INTENSIVE A

MANUELA BLANCHARD

Manuela Blanchard (CH), Watsu® and WasserTanzen® practitioner, has been teaching Contact Improvisation and New Dance since 2005 and regularly in international Contact and Dance festivals since 2009. Her enthusiasm for organic expressive movement qualities led her to Butoh, Authentic Movement, Body Mind Centering and Tango. With Contact Improvisation in water she has developed her own aquatic movement language. She likes to explore the boundaries of different disciplines (Contact & Tango/Waterwork/Tantra, for example) to enrich them, to get new inspirations and to pass them on. Her teaching supports that everyone can connect with that which leads them into aliveness, authenticity, presence and openness.
www.earthandwaterdance.com

INTENSIVE:
FROM CONTACT TO CONTANGO –
SHARING IMBALANCE 

The play with gravity and a sensitive perception during the exchange of weight form the secure basis to develop a clearer feeling for the shared axis. When partners „tune in“ and find a good mix of relaxation and uprightness, mobility and stability, leading and following becomes an enjoyable dialogue, a permeable communication with much mindfulness and full of surprise.

The interplay of balance and counterbalance creates a lively dynamic. Every now and then „small lifts“ emerge from the shared flow rather than from intention. Developing a subtle quality of touch and the art of inviting rather than manipulating are other tools that help make the dance feel juicy and respectful.

These Contact Impro classes are a contribution to bringing momentum, suspension and play into ContactTango.

INTENSIVE B

EZEQUIEL SANUCCI 

Ezequiel Sanucci is an all-round dance artist. For more than 30 years he’s been having an impressive career as a soloist dancer, teacher and choreographer in ballet, contemporary dance, Argentine tango, CI and more styles. He worked at many renowned dance companies in Europe and his native country Argentina and he performed in some of the most well-known theaters and festivals in the world. As a choreographer he created his own contemporary tango and contact tango style and his pieces were presented in top festivals. He is one of the pioneers of the Neotango and Contact Tango movement and an international DJ.

www.tangonow.nl

INTENSIVE:
FROM TANGO TO CONTANGO 

Contango is a dance fusion which is inspired by the principles of Contact Improvisation and Argentine Tango. We let ourselves be moved by the rhythms, melodies and energy of the tango with passion and sensitivity. By getting in touch with yourself and the people around you, playful encounters arise. We explore our creativity and open ourselves to new impulses that can enrich our dance. You don’t need any prior knowledge. The sense of movement is sufficient. The rest we will explore together. Let yourself be taken on a journey of discovery to even more dancing pleasure.

JULIAN ELIZARI 

Julian Elizari Romeo was born in 1974 in Bs As, Argentina. He began taking classes wiht traditional tango teachers (milongueros) in Argentina. His curiosity about the movement led him to take different kinds of modern dance classes techniques from young age.

At the age of 22, he received his degree from the Institute of National Physical Education in Bs As, Argentina.

Learning different Techniques, as Release, Low flow and Contact Improvisation in Bs.As. He travel to Europe and Worked at the Lilia Bertelli school of “Danza e movimento”. Florence, Italy. He was then hired as an actor and after as dance tango teacher by the Isole Compresse Theatre company. Florence, Italy.

He explore always more Contact Improvisation developing his dances with different somatic and partner dances technique. Julian has been teaching Traditional and Modern Tango argentino
for more then 20 years in Europe and Argentina.

Currently he teaches regulary Tango and Contact Improvisation in Berlin and Contactango in different dance Festivals in Europe.