Contemporary Dance Intensive

What is the Intensive Course Format?

Our intensive courses run for up to three months. They are designed for people who want more depth and continuity than weekly drop-in classes can offer, and who are happy to spend time exploring fewer things more thoroughly in a supportive group.

The course is open to all levels. Beginners and intermediates are equally welcome, especially if you’re curious, and willing to dive deeper into the topic of the course.

Contemporary Dance Intensive:

With this Intensive we want to offer a way into the complexity of dance and improvisation in an understandable, step by step manner. It’s aimed at movers who’ve maybe struggled with entering the dance before as well as experienced students who want to go back to basics.

We will work on:

•⁠ ⁠moving in and out of the floor

•⁠ ⁠using structure and release to move through space

•⁠ ⁠coordinating/ harmonising the body

•⁠ ⁠how to learn movement patterns and movement sequences (observation and memory)

•⁠ ⁠inviting the dance into our movement (merging freedom with specificity)

•⁠ ⁠how to play and improvise inside movement-based tasks → inviting playful variability

Instead of memorizing long choreographies, we slow things down and go deeper. We explore how movement begins, how it travels through the body, and how to move with more ease, clarity, and presence. The focus is on sensation, coordination, and continuity rather than fixed shapes.

Each session centers on a small set of core movement ideas such as weight, flow, direction, rhythm, and space. We work with guided improvisation, short movement phrases, floor work, and transitions. The material stays open enough for repetition and exploration, so you can adapt it to your own body and way of moving.

There is time to move, experiment, and let go of unnecessary effort, while still working within a clear structure that gives orientation and support.

What to expect:

• More freedom and confidence in your movement
• Better coordination, balance, and spatial awareness
• Smoother transitions and floor work
• Practical tools for improvisation you can reuse
• Less pressure to get it right, more attention to what feels coherent
• Enough structure to feel safe, enough openness to play

This is a course designed for people who want time, attention, and depth in their training. You can join this course with the Intensive Membership or by buying the course ticket. Participants who book the Movement Intensive Year (10 months) get a discount.