Attention
Listen through the whole body and notice how a duet changes from moment to moment.
Contact Improvisation workshop
A concentrated three-hour movement laboratory for exploring physical dialogue, shared forces and the possibilities that emerge between dancing bodies.
Register for the workshop →DateWednesday
30 September
30 September
2026
Time18:30–21:30
Three-hour workshop
VenueDe Wending
Delft
Price€20
About the workshop
Movement as
a living relation.
The workshop approaches Contact Improvisation as a responsive practice: an invitation to sense, decide and create in relation to another person, the floor and gravity. Guided research builds toward open-ended partnering, with space to follow curiosity rather than reproduce a fixed shape.
The three-hour format allows time to arrive, investigate material in detail and integrate it through dancing. Participants are encouraged to work at their own pace and make choices that support clear, sustainable contact.
Relationship
Explore movement as a conversation shaped by proximity, contact, support and response.
Forces
Work with weight, gravity and momentum as creative partners rather than fixed techniques.
Choice
Develop agency inside improvisation: offering, receiving, redirecting, pausing and beginning again.
The session
From tuning in
to open research.
- 01
Arrival & orientation
Land in the space, meet the group and establish shared agreements for attention, consent and care.
- 02
Guided physical research
Investigate contact, weight and responsive movement through individual and partnered scores.
- 03
Partnering & improvisation
Let the material develop into longer dances, allowing play, surprise and changing roles.
- 04
Integration
Close with time to notice, reflect and carry the research forward into future practice.
About the facilitator
Raúl
Saldarriaga
Raúl Saldarriaga is an Amsterdam-based artistic researcher, performer, choreographer and teacher. He leads Casagrafia and has more than twenty years of experience teaching, creating and supporting projects in Colombia and Europe.
His work brings together contemporary dance, partnering, improvisation and Contact Improvisation. Across these practices, movement becomes a way to explore creativity, playfulness, communication and human connection.
Raúl holds degrees in Art Pedagogy and Contemporary Dance, alongside master's studies in Interactive Media and Choreography, and in Choreography and Community.
Practical information
Ready for the room.
- Wear
- Comfortable clothes for moving, rolling and working close to the floor. Remove sharp jewellery and accessories.
- Bring
- Water and your curiosity. Come ready to listen to your limits and communicate your choices.
- Experience
- The workshop is rooted in guided exploration. Read the registration form for any final participation notes from the organiser.