BODY of Water and Dirt
24-27 September in BUDAPEST

Dance journey and contact improvisation with Pipaluk

Join us for a beautiful trip into the moving body, into connecting bodies, into water and earth, and the sensory extravaganza of being alive.
Our 4 day workshop takes us around Budapest, exploring in the studio, dancing in the warm waters, and re-discovering the city.
We are artists, dancers, movers, explorers… shifting our perspective towards the simple, yet challenging, act of being present together.
Improvising together, engaging in playful dances with gravity, is a beautiful way to process reality.

Pipaluk (she/her) is our guide, a fun and intuitive teacher, she is all about being real, to use everything that we are, and allow the forces of the world to work through us.
As human beings, as dancers and movers.
Contact Improvisation is her long time passion, along with site specific movement discovery, and water dance.
The diversity of movement in different environments offers us expanded body experience.
Touching substance is an invitation, diving into the structural complexity of human bodies, as we study conscious interaction.
To get physical, get dirty, to climb, fall and fly, savouring texture and sensation.
We too, are nature - as we play, roll, jump, float, connect, and are allowed to be silent.
Our workshop offers essential tools for an understanding of instant composition and relating.

Our home is the dance studio, and from here we venture out to collect material and inputs.
Expect both entertaining and profound experiences, as we are each other's teachers, and embrace curiosity and laughter.
When having fun, our bodies are much more willing to open up and try something new.

Pipaluk (she/her) is a choreographer and independent producer, teacher and community organiser. She works with contact improvisation, contemporary dance improvisation and dance in nature. Pipaluk creates site specific performance projects and artistic meeting-spaces, encouraging dancers and artists to explore on their own terms. She researches, guides and performs around the world, and is also a musician and singer.
In her life she studied and danced with so many inspiring and beautiful souls. Teaching and organising is her way of giving back, and to carry on the lineage of important ideas.
Pipaluk is based in Copenhagen

See some of Pipaluks work here:
https://vimeo.com/662713157?fl=pl&fe=sh
https://vimeo.com/7618011?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

WHEN?
24-27 SEPT 2026
Workshop hours :
Thursday 6-9 pm, studio
Friday 9-12 am, pool
Friday 3-6 pm, studio
Saturday 10am-1pm, studio
Saturday 16-20 pm, pool/outdoors
Sunday 10am-1pm, studio/park
Sunday 1-2pm open showing/sharing, park or studio
Sunday 2-4pm picnic and closing circle, in the park
Level :
Open to all bodies, movers, dancers and performers wishing to expand and reflect upon their practice.
Be ready to move

Practicalities :
✶comfortable long sleeves, long pants, kneepads recommended
✶soft shoes for outdoors
✶swimsuits and towels for warm pool
✶always carry water and extra clothes
✶bring notebook+pen

WHERE?
Kontakt Budapest Studio
FREEDOM, Freeszfe House
Szabolcs u. 27. 2nd floor
Budapest, 1134, Hungary
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cfLkmia4sqY1RKpH9
Other venues:
Spa Velibej (most likely) https://maps.app.goo.gl/X1R6RiCsf2HZf9sj9
Göd, at the Danube https://maps.app.goo.gl/gPdxwJ9weA9mNaUbA
City Park Budapest https://maps.app.goo.gl/iExKcJsc8BpnsPAC6

CONTRIBUTION:
75,000 HUF / 210 EUR
Professionals / Dancers / Teachers / Social price
registration and deposit payment by 31/08/2026
60,000 HUF / 165 EUR
A non-refundable deposit of HUF 15,000 / 40 EUR is required for all bookings. To be paid in cash at Kontakt Budapest events or via Bank transfer (Revolut: @juligabor)

For registration, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/rGGoGyccELLmRxLn8

If you are joining the event from abroad, we can offer our support to find you cheap accommodation.