Artem Markov is a teacher of contact improvisation and Somatics, dancer, performer and somatic therapist. He has been dancing modern dance for more than 20 years and teaching CI for more than 15 years.
Artem has been engaged in the contemporary dance field since 2002. He worked as a dancer in Ufa (Russia), in the performance group “White Label” 2004-2006. In 2006, he started dancing contact improvisation. He has been teaching CI since 2008, teaching at many festivals, such as: Dancefulness: Ukraine Festival of Contact Improvisation (2013), Ibiza Contact Festival (2015), Italy Contact Festival (2017, 2024), Israel Contact Festival (2019).
In parallel, Artem has been engaged in body-work and movement therapy since 2006. He had started to participate somatic workshops and finally he decided to learn somatics professionally.
Artem has been educated at two somatic universities: Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy (IBMT dip.) and SomayicBody Training. He teaches at the SomaticBody Training program and also conducts his own somatic courses.