This year the music will be provided by Zsófi Joos on the Jam Camp.
- Zsofi Joos (HU)
Biography
I dont remember the time when music was not part of my life. I was 6 years old when i got my first violin. As the years passed by i was involved in many different music projects from rock band (Eleven Hold), world music (Matana), balcan band, sound journeys and improvisation concerts with Shai Dayan.
Contact Improvisation was teaching me how to listen attentively and expanding my improvisation skills. I played and danced many different contact dance events and festivals in Portugal, Hungary, Israel, Spain and France..
You can look forward to an everyday singing circle on this year’s Kontaktland lead by Pavla Kopřivová, a czech artist, dancer and musician.
- Encounters
Workshop with Eszter Földvári (HU)
In these classes, we explore different qualities of connection: how we meet in space, how we can quickly create a circuit of presence with another, sustain that connection over time, and shift organically between fast and slow dynamics. We move through the realms of solos, duets, and trios.
We experiment with how to be a supporter ‘s contribution in someone else’s dance, how to attune to what they might need in order to feel more whole in their movement. We also investigate how to grow stronger in our own solos, and how to recognize when we desire connection, and when we don’t. How to stay true to ourselves, how to say no, and how to sense when a no is being expressed by the other.
We also explore what helps us soften into presence, and how we can show up authentically in spaces where we are being watching. The class invites subtle perception, playfulness, and honest connection through dance.