Silent
Contact
Retreat
A gathering for experienced CI practitioners moving and living in silent awareness.
What is Silent Contact Retreat?
SCR is like an empty canvas. We curate a container intended to focus ourselves on movement, dance, contemplation and expression.
The process unfolds by itself, with minimum intervention. Imperceptible facilitators, present only to hold the space, support if needed and remind the intention we came together with.
No teachers, no classes and no guidance.
A day in Silence
Jams
An open score. The place to move and be. Non facilitated, non unstructured. Open to arrive and leave. Sustained only by the common interest in the movement.
Authentic Movement
A sustaining practice that cultivates both, the nonverbal expressive mover, and the quiet aware witness. A dyadic process that supports the unfolding of our inner experience.
Scores
The breaking of the routine. Every day, through an organic and silent process, participants propose and choose structures/focuses for movement. From a Round Robin or mini-underscore, to interesting novelties.
Intentions
The meaning of Silence
The experience and meaning of silence differs greatly, in depth and quality. It differs from one individual to another, as it differ for the same individual moment to moment.
As much as we enjoy philosophical or religious/spiritual thoughts and discussions on the idea of SILENCE, that’s far beyond our intentions. We leave that to the plethora of gurus and spiritual guides devoting themselves to that path.
Our interest…
Is Dance
In the Silent Contact Retreat silence is in service, a tool.
The experience and expression of our movement appears clearer and more authentic with an open wide focus. But this focus, slippery, is prone to slid away in response to the external stimulus. For this, we invite to this retreat. To spend a week together, deepening our focus, moving between expression and introspection.
Without words
This is our common field. Giving up verbal communication and conventional interactions to open up for other kind of communication, perhaps a more subtle one.
And from this point of departure each of us might go where we want, or where the process takes us.
Unique and diverse personal experiences. Religious, fun, enlightening, introspective, restful, maniac, clownish…
Schedule
25th Jul
Morning - 3pm
Arriving
3pm
Opening Circle
7- 8pm
Dinner
8.30 pm
Opening the silence
8.30 - 10pm
Silence / Opening Jam
26th - 30th Jul
7.30 - 8.30am
Open space / Contemplative time
8.30 - 9.30am
Breakfast
10am - 1pm
Open Jam
1.30 - 2.30pm
Lunch
4.30 - 6.30pm
Authentic Movement
7- 8pm
Dinner
8.30 - 10pm
Evening scores
31th Jul
7.30 - 8.30am
Open space / Contemplative time
8.30 - 9.30am
Breakfast
10am - 1pm
Closing Jam
1pm
Closing the Silence
Afternoon
Harvest circle, Feedback, Meet in words, Celebration, Depart
Organization / Facilitation
Mario Blanco
Alessandro Rivellino
Auri Ladeira
Ann Kristin Holten
Prices / Sliding Scale
There is a limited number of participants for the SCR.
In order to confirm the registration and secure a spot in the SCR we request a € 100 prepayment. This prepayment is refundable in full up to one month before the event, and refundable in 50 % up to 20 days before the event. Within 20 days from the event, the prepayment is non refundable.
As soon as the max. number of participants is confirmed (registered and prepaid), a waiting list is made with those who are registered but not confirmed, further registrations will be added to this list. The order waiting list order follows the registration order.
Support Price
€ 290
Equitable Price
€ 330
Contributory Price
€ 370
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