About this event
🌿 Contact Beyond Contact — Open Dance Jam
A Space for Movement, Play & Connection
Come as you are, and let's meet on the dance floor! ✨
We warmly invite you to a Contact Beyond Contact (CBC) Dance Jam — an open space to move, explore, play, and connect with yourself and others through dance and movement.
Contact Beyond Contact is a movement practice rooted in presence, authenticity, and embodied connection. It brings together elements of contact improvisation, authentic movement, somatics, and mindfulness, inviting us to discover new ways of relating and communicating beyond words.
The first part of the session is a short guided introduction to arrive in our bodies, connect with the space and each other, and explore some of the principles of CBC.
We also introduce and explore the tool "Passing Through", in which we explore how we can fully experience both the beautiful and challenging moments in life, without resistance, holding on or pushing them away.
From there, the dance floor opens into a free-flowing jam, where you're invited to follow your own movement, curiosity, and impulses.
Dance alone, meet others in movement, explore giving and receiving support, play with connection and boundaries, or simply take a moment to witness and be present.
There is no choreography, no right or wrong way to move, and no expectation to interact. Just a shared space to explore, experiment, and let the dance unfold.
Whether you're familiar with CBC or curious to discover it, you're warmly welcome. 💛
✨ A little about our approach
These workshops are guided by a somatic psychologist and therapist, together with an experienced somatic movement facilitator.
We bring our backgrounds in psychology, somatic therapy, and movement practices into the way we guide the explorations and hold the space.
For us, movement is not only about dancing or expressing ourselves. It's also a way of listening to our bodies, becoming curious about our patterns, and exploring things that can sometimes be difficult to reach through words alone.
And of course, it doesn't all have to be serious! There is plenty of room for playfulness, creativity, laughter, and the simple joy of moving and connecting with others.
🌺 About us
🌸 Zeynep — Integrative Somatic Psychologist, Somatic Therapist & Movement Facilitator
Zeynep is a psychologist and somatic therapist, CBC Level 2 facilitator, and Non-Linear Movement Method teacher.
In her work, she brings together psychology, somatic approaches, and embodied practices, with a particular interest in how our emotions, experiences, and relationships live in the body.
She loves creating spaces where there is room for all of it: depth, vulnerability, curiosity, playfulness, and authentic connection.
🌸 Sanne — Integrative Somatic Arts Teacher & Movement Facilitator
Sanne is a CBC Level 2 facilitator and Integrative Somatic Arts teacher, with a background in ecstatic dance and tantric dance.
She loves movement as a way to explore our inner world, express ourselves, and connect with others. Through her facilitation, she invites people to discover themselves through movement, curiosity, and embodied exploration.
Together, we bring our different backgrounds and shared love for movement, somatics, and human connection into our workshops.
We aim to create a warm and supportive space where you can explore at your own pace, follow your curiosity, try something new, and simply enjoy moving together.
Practical information
📍 Location: WG-terrain, Ketelhuisplein 41, Amsterdam
📅 Date & time: 12th of December, 14.00-16.30h. Please, arrive 5-10 minutes earlier, so we can start in time :)
🎒 What to bring:
- Comfortable clothes to move freely
- Socks
- A water bottle
- Your curiosity, playfulness, and openness
We're really looking forward to sharing these explorations, moving, playing, and connecting with you!
With love,
Zeynep & Sanne 🌸
Cancellation policy: Refunds or transfers to another date are not possible. However, you can give your ticket to someone else. Please let us know via email who will be taking your place.
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