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Time frame:
We offer a week long festival, starting Monday evening till Sunday afternoon.
It is not possible to participate only single days.
Schedule:
There are 3 different time slots in the day time with 3 or 4 classes parallel.
In the evening the schedule offers different jams and/or performances, history talk, discussions.
The thursday evening is open for guests. We ask for a little donation from the guests. Please also respect our limit of people and don't sleep at the place.
Spaces:
The festival offers 2 huge sport halls which will be devided in 5 halls.
The venue is surrounded by lots of green. There is also a lake for swimming close!
Circles:
We will give important information about the festival in the circles. Please be on time to get all the infos!
Intensives:
In the morning from 10 am- 12:30 pm the several intensives are happening parallel, which run through the whole week.
While registring you need to decide between the offers.
Classes:
In the time slots 2-4 pm and 4.30-6.30 pm you have the possibility to get to know the work of other contact teachers. These 2h classes you will choose directly at the festival.
Jams:
Practicing the dance in the jams at night or in the afternoon helps deepening the knowledge and allows to meet others through the dance. The jams are only open for the festival participants. At the jams we wish to have a supporting, focusing atmosphere for the dance and we try to offer what is needed for that. As well we would like to put the attention to each Participant, so that each person is self confident to help creating the atmosphere at the Jams.
Study Labs:
In the labs you have the possibility to bring in or try out your own wishes, ideas, interests … in movement or discussion. We reserved time slots and spaces for this. If you do not need a space you can as well offer a lab at any time outdoor. The study labs are announced and organized by the participants.
Experimental day:
One afternoon is our experimental day. Similar like in the labs you can organize yourself in small work groups to discuss questions, work on movement ideas, prepare a performance for the night, or go for some bathing or sight seeing. The day is free for your own experiences. Food is provided during the whole day.
one2one-sessions:
You can get one one2one session with one of the ~50 contact teachers for ~20 min. You come with your question, interest, wish for feedback …. You can work 1 on 1, or come in a couple or small group.
Performances:
They are a possibility to perform, try out ideas and be creative with the learned material. To go around of long Performance evenings we will support little spontaneous perfomance actions. Sometimes will be a speciall focus or spontaneous performance out of the moment will happen. Everybody has the possibility to perform in different situations.The Performances will be orgnized on site and announced if needed.
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Accommodation:
One of the halls is reserved for sleeping for the participants. Please be aware that many participants use that opportunity. If you are sensitive you should not forget your earplugs! You can as well use your own tent around the hall. Please bring your own mat and sleeping bag.
For cheaps rooms in a hotel, youth hostel or camping place you can look on the festival venue site.
Board:
The mostly vegetarian food will be brought by a caterer from outside. The dinner is prepared by our dancing cook, breakfast and snacks are prepared by our international team of helpers. All food is provided and included in the price. In the whole range of food is considered some food for vegetarians and vegans as well as sometimes will be meat or fish provided. Or wheat free food against allergies. Please also consider, that we can not fullfill everybodies wishes and diets. So if you need a big sortiment of speciall food, please take care on your own.
Children:
Children are very welcome at the Festival. Our wish is to integrate parents and their kids as much as possible into the festival process.
We are offering childcare during the intensive in the morning. During other times, parents can organize childcare among themselves. The festival venue is surrounded by a park area which is great for resting and playing. We do not have an extra indoor space for kids. Even though we have had very good experiences with parents and their kids at our Festival in the past, we want to mention here again that the main focus of our Festival is the exploration and the sharing of the experience of Contact Improvisation.
For more details about parents with kids see the PDF file here.