AN EXOTIC MOMENT – Defne Erdur
“Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for a second, and not move our arms so much. It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines; we would all be together in a […]
VIBRAPHONE IMPROVISATION – Emelie Sjöström
LEAF JAM – Angela Mara Florant
Finding pleasure in every movement.Connecting with the season.Harvesting thoughts,Inspirations.Moments of silence.Focused spaces where we dance.Moving from the insideTo the outside.I don’t know the next stepI trust that my body knowsIt has its own wisdom.Leaves dancing.Falling from their branches.Spinning, twirling,Spiraling in the wind.Angela-Mara Florant„The unknown becomes a friend, absurdity is worn well, fear is gently smiled […]
FEEDING THE CREATIVE SPACE OF SILENCE – Michele Marchesani
I think of silence as a way to reset the “doing / listening” system, to find a balance between action and reception. Our nervous system finds it very difficult to allow these two directions to coexist and it tends to lose its balance towards an excess of activity, losing the ability to register internal or […]
AUTUMN RETREAT – Alessandro Papalini
In the transition from retreat to ordinary life, a sense of loss often arises and we wonder why what we have been with does not persist. It is not difficult to find explanations for yourself but perhaps it is more important to stop and look better if the movement is truly dissolved.A friend gave me […]
THE MOMENT BEFORE THE ACTION – Luigi Mattiello
I am happy to participate in this retreat, especially at a time like this, where the compasses have completely gone mad and the directions are uncertain.I am immersed in this observation of what maps can be to follow, accustomed as we are to being alone with what is full and visibly recognizable, now saturated with […]
ECHOES – Marta Iucci
« Once a Zen Master asked a disciple: ‘Have you seen the snow leopard?”No’, replied the disciple.’Isn’t it wonderful?’ The Master asked him.from «Silence is a living thing» by Chandra Livia CandianiFinding ourselves after these months of – reflections, thoughts, amplified uncertainties, intimate discoveries and unexpected surprises, unknown and powerful emotions – with an encounter […]
TOMOKOMBU
Here is Tomokombu at work, he will accompany us in the evening jams of the first round of the retreat. We remind you that the music of the retreats is acoustic and that only in case of need we will resort to a minimum of amplification. Take some time to watch Tomo’s video or even […]
STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE – Defne Erdur
What I have learned in the last 15 years of my life, thanks to Contact Improvisation and Meditation practices, seem to be the gem that serve me to survive today — these precarious contemporary times.What I can coin from the embodiment of these philosophies for my humble survival is primarily “staying with the trouble” …… […]
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN US – Elisa Ghion
We all went trought something defintely bigger than us.We, as entire World population are facing a shared reality. At the same time each one of us is experiencing it from a different, unique perspective.I feel that some deep marks are traced, not knowing exaclty how they will echoing in me.I think is necessary having space […]