2025 events calendar -
2025 events calendar -
This year we will have a diverse offer of events between April and November. We will host artistic residencies with national and international artists, as well as workshops with local artists (ceramic, land art, sculpture, sound and nature acoustics, etc).
Caminho Do Corpo - 4th edition
April 12 - 20
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
For the fourth year Caminho Do Corpo invites you for our dance journey throughout 9 days immersed in the powerful nature of the Algarve in southern Portugal. Our vision is to create a wholesome experience, to meet ourselves and everything around us with all senses. To listen deeply into the way we get in touch with each other and (our)nature. Come and celebrate dancing, playing, creating and living together, fueled with curiosity, playfulness, inspiration and joy.
Organisers: Katha Löffler, Sarah Solea, Pawel Konior, Maya Wuytack @wellenfest
ALEM - Creative Movement Retreat
April 25 - 27
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
We would like to invite you for a journey where we curate a landscape with acess to diferent practices Yoga, Gaga, Move Through, Creation in Nature.
All information here
Teachers: Marta Golasz, Kana Ote and Natalia Vik
Retiro SER - Desperta a tua intuição
Maio 30 - Junho 1
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
O Retiro SER é um regresso à origem, um retorno ao útero, desta vez, envolvido pela imensidão da mãe natureza. Um santuário vivo, escolhido por três mulheres que transformaram as suas vidas através da intuição, do trabalho interno, através da psicologia e de práticas ancestrais.
Serás guiada/o numa experiência sensorial profunda, onde a vastidão da natureza setorna o palco maior da cura. É um convite a escutar a voz mais antiga e sábia – a do teu próprio coração. Escutá-lo sem pressa, sentir a verdade que habita em ti. A natureza é o grande espelho da alma, onde cada sopro do vento, cada murmúrio da terra e cada batida do coração são um chamado para SER. O corpo tem uma inteligência natural: quando se magoa, ativa processos de regeneração – cortes cicatrizam, ossos regeneram-se, feridas fecham-se. Mas e a mente? Quando se sente perdida ou sobrecarregada, não basta esperar que tudo passe. É preciso despertar uma nova consciência para que a verdadeira cura e transformação aconteçam. A tua intuição e conexão interior são bússolas sagradas para reconhecer o que precisa de ser curado e ficou abafado pelo stress, pelas crenças limitantes e pelo medo.
Este retiro não é sobre técnicas. É sobre ti. Sobre o teu renascimento.
Com:
Sara de Melo (Psicóloga, yoga terapeuta e life coach), Liliana Almeida (Terapeuta do som, buscadora de amor e paz, cantora) e Francianne Santos (Terapeuta Ayurveda, Yoga Devotion Dance e mentora Shakti)
Kirstie Simson ~ Dance improvisation practices that offer resilience and support in difficult times
June 6 - 11
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
Kirstie draws from her extensive experience of Contact Improvisation, dance techniques, the Alexander technique, Aikido, meditation, and her broad knowledge of improvisation in performance. She shares her work through facilitated exercises, open time for play and exploration, movement scores, observations, discussion, and humour. Much of the work is experienced through partnering and connection with others, balanced with solo time for processing and reflection.
Facebook event here
Bonus scene from the dance Documentary ‘Force of Nature’ about the dance artist Kirstie Simson by filmmaker Katrina McPhersona
Organisers: Bárbara and Darshana
TIDES ~ Rhythms of being and becoming
July 7 - 13
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
A week of Contact Improvisation, Axis Syllabus and Somatics with Kira Kirsch and Sergio Palomares.
We invite you to a week long retreat at beautiful Estúdio Yucca in the south of Portugal attuning with the rhythms of body and land via Contact Improvisation, Axis Syllabus, Osteopathy and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Kira and Sergio, both passionate about living anatomy and the bio-dynamics of movement, have come together with the desire to explore a deeper knowing of interior relationships and its resonance and expression in movement and beingness.
Throughout the week, we’ll work with different concepts such as mobility and motility of different bones, the flow of fluids or the organisation of tissue and explore how these subtle interconnections inform our structure and movement. By paying attention to these internal processes, we can refine perception and coordination and invite the body’s inherent intelligence and capacity for self-regulation and of course nurture well-being.
With 2 sessions per day, jams, nature/ beach day, we seek a balanced flow between CI, solo movement practices, hands on bodywork, rest, jamming and a bit of nerdiness.
Embodiment as one, as two, as many, as the tides of Ria Formosa.
Schedule coming soon!
Deeper Ground Blending Forces
July 23 - 27
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
Contact Improvisation Laboratory 2025 with Pawel Kubiak & Daniel Rojasanta
This laboratory is the result of a year long movement research of a previous Lab called LIFTS: FALLING AND FLYING that toured in Thailand and China in 2024. Through the exploration of lifts while dancing we sense the possibility of accessing a territory in which the interactions between the movers are not necessarily framed as what is up and what is down, who is supporting and who is supported, but instead, they create a mutual interdependency in which the forces blend constantly, and to support and being supported are not different separate identities but simultaneous qualities that are part of each movement.
Facebook event here
Movement Retreat ~ 2nd edition
September 19 - 22
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
Estúdio Yucca invites Movement Lisboa for a 4 day retreat with 2 daily practices in total of 6 hours per day. Inspired by the teachings of some of the most important names in the field, Movement Lisboa was born and founded by André Dias and Tiago Martins, a duo who dedicate their work on sharing several techniques in Lisboa, Portugal under the guidance of different approaches. They also develop their own research and practices in order to update body possibilities and knowledge to get everybody / anybody moving daily and healthier.
What is Movement ?
Movement is a practice that combines concepts from different disciplines with the aim of expanding the practitioner's psychomotor vocabulary and promoting more functional and healthy individuals / humans with better relationships with their bodies and knowledge over their capacities. Movement promotes practical information against the poverty of a general movement vocabulary that is evident in the majority of the population, confined to too many hours of daily inactivity and in uncomfortable / aggressive positions for a body that is desired to be functional.
What can I expect from Movement classes inside the Yucca Retreat ?
To learn the basic concepts and main areas of this practice, such as Locomotion, Coordination, Floorwork, Mobility, Organic Strength, among others. These areas combined with each other without dissociating layers. But their development is the pillar of a quality life inside Movement.
Teachers: Tiago Martins e André Dias
Body & Silence Unbound
Venue: Estúdio Yucca - Cabanas de Tavira
September 27 -
October 5
ASSEMBLY II: Contact as Artivism
Sep 27th - Oct 5th 2025
@Estudio Yucca, Tavira, Portugal
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Humanity as a whole seems to be moving towards insane and unwholesome directions.
We are looking for alternative futures. We believe Contact Improvisation is a key that opens doors to a world we wish to live in. We recognize CI as an on-going evolving form which potential is not yet known. We are curious about this potential.
We'll be cultivating the principles of sharing weight, reaching, mutual support, readiness, innovation and direct knowing in a closed and dedicated group, thus activating this potential and discovering where the momentum leads, all the while 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺.
- 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴? 𝘏𝘰𝘸?
- 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺? 𝘞𝘩𝘺?
- 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴/𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?
- 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?
- 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴?
- 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦?
These will be the leading questions for our collective research. Please feel invited to bring your own related questions.
𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐈 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘵𝘤.
𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵.
𝘊𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩.
𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘐𝘐 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵; 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦. 𝘛𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
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Open for people with previous experience in Contact Improvisation. Registration and confirmation of participation is required to join.
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For this edition of 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 we´d like to try a different financial model.
We will have a basic cost that covers food, participation and accommodation but does 𝐍𝐎𝐓 include income for the organizers.
Towards the end of the event, you'll be invited to contribute with how much you can/want to donate towards the organizers.
𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒
𝟐68€ in own tent/van
428€ in shared room
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
(𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒔)
Our wish is to raise a minimum of 2500€ to split between the 3 of us organizers.
That would be our shared salary for taking the risk, curating, advertising, and organizing this event..
Towards the end of the event, we'll open bidding rounds where each participant will be invited to offer what they want/can towards the organizers contribution.
More information about this new model will be given upon registration.
*𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟.
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