The Body That Listens

About this event

The Body That Listens is a four-day progressive Contact Improvisation technical workshop led by Serafima Darova, open to practitioners of all levels. The workshop explores principles that support greater freedom, spontaneity, and safety in improvisation. A special focus is placed on the journey from falling to flying: rather than stopping a fall, participants develop the skills to use its momentum to continue moving, with flying emerging as a natural outcome of weight-sharing in dynamic lifts. The work cultivates the connection between hands and feet through the centre, experiencing the body as an integrated whole and developing an awareness that includes oneself, a partner, and the surrounding space simultaneously. A central investigation is the idea of a shared body — the moment when two people and the space between them become a single unfolding movement process. Each session builds progressively on the previous one. Open jams (CDP — Contact Dance Practice) are held on the afternoons of days two and four (Jul 4 and Jul 6). Attending all four days offers the richest experience; joining for the first two days only is also possible.