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Ignite Your Spring Renewal: 3-Day Spring Dance Retreat

❤️ Ignite Your Spring Renewal: 3-Day Spring Dance Retreat in the Heart of Den Haag ❤️

Step into a world of movement, expression, and self-discovery as we present a transformative 3-day dance intensive. Crafted by ex NDT and Batsheva dancers, this immersive experience caters to dancers of all levels. Join us on a journey through a diverse range of techniques, including Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Fusion Flow, Shake, and Breathwork, and discover the art of self-expression, connection, and artistic growth in a vibrant and supportive environment.

📅 May 18-20, 2024 at CLOUD/Danslab 📅
Mark your calendars for an unforgettable experience! The “Ignite Your Winter Renewal” 3-day dance retreat is set to take place on January 5-7 2024, at CLOUD/Danslab, renowned as the premier dance studio in town, nestled in the heart of The Hague.

Click the link here for registration details and secure your place in this incredible journey of self-discovery and artistic exploration.

🌐 Hosted by Jérôme, aka the Dancing Monk Wizard
Get ready to be inspired by Jérôme, a distinguished dancer and teacher who has journeyed across the globe, sharing his expertise. With over two decades of teaching experience and three decades as a professional dancer, Jérôme brings a unique blend of breath forms, contemporary dance, yoga, and martial arts. Join us as we explore new dimensions of movement, optimize health, and unlock your true dance potential.

Special guest teacher Isabelle Chaffaud and Massage instructor (to be announced) will be joining us. Together, they will conjure magic with you.

📅 Program Day 1:
✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe® (10:30-12:00) With Jérôme, tap into your inner flow and unlock your creative potential through a fusion of yoga, contemporary dance, soma movement, and martial arts. Dive into breathwork techniques that enhance your physicality, presence, and emotional connection to movement. Dance with passion, authenticity, and self-expression as you leave no stone unturned. (More info here)

✨ Intentional-Efficiency (13:00-14:30) Teacher Isabelle Chaffaud. Developed by Isabelle, this practice delves into the profound understanding that clear inner intention gives rise to diverse qualities and textures of movement. It embraces an approach that allows for the individual exploration and development of each aspect—intention and efficiency—while highlighting their interconnectedness.

✨ Connect and Create (15:00-16:00) With Jerome. Experience the joy of spontaneous connection through the practice of Contact Improvisation and group Improvisation. Develop your partnering skills, enhance spatial awareness, and embrace the exhilaration of dancing in the present moment.

✨ SOMA Breath into Blissful Relaxation (16:15-17:15) Welcome to the transformative world of Breathwork Yoga with Niraj method, where you will embark on a profound journey of deep relaxation and rejuvenation. Through thisserie of guided sessions and experiential learning, you will learn to enter a state of deep relaxation while maintaining full awareness, leading to physical, mental, and emotional healing.

✨ Unwind with Tea and world class home made chocolate cake :-) (17:15-18:00)

📅 Program day 2

✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe ® (10:30-12:00)
✨ Intentional-Efficiency Method (13:00-14:30)
✨ Connect and Create (15:00-16:30)
✨ Unwind with thee and world class chocolate cake (16:30-17:00)

Day 3 we will use what we have learned the previous day during an ecstatic dance session to close the workshop.

📅 Program day 3
✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe warm up (12:00-13:00)
✨ Active breath session of SOMA Breath technic (13:30-14:15)
✨ Ecstatic dance session (14:15-15:45)
✨ Food and drinks Potluck (16:00-17:00)

✨ Benefits of all class:

🔥 Transformative Experience: Immerse yourself in a 3-day dance intensive designed by ex NDT and Batsheva dancers. This retreat is curated for dancers of all levels, promising a transformative experience.

🔥 Diverse Range of Techniques: Explore a rich tapestry of dance techniques including Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Fusion Flow, Shake, and Breathwork. This diversity ensures a comprehensive and enriching learning experience.

🔥 Self-Expression and Connection: Unleash your inner dancer, expressing yourself in an environment that fosters creativity, self-discovery, and authentic connection with fellow participants.

❤️ Guidance from Experts: Benefit from the expertise of renowned instructors, including Jérôme, a seasoned dancer and teacher with over two decades of experience, and special guest teachers like Isabelle Chaffaud, who bring their unique perspectives and techniques.

🔥 Optimize Health and Well-being: Learn from Jérôme’s unique blend of breath forms, contemporary dance, yoga, and martial arts. This holistic approach not only enhances your dance skills but also promotes overall well-being.

😮‍💨 Exclusive Breathwork Session: Experience the profound benefits of Breathwork Yoga with Niraj method, where you’ll embark on a journey of relaxation and rejuvenation, leading to physical, mental, and emotional healing.

⚧️ Supportive Community: Join a vibrant and supportive community of fellow dancers, all sharing the same passion for movement, expression, and self-discovery.

🦶Venue Excellence: The event takes place at CLOUD/Danslab, renowned as the premier dance studio in The Hague, ensuring a conducive environment for immersive learning and growth.

🔥 Personal Growth and Artistic Development: Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or just starting, this retreat offers an opportunity for personal growth and artistic development, pushing boundaries and unlocking your true dance potential.

🔥 Memorable Experience: Create lasting memories as you embark on this unforgettable journey of self-discovery, artistic exploration, and winter renewal.

By joining this retreat, you’re not just attending a dance event; you’re stepping into a world of movement, expression, and self-discovery, guided by experienced professionals, in a supportive and vibrant community. Don’t miss this chance to ignite your winter renewal and embark on a transformative dance experience!

Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot now! Click the link here for registration details and secure your place in this incredible journey of self-discovery and artistic exploration.

Testimonials

🔥 Embrace Your Winter Renewal: 3-Day New Year Dance Retreat

Loved it! Intense and wonderfull. Thank you all for this beautifull 3 days ❤️

🔥 Embrace Your Winter Renewal: 3-Day New Year Dance Retreat

It really moves you 
🌞

It was really THE BEST WAY to start my year! Jerome is such an incredible instructor together with his colleague, the program was varied and diverse with so many different ways to explore movement, dynamic, breath, music

Warmth, freedom, bliss

Powerfull and precious

Thank you so much for this fantastic retreat, I loved every bit of it, it was also a great group!

My pleasure to share love with you beautiful people, thanks a lot Jérôme for the opportunity to get this so special safe space, it mean so much to me ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Sandra

A wonderful playground where I can (re)discover my movability. Not doing, just being. Being danced. No work, just play! Freedom. ❤️
Ellen

I totally support what you’ve moved within me, because that is the gift I gave myself.
Roger

What Jerôme’s class brings me is a place of transformation and recycling of my emotions, through the body. I’m more self-aware in relationship as a result. It also strengthens my faith in human connection, because of the fun and kindness that develops.
Tamara
future teacher

In this space I can safely practice how to bring the relationship between my body and my mind into one of More equal and Playful cooperation, rather than one of discipline and domination. I become aware – can notice how – my Body/mind are always in dialogue, never static, and I am encouraged to move in the flow – yin/yang – without judgement or resistance. At least, that’s the goal 😉🙏💛
Michelle

Getting over mental boundaries about being close to others

Interacting with others on a different level also helps me deal with daily social interaction
Chronic pain management, making it easier for my body to return to a natural flow state
And feeling more at ease in my own body
Julia

Magical, just magical. The space: created by beautiful souls and their energies 💫The body is indeed sore today! 😆 and the emotional body allows some soreness too, some sadness to sit along with the amazement of receiving love 💛🚿💦
Michelle

Yes. And yesterday’s ending ceremony was the cherry on top. How important it is to be invited and to invite ourselves to connect and treat each other with kindness, love and care. We all know that as human beings and the mamals we are that this helps us thrive. 🙏 to the soul (I don’t know her name) who thought of inviting us to do this process.
Kim

I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed and appreciated the class – the community the safe space the JOY in the body! 💫 you have (co) created something special 💛
Michelle

So what really helps me as a musician is first the connection with my body, which i believe is integral in a performance, being musical or not, beyond that you also explore communication with your colleagues in a different way, as the same you would do in a improvisation in music, you would explore the movements and geometry of your own body in relation to another, counterpoint… so for me is also an ludic way of doing the same i would do in musical dialogue, but without all the self judgments and technical struggles with instruments

Last but not least, connecting your breathing to your movement is an excellent way of connecting better my breathing in my playing, in my case since i play wind instruments is even more, but for a string player or whatever would still be important and healthy, usually we tend to create unnecessary tension and disconnection with our breath when playing
Nitai
Musician student

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Ecstatic Monday March 4th

At Flow Fusion we celebrate once a month and open our door to the Ecstatic Monday dance session.

Ecstatic warm up with with Jerome aka Dancing Monk Wizard and DJ Jam.

Dance holds a magical allure that extends far beyond mere pleasure. It possesses the remarkable power to grant us deep healing and revitalize our souls, all while nurturing a beautiful equilibrium between our feminine and masculine energies. Within the captivating realm of dance, we gracefully navigate and effortlessly shift between these energies, infusing every movement and intention with a mesmerizing fusion of yin and yang vitality. This enchanting exploration propels us beyond the confines of the ordinary, enabling us to embrace the liberating freedom of transcending polarities with joy and grace.

Here’s what you can expect:
• Doors open at 18:30. Ring the intercom CLOUD/Danslab.
• We will start at 19:00.
• A 22-minute ecstatic warm-up session to get you in the mood, connect with yourself, and prepare to fully immerse in the free dance session.
• Followed by a 99 minutes ecstatic dance session with DJ Jam.
• Enjoy a cup of tea.
• Maximum capacity of 35 people. To secure your spot, get your ticket 
• Stay tuned for more information to come.

We can’t wait to have you join us on this transformative journey.

All date until summer
5 March, 1 April, 6 May , 3 June, 1 July

9€
10€ at the door

Every first Monday of the month

About Jerome and Transflow Fusion here
https://rb.gy/dhjr4

1-Day Flow Contact and Magic Breath 24th Feb

🌟 Embark on a One-day Workshop featuring Flow Contact Playground and the transformative Magic Breath on February 24th.
Event Schedule:


🕒 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: Flow Contact Playground with Flow Fusion Moves 🕊️ Are you ready to transcend your boundaries and dance and breathe with other bodies and souls? Join us on Saturday, December 16th, for an exhilarating Flow Contact Playground and Magic Breath experience at CLOUD/Danslab!

📅 Date: 24th February 📍 Location: CLOUD/Danslab 🕒 Time: 11:45 AM – 3:00 PM

🌟 What’s in Store for You? 🔮 Guided by a team of expert facilitators and teachers, including ex-Batsheva dancers and NDT performers, let our seasoned professionals lead you on a journey of movement and connection. Experience a truly unique approach to dance and self-expression.

🔄 11:45 – 13:00 – Explore a new dimension of movement and connection. From trust-building to elevating your dance, each session brings fresh insights and experiences.
🌈 This course is designed not only for those with a consistent dance practice like ecstatic dance, Flow Fusion, improvisation, and CI, ready to elevate their skills and deepen their connection with movement, but also for curious travelers and adventurous souls who like to explore new dimensions of their being and have a taste of Magic Breath work with amazing music and script. If you’re ready to explore new dimensions, join us for an extraordinary journey with the Dancing Monk Wizard! 💃🕺

🌿 A Journey Through Five Transformative Sessions:
1. Awaken the Body
2. Flow and Momentum
3. Gravity and Elevation
4. Spirals and Curves

🎁 Experience a Fusion of Creative Expression and Partner Work – Embrace the art of spontaneous movement and discover the beauty of shared weight and balance. Deepen your connection with others and yourself.

🕒 13:30- 15:00: Magic Breath Workshop with Jerome, the Dancing Monk Wizard 🌬️ Step into a captivating explorative workshop featuring the rejuvenating SOMA Breath. Join us for an unparalleled experience of self-discovery, nourishment, and personal growth through Magic Breath with music, Flow Fusion Moves, and Mental Power Abundance affirmation.

What to Expect:


• Welcome and guideline

• Flow Fusion Physical Practice: Tune into your body with dynamic movements, tackle your energy source in a lively practice, and align yourself with your mind and body (20 min).

• Chanting and Oming: Engage in a playful exploration of tones, clearing obstacles, and letting each of your cells vibrate.

• Soma Breath Practice: Next in line is the Soma Breath Practice, which includes the Savitri Pranayama technique encompassing rhythmic breathing. We will delve into specific breath retention phases such as Bahya Kumbhaka, Antara Kumbhaka, Nishessha Rechaka Kumbhaka, and short Kevala Kumbhaka. Learn the art of engaging your Mula Bandha and Jalandhara Bandha. In this segment, we will immerse ourselves in a potent 4-round breathing cycle. This transformative practice will be enhanced by specially composed music and guided visualization, facilitating the unlocking of profound states of consciousness.

• Closing Circle: Seal your experience.

🌟 Limited Spots Available! Don’t Miss Out! Secure your spot now and be a part of this extraordinary journey with Jerome, aka the Dancing Monk Wizard. Embrace the magic of movement, connection, and self-discovery. 

🎉 Discover the extraordinary as you embark on a transformative journey led by Jerome. Reserve your spot today to ensure you don’t miss out on this unique opportunity.


“SOMA Breath transformed my life! Just a few sessions unleashed a wave of energy and mental clarity I hadn’t felt in years. Now, it’s a daily essential, and I’ve seen big improvements in my well-being. – Emily”


“SOMA Breath saved me from stress and anxiety! These sessions brought a new level of calm and inner peace into my life. It’s my mind and body reset button, helping me tackle life’s challenges with ease. – James”


“SOMA Breath changed my game! The extra oxygen and mental clarity I get boost my endurance and focus on the field. Now, it’s a must in my training routine. – Sarah”


“SOMA Breath is my emotional lifeline! It helps me release deep emotions and find inner peace. It’s key to my healing and self-discovery journey. – David”

Question?
freeflowmastery(at)gmail.com

Magic Breath for deep relaxation ❤️

🔥Step into a captivating explorative workshop featuring the rejuvenating SOMA Breath.

Join us for an unparalleled experience of self-discovery, nourishment, and personal growth through Magic Breath with music, Flow Fusion Moves, and Mental Power Abundance affirmation.


Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to embark on this journey of self-discovery and transformation.

Starting January 20th until May 11th ( every second week), let Jerome guide you through 7 themes with SOMA Breath session, each designed to ignite a specific facet of your inner self:

  1. Awareness of own vitality
  2. Ignite your Creativity source
  3. The power of gratitude
  4. On use of Compassion
  5. Transcendence and Oneness
  6. Listening to Intuition
  7. Into the Eye of Manifestation

Here’s what you can expect:

• Welcome and guideline

• Flow Fusion Physical Practice: Tune into your body with dynamic movements, tackle your energy source in a lively practice, and align yourself with your mind and body 

• Soma Breath Practice: Next in line is the Soma Breath Practice, which includes:
Savitri Pranayama technique encompassing rhythmic breathing.
We will delve into specific breath retention phases such as:
Bahya Kumbhaka,
Antara Kumbhaka,
Nishessha Rechaka Kumbhaka, and short Kevala Kumbhaka.
Learn the art of engaging your Mula Bandha and Jalandhara Bandha.

In this segment, we will immerse ourselves in a potent 4-round breathing cycle. This transformative practice will be enhanced by specially composed music and guided visualization, facilitating the unlocking of profound states of consciousness.

• Closing Circle: Seal your experience.

Duration: 90 minutes

When: every second Saturday 10x

Saturday 20 of January
Saturday 3 of February
Saturday 24 of February
Saturday 9 of March
Saturday 23 of March
Saturday 6 of April
Saturday 11 of May

Location: CLOUD/Danslab, with amazing afternoon light where tranquility and inspiration converge.

Time: 13:30-15:00

Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to embark on a journey of self-discovery and transformation. Join Jerome and a community of like-minded souls on a path to inner growth and well-being.

Full cycle: €69
5 Sessions: €49
3 Sessions: €29

Early Bird €59
Student 50% Discount

testimonials
“SOMA Breath has been a game-changer for me. After just a few sessions, I felt a surge of energy and mental clarity that I hadn’t experienced in years. The practice has become an integral part of my daily routine, and I’ve noticed significant improvements in my overall well-being.”
• Emily

“I was struggling with chronic stress and anxiety when I discovered SOMA Breath. The sessions provided me with a sense of calm and inner peace that I had never experienced before. It’s like a reset button for my mind and body. I am now better equipped to handle life’s challenges.”
• James

“As a professional athlete, I’m always looking for ways to optimize my performance. SOMA Breath has been a game-changer for me. The increased oxygenation and mental clarity I experience during sessions have translated to improved endurance and focus on the field. It’s become an integral part of my training regimen.”
• Sarah

“SOMA Breath has been a lifeline for my emotional well-being. Through the practice, I’ve learned to release deep-seated emotions and find a sense of peace within. It’s been instrumental in my journey towards healing and self-discovery.”
• David

Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to embark on a journey of self-discovery and transformation.

Breathe and Dance Smarter not Harder

much ❤️

Jerome

Flow Contact Playground


Embark on a Journey of Movement, Connection, and Self-Discovery!

🕊️ Are you ready to transcend your boundaries and dance with other bodies and souls? Join us every Saturday for an exhilarating Flow Contact Playground at CLOUD/Danslab!

 You can Reserve Your Spot Today Here

🌟 What’s in Store for You? 🌟

🔮 Guided by a team of expert facilitators and teachers, ex-Batsheva dancer and NDT dancers – Let our seasoned professionals lead you on a journey of movement and connection. Experience a truly unique approach to dance and self-expression.

🌬️ Elevate Your Practice with Invigorating Warm-Ups and Breathwork – Start each session with a rejuvenating warm-up and breathwork session. Ground yourself, center your energy, and prepare to dive deep into the dance.

🔄 Dynamic Sessions Every Saturday – 11:45 AM – 13:00 PM – Explore a new dimension of movement and connection every week. From trust-building to elevating your dance, each session brings fresh insights and experiences.

🌈 Tailored for Dedicated Dancers with Regular Practice! This course is designed for those with a consistent dance practice like ecstatic dance, Flow Fusion, improvisation and CI ready to elevate their skills and deepen their connection with movement. If you’re a seasoned dancer looking to refine your technique and explore new dimensions, join us for an extraordinary journey with the Dancing Monk Wizard! 💃🕺

🌿 A Journey Through Five Transformative Sessions

  • Awaken the Body
  • Flow and Momentum
  • Gravity and Elevation
  • Spirals and Curves
  • Closing Ceremony and Integration

🎁 Experience a Fusion of Creative Expression and Partner Work – Embrace the art of spontaneous movement and discover the beauty of shared weight and balance. Deepen your connection with others and yourself.

🎉 Join Us for a Culminating Celebration of Collective Dance – Share your progress, insights, and celebrate the journey with fellow participants. Dance your heart out in a final, collective dance that will leave you in awe!

Date: cycle 2 starting 13 January 2024, every Saturday beside school holidays

🌟 Limited Spots Available! Don’t Miss Out! 🌟 Secure your spot now and be a part of this extraordinary journey with Jerome aka the Dancing Monk Wizard. Embrace the magic of movement, connection, and self-discovery.

Price: at the door 7,50€,
full cycle of 10 class 60€

👉 Register for Your Spot Today HERE

Contact: freeflowmaster@gmail.com

Let your body and soul dance in harmony. Unleash the dancer within you! 🌟

Testimonials

My pleasure to share love with you beautiful people, thanks a lot Jérôme for the opportunity to get this so special safe space, it mean so much to me ❤️
Sandra

A wonderful playground where I can (re)discover my movability. Not doing, just being. Being danced. No work, just play! Freedom. 
Ellen

I totally support what you’ve moved within me, because that is the gift I gave myself.
Roger

What Jerôme’s class brings me is a place of transformation and recycling of my emotions, through the body. I’m more self-aware in relationship as a result. It also strengthens my faith in human connection, because of the fun and kindness that develops.
Tamara
future teacher

In this space I can safely practice how to bring the relationship between my body and my mind into one of More equal and Playful cooperation, rather than one of discipline and domination. I become aware – can notice how – my Body/mind are always in dialogue, never static, and I am encouraged to move in the flow – yin/yang – without judgement or resistance. At least, that’s the goal 😉🙏
Michelle

Getting over mental boundaries about being close to others

Interacting with others on a different level also helps me deal with daily social interaction
Chronic pain management, making it easier for my body to return to a natural flow state
And feeling more at ease in my own body
Julia

Magical, just magical. The space: created by beautiful souls and their energies 💫The body is indeed sore today!  and the emotional body allows some soreness too, some sadness to sit along with the amazement of receiving love 💛
Michelle

Yes. And yesterday’s ending ceremony was the cherry on top. How important it is to be invited and to invite ourselves to connect and treat each other with kindness, love and care. We all know that as human beings and the mamals we are that this helps us thrive.  to the soul (I don’t know her name) who thought of inviting us to do this process.
Kim

I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed and appreciated the class – the community the safe space the JOY in the body!  you have (co) created something special 
Michelle

So what really helps me as a musician is first the connection with my body, which i believe is integral in a performance, being musical or not, beyond that you also explore communication with your colleagues in a different way, as the same you would do in a improvisation in music, you would explore the movements and geometry of your own body in relation to another, counterpoint… so for me is also an ludic way of doing the same i would do in musical dialogue, but without all the self judgments and technical struggles with instruments

Last but not least, connecting your breathing to your movement is an excellent way of connecting better my breathing in my playing, in my case since i play wind instruments is even more, but for a string player or whatever would still be important and healthy, usually we tend to create unnecessary tension and disconnection with our breath when playing
Nitai
Musician student

🔥 Ignite Your Winter Renewal: 3-Day New Year Dance Retreat

❤️ Ignite Your Winter Renewal: 3-Day New Year Dance Retreat in the Heart of Den Haag ❤️

Step into a world of movement, expression, and self-discovery as we present a transformative 3-day dance intensive. Crafted by ex NDT and Batsheva dancers, this immersive experience caters to dancers of all levels. Join us on a journey through a diverse range of techniques, including Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Fusion Flow, Shake, and Breathwork, and discover the art of self-expression, connection, and artistic growth in a vibrant and supportive environment.

📅 January 5-7, 2024 at CLOUD/Danslab 📅
Mark your calendars for an unforgettable experience! The “Ignite Your Winter Renewal” 3-day dance retreat is set to take place on January 5-7 2024, at CLOUD/Danslab, renowned as the premier dance studio in town, nestled in the heart of The Hague.

Click the link here for registration details and secure your place in this incredible journey of self-discovery and artistic exploration.

🌐 Hosted by Jérôme, aka the Dancing Monk Wizard
Get ready to be inspired by Jérôme, a distinguished dancer and teacher who has journeyed across the globe, sharing his expertise. With over two decades of teaching experience and three decades as a professional dancer, Jérôme brings a unique blend of breath forms, contemporary dance, yoga, and martial arts. Join us as we explore new dimensions of movement, optimize health, and unlock your true dance potential.

Special guest teacher Isabelle Chaffaud and Massage instructor (to be announced) will be joining us. Together, they will conjure magic with you.

📅 Program Day 1:
✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe® (10:30-12:00) With Jérôme, tap into your inner flow and unlock your creative potential through a fusion of yoga, contemporary dance, soma movement, and martial arts. Dive into breathwork techniques that enhance your physicality, presence, and emotional connection to movement. Dance with passion, authenticity, and self-expression as you leave no stone unturned. (More info here)

✨ Intentional-Efficiency (13:00-14:30) Teacher Isabelle Chaffaud. Developed by Isabelle, this practice delves into the profound understanding that clear inner intention gives rise to diverse qualities and textures of movement. It embraces an approach that allows for the individual exploration and development of each aspect—intention and efficiency—while highlighting their interconnectedness.

✨ Connect and Create (15:00-16:00) With Jerome. Experience the joy of spontaneous connection through the practice of Contact Improvisation and group Improvisation. Develop your partnering skills, enhance spatial awareness, and embrace the exhilaration of dancing in the present moment.

✨ SOMA Breath into Blissful Relaxation (16:15-17:15) Welcome to the transformative world of Breathwork Yoga with Niraj method, where you will embark on a profound journey of deep relaxation and rejuvenation. Through thisserie of guided sessions and experiential learning, you will learn to enter a state of deep relaxation while maintaining full awareness, leading to physical, mental, and emotional healing.

✨ Unwind with Tea and world class home made chocolate cake :-) (17:15-18:00)

📅 Program day 2

✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe ® (10:30-12:00)
✨ Intentional-Efficiency Method (13:00-14:30)
✨ Connect and Create (15:00-16:30)
✨ Unwind with thee and world class chocolate cake (16:30-17:00)

Day 3 we will use what we have learned the previous day during an ecstatic dance session to close the workshop.

📅 Program day 3
✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe warm up (12:00-13:00)
✨ Active breath session of SOMA Breath technic (13:30-14:15)
✨ Ecstatic dance session (14:15-15:45)
✨ Food and drinks Potluck (16:00-17:00)

✨ Benefits of all class:

🔥 Transformative Experience: Immerse yourself in a 3-day dance intensive designed by ex NDT and Batsheva dancers. This retreat is curated for dancers of all levels, promising a transformative experience.

🔥 Diverse Range of Techniques: Explore a rich tapestry of dance techniques including Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Fusion Flow, Shake, and Breathwork. This diversity ensures a comprehensive and enriching learning experience.

🔥 Self-Expression and Connection: Unleash your inner dancer, expressing yourself in an environment that fosters creativity, self-discovery, and authentic connection with fellow participants.

❤️ Guidance from Experts: Benefit from the expertise of renowned instructors, including Jérôme, a seasoned dancer and teacher with over two decades of experience, and special guest teachers like Isabelle Chaffaud, who bring their unique perspectives and techniques.

🔥 Optimize Health and Well-being: Learn from Jérôme’s unique blend of breath forms, contemporary dance, yoga, and martial arts. This holistic approach not only enhances your dance skills but also promotes overall well-being.

😮‍💨 Exclusive Breathwork Session: Experience the profound benefits of Breathwork Yoga with Niraj method, where you’ll embark on a journey of relaxation and rejuvenation, leading to physical, mental, and emotional healing.

⚧️ Supportive Community: Join a vibrant and supportive community of fellow dancers, all sharing the same passion for movement, expression, and self-discovery.

🦶Venue Excellence: The event takes place at CLOUD/Danslab, renowned as the premier dance studio in The Hague, ensuring a conducive environment for immersive learning and growth.

🔥 Personal Growth and Artistic Development: Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or just starting, this retreat offers an opportunity for personal growth and artistic development, pushing boundaries and unlocking your true dance potential.

🔥 Memorable Experience: Create lasting memories as you embark on this unforgettable journey of self-discovery, artistic exploration, and winter renewal.

By joining this retreat, you’re not just attending a dance event; you’re stepping into a world of movement, expression, and self-discovery, guided by experienced professionals, in a supportive and vibrant community. Don’t miss this chance to ignite your winter renewal and embark on a transformative dance experience!

Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot now! Click the link here for registration details and secure your place in this incredible journey of self-discovery and artistic exploration.

Testimonials

My pleasure to share love with you beautiful people, thanks a lot Jérôme for the opportunity to get this so special safe space, it mean so much to me ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Sandra

A wonderful playground where I can (re)discover my movability. Not doing, just being. Being danced. No work, just play! Freedom. ❤️
Ellen

I totally support what you’ve moved within me, because that is the gift I gave myself.
Roger

What Jerôme’s class brings me is a place of transformation and recycling of my emotions, through the body. I’m more self-aware in relationship as a result. It also strengthens my faith in human connection, because of the fun and kindness that develops.
Tamara
future teacher

In this space I can safely practice how to bring the relationship between my body and my mind into one of More equal and Playful cooperation, rather than one of discipline and domination. I become aware – can notice how – my Body/mind are always in dialogue, never static, and I am encouraged to move in the flow – yin/yang – without judgement or resistance. At least, that’s the goal 😉🙏💛
Michelle

Getting over mental boundaries about being close to others

Interacting with others on a different level also helps me deal with daily social interaction
Chronic pain management, making it easier for my body to return to a natural flow state
And feeling more at ease in my own body
Julia

Magical, just magical. The space: created by beautiful souls and their energies 💫The body is indeed sore today! 😆 and the emotional body allows some soreness too, some sadness to sit along with the amazement of receiving love 💛🚿💦
Michelle

Yes. And yesterday’s ending ceremony was the cherry on top. How important it is to be invited and to invite ourselves to connect and treat each other with kindness, love and care. We all know that as human beings and the mamals we are that this helps us thrive. 🙏 to the soul (I don’t know her name) who thought of inviting us to do this process.
Kim

I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed and appreciated the class – the community the safe space the JOY in the body! 💫 you have (co) created something special 💛
Michelle

So what really helps me as a musician is first the connection with my body, which i believe is integral in a performance, being musical or not, beyond that you also explore communication with your colleagues in a different way, as the same you would do in a improvisation in music, you would explore the movements and geometry of your own body in relation to another, counterpoint… so for me is also an ludic way of doing the same i would do in musical dialogue, but without all the self judgments and technical struggles with instruments

Last but not least, connecting your breathing to your movement is an excellent way of connecting better my breathing in my playing, in my case since i play wind instruments is even more, but for a string player or whatever would still be important and healthy, usually we tend to create unnecessary tension and disconnection with our breath when playing
Nitai
Musician student

Annulation policy
2 month before 100%
1 month before 50%
2 weeks before 25%
1 week before 10%
Reimbursement are excluding transaction costs

🌟 Ignite Your Dancing Spirit: 3-Day Dance Retreat  🌟

🔥 Ignite Your Dancing Spirit: 3-Day Dance Retreat in the heart of Den Haag ❤️

Step into a world of movement, expression, and self-discovery as we present a transformative 3-day dance intensive. Designed by ex NDT and Batsheva dancers, for dancers of all levels, this immersive experience invites you to explore a diverse range of techniques, including Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, iFlow, Shake, and Breathwork. Join us as we embark on a journey of self-expression, connection, and artistic growth in a supportive and vibrant environment.

📅 September 1-3, 2023 at CLOUD/Danslab 📅

Mark your calendars for an unforgettable experience! The “Ignite Your Dancing Spirit” with a 3-day dance retreat will take place on September 1, 2, and 3, 2023. We are thrilled to announce that the event will be held at CLOUD/Danslab, known as the best dance studio in town, located in the heart of The Hague. 

Click the link here for registration details and secure your place in this incredible journey of self-discovery and artistic exploration.

🌐 Hosted by Jérôme aka the Dancing Monk Wizard

Get ready to be inspired by Jérôme, a renowned dancer and teacher who has traveled the world sharing his expertise. With over 20 years of teaching experience and 30 years of professional dancer, Jérôme brings a unique approach that combines breath forms, contemporary dance, yoga, and martial arts. Join us as we delve into new dimensions of movement, optimizing health, and unlocking your true dance potential.

Special guest teacher will be Isabelle Chaffaud and Tjeerd Buis.
All together they will create magic with you.

📅 Program day 1

✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe ® (10:30-12:00) With Jérôme tap into your inner flow and unlock your creative potential through a fusion of yoga, contemporary dance, soma movement, and martial arts. Explore the fluidity of contemporary dance, the vibrancy of flow, and the grounding principles of somatic practices. Engage in energetic shaking exercises to release tension and unlock stagnant energy within your body. Dive into breathwork techniques that enhance your physicality, presence, and emotional connection to movement. Dance with passion, authenticity, and self-expression as you leave no stone unturned. More info here

✨ Intentional-Efficiency  (13:00-14:30) Teacher Isabelle Chaffaud. Developed by Isabelle this practice delves into the profound understanding that clear inner intention gives rise to diverse qualities and textures of movement. This method places a strong emphasis on cultivating awareness and recognizing the vital role of the body’s efficiency and articulation in supporting and effectively conveying intention. It embraces an approach that allows for the individual exploration and development of each aspect—intention and efficiency—while highlighting their interconnectedness.

✨ Connect and Create (15:00-16:00) With Jerome. Experience the joy of spontaneous connection through the practice of Contact Improvisation and group Improvisation. Explore the principles of shared weight, balance, and trust as you engage in dynamic duets, trio and group exercises. Discover the beauty of non-verbal communication and the art of listening through touch. Develop your partnering skills, enhance spatial awareness, and embrace the exhilaration of dancing in the present moment.

Nidra Yoga: Dive into Blissful Relaxation (16:15-17:15)
Welcome to the transformative world of Nidra Yoga with Tjeerd Buis, also Wim Hof method instructor, where you will embark on a profound journey of deep relaxation and rejuvenation. Nidra Yoga, also known as Yoga Nidra or Yogic Sleep, is a powerful practice that combines elements of meditation, mindfulness, and guided relaxation to help you access the state of conscious sleep.

In this one-hour course, you will be introduced to the principles and techniques of Nidra Yoga, allowing you to experience the profound benefits it offers. Through a series of guided sessions and experiential learning, you will learn to enter a state of deep relaxation while maintaining full awareness, leading to physical, mental, and emotional healing.

✨ Unwind with thee and cakes(17:15-18:00)

📅 Program day 2

✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe ® (10:30-12:00)
✨ Intentional-Efficiency Method  (13:00-14:30)
✨ Connect and Create (15:00-16:30)
✨ Unwind with thee and cakes(16:30-17:00)

Day 3 we will use what we have learned the previous day during an ecstatic dance session to close the workshop. 

📅 Program day 3
✨ Flow, Shake, and Breathe warm up(12:00-13:00)
✨ Active breath session with Tjeerd ala Wim Hof with a touch of Tjeerd magic (13:30-14:15)
✨ Ecstatic dance session (14:15-15:45)
✨ Food and drinks (16:00-17:00)

✨ Benefits of all class:

• Expand your movement vocabulary and enhance your technical skills. • Cultivate body awareness, fluidity, and a sense of release in your dancing. • Deepen your understanding of connection and communication through contact improvisation. • Develop improvisational and partnering skills for increased versatility and creativity. • Explore the power of breath, flow, and shaking to unlock new dimensions of movement. • Nurture your artistic growth in a supportive and collaborative online community. • Connect with like-minded dancers from around the world and build lasting friendships.

🎭 “Ignite Your Summer Spirit” invites you to embark on a transformative 3-day dance intensive where you’ll explore the realms of Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Flow, Shake, and Breathwork. Unleash your creativity, connect with fellow dancers, and discover new layers of expression within yourself. Join us on this incredible journey of self-discovery, growth, and artistic exploration. Let your spirit soar and dance like never before this summer! 🌞🌈

Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot now! Click the link here for registration details and secure your place in this incredible journey of self-discovery and artistic exploration.

Testimonials

My pleasure to share love with you beautiful people, thanks a lot Jérôme for the opportunity to get this so special safe space, it mean so much to me ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Sandra

A wonderful playground where I can (re)discover my movability. Not doing, just being. Being danced. No work, just play! Freedom. ❤️
Ellen

I totally support what you’ve moved within me, because that is the gift I gave myself. 
Roger 

What Jerôme’s class brings me is a place of transformation and recycling of my emotions, through the body. I’m more self-aware in relationship as a result. It also strengthens my faith in human connection, because of the fun and kindness that develops.
Tamara
future teacher

In this space I can safely practice how to bring the relationship between my body and my mind into one of   More equal and Playful cooperation, rather than one of discipline and domination. I become aware – can notice how – my Body/mind are always in dialogue, never static, and I am encouraged to move in the flow – yin/yang – without judgement or resistance. At least, that’s the goal 😉🙏💛
Michelle 

Getting over mental boundaries about being close to others

Interacting with others on a different level also helps me deal with daily social interaction
Chronic pain management, making it easier for my body to return to a natural flow state
And feeling more at ease in my own body
Julia

Magical, just magical. The space: created by beautiful souls and their energies 💫The body is indeed sore today! 😆 and the emotional body allows some soreness too, some sadness to sit along with the amazement of receiving love 💛🚿💦
Michelle

Yes. And yesterday’s ending ceremony was the cherry on top. How important it is to be invited and to invite ourselves to connect and treat each other with kindness, love and care. We all know that as human beings and the mamals we are that this helps us thrive. 🙏 to the soul (I don’t know her name) who thought of inviting us to do this process.
Kim

I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed and appreciated the class – the community the safe space the JOY in the body! 💫 you have (co) created something special 💛
Michelle

So what really helps me as a musician is first the connection with my body, which i believe is integral in a performance, being musical or not, beyond that you also explore communication with your colleagues in a different way, as the same you would do in a improvisation in music, you would explore the movements and geometry of your own body in relation to another, counterpoint… so for me is also an ludic way of doing the same i would do in musical dialogue, but without all the self judgments and technical struggles with instruments

Last but not least, connecting your breathing to your movement is an excellent way of connecting better my breathing in my playing, in my case since i play wind instruments is even more, but for a string player or whatever would still be important and healthy, usually we tend to create unnecessary tension and disconnection with our breath when playing
Nitai 
Musician student 

Annulation policy
2 month before 100%
1 month before 50%
2 weeks before 25%
1 week before 10%
Reimbursement are excluding transaction costs

Click the link here for registration details and secure your place in this incredible journey of self-discovery and artistic exploration.

Ellie & LO

Ellie &Lo – research  projet. 
Concept/ Direction Karine Guizzo
Performers Ellie Bishop , Lorenzo Capodieci 

“starting from improvisation, I want to develop a physical conversation, with a specific dance vocabulary: movements, wild and particular, rich in forms and dynamics, characteristic of dancing in a club( as starting point ) We work from virtuosity and competition – partly as a struggle, where each dancer shows its own way  – but also as an interplay and sensuality. 

Connection and intimacy with the audience is an important point in this project.ELLIE & LO can only be experienced up close and intimately with a small audience, who I consider – in an inclusive approach, to be part of the research project.

Karine Guizzo

Free admission, but limited seats available!

Register here

https://ellieandlo.com

Monday, October 24th – 5.30 pm

CLOUD/Danslab De Constant Rebecqueplein 20-B

Thursday, October 27th – 3 pm & 5 pm

De Nieuwe Regentes Weimarstraat 63 2562

Friday, October 28th – 7.30 pm

The Grey Space in The Middle Paviljoensgracht 20

Photo Robert Benschop

ME MONUMENTA!

ME MONUMENTA! is a research  project : a solo by Karine Guizzo ,with the performer Lorenzo Capodieci.Her inspiration comes from nature, where males flaunt their ‘parure’’ in colorful seduction to attract their females but also from the extravagant drag shows with all their lavish looks and acts

The performance is an experimental composition of( minimalist) dance and visual art  in which we explore and celebrate ’We humans as monuments’’. The second part of the project consists in performing in unusual places , like cafes , hairdresser salons or in an  art gallery  

Friday 9th September, at 17:30 and 19:00, we will present ME MONUMENTA

Please register for the showings:memonumenta.com

Silent on the bench

The project

“Silent of the bench” is the composition of new music for an experimental deceto. I am interested in deepening into several things that I have been studying for a few years about psychoacoustics, and improvisation methodologies.  My stay in Coud is based on defining a line of composition for this group of musicians in particular

Short Bio (Projects (pb.online)):

José Luis Fraga (A Coruña,1988). Clarinetist, musician and performer. His interests are born from the instrumental practice, from the corpographic and from the collective interaction wirh artists of other disciplines. Higher Degree in Interpretation of Classical Music and Jazz, in Spain and Italy. 
In recent years he has held own performances in places such as ACUD Theater in Berlin, MEAM (Museu Europeo de Arte Moderno de Barcelona), Fábrica de Arte Cubano in Havana, Casa Iberoamericana de Holguín, Iries Vibes (Belgium), Feria Hybrid Art & Fair in Madrid, Espai B (Barcelona), Puertas de Castilla Sound Art Center (Murcia), Casa do Brasil in Madrid, the House of Music in Alicante, the Paco de Lucía Auditorium or El Círculo de Bellas Arts in Madrid. Since 2016 he has been the artistic director of the “Código Abierto” collective of transdisciplinary improvisation (music, dance and visual arts). 
He has participated in international artistic residencies such as Medialab Prado tutored by “El niño de Elche” (Madrid 2021), Majaam Residency (Estonia), Konvent Zero (Barcelona 2019), Art and Ground Alicante (2017). Receives several notable awards and grants, such as the Mestre Mateo Award for soundtrack (2021), INJUVE Creation Award (2017), AMEE PANC for sound artists (2017) tutored by Susan Campos Fonseca (Costa Rica Musical Historical Archive) or Buzz Meet s Biz of the Goethe Institute (2018).

SHOW OFF

After many months of restriction due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Karine Guizzo felt a strong urge to play again – to create and explore new forms and styles of theater.Especially aimed at an adult audience, this tragicomic dance experiment plays with hints of burlesque eroticism and contemporary dance .It is freely inspired by the story of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.Narcissus is represented by two dancers, Lorenzo Capodieci and Paolo Yao. Echo, portrayed by Christie Lou Partelow, is in love with Narcissus but is rejected by him.
The project consists of a few weeks of research in the Cloud@Danslab and 5 presentations for a limited number of audience.
The duration of this studio presentation is less than one hour.
We hope you will come to share this fun and one-off experience with us ! 
Infos and (compulsory) seats  reservations:https://show-off.me/

STEP OUT OF THE STORY residency | Eva Bergerová

Residency Dance/Movement Theater in CLOUD/Danslab

Call for performers, dancers and actors

by Eva Bergerová

This is a call to professional/student dancers, performers or actors, who are open to an experiment and are capable of conscious alteration of emotion and most importantly who are willing to venture on the journey into their own body and mind. An important part is also the ability to improvise.

“For me, the most important in art is the personal message and expression, authenticity and the willingness to dig deeper in yourself and bring that out.”

There is a ´theater method called STEP OUT OF THE STORY and I am very much looking forward to develop this method with other inspiring artists together.

* RESIDENCY HAS TWO PARTS

~ First part: Workshop introduction the theater method ´Step out of the Story´. In this part, there is no commitment needed to continue. It is also possible to be present for a part of the time.

~ Second part: we continue with artists who fit the project and create a work in progress performance with the END SHOW on the 25th of July. The title of the performance is ´Mystery´, inspired by ancient Eleusinian Mysteries, there, where archaeologists say, European theater was born.

This residency is the first step to create a continuously working professional theater group.

Residency consist of the following: < First part: Introduction of the method ´Step out of the Story´

18, 19 July

< Second part: Creating work in progress performance – ´Mystery´

20., 21., 22., 23., 24, 25. July Time will be flexible. Around 5 hours per day.

Performance: 25th of July

About ´Step out of the Story´ method: Our resources are: < Theater/drama techniques (Grotowski, Stanislavski), < Conscious Dance techniques like 5Rhythms (search for an authentic emotion), Open Floor (building dramatic situation),

Movement Medicine (work with the energetic field of the partner and audience), Chinese Martial Arts (wushu – physical exercises). Rituals, searching for the roots of the theater. Personal dance or acting technique of every artist (contemporary dance, ballet, drama actor, performer)

We mix the unique techniques of performers into the blend of the story of performance. We will train you in some techniques according to the method ‘Step out of the Story’, but your own professionality will be the basis for your expression. S.O.S. is developing individual creativity and personal technique. We follow your qualities.

We work with personal engagement as well as the personal development of the performer/dancer/actor. In the performance, I direct, I do not choreograph. After we created the performance story, a part of the scenes are always improvised, but the structure of the performance story is fixed.

More about S.O.S.:
evabergerova.eu/who-am-i/step-out-of-the-story

Cost of the project is 40 €,- for the whole week

Eva’s website: www.evabergerova.eu

About Eva Bergerová

Eva is TheaterMaker from the Czech Republic. She is director, regisseur, dramaturgy, dancer/performer and translator.

Her background is in Drama theatre. She created and worked in two theatre companies in Ostrava. One is Divadlo Company.cz, which has its residency in Strašnické Divadlo and Divadlo Komedie in Prague. As the director, she directed Drama like Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, dramatizations of The Bee Valley and Sand Scythe, novel by Vladimír Körner Korner or Gustav Meyrink’s Golem. Eva also studied and worked in Poland. In Prague National Theatre she directed The Gray Mouse Opera by Petr Komár Soudek as a part of the cycle Banging at the Iron Curtain. 

Her last project in Prague was creating an experimental group called ‘Studio‘ Non-Comfortable Zone. This was a movement, dance and theatre project. In a period of two years the performance and a theater method was born, called ‘Step out of the Story’.

Eva is practicing martial arts, conscious dance, different meditation forms and self-development techniques for more than 20 years.

In the Netherlands, Eva is working as a freelance director, dancer and teacher (Delftse Maakweken – Calling of elements, Mooie Weer Spelen, Home Impro Performances), teaching martial arts and giving theatre and dance workshops. She teaches her weekly classes of embodied dance/meditation called Pure Dance and Ecstatic Dance.

On the theatre ground, Eva created and danced these performances f.e.: Warrior of the DanceKairos (Improvisation Ritual theatre) and Home Impro Stock. With amateurs, she directed these performances: Phoenix from the FireStardust, Flamingo Spirit and I am Paradise.  She also uses to work with live musicians.

Now, the longing for the next step and built professional continuously working theatre dance group is coming into reality and she is recently working on the performance Threemotions in Wolk Rotterdam.