Contact Silence End of Summer Retreat 2020

Festival
31 Aug 2020 -  14 Sep 2020
31 Aug 2020 @ 2.00 pm 14 Sep 2020 @ 4.00 pm
Monterosi - , Arezzo, Italy - Show map
Contact Silence End of Summer Retreat 2020 - Monterosi - Arezzo, Italy

End of Summer Retreat

31 August – 4 September 2020

5 – 9 September 2020

10-14 September 2020

Participants: Max 30 per shift

 

15 days  retreat in nature conceived as a meditative / contemplative space. It is possible to participate in only one of the shift, two or all. For people with sufficient experience in Contact Improvisation who can comfortably experience the Jam dimension

Silence

The main and constitutive element of the retreat, silence opens our sensitivity and listening, essential elements of contact improvisation: for this reason, in the silent area of the retreat where the platform is located we will try to keep it constantly. In the rest of the retreat area it will be possible to speak from the end of the morning silence circle to the beginning of the evening silence circle. During the night we will donate the entire retreat area to silence, dance, listening.

The Jam of Contact Improvisation

The main practice of retreat, the Jam is designed for people with previous experience in contact improvisation who intend to explore, in addition to the relational, technical, dynamic movement aspects that characterize CI, also the meditative, spiritual, emotional and inner research aspect of the practice.

Fire

There will be a fire that we will light every evening after dinner. The fire area will be for us a place of regeneration, sharing, listening. Around the fire it will be possible to sing, dance, play, recite, read poems.

Workshop

The afternoon workshop will be conducted by one or more focalizers and organized during the retreat in their total freedom and creativity. The proposed experiences will be the result of their collaboration and their peculiar reading of the group. They will not be contact improvisation lessons, but proposals for listening, exploration, meditations, bodywork or moving practices that may or may not provide for contact.

 

Platform

08.15 / 09.00 Meditation

10.00 / 10.30 Silent Circle

10.30 Silent Jam

15.00 / 16.00 Word Circle

16.00 / 19.00 Workshop

21.00 Silent Circle

21.30 Jam

 

Silence

00.00 – 24.00 Silence in the platform area and silent camp area

21.00 – 10.30 Silence in all areas of the retreat

Meals

09.00 / 10.00 Breakfast

13.00 / 14.30 Lunch

19.30 / 21.00 Dinner

 

Monterosi


Arezzo
Toscana

Italy