ONE YEAR MODULAR TRAINING in CONTACT IMPROVISATION
Vega Luukkonen & Hugh Stanier
BERLIN, DOCK11, Eden Studios
August 2025 - May 2026
https://www.hughmanmoves.com/year-training-program
6 Modules spread over 10 months to deepen your knowledge and expand your practice of Dance, Contact Improvisation & Somatic movement.
Join our 10-month modular training in Contact Improvisation, Somatic Movement, and Improvisation. Gain a strong foundation, develop skills to adapt and explore movement, learn to create safe spaces for your community, and leave with tools to continue your personal growth and research in dance.
WHO IS IT FOR?
This training program is aimed at anybody wishing to deepen their practice and take movement and dance further into their life.Whether that is going to be directed to developing your own classes or directly for your own practice, this course will give you the tools and techniques to further your relationship to this fascinating and continually evolving practice.Although this is not specifically a teacher training program there will be some elements about how to share the practice through our own specific pedagogical approach and information about how to create safe explorative spaces that foster and support a learning environment for movement practice.
REGISTRATION & MORE INFO :
https://www.hughmanmoves.com/year-training-program
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MODULES :
1. Grounding & Earth: 25. - 29. August 2025
Exploring stillness, gravity, and release through somatic techniques to build sensitivity and subtle movement awareness.
2. Spine & Spirals: 22. - 26. October 2025
Studying the spine’s range of motion and power of spirals for efficient, dynamic movement in solo and partner work.
3. Falling & Catching: 3. - 7. December 2025
Techniques for engaging gravity, momentum, and frame structure to lift and be lifted safely.
4. Group Awareness and Jamming Skills: 25.2. - 1.3. 2026
Honing group dynamics, spatial awareness, and improvisation structures for trios and larger groups.
5. Diving into Softness: 1. - 5. April 2026
Deepening connection through breath, fascia awareness, and trust-building, enhancing improvisational clarity.
6. Integration & Expansion: 27. - 31. May 2026
Revisiting core concepts and shaping a sustainable personal practice for future exploration.
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Price per Module:
Budget: 380€
Total: 2280€
Regular: 480€
Total: 2880€
A deposit of 50€ per module is required upon acceptance of registration (a payment plan can be agreed upon if this is not possible) Each module can be paid in full separately to spread the cost across the year.
The program is intended to be experienced as a complete package. However, life is sometimes not always so simple and other things like available finances or work commitments etc, get in the way , so to take that in to account it is possible to join 1 or some of the modules at a slightly higher price.
Priority will be given to participants joining the full protocol.
Single Module Price:
Budget: 430€
Regular: 530€
REGISTER HERE !
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScELHB0OBa_CwKp_3JRBFGUEB4iB3WE1m0m0nucvhbMZ5U-mw/viewform?pli=1
We are looking for sharing weight with you !
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Photo Ken Buslay - Thank You !
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