Emka Makarow

About

Lives and dances in Leipzig, deeply connected to the Contact Improvisation community. Has organized festivals since 2007 -- including CI Festival Leipzig -- gives CI workshops, and hosts regular jams. Practice has been shared and refined at numerous international festivals. Artistic research centers on consent and consensuality: how mindful, consent-based communication can enrich and transform dance and interpersonal encounters. Further focuses include gender questions, writing utopian fiction, inclusion, dancing as families, interdisciplinary art practice, and community development. Holds an M.A. in Social Sciences and is currently training in systemic counseling.

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