10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Jam: The jam is a free space dedicated to the practice of contact improvisation. We start and finish together, so as to be carried along by our presence and our woven attentions. It is not possible to participate only partially. Punctuality and commitment are required for the whole 3 hours. 

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch (self-managed)

2:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Workshop: Each day, a pair of teachers will suggest a subject to explore, in line with the week’s theme. This is a guided time.

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Circle: This is a time for sharing and looking back on the workshop, as well as for passing on information from the teaching team to the group, and between participants for end-of-day proposals, for example.

5.45 pm – 7.15 pm – Open Studio: This is additional free practice time for those who wish. This can take different forms each day, from a focused jam to a somatic exploration or other proposal. This open studio time will be facilitated by one of us.

– A few details –

• Day of arrival // Saturday July 26th 

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Welcome at the studio. If you need to do a little shopping, the village is nearby. 

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Arrival jam with a suggested jam entry to get us started together. 

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Opening and welcome circle – part 1 (on Sunday morning, a second circle time will take place. Further information will be given there). 

Note: For participants staying at a campsite on the coast or near Lilia, bus 920 stops at the “jean tanguy” stop at 6:44pm, next to the venue. The next bus leaves at 8.45pm.

• Sunday July 27 

9:30 am – 10:00 am: Opening and welcome circle – part 2

• Departure day // Friday, August 1

The day proceeds as in previous days, except for the open workshop, which will not take place. 

5:30 pm : End of the day

5:30 pm – 6 pm : Collective tidy-up and clean-up 

6:00 pm : Evening and shared meal for those who wish (beach picnic or other).

Note: Accommodation and meals are self-managed.

© Maryline Jacques

A movers and shakers with a hybrid background, Astrid Le Jeune [FR] co-founded Cie Du Haut with her sister in 2015: a joyful space for research-creation in which they like to take dance to places where it’s not expected, blurring the boundaries between danced gesture and everyday life. For the past fifteen years, she has been involved in the practice of improvisation, particularly Contact Improvisation (I. Üski, M. Gaudeau, S. Auberville, N. Stark Smith, N. Little…), which has changed her relationship with the body and movement, reshaping them from the perspective of relationship and touch. Since 2017, Astrid has been training in somatic practices (D. U. de Pratique d’Éducation Somatique in Lyon 2018/ Labo du F.A.R. in Paris 2019 / training in S.P.P (fasciatherapy) in Clermont Ferrand 2022). Curious about martial practices, its sensitive and chaotic spaces of brawl as much as its emotional resonances, she has been initiating herself into Systema since 2020.

https://www.cieduhaut.fr/

Stéphanie Auberville, improviser and choreographer based in Brussels.

She has been involved in the practice of improvisation since the early 90s. She has been influenced by the teaching of artists such as Lisa Nelson, Deborah Hay, Simone Forti and Nancy Stark Smith. In 2002, she met Nita Little and became her assistant from 2005 to 2009. She has been teaching CI and improvisation since 2003, in the form of weekly classes (in Paris from 2004 to 2012) and workshops. She has been invited to teach in Metz, Tours, Marseille, at the Grenoble Festival, the Rennes Festival, the Freiburg Festival, in San Francisco at the WCCIF, in Budapest, Paris, Brussels at the Tic Tac Art Center and as part of the Bachelier Danse Interprétation program in Charleroi and at the Conservatoire supérieur de Bruxelles. Since ’95, she has organized workshops with Nita Little (from 2004 to 2011), Frey Faust from 1995 to 1999, Ralf Jaroschinski in 2011 and 2012, research labs, jams at Tic Tac Art Center (2019 to 2025) and meetings (BIP: Bruxelles invite Paris, PIB: Paris invite Bruxelles). Her teaching is based on working with perceptions, and often takes the form of research that she shares with participants.

www.stephanieauberville.com

Natividad Capdevila (ARG/FR) has been immersed in the performing arts since childhood, exploring classical, contemporary and jazz dance, folk dance, theater and music. With a diploma in contemporary dance, she teaches a variety of audiences while continuing to work as a performer and choreographer. A former member of the « Larret en Mouvements » collective in Dordogne, she contributed to local cultural development. She studied Benesh Notation at the CNSMDP and has been pursuing a Master’s degree in Improvisation in Dance at the Université Côte d’Azur since 2023.

Vinicius Carvalho, a Brazilian-born dancer, choreographer and teacher, has directed the kamamuta company since 2016. His creations, nourished by his transdisciplinary background in contemporary dance, contact-improvisation and physical theater, explore human relationships through listening and touch. He has performed in France, Europe, the UK, India, Brazil and South Korea, with the support of cultural organizations such as the DRAC, the ARS, the Goethe-Institut, the European Cultural Foundation and Arts Council England, among others. Commissioned by the CMN, he creates site-specific performances in several historic monuments, exploring the relationship between movement and space. In 2021, he joined the « Incubateur de Chorégraphes » de la « Fabrique de la Danse », leading to the creation of « Diazote ». He is currently developing « Acalentos », a work inspired by the gesture of rocking, supported by DRAC and ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
www.ciekamamuta.com
Instagram : @vinicius.ciekamamuta