Contact Improv Dance Intensive

In this intensive we are going to delve into different aspects of body awareness and proprioception that will teach us to expand and fly. We will combine acrobatic techniques and partnering with a focus on Contact Improv.

Topics include:

* Flying, lifting and jumping

* Basic acrobatics

* Partner dancing

* Fundamentals of improvisation

We’ll have a total of 4 workshops, each between 2-2.5 hours, an optional workout, plus a jam to close together.

All levels are welcomed. We'll give different variations of the exercises to make the workshop accessible, dynamic and fun.

*We recommend beginners to join for the whole intensive to be able to build a foundation.

What you will learn from this intensive:

* Confidence to dance and improvise

* Confidence to fly and to lift

* Better awareness of the body

* Rich connections and dances

* Deeper understanding of contact dance

* Organic strength for the body

This is how you can participate:

Come to join the whole immersive or pick specific classes!

The schedule is as follows:

- Friday August 2nd:

9:30-12:00am Class

2:00-4:30pm Class

- Saturday August 3rd:

7-8am Workout (optional)

9-11:30am Class

3:30-5:30pm Class

7-9pm JAM

Cost:

1 day: 28mil / $55

2 days: 40mil / $80

Special Discounts apply for Ticos and Awake guests:

Tico: 2 days - 25mil/$50

Awake Guest: 2 days - 30mil/$60

*price is not exclusive. If you would like to participate and can’t pay this price, please contact us.

About Forrest: 

Movement has been Forrest’s passion his entire life. He played sports throughout his childhood and adolescence. At university he discovered yoga, which changed his trajectory and was the beginning of his expedition into conscious movement. Soon after he was introduced to Contact Dance by his roommates who were dance majors. 8 years have passed since then - he’s since committed himself to evolving as a dancer and a teacher. He cultivates a daily movement practice that includes elements of yoga, martial arts, acrobatics, strength training, calisthenics, and several forms of dance. He spent some years as a yoga teacher in the U.S. and Nicaragua. He’s participated in hundreds of movement workshops and thousands of dances across North America and Europe. Over the last 2 years he’s been sharing classes and jams at Awake. Outside of dance he lives and works on a farm, is a musician and drummer in a Gypsy band and enjoys being in nature and writing fictional stories.

Learn more about Forrest and Camilo on Instagram:

Forrest: @movingmicrobe

Camilo: @ccamilo.rch