Two-day Workshop: Partnering

This workshop is an introduction to contemporary partnering techniques, open to all levels, with beginners welcome (some previous movement experience is appreciated).

Participants will explore physical contact, weight sharing, and communication through movement. Starting with individual exploration and spatial awareness, we will gradually move into contact-based work, including counterbalance, momentum, and simple lifts.

Through guided exercises and movement tasks, dancers will develop trust, coordination, and sensitivity when moving with a partner. The workshop will build towards a final sequence that brings together all the elements explored throughout the sessions.

The workshop will be led by Dimitra and Iraklis, two dance artists from Greece. Having known each other since 2020 and having trained at the same dance school, they share a common approach to movement and partnering. Their connection has grown over the years so much that, instead of a hug, they often greet each other with an effortless improvised lift.