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

23 May 2023 Jerome Meyer

🔥 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.

CLOUD

The Seeing Body

22 May 2023 Dasha Kolesnyk

Workshop Dancing & Making
This 2-day workshop investigates our visual perception and its different facets as a fundamental element within dancing and composing.

Tuning into the different qualities of the eyes in relationship with the spine and our connection with the ground gives access to the richness of our sensual moving body. Experiencing how our eyes and their activity are deeply wired into the rest of the body allows us to integrate inner and outer awareness with more ease and fluidity whilst dancing.

Whilst the eyes register what they see, the rest of the body engages through the skin in a different way of ‘seeing’ and notices the many zones that are out of sight such as e.g. the ground, the space, a partner or a wall behind us.

Deeply immersed in the physicality of the ‘seeing body’ we can allow the mind to be playful and navigate our imagination and spontaneity as we dance and create. This leads into solos, duets and dance pieces in smaller or larger groups.

When:
Sat 24 June: 10.00 – 16.00, Su 25 June: 13.00 – 19.00
Where:
CLOUD / Danslab, De Constant Rebecqueplein 20-B, 2518 RA Den Haag
Costs: € 130,-
Teaching language: English

Please sign up before 14 June 2023. Places are limited.

Info & registration: info@bettinaneuhaus.com
Once you’ve signed up you will receive more practical information and details for payment.

Website event: https://www.bettinaneuhaus.com/event/the-seeing-body.html

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/153458470790875?ref=newsfeed

About the facilitator:

Bettina Neuhaus is an Amsterdam-based dance artist, mentor and certified Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) teacher at Introductory (2004) and Ongoing (2011) levels. She holds an MA Creative Practice Dance Professional Pathway from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London in partnership with Independent Dance and has been creating work for over 30 years, collaborating with dancers, musicians, visual artists and poets. In her teaching she shares her love for
the dancing body, with its inherent imagination and intelligence, its poetry and infinite possibilities of transformation and expression through which we connect to the world. She teaches Instant
Composition and SRT at major academies, art institutions and independent studios throughout Europe and South America.

www.bettinaneuhaus.com I Instagram: bettinaneuhausdance

CLOUD, Residents

Residency / Emma Schild

19 May 2023 CLOUD

22 May – 4 June 2023

Emma‘s research is about expressing the inner world of the performer in an authentic way. With the body as her biggest source of inspiration and an instinctive approach to movement she creates an intimate connection with the audience. After completing the first week of a two-week research period with scenographer Jolein Kop (@joleneheads) at @makershuistilburg, where they explored how a light landscape can become an extension of this inner world. Creating different atmospheres using light and movement, inspired by triggers from the outside world. How can the light become like a living organism in the space?

Now, she will continue her research at CLOUD Danslab focusing on the sound and movement aspect of the work. How much do external stimuli influence our inner world? How do they transform and echo inside us? What effect do they have on our being?

Emma aims to create a surreal world where we can immerse ourselves in this experience.

Photo: Jostijn Ligtvoet Fotografie
Editen by: Luay Salha

CLOUD, Workshop

WINDS OF BREATH
WORKSHOP SKINNER RELEASING & IMPROVISATION

1 May 2023 Dasha Kolesnyk

This 1-day workshop explores our breath as an essential aspect of ourselves and its powerful role within dancing and making dances.
The day starts with a Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) class in which poetic imagery, partner studies and individual exploration stimulate an awareness of the breath.
By allowing the breath to move on its own while we move or rest in stillness, its soft, fluid and spacious quality opens the whole body-mind.
A free breath nurtures our intuition and imagination with each inhalation. Breath becomes key for our dancing.

Informed by the SRT practice the second part of the day focusses on compositional work.
Experiencing the breath as an ongoing current of air that connects our inner world and our surroundings increases our sense of our three-dimensionality. At the same time, our relationship with
other dancers and the outer space resonates with greater clarity.
Letting simple sounds travel on the winds of breath enhances the richness of images and stories that
unfold in our dancing. This leads into solos, duets and dance pieces in smaller or larger groups.

When:
Sat 20 May: 10.00 – 16.00
Where:
CLOUD / Danslab, De Constant Rebecqueplein 20-B, 2518 RA Den Haag
Costs:
€ 70,-
Teaching language: English
Please sign up before 12 May 2023. Places are limited.
Info & registration:
info@bettinaneuhaus.com
Once you’ve signed up you will receive more practical information and details for payment.

Website event: https://www.bettinaneuhaus.com/event/winds-of-breath.html
FB-event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1690037748113328/
About the facilitator:
Bettina Neuhaus is an Amsterdam-based dance artist, mentor and certified Skinner Releasing
Technique (SRT) teacher at Introductory (2004) and Ongoing (2011) levels. She holds an MA
Creative Practice Dance Professional Pathway from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance,
London in partnership with Independent Dance and has been creating work for over 30 years,
collaborating with dancers, musicians, visual artists and poets. In her teaching she shares her love for
the dancing body, with its inherent imagination and intelligence, its poetry and infinite possibilities of
transformation and expression through which we connect to the world. She teaches Instant
Composition and SRT at major academies, art institutions and independent studios throughout
Europe and South America.

www.bettinaneuhaus.com

Instagram: bettinaneuhausdance

CLOUD

Going -IN by Shani Bar Dimri

17 April 2023 CLOUD

Saturday, April 29th, 13:00-16:00

1. About the workshop

Going-IN

Going-IN is a deliberate physical, mental and energetic action that guides me in my artistic practice. During this workshop we will focus on the primal and ever-changing relation between our anatomy and self-perception. By addressing the body both as an archive of somatic experiences and a landscape that needs to be re-discovered- we will be Going-IN.
We will start warn-up with slow and deep bodily work, in order to awaken the awareness of our physical structure and how it shapes our mental spaces. Gradually in individual and group work we will drop words, scan spatial relations and map our actions.
Using lead improvisations and writing tasks we will allow our bones and muscles intuitions act as storytellers. Letting those stories guide a self-discovery process, spark inspiration and sharpen our performative presence as movers, artists and humans.

Key words | anatomy, layers, biography, unconscious, landscape, writing, locomotion

Who is it for | For artists, dancers and all moving bodies with curiosity to listen closely to their body

2. Link for tickets
http://goingin.eventgoose.com/

3. About me

BIO | Israeli choreographer and performer Shani Bar Dimri searches for ways of crafting subjective performances. Her artistic research observes the human figure. She studies the structures of the human body as an evolutionary changing body of knowledge. Focusses on questions that emerge from addressing the body as an archive of somatic biographies and a landscape of physical and metaphorical injuries.

Shani Bar Dimri (1988) obtained her Bachelor’s degree in dance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (IL), holds a Master’s degree in Art Education from HAMIDRASHA college (IL) and graduated Kelim biannual choreography program (IL).
From 2015 onwards Bar Dimri dedicated herself to create her own works. Craft (2015), Fitna (2018), Roaming (2019), Anatomy of (un) Holding (2021). Physical details and geometrical lines are an aesthetic key in her works. Shani participated in the first edition of 1|2|3 -a development program for emerging choreographers in Suzanne Dellal Centre (IL), and was invited to perform her latest solo in Dans in Ontwikkeling, Schiedam (NL).
Today, Bar Dimri based in the Netherlands, participating the NAPK-START mentoring program (NL) and continues to place the wisdom of the evolving moving body as a source of inspiration.

Contact info | Shanibar.dimri@gmail.com | 06 25 35 43 81 | WEB
Instagram: Shani_bar_dimri
FB: Shani Bar Dimri – Choreographer

CLOUD

Falling into the unknown: contact & improvisation workshop

6 April 2023 CLOUD

In this contact improvisation class, we will explore the concept of surrendering to the unknown. We will investigate the sensation of falling from one axis to another, and inquire into what happens in the space between those falls.

By practicing being in the unknown, we will discover new possibilities for movement and connection with our dance partners. We will also delve into the idea of finding balance within imbalance, and how this can lead to a deeper sense of trust and collaboration in our dance.

Throughout the class, we will cultivate a willingness to be without answers, and embrace the journey of discovery that arises from surrendering to the present moment.

All levels of experience are welcome, so come with an open mind and a desire to explore the depths of movement and connection. See you on the dance floor!

About the facilitator:
Ady Elzam is a dancer from Israel based in Den Haag. Ady studied and danced with Vertigo dance company, Dede dance and a few more dance groups in Israel. He trained extensively in CI and Instant composition with many of the leading teachers in the field. Ady is curious especially around the question of what is improvisation and how can we engage with it. As a teacher he likes to present his students with the unknown..

When?
Sunday 23rd April – 13:00-18:00

Where?
CLOUD/danslab studio

Fee: 50€

Registration: Ady – +31 6 58859045
https://wa.me/message/DWLIJBQ5BVVFI1
office@adyelzam.com

Join us for this unique opportunity to explore the practice of contact improvisation in a safe and supportive environment!

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CLOUD, Residents

“So, now what?” | Residency | Ana Sofie Meireles & Evelyn Hutchings

11 November 2022 CLOUD

From 14 – 20 November 2022

Presentation: Friday 18 November 20:00 – door open 15 min. before

Synopsis:

There is frustration attached to us, for some reason or another, it fills us up with questions, emotions, reflections. It comes up when we are not able to control something that happened, something that we didn’t want to feel, or be. It’s triggered once something doesn’t match the expectations, ours, of other people or the environment around us.

“So, now what?” explores the individual yet collective physical and emotional experience of two people that are framed into a society, controlled into fitting a type, while facing an unpredictable world, in which a lot is out of their own control. How does it feel to be controlled but not to be able to control?

Biographies:

Ana Meireles

Ana Meireles is a dancer and young maker born in Porto. She initiated her dance studies at Ginasiano Escola de Dança and concluded in 2021 her Dance Bachelor studies at ArtEZ University of the Arts, in The Netherlands.

During the last year of education at ArtEZ, Ana had an internship with the dance company Another Kind of Blue, in The Hague, and developed her skills as a maker with the creation of two pieces. She is currently working as a freelance dancer, maker and dance teacher.

Evelyn Hutchings

Evelyn Hutchings is a dancer and young maker born in Palermo, Italy. She was part of the Eko Dance Project of Pompea Santoro and the I.C.D Professional Dance Program. She finished her Bachelor studies in 2021 at ArtEZ University of the Arts, in The Netherlands. During the last year of education at ArtEZ, Evelyn had an internship with the dance company Another Kind of Blue, in The Hague, with the

company Equilibrio Dinamico, in Italy, and created three pieces. She is currently working as a freelance dancer and maker.

Project description:

We began working with the idea of social manipulation, the idea that we, as members of a society, are constantly a target for being told what to do, what to wear, what to say, who to be. And from the outside, a lot of us will act accordingly, and fit the frame that we are put in. Everything is then done and said according to the rules, to the beliefs and opinions of those in higher authority positions, those who have the power to control.

Later, we began to be interested in exploring what this concept means to us, personally, emotionally and physically. What triggers us when we think about this framed world and our obligation to fit in it. We felt frustration, each of us in a different way and for different reasons, but we both felt it. We connected this feeling to our concept in the way that it relates to wanting to go out of this frame, but not having the control to do so. Everything beyond us is out of our hands, so there is a constant fight between us and the world out there, where the actions of others and the actions of nature are unpredictable and out of our control, while we struggle to get us out of the frame.

The feeling is of helplessness, there are questions, emotions, reflections, plans. It feels suffocating and the body becomes tense, there is so much information running through our heads and our biggest question is, what can I do? What is possible for me to do in this world that people fight to get control of, where I feel I have no control in anything but myself, and somehow, everyone has control over me?

We are now in the process of exploring all these ideas and finding out how the body reacts to them. Our goal is to present a personal perspective on this concept, showing not only out it looks from the outside, how we just do what we are supposed to do in this framed society, but also how we internally struggle through fitting into it and not wanting to.

curious? click link to listen to a short interview with the makers :

https://vimeo.com/774744497

CLOUD

Ellie & LO

22 October 2022 Jerome Meyer

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!

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

CLOUD

dis/embodiment, re-embodiment and dance

14 September 2022 CLOUD

Laura Shapiro / quicksilverdance, Thomas Körtvélyessy / Reàl Dance Companydis/embodiment, re-embodiment and dance
informal sharing Friday September 16th (online/studio)
20.00 hrs (CEST) 2pm (EST)

over this summer, New York-based choreographer Laura Shapiro and Thomas Körtvélyessy continued a written conversation about dis/embodiment and dance in relation social and political crises of our present times.
what relation do they experience as dance-professionals between dis/embodiment and its consequences, incl. fascism, destruction of the biosphere of which they are a part?
what can be the role of (our) embodiment, dance and creativity in this process?
how does listening to and acting according to our physical state relate to a dance culture where production and performance do (not always) allow for this to happen?

you are welcome to join them on Friday September 16th at 20.00hrs (Den Haag) or 2 pm (New York), when they share more about this project and open up the discussion. you can join via Zoom or directly in the studio of CLOUD, De Constant de Rebecqueplein 20b, 2518 RA the Hague/Den Haag. (face-masks mandatory) – warm thanks to the Kinetic Awareness™ Center for kindly providing the Zoom-account that will connect us all.space is limited,

please pre-register here by clicking on this link (opens a reply e-mail)
or write to info@realdancecompany.org See less

CLOUD

ME MONUMENTA!

5 September 2022 Jerome Meyer

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

CLOUD

Silent on the bench

22 August 2022 Jerome Meyer

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).