Welcome to Sweden Contact Improvisation Fest
We invite you who share our commitment and fascination for Contact Improvisation, as a movement practice, somatic research and art form.
Together we wish to create space to research questions and answers to refine and deepen our practice and perception of CI.
During five days, we host a frame of intensives, afternoon classes, labs, Underscore, silent jam, color jam, performative jam, Gaga classes and more. We invite international and local dancers and teachers with backgrounds in CI, contemporary dance, improvisation, martial arts and performance to share your collective knowledge.
The Festival will take place 12-16 of July 2024 at Solvikskolan, a Waldorf School and Anthroposophic Center in Ytterjärna, Sweden, 50km south of Stockholm near the sea. We will dance in beautiful unique studios and be surrounded by Swedish idyllic summer surroundings. Besides dance, bodywork, nature and sea dips we will share three beautiful organic meals a day, snacks and tea in the evenings.
Meet the Team
ORGANIZER
Kristina Ahlman (SE)
ORGANIZER
Anna Vilhelmine Wallin (SE)
ORGANIZER
Marie Klawitter (SE)
INSTENSIVE TEACHER
Sergey Semichev (UA)
INSTENSIVE TEACHER
Katja Mustonen (FI)
CLASS / LAB FACILITATOR
Johan Nilsson (SE)
CLASS / LAB FACILITATOR
Emma Rozgoni (SE)
CLASS / LAB FACILITATOR
Rebecca Weingartner (CH)
CLASS / LAB FACILITATOR
Evelina Boström (SE)
CLASS / LAB FACILITATOR
Måns Erlandsson (SE)
MUSICIAN
Jonatan Ed (SE)
MUSICIAN
Kalle Syri (SE)
INFORMATION
DATES
12-16 July 2024
LOCATION
Solvikskolan, Ytterjärna (south of Stockholm), Sweden.
We will sleep in beautiful classrooms of the Anthroposophic Waldorf school. We kindly ask everyone to bring your own sleeping mat and sleeping bag.
If you live close to Järna/Stockholm area and drive with a car to the event, and have the possibility to bring an extra mat and sleeping bag, we would be amazed! It would mean that everyone who travels from far away and can't bring sleeping equipment can still sleep comfortably.
Let us know if you have the possibility to support the sleeping situation in one way or another, thank You!
FAMILIES
Information regarding kids at the festival!
Kids are warmly welcome and the venue is a beautiful space for families. However, the studio spaces are limited and since we wish to welcome as many dancers as possible it will not be suitable for kids to join the dance spaces, jams, classes or intensives. We wish these spaces to be focused for dancing. There will at times be free smaller dance spaces where we can open up for kids jam with parents and other adults who wish to join. There is a lot of space for parents to self organize activities for children coming to the festival. A lot of nature and the sea close by that can be wonder to play in, with other kids coming to the festival.
To create a smooth sleeping situation for everyone families are welcome to camp with your own tents och campers and create a little Kids zone. If you wish to receive other solution opptions as a hostel, please write us an email. Let us know if you are coming with your family and have any further questions about this.
INVESTMENT
Early bird until 15th of April
SEK 4200 ~ € 375
* to e paid by 15th of April
After 15th of April sliding scale:
SEK 4500 - 5000 ~ € 400 - 450
Including intensives, classes, research labs, accommodation and food.
Until 31st of March we offer limited places for participants with economical difficulties to apply for a low admission fee SEK 3900 ~ € 350.
CANCELATION POLICY
The fee is non refundable, but you can always find someone else to take your place.
HOW TO APPLY
To register we invite you to share a little bit about yourself, your practice and your interest in joining the fest through an application form.
Find the application form here.
For questions, please send an email to swedencontactimprofest@gmail.com
This festival is a collaboration with Avart Dans och Rörelse. https://www.avartdans.se/
We hope to move with you this summer!
With love,
Kristina, Marie and Pippi
Schedule
𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓/𝟕
08-09.15 Breakfast
09.30-09.45 Morning Meeting
10-13 Intensives: Katja Mustonen (FI), Sergey Semichev (UA)
13-14 Lunch
14-16 Break / Free Exploration
16-18 Reflection Space
Studio 1: Performative Space: Rebecca Weingartner (CH)
Studio 2: Bodywork into Jam
Studio 3: One on One - Dance date
Studio 3: 18-19.30 Last Supper Dinner buffet
20.00 Final Evening jam
𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔/𝟕
08.00 Breakfast & Packing
09.30 Ending circle
10.30-11.30 Clean up Intensive
11.30-13 Closing Jam
13.30 Leftover Lunch
13.30-15 Catch up Cleaning
15.00 Goodbyes!
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟐/𝟕
14-17 Arrival, Registration
17.30 Dinner
19.00 Opening Circle + Jam
𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑/𝟕
08-09.15 Breakfast
09.30-09.45 Morning Meeting
10-13 Intensives: Katja Mustonen (FI), Sergey Semichev (UA)
13-14 Lunch
14-16 Break / Free Exploration
16-18 Classes/lab: Johan Nilsson (SE), Rebecca Weingartner (CH)
18.30-20 Dinner Party!
20.30 Evening Jam
Studio 1: Intro Evelina Boström (SE)
Studio 2: The Underscore
𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒/𝟕
08-09.15 Breakfast
09.30-09.45 Morning Meeting
10-13 Intensives: Katja Mustonen (FI), Sergey Semichev (UA)
13-14 Lunch
14-16 Break / Free Exploration
16-18 Classes/lab: Måns Erlandsson (SE), Emma Rozgoni (SE)
18.30-19.30 Sunday Roast
20.30 Evening Jam
Studio 1: Historical Lab space
Studio 2: Reset Silent Jam
