 4 days of Contact Improvisation, Solo Movement and Psoas work with Carmen Serber at the beautiful Hanna Barn on Vashon Island. This residential retreat is a deep immersion into easeful, timeless movement—into falling effortlessly through space, rising with clarity, and landing with buoyancy. It offers a space to cultivate coherence and refined spatial awareness by exploring subtle relationships within the body and how they resonate outward into movement and beingness. Psoas Work: Throughout the retreat, we'll work with our deepest fluid tissue, our psoas, located at the gravitational midline behind the abdominal muscles deep within the belly core. The psoas teaches us about tenderness, humanity, and life as a continuous unfolding. This work is inspired by Liz Koch. Dance practices/Contact Improvisation: We will explore the spine, pelvis, and limbs in relationship to the psoas. Playful micro movements and hands-on work will inform these processes. We will dance solo, in duets, trios, and as an ensemble. Structure: The retreat weaves together Contact Improvisation, solo practices, hands-on bodywork, rest and jamming. Chef Hannah will prepare nourishing dinners each evening and provide simple breakfast. Who Is It For: This offering is for those who wish to deepen their practice of Contact Improvisation and the art of relational movement, and who already bring a foundational understanding. Also welcomes dancers, therapists, bodyworkers, and athletes. What to pack: Water bottle, dance clothes, unscented toiletries, bedding, camping gear (if camping), rain jacket, knee pads, musical instruments. Refund Policy: 90+ days: refund minus 10% fee. 60-89 days: 25% fee. 30-59 days: 50% fee. 15-29 days: 75% fee. 0-14 days or no-show: none. Transfers allowed with $50 admin fee.