Goa Contact Festival
Contact Improvisation * Jams * Singing Circles * Movement Research * Community Building * Performance *
With Vega Luukkonen, Guru Suraj, Sergio Palomares, Shifu Ash, Prem Tara, Adrianna Michalska, Maria Rutanen, Ivan Gurianov and more.
It is time to reconnect and recharge our dancing bodies and hearts in the warm embrace of mother India. We are happy to invite you to the 12th edition of the Goa Contact Festival. In the paradise beach of Arambol in Goa.
Experienced teachers explore different aspects of dance, improvisation and performing arts. They offer skill building intensives, classes, labs, theoretical & practical research. All levels welcome!
Artistic Vision
In close collaboration with the Indian contact dance community, the arambolian musicians and artists we create an unique festival with in- depth somatic education, strong sense of community and colorful artistic exchange.
Especially together with the InContact Collective, we are developing a program that focuses on hidden racism and consent in contact improvisation community.
There will be series of events within the festival dedicated to these themes. In particular, we are transforming our Scholarship Program into the Fellowship Program in order to establish a more dedicated, detailed, and long-term relationship with a wider community of dancers in India.
Our proposal
Please notice that rather than a short -time visit we want to encourage you to stay for the whole season of events. This opportunity ‘the India immersion’ includes the trainings, jams, festivals for the whole month of January. The more you participate, the stronger the involvement with the community.
Together we are working towards a sustainable and stable contact improvisation scene in India, inviting Indian dancers and performers to the festival and providing a platform for community exchange. We are supporting and following the InContact collective’s plans for trainings, festivals and jams in different parts of India.
We would like to have a cross-border cooperation with the possibility to invite Indian artists to Europe.
Program
Time |
Fri 20 |
Sat 21 |
Sun 22 |
Mon 23 |
Tue 24 |
Wed 25 |
Thu 26 |
Fri 27 |
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9.00-10.00 |
Singing/Yoga |
Singing/Yoga |
Singing/Yoga |
Singing/Yoga |
Singing/Yoga |
Singing/ Yoga |
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10.15- 12.45 |
Intensive A) Noam |
Intensive C) Iiris & Vega |
Underscore Jam |
Free Day |
Intensive C) Iiris & Vega |
Intensive A) Noam |
Morning Jam |
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Intensive B) Hugh |
Intensive D) Shifu |
Intensive D) Shifu |
Intensive B) Hugh |
Good Bye Ceremoine |
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12.45-13.15 |
Sharing |
Sharing |
Sharing |
Sharing |
Sharing |
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13.30-14.30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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16.30-18.00 |
Registration |
Intensive C) Iiris & Vega |
Intensive A) Noam |
Intensive C) Iiris & Vega |
Intensive A) Noam |
One to One |
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Intensive D) Shifu |
Intensive B) Hugh |
Intensive D) Shifu |
Intensive B) Hugh |
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18.30-19.30 |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
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19.30-20.00 |
Welcome Circle |
Newcomer Talk |
Indian Dance Community |
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Concert at |
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20.00-22.30 |
Jam |
Jam |
Jam |
Jam |
Forgotten Land |
Jam |
Jam |
Team
Vega Luukkonen
Noam Carmeli
Shifu Ash
Volker Eschmann
Hugh Stanier
Iiris Raipala
Maria Rutanen
Ivan Gurianov
Aric Master
Andrea Junge
Fellowship Program
GOA CONTACT FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Goa Contact festival has been offering Scholarship program for indian dancers from the beginning of the festival -that is over 11 years. The aim of the program is to enable Indian dancers, ci practioners all around India to join the festival through a special monitored process regardless their financial situation. Throughout the years hundreds of Indian dancers have been able to participate in the program.
This year we are joining with Guru Suraj and Adrianna Michalska (co-founders of InContact – a collective for Contact Improvisation in India) in taking new steps towards creating a more sustainable scene of Ci in India. We are restructuring the program (with the new title: Fellowship) – in order to have a more long-lasting engagement with the Fellowship participants.
Objectives of the Goa Contact Festival Fellowship
The purpose of the Fellowship program is to support the artists interested in Contact Improvisation in India and to bridge the international and local ideas. Our vision is to work towards a sustainable Contact Improvisation scene in India and support the active members. We wish to create links between Contact Improvisation and practitioners of other dance and art forms to expand the future possibilities of collaboration.
Program is a rare opportunity to experience a full spectrum of aspects of Contact Improvisation focusing on research, practice and performance with experienced teachers from all over the world. The festival context is a possibility to integrate in the larger international contact improvisation community and create a platform for cultural exchange. Fellowship facilitators will lead discussions and sharing structures during the festival to encourage a fruitful sharing of dance, knowledge, learning possibilities and performances. The long-term objective for the Fellows is to create the platform for local and international collaborations.
The Fellowship program allows a discounted rate to participate in the Goa Contact Festival.
The topics of the Fellowship:
– Community creation and collaboration – Contact Improvisation in the current, post pandemic moment – what are the needs and possibilities for the spaces of Contact Improvisation – International collaborations – how to travel, – CI network locally and internationally – Finding mentors – Research and development opportunities
Facilitators
Guru Suraj was one of the first Indian Contact Improvisation dancers to become associated with Goa Contact Festival. In 2016 he co-created Contact Improv India organisation that has gathered the first generation of Indian CI dancers to travel across India and teach Contact. Since then many new generations of CI dancers have emerged and new movers started to practice the form.
Adrianna Michalska
is a Contact improvisation dancer, facilitator, traveller, and independent artist with background in somatics, contact improvisation, creative writing, and various improvisation methods studied across the globe. Adrianna has been collaborating since four years with Contact Improv India and InContact – organisations that foster the development of contact improvisation scene in India through movement arts residencies, workshops, regular classes, jams, performances, and discussions.
InContact collective is a company created by Guru Suraj, Adrianna Michalska, and Harmandeep Singh, which aims to support current and future practitioners and facilitators of CI, continuously develop the current dance scene in India, and foster the cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary dialogue.
Eligibility
The fellowship program is for Indian nationals only, 18 years old and above. introduction part is 18-19/01 and the actual festival from 20-27/01. Please note that participation throughout the duration of 18-27/01 is necessary. The deadline for application process is Dec 18th 2022
Dates
18-20 January – Fellowship meetings
20-27 January – Goa Contact Festival
Application
To apply please fill the form and submit your CV.
Copy and open this link and it leads you to the application form: https://forms.gle/V8aXvZYo5EsjSUUFA
Arrival
Economical Flights from Europe to Dabolim Airport Goa you can find on the following website http://www.momondo.com There are no direct flight to Goa from Europe. Best to travel through Mumbai or Dehli.
VISA is required and easy to get an E-VISA online.
TAXI
Getting to Arambol Beach from Dabolim Airport best way by taxi (about 2200 RS, appr. 90 min). Krishna a befriended driver can arrange to pick you up ( call or whats app 0091 77769 18678) or government regulated taxi’s are available at the airport.
Accommodation
Accommodations are not inclusive in the Ticket. Beach huts, rooms and apartments are available this time of the season in a price range from 20 –30 Euro a night for 1-2 persons. If you come earlier it might be easier to get a better deal. The Festival is in the high season and for the first few days after your arrival you should definetely reserve a room in a hostel. Check booking.com
Arambol is a sweet village with ATM, Cafes, Shops, Postoffice all you need.
* * * We advice you to reserve a room for your arrival the first days from where you can find your unique hut, apartment or room. See guesthouse adress below. You can use this adress also for your VISA application form!
Directly at our spot
* * * The Rusta has 3 round houses and 1 apartment, lodging capacity 3 ppl per house. Book with Sunhi +917767898409 (Whats App), therustaholidayhome@gmail.com
5-10 min walk
* * * we will add here as soon as possible different options.
20 min walk
* * * God’s Gift Guesthouse Arambol. Call or write a mail to James and he will tell you rates. Girkar Waddo, Arambol, Pernem – Goa, 403524 INDIA, James +91 9923427570 Email : godsgiftarambol@yahoo.in
WIFI
We recommend to buy upon arrival a SIM card with big enough data packet. Prices are about 8-10€ monthly. Never the less there is usually in every beach restaurant WIFI as well at “The Rusta”
Food
Our wonderfull team of chefs prepare indian vegetarian and fresh fish dishes, with love and taste. We buy organic food from local farmers as much as possible.
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