In this workshop, we will explore our shoulders as a base, a support system for our partners, and another center of our body that can support, lift, and reach different levels while dancing together.

We will explore various shoulder lifts with care, safety, and plenty of guardian angels around us.

On the first day of the workshop, we will take time to focus on some important principles—the grammar of Contact Improvisation and the roles of being an underdancer and an overdancer (Base & Flyer). We will draw inspiration and „stand on the shoulders of giants“ from the field of Contact, learning how past practitioners taught and carried this material forward.

In the following days of the workshop, we will build upon these principles, expanding our dancing and reaching the shoulders of our partners.

On the final day, we will practice more complex lifts and refine the pathways we have learned.

You can join for either two or three days, depending on your ability. The third day (Monday) requires more technique and is suitable for people with more experience.

This CI Intensive is designed to deepen your technique, allowing for some calculated risks within the flow of Contact Improvisation.