grounding & lightness

It is still a mystery to me: What makes me or my partner feel light in the dance? Light but clear and fully present in the touch – when rolling on the floor, flying up high or while changing levels?
It needs grounding of body and heart to find depth and connection that is resourcing the lightness.  Otherwise the dance will become unsettling.
What else? Keeping the pelvis light when we leave the floor is definitely part of it, easeful momentum and reach of the spine and arms in another ingredient.
It is complex and can feel super simple. And as so often – many layers of this work is relating beautifully to other aspects of being human and with others.

und auf Deutsch …

Es bleibt mir ein Geheimnis: Was macht es möglich, dass ich mich oder meine Mittanzenden als leicht erlebe. Wie kommt es zu einer Leichtigkeit die sich paart mit voller Präsenz in der Berührung – beim Rollen am Boden, im Fliegen oder wenn wir die Ebenen wechseln?
Es braucht Erdung im Körper & Sein um die Tiefe und Verbundenheit zu finden, die die Leichtigkeit nährt. Sonst wird es flirrig (nervös).
Was noch? Eine luftige Qualität im Becken, wenn wir den Boden verlassen, gehört dazu, Wachheit für Schwung und Weite in Armen und Wirbelsäule sind weitere Zutaten.

Es ist komplex und kann sich doch so einfach anfühlen. Und wie so oft beziehen sich viele Schichten dieser Arbeit auf wunderbare Weise auf’s Mensch und miteinander sein.

TIMES July 9/10-12 – something like
Thursday – evening Jam
Friday 11-18
Saturday 11-18 (including 2 h lunch break)
Sunday 10-14

LOCATION
Triade Tanzforum e.V., Bernstorffstraße 117, 22767 Hamburg

FEES
Early bird until 10.6.26: 350€ – 175€ (sliding scale)
Normal price: starting 11.6.26 350€ – 250€ (sliding scale)
Sliding scale: The minimum fee is for people with a low income.

REGISTRATION
via this link

KONTAKT
contact: Angela-Mara [email protected]

Foto: Sergey Semichev

Constellations – Beyond Duets

Registration form
https://kxeqnhd8.paperform.co/

For any questions write to
[email protected]

Times
18.07.-24.07.2026
Sat-Mon & Wed-Fri 10:00-17:30 (2 hour lunch break)
Sunday 10-14
Tuesday is free!

Fee
580-380€, sliding scale

Laeti Noblet & Joerg Hassmann dancing

In this Retreat we want to explore and share the core ingredients of our dances. The material, formats and the general tone for this retreat we’ll create together, with Joerg in the main lead in the teaching. Access to nature supports both of our work and we are grateful that Pawel found this beautiful place near Lublin with meadows, forest and a lake nearby

Fees and Registration are still in the making. Soon more

July 29-August 2 // Workshop

August 2-6 // Jam & co-creations

KONTAKT
Pawel Kubiak – [email protected]

In this Retreat we want to explore and share the core ingredients of our dances. The material, formats and the general tone for this retreat we’ll create together, with Joerg in the main lead in the teaching. Access to nature supports both of our work and we are grateful that Pawel found this beautiful place near Lublin with meadows, forest and a lake nearby

Fees and Registration are still in the making. Soon more

July 29-August 2 // Workshop

August 2-6 // Jam & co-creations

KONTAKT
Pawel Kubiak – [email protected]

I’ll be coming to Kopenhagen! So curious to see how the scene has developed. It sounds very vibrant : )

GROUNDING & LIGHTNESS

It is still a mystery to me: What makes me or my partner feel light in the dance? Light but clear and fully present in the touch – when rolling on the floor, flying up high or while changing levels?
It needs grounding of body and heart to find depth and connection that is resourcing the lightness.  Otherwise the dance will become unsettling.
What else? Keeping the pelvis light when we leave the floor is definitely part of it, easeful momentum and reach of the spine and arms in another ingredient.
It is complex and can feel super simple. And as so often – many layers of this work is relating beautifully to other aspects of being human and with others.

I am very happy that Janosh Horn from Leipzig will be assisting me.

  TIMES August 20-23 – something like
Thursday – 18-20:30 Opening Jam
Friday 11-18 (2 hour lunch break)
Saturday 11-18 (2 hour lunch break)
Sunday 10-14

CONTACT contact: Anne Vejen Hansen via FB messenger

𝙇𝙊𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 : Forsøgsstationen Sønder Blvd. 81, 1720 København https://maps.app.goo.gl/3n1iSvdDirEaTgh6A

𝙍𝙀𝙂𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 : Registion form – https://forms.gle/Rk22y3B79sz126A67

𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙀 : 250 Euros – 150 Euros (sliding scale from high to low income) Payment via Bank Transfer or Mobile Pay is required to secure a spot.

INFORMATION :  will be sent to you upon registration If you’re experiencing financial difficulties, please don’t let that prevent you from joining the dance, reach out to Anne.

𝙋𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙇 : – space opens every day at 10:30 for self-guided warm up, please be on time every day – bring your own lunch, water bottle and maybe some snacks to share – bring extra set clean and comfortable clothes (long sleeves and pants are recommended) and knee pads if needed – bring a journal and pen If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Anne or Maxime.

The duet is the core constellation of our CI practice and will also be a base in this Workshop. I love its clarity of relating to one person only, yet not being alone, negotiating together weight, direction, dynamics while hearts are tuning. Clarity and complexity in a sweet mix. We can dive deeply into the technical side of the form and will do this.
The mysterious web of satisfying jamming though needs more than that. Soloing and Trios are the base for expanding beyond the common duet bubbles. I love the complexity of trios, their unpredictability, the amount of unknown, the surprises and challenges, possible flow and the beauty of problem solving, compositional pleasure and sometimes refreshing weirdnesses. There is a dynamic to trios that asks for calmness, ease and simplicity in order to let go into the openness. Such a rich place for dancing … and life. And technically new things are possible : )
I had such an inspiring time with this material in Melbourne in June and another one coming in Berlin. Will pick the ‘best of’ for this Workshop.

Participants should be familiar with the basic weight-sharing principles) in CI. In doubt check in with us.

I am very happy that Taheli Teram will assist me : )

— more details coming soon —

Words from Jörg

“There is a quality in my dance and in many advanced Contact Improvisers that I don’t really know how to teach. It is about momentum and flow; it feels like surfing gravity, or moments on a rope swing, or flying by using the density of the air. There is acceleration, suspending, hovering in the unknown, weightlessness, and a delicious knowledge about slowing down, taming, or containing momentum.

I’d like to spend more time than I usually dare in my teaching with solo and bodywork-ish explorations, to let these qualities sink into the body – like rebounce, recoil, micro-falls, swinging, sloshing, shaking – so that the body slowly and gradually soaks them up like a sponge. So that these qualities are effortlessly present in our dance.

I also want to include the question around tonality: how can we train multiple muscular tones in the body and use strength while staying in a listening, responsive state?

My teaching and exploring lives in polarities. Stillness, alive pausing, micro-movements, and micro-dialogues are becoming more and more precious to me. They expand our options and aliveness, and bring an intuitive compositional flavour to our dancing.

Witnessing work will support our presence and become a glue for us working as a group.

I also wish to establish a labbing culture, where we support each other to move towards our growing edges – doing the things we avoid or feel we never practice enough, where fear patterns kick in in a limiting way. Simple or challenging pathways can be a starting point.

The labbing will be seeded in the first seven days and will become our main way of working in the additional last two days.

The main learning and integration will probably happen in the dance.

I wish that we dance a lot.”

Words from Jörg

“There is a quality in my dance and in many advanced Contact Improvisers that I don’t really know how to teach. It is about momentum and flow; it feels like surfing gravity, or moments on a rope swing, or flying by using the density of the air. There is acceleration, suspending, hovering in the unknown, weightlessness, and a delicious knowledge about slowing down, taming, or containing momentum.

I’d like to spend more time than I usually dare in my teaching with solo and bodywork-ish explorations, to let these qualities sink into the body – like rebounce, recoil, micro-falls, swinging, sloshing, shaking – so that the body slowly and gradually soaks them up like a sponge. So that these qualities are effortlessly present in our dance.

I also want to include the question around tonality: how can we train multiple muscular tones in the body and use strength while staying in a listening, responsive state?

My teaching and exploring lives in polarities. Stillness, alive pausing, micro-movements, and micro-dialogues are becoming more and more precious to me. They expand our options and aliveness, and bring an intuitive compositional flavour to our dancing.

Witnessing work will support our presence and become a glue for us working as a group.

I also wish to establish a labbing culture, where we support each other to move towards our growing edges – doing the things we avoid or feel we never practice enough, where fear patterns kick in in a limiting way. Simple or challenging pathways can be a starting point.

The labbing will be seeded in the first seven days and will become our main way of working in the additional last two days.

The main learning and integration will probably happen in the dance.

I wish that we dance a lot.”

Ich sehne mich nach einer Lebendigkeit, die weniger im Hinzutun sondern mehr im Weglassen gedeiht. Kein grösser,
schneller, weiter, sondern die Frage: Was ist denn schon da? Wo ist schon Bewegung, die nach aussen vielleicht gar nicht
sichtbar ist. Da ist ein Schweben und Schwimmen, wo viele Richtungen offen sind. Ganz körperlich – und im Geist verhält
es sich überraschend ähnlich.
Dieses Erleben von Flüssigkeit oder Flüssigsein mag sich gerne auch in grössere Bewegungen ausbreiten. Sequenzielle
Bewegungen, die durch die Wirbelsäule schlängeln, Schwünge von Armen und Beinen. Fallen und Fliegen sind da nicht
weit weg. Aber es bleibt in der Regel aufwandsarm, es sei denn die Muskeln bitten um mehr Krafteinsatz.
Wir werden uns in die Polaritäten von Stille und Bewegung ausbreiten, Detail und Ganzheit, Körper und Raum.
Präzise Forschung im Solo und in der CI-Technik, offene Räume fürs geschehen lassen. Wir nähren CI-Technik über
wache, durchlässige, zuhörende Körper. Geläufige und abstruse Pathways werden Ausgangspunkt für freieres
Experimentieren.
Vielleicht wesentlicher als all das ist unser Zusammenleben auch über das Tanzen hinaus, in den Pausen, beim Kochen,
in den Abendstunden auf der idyllischen Fraueninsel.
Für Fortgeschrittene. Damit meinen wir Menschen, die mit CI-Prinzipien und Technik tief vertraut sind, sich ihrer Grenzen
bewusst sind und sich durch offene Formate auch mit gelegentlichem Verloren sein navigieren können.

Wann: 20. – 24. Januar 2027
Zeiten: Mittwoch 17.00-19.00, Do, Fr & Sa 10.00–13.00 + 15:30-18.00, Sonntag 9:30-12.30 + 14.00-16.00
Wo: Kloster Frauenwörth, 83256 Fraueninsel, Chiemsee, DE
Beitrag: bei Anmeldung bis 8.12.26: €320-370,-, danach 360-420,-
Hinzu kommt die Zimmerbuchung auf der Fraueninsel,
die über das Anmeldeformular erfolgt.

Anmeldung unter diesem Link https://forms.gle/uNfhc1fc99qA6Gk1A
Fragen an [email protected]
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