S I L E N T Contact Improvisation Festival 2023
The 5th edition of the international Contact Improvisation festival in silence. 2 parallel intensives, 4 single classes, 7 jams, morning tea ceremonies and other beautiful sparkles of senseless togetherness.
Dates: September 18-24, 2023
Jam in Batumi: September 25-28, 2023
Location: Georgia
Intensives:
- Eszter Gal (Hungary)
Single Classes:
- Tamara Maksymenko (UA)
- Daria Lukina (UA)
- Lena Gubkova (BY)
- Yu Gen (UA)
Special jam guest - Stephanie Maher
The festival takes place in a retreat center surrounded by the green mountains of Georgia. September is a warm season, harvest of fruits and grapes, and we're going to have a few-days jam by the sea right after.
2 spacious venues, 200 and 300 sq.m.
- rooms for 4
- vegan food options
Flights to Batumi (closest), Kutaisi (cheapest) and Tbilisi (capital) airports
4-days jam by the sea in Batumi afterwards (Sept 25-28)
You must have the experience of contact improvisation.
Looking forward to meet all of the old and new friends!
Gomarduli Dao Space
Gomarduli
01030
Georgia
Gomarduli is a contact improvisation retreat, educational center, international coliving and healthy food restaurant, located among the picturesque mountains of Adjara, with pure water, clean air and deep silence.
We host global cultural events and support local craft and food production.
We create a model of hatchery to share inspiration and confidence for the growth of a new humanity.
Our practice here is centered around 4 main areas: meditation, yoga, dance and bodywork.
We practice tea ceremony and qigong, different types of yoga and contemporary dance, contact improvisation, breathing techniques, somatics and osteopathy.
Classes are taught by the resident as well as guest teachers.
We have 5 cottages with beautiful views, a fireplace and everything you need for comfortable outdoor living, as well as 2 yoga and dance spaces, a chillout, restaurant and co-working space. We offer 10 single rooms and 10 shared double rooms. Each room has a balcony and bathroom, and each house has WiFi. The rooms have mountain or forest views. Ground floor is a public space. Two houses have a hostel on the ground floor.