Long Lab Jam

20-25 July 2024 

6 day immersion into contact improvisation and movement research with camping and live music jams in the scenery of a spacious garden nearby the Baltic sea

Schlauentrift 22
23923 Schönberg(Meckl)
Northern Germany 

Dance facilitators: 

Roland Nordeck
Helene Düring Kjær
Šárka Benedová
Baja Kostrunkova
Christoph Arndt 

Musicians:

Pauline Diringer
Simon Oelsner
Šárka Benedová

In our search for extraordinary inspiration and ideas we will meet and camp in the scenery of a lush green garden in northern Germany and immerse ourselves in 6 days of contact Improvisation and movement research with several experienced dance teachers, musicians and not more than 30 dancers.
 
Our program will be a refined blend of inspiring workshops, replenishing bodywork, live music jams and lots of time to relax, connect and dance in a protected and supportive environment.
 
We have 2 dance floors (covered studio & open air), a huge shady meadow for tents and camper vans and will be served with full board delicious food everyday.
 
A team of five dedicated movement enthusiasts and three musicians accompanies us on the journey and opens up spaces for collective research on compositional ideas, technical inquiry, refined sensations, healing bodywork, and lots of dance…

Besides our main focus on contact improvisation, in which we will indulge seriously in various workshops, labs and jams we will also take time to tune in with our own body by sensing in through somatic explorations, inviting release through bodywork and researching the possibilities and limitations of human movement through ideas from contemporary dance and applied biomechanics.

Informed by such healthy and supportive movement strategies we will stay tuned within ourselves while gradually expanding our awareness into the space, the encounter with other bodies and the space in between. We delve into the intricacies of skin communication, work with the influence of individual intentions, create appealing scores for weight-shared dances in duets and trios and seek bold surprises as well as tender and deeply nourishing dances and bodywork explorations. Spirals, body tone modulation, momentum and the physics of flight and pouring weight will be part of our investigations. The contact improvisation classes will be led by Helene Düring Kjær, Šárka Benedová, Roland Nordeck, Christoph Arndt and Baja Kostrunkova.

One afternoon will be off to give you the chance to enjoy the nearby beaches at the Baltic sea.

Participants should be familiar with the fundamentals of Contact Improvisation or similar movement practices, which will be the foundation of our artistic work flow. If you have any doubts, please feel free to contact me at christoph.arndt@gmx.net

 Schedule

 | Saturday |

| 14:00 | Arrival | 

| 16:00 | Welcome circle and embodied landing in the space | 

| 18:00 | Dinner |

| 20:30 | JAM | 

| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | 

| 08:30 | Breakfast | 

| 10:00 | Workshop | 

| 13:00 | Lunch | 

| 15:30 | Workshop | Tuesday=Beach | 

| 18:30 | Dinner |

| 20:30 | JAM |

 
| Thursday | 

| 8:30 | Breakfast | 

| 10:00 | Jam and closing ceremony |

| 13:30 | Lunch | 

| Good bye until 18:00 | 

We dance on a 140m² open-air dance floor surrounded by a lush blooming garden and in an 84m² studio.

The cost of €380-480 (self-assessment) for the whole 6 days includes:
• Workshops, labs and jams with live music
• full board delicious vegan/ vegetarian food (3 meals a day),
• Camping (with your own tent, mattress and sleeping bag),
• Parking for camper van

We camp! Please bring the following with you:
• a tent
• a camping mattress
• a (warm) sleeping bag
• a headlamp
• a towels
• natural, biodegradable soap

At the campsite there is a kitchen, two garden showers, several water sources and two dry compost toilets. We have a great cook on board who serves us with culinary delights.
To keep the price down, everyone helps with choping fruit and vegetables and cleaning the dishes for about 45 minutes twice a week.

Arrival is on Saturday between 2pm and 4pm. Departure will be on Thursday until 6pm.

Adress: 

Schlauentrift 22
23923 Schönberg(Meckl)
Northern Germany 

Registration: https://forms.gle/a67rW8Rr1T52MyNBA

Details: https://www.awakenedbody.de/

For any further request please mail to christoph.arndt@gmx.net
 

We are looking forward to dance with you!!!