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Since July 2024
Instructor since July 2024
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Improvised dance classes - in the studio, in nature and in the water
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From 75.11 C$ /h
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We explore the body through improvised movement, with and without physical contact. Alone and in groups, we will engage in a sensory and playful approach to our environment, using our skin and our senses as interfaces and meeting spaces.
- Instant composition is an improvised dance based on presence and authenticity, combining body expression with group communication. The dancers compose with form, space, rhythm and let themselves be led into surprising and touching situations, to meet others and themselves.
- Contact improvisation is a "dance of the moment", based on the exchange of weight, body communication and a game of pure physicality. We learn to follow our spontaneous impulses and connect with ourselves and with our partner, in a climate of trust and experimentation.

The courses/workshops take place either in a studio, in nature or in a swimming pool heated to 34°C (SPA)

THE COURSES TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT EUROPE BUT ESPECIALLY IN SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE
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  • Berne, Switzerland
About Me
Dance teacher and Watsu® and WaterDance® practitioner, I have been teaching Contact Improvisation and Instant Composition at international festivals since 2004. My enthusiasm for the organic and expressive qualities of movement led me to also train in Butoh, Authentic Movement, Body Mind Centering and tango.

My explorations of Contact improvisation in water and nature, in swimming pools, at sea, in the forest or in the desert, led me to create my own discipline, "Aquatic Bodywaves" (2017), where learning aquatic massage involves dance and improvisation.
Education
Due to my training as a sociologist fascinated by human relationships and verbal and bodily communication, I like to combine improvised dance with a search for connection to one's deep nature, intimately linking the support of emotional processes and certain keys of tantra to my work. My teaching accompanies each person in their own discovery of vitality, authenticity, presence and openness.
Experience / Qualifications
Master in Social Sciences, NGO Management and Project Management > 2010
Water: WATSU Practitioner, WATA/WaterDance Teacher, trained in Healing Dance (aquatic massages) after a 3-year course in synchronized swimming. Has been giving aquatic sessions since 2005.
Dance: Contact Improvisation, New Dance, Butoh, Authentic Movement, Body Mind Centering, Tango. Movement Theatre and Clown.
Personal development: Certified “Learning Love”, complete training in Tantra with Sky Dancing, Alan Lowen, Diana Richardson, Daniel Odier. Non-violent communication, inner child, Gestalt, shamanism, meditation.
Age
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
60 minutes
90 minutes
The class is taught in
French
German
English
Skills
Availability of a typical week
(GMT -05:00)
New York
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Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
00-04
04-08
08-12
12-16
16-20
20-24
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