Art of Improvisation Residency 10th Edition 

Focused training and research of Contact Improvisation, Somatics, and movement

24th October -  18th December 2025

Jungle Dance Studios, Arambol, Goa, India 

We welcome you to join the anniversary edition of Art of Improvisation Residency! 

The program of Art of Improvisation residency provides extended intensives with diverse teachers, who will provide unique approaches towards the art of Contact Improvisation and movement improvisation practices. The Residency provides a solid structure of focused practice and open space for integration and individual process, accompanied by laboratories and regular evening jams organised by the local CI community. 

Our vision is to root the CI practice in the fundamentals established by the first generation instigators of CI, while at the same time giving space to the imagination of alternate outcomes by engaging in other movement improvisation disciplines. We strongly acknowledge connections and ground the practice in existing needs and relationships of the Indian community. Simultaneously, we create the space of the Residency as an international, multi-layered space for exchange, learning, practice, and co-creation that is welcoming for all people.

PART 1

24th-31st October 2025 // Introduction to CI 

We will explore fundamental principles of Contact Improvisation. This part is dedicated especially to people, who are new to the form. We will engage in the practice of communication through touch, falling, rolling, spirals and inversions, sharing weight and understanding the physical forces governing the bodies moving in contact with others, within the frames of Contact Improvisation.

Teachers: Guru Suraj, Harmandeep Singh, Ganesh Katara, Jeevak More, Anjali Nair

PART 2 

7th-17th November 2025 // CI Techniques and Group scores

This part will focus on furthering the Contact Improvisation practice from the point of view of techniques that create safety to unfold the more dearing, adventurous exploration of improvised duets, trios, and bigger groups. We will work on flights on different levels, three dimensionality of movement, listening to possibilities of risk taking and expanding boundaries, awareness of compositional elements. 

Teachers: Leilani Weiss, Shifu Ash, Adrianna Michalska, Guru Suraj, Harmandeep Singh 

PART 3 

21st November - 4th December 2025 // Somatic approach to CI 

This part will be grounded in the somatic principles, developmental movement and anatomical investigations. “Our goal in improvisation is increased internal awareness, sensitivity, and connectivity that is available in the dance for self- referencing (anatomical/sensory) and connection, while dancing solo, with a partner or in group improvisations.” (Sabine Parzer)

Teachers: Sabine Parzer, Harmandeep Singh, Karen Nelson (Online) 

PART 4 

8th-18th December 2025
Expanding and listening - Interdisciplinary approach to Contact Improvisation

In this part we will focus on the active, physical and subtle listening state together with questions and curiosities. We will research the state of listening and being listened to as a key aspect of Contact Improvisation practice. We will engage in the practice of physical listening, movement laboratories, performance research, including solo research, partnering, group work, writing and verbal feedback. 

Teachers: Bari Kim, Adrianna Michalska, Guru Suraj, Prashant More

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