BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.1.3//EN TZID:Europe/Madrid X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4497@tribunificada.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid;VALUE=DATE:20261227 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid;VALUE=DATE:20270102 DTSTAMP:20261028T091609Z URL:https://tribunificada.com/ev/new-years-international-dance-festival-ic eland-december-27-january-1/ SUMMARY:New year’s international dance festival — ICELAND DESCRIPTION:NEW YEAR’S INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL — ICELAND - Decembe r 27 – January 1\nThis New Year\, we invite you to Iceland for a journey through movement\, connection and exploration. From December 27 to Januar y 1\, we will gather at Samskara Retreat Centre to practice\, research and share through Contact Improvisation and Contemporary Dance\, combining da ily intensives\, improvisation\, jams\, live music\, conversations and mom ents of celebration.\nBeyond the studio\, the Icelandic winter becomes par t of the experience — its darkness\, cold\, geothermal warmth\, water\, vast landscapes and volcanic history offering another source of inspiratio n and inquiry. There will be time to rest\, share meals\, connect\, explor e\, enjoy the hot pot and simply experience the place. We come together no t only to dance\, but to discover what can emerge when our bodies\, our re lationships and our movement meet a new territory.\nNEW YEAR’S INTERNATI ONAL DANCE FESTIVAL — ICELAND\nContact Improvisation • Contemporary Da nce • Research • Sharing • Nature\nIceland | December 27 – January 1\n OVERVIEW\nDates: December 27 2026 – January 1 2027\nLocation: SAMS KARA\, ICELAND (1 HOUR FROM REYKJAVIK)\nTeam &\; Teachers: Marcela Roza nska\, Pep Nebot\, Maya Schwartz\, Kirill Berezovski\, Pola (our cook).\n Format: Intensive\, Classes\, Jams\, Ball\, Talks / (Performance).\nConten t: Contact Improvisation • Contemporary Dance • Research • Sharing • Nature.\nCome and welcome the New Year through movement\, dance\, conn ection and creative exploration — surrounded by the extraordinary landsc apes of Iceland.\nThis is a festival for people who are curious about move ment and interested in learning\, researching and sharing through Contact Improvisation and Contemporary Dance. For several days\, we will create a space where technique\, artistic research\, physical awareness\, improvisa tion\, dialogues and community can meet.\nBut the festival is not only abo ut what happens inside the studio.\nWe will be immersed in the Icelandic c ountryside\, in a landscape shaped by volcanic and geothermal forces\, sur rounded by darkness\, water\, open space and the possibility of witnessing the Northern Lights. We want to allow this extraordinary environment to b ecome part of the experience — an inspirational source for movement\, cr eativity\, presence and connection with ourselves\, with each other and wi th the natural world.\nAlongside the dance practice\, there will be time t o rest\, enjoy nature\, share meals\, connect with others\, soak in the ho t pot\, explore the surroundings and simply be.\nThe festival takes place at Samskara Retreat Centre in Laugarás\, offering an intimate environment where dance\, nature and the particular energy of Iceland can become part of the same experience.\n \;\n \;\nPhysical &\; Environmental Practice\nAt this festival\, we approach Contact Improvisation and Contemp orary Dance as a physical and an exploratory practice — a way of listeni ng through the body\, relating to others\, and discovering what movement c an become in the present moment.\nBut this time\, the practice does not ha ppen in a neutral place.\nWe are coming to Iceland in the middle of winter \, to a landscape shaped by volcanic and geothermal forces\, darkness\, co ld\, wind\, water\, vast spaces and changing light. The environment become s another element in our research — something we can sense\, respond to and be affected by.\nHow does a place affect our dance?\nWhat happens to o ur movement when we encounter cold\, darkness\, warmth\, wind\, uneven gro und\, open space or the silence of the landscape? How does geothermal heat change our relationship with the body? How does the scale of the landscap e affect our perception\, our attention\, our sense of distance and connec tion?\nAnd perhaps\, beyond asking how the environment affects us\, we can ask:\nWhat does it mean to be affected?\nThroughout the festival\, we wil l leave space for these questions to emerge through practice\, improvisati on\, conversation and direct experience. Sometimes the research may happen in the studio\; sometimes outside\, in the landscape\, in the water\, in the darkness\, or simply through noticing what is happening inside us.\nTh e aim is not to find answers\, but to become more available to what the pl ace is offering. \nFind more about this questions at the end of this webp age.\nSpaces for Dialogue &\; Sharing\nThe festival is also a space for meeting\, sharing and reflecting together.\nAlongside classes\, workshops and jams\, we want to create moments where experiences can be exchanged o penly — about dance\, Contact Improvisation\, artistic research\, embodi ment\, nature\, relationship and whatever questions emerge during our time together.\nWe believe that learning does not only happen through teaching . It happens through dancing with others\, watching\, listening\, asking q uestions\, sharing experiences\, resting\, walking\, eating together and b eing part of a temporary community.\nIn this sense\, the festival is not o nly a programme of activities\, but a space for collective exploration.\nL earning • Research • Sharing\nWe come together to practice\, to questi on\, to discover — and to see what becomes possible when our dance meets a new territory.\nJoin us for this journey between earth and air\, ground ing and flight\, body and idea.\n \;\n \;\n01. THE PROGRAM \n<\ ; from environment to movement >\;\n Program Highlights\n01 / DAILY PRA CTICE\nDaily Contact Improvisation and contemporary dance intensives\, lab oratories and research sessions — with time to develop both physical ski lls and personal movement research.\n02 / JAMS &\; IMPROVISATION\nRegul ar Contact Improvisation jams\, including sessions with live music\, creat ing space to integrate\, explore and share through movement.\n03 / RESEARC H &\; SHARING\nOpen spaces for reflection\, conversation and exchange a round dance\, embodiment\, improvisation and our relationship with others and the environment.\n04 / NATURE &\; COMMUNITY\nShared meals\, informa l gatherings and time to connect — with each other and with the Icelandi c landscape. Between practices\, there will be space to rest\, explore\, e xperience the geothermal waters\, go outside\, or simply be present in the winter environment.\n05 / NEW YEAR TOGETHER\nA special moment to pause\, reflect and welcome the New Year through movement\, connection\, celebrati on and shared experience.\n \;\nThe festival begins with an opening ga thering on December 27 and continues with a combination of morning intensi ves\, evening intensives\, Contact Improvisation jams\, free time and shar ed meals.\nThe rhythm is intentionally spacious.\nThere will be time for c oncentrated work as well as time to rest\, integrate and enjoy Iceland.\nT he programme may be adjusted slightly according to the needs of the group and the possibilities offered by the place.\n \;\n \;\n02. FESTIVA L PHILOSOPHY\nLearning • Research • Sharing • Connecting\nAt the hea rt of the festival is the desire to learn\, investigate and share.\nWe see Contact Improvisation and Contemporary Dance not only as techniques\, but as practices through which we can explore perception\, physicality\, crea tivity\, relationship and presence.\nThe programme is designed to offer sp ace for both structured learning and open research. Morning and evening in tensives will provide tools\, practices and questions to work with\, while Contact Improvisation jams will allow participants to integrate\, transfo rm and explore what they have discovered through their own movement.\nOur approach is open and curious. We are interested in the meeting point betwe en technique and improvisation\, between individual research and collectiv e experience\, between knowing and not knowing.\nWe want to cultivate an e nvironment where participants can develop their physical and artistic prac tice while remaining attentive to what is happening in the present moment. \nThe festival is open to people with different levels of experience. The intention is not to create a single way of dancing\, but to offer tools\, questions and situations in which each participant can deepen their own pr actice.\nThere is no need to arrive with a particular style or level of ex pertise. Come with curiosity.\nThe place as part of the practice\nThere is another dimension that we consider essential to this festival: where we a re.\nIceland is a land in which geological forces are unusually visible. F ire\, ice\, water and geothermal heat coexist in a constantly changing lan dscape. The area around Laugarás itself is shaped by geothermal activity\ , with hot water emerging from beneath the ground and sustaining the green houses and farms of the region.\nWe would like to approach this not simply as something beautiful to look at\, but as an invitation to sense\, perce ive and be inspired by our surroundings.\nHow does the body respond when i t is surrounded by vast open landscapes?\nWhat happens to our attention wh en there is less noise and less distraction?\nCan the darkness of an Icela ndic winter night invite another quality of listening?\nCan the warmth of geothermal water remind us of the relationship between the body and the ea rth?\nCan the changing landscape become an inspiration for movement\, comp osition and imagination?\nThese are not questions that need to be answered intellectually. They can simply become part of the experience.\nAnd perha ps\, on a clear night\, the sky itself will offer another kind of dance.\n The Northern Lights are naturally occurring and cannot be guaranteed\, but December is well within Iceland's aurora season\, when long\, dark nights create opportunities to see them if the skies and solar conditions cooper ate.\nWe want to leave space for these moments — for the unexpected\, th e elemental and the magical.\nTo dance is also to become more available to what is around us.\n \;\n03. THE TEAM\nMarcela Rozanska\nMarcela Roza nska is an amateur dancer focused on Contemporary practices and co-organiz er and facilitator of the festival\, sharing with Pep a deep passion for d ance\, beauty and art.\nHer relationship with Iceland brings another impor tant dimension to the festival. Being connected to the country and its lan dscape\, Marcela contributes to creating an experience that is not simply a dance event transported to Iceland\, but a gathering that is rooted in t he particular character of the place.\nHer role in the festival is also ab out creating the conditions for a meaningful experience beyond the dance s tudio: bringing people together\, taking care of the atmosphere of the gat hering and contributing to a space where artistic practice\, human connect ion\, nature and enjoyment can coexist.\nTogether\, Pep and Marcela want t o create a festival that feels less like a conventional dance course and m ore like a shared temporary community dedicated to movement\, discovery\, connection and celebration.\nA place where we can learn from each other\, be inspired by our surroundings and enter the New Year with a renewed sens e of presence.\nPep Nebot\nCo-organizer of the festival\, Pep Nebot is a d ancer\, teacher\, choreographer and producer based in Barcelona. His dance journey began with Contact Improvisation\, which has remained a central f oundation of his artistic and teaching practice. His movement research bri ngs together Contact Improvisation\, contemporary dance\, floorwork and ac robatics and Butoh.\nFor many years Pep has been teaching Contact Improvis ation through classes\, workshops and intensives\, and organising dance in tensives\, festivals and jams\, and is co-founder of the Contact Improvisa tion International Festival EN PROVENCE in France (16 editions). Performed in 2025 with the piece "How to make a dance piece".\nPep approaches dance as a practice of physical research\, curiosity and presence. His teaching explores truly falling\, gravity\, momentum\, weight sharing\, silence an d physical listening\, inviting dancers to challenge their limits with awa reness and safety. He is interested in the space between technique and cre ativity\, action and observation\, grounding and flying — encouraging da ncers to become surprised by what emerges rather than always knowing what will happen next.\nBefore dedicating himself to dance\, Pep worked as a la wyer\, consultant and entrepreneur and practiced rock climbing and boulder ing for around twenty years. These experiences continue to inform his rela tionship with physicality\, risk\, exploration and movement. Finding your own curiosity is the key.\nMore about Pep: www.pepnebot.com\n \;\nMaya Schwartz\nMaya Schwartz is a dancer\, choreographer and teacher of Releas e Technique\, Contact Improvisation and Yoga. She is also a certified Ilan Lev Method therapist and co-founder\, with Asaf Bacharach\, of Larretude\ , a horizontal study group for dance improvisation. Her artistic practice includes performance\, choreography and movement research\, with a strong interest in improvisation\, presence and the relationship between the body and its environment. She is also the creator of Deep Into You\, an ongoin g series of retreats combining art\, movement and nature.\nHer choreograph ic work explores themes such as presence\, impermanence\, identity\, gravi ty\, resistance and the relationship between inner experience and the outs ide world. Her work includes both solo and collaborative projects\, as wel l as dance films and site-responsive research.\nFor the Iceland festival\, Maya brings a perspective that connects movement research\, improvisation \, embodiment and artistic creation\, contributing to the festival's broad er exploration of how we inhabit our bodies\, relate to others and respond to the world around us.\n More about Maya: https://www.mayartz.com/\n\n Kirill Berezovski\n(picture by @rogavaphoto)\nKirill Berezovski is a dance r\, choreographer\, rehearsal director and teacher whose practice is shape d by a diverse background in contemporary dance\, floorwork and urban move ment.\nHis professional experience includes training and working with\, am ong others\, Kibbutz Dance Company\, Ailey School\, Anne Surrendonk\, Ella Rothchild and Emanuel Gat\, as well as collaborations and performances wi th artists and companies including Yasmeen Godder\, Go Plastic Company\, E dan Gorlicki / InterActions\, Max Levy and the Company of Theatre Rostock. \nHis movement practice brings together different dance languages into a n atural and organic physicality\, with a strong interest in flow\, musicali ty\, dynamics\, inner strength and availability. Recently relocated to Ice land\, Kirill is excited to continue sharing his passion for dance and mov ement\, and to meet and exchange with the local and international dance co mmunity.\n \;\nPola\, our COOK\nPola will be taking care of the food throughout the festival\, preparing delicious and nourishing vegetarian me als for the group.\nMore information about Pola and her culinary approach will be announced soon.\n \;\nMUSICIANS\nTo be announced soon\nLive mu sic and sound will be part of the festival atmosphere and the Contact Impr ovisation jams.\nMore information about the musicians will be announced so on.\n \;\n04. THE WORKSHOPS\nMAYA SCHWARTZ — LONG DANCE INTENSIVE\n1 2 hours • 4 sessions • 4 approaches to movement\nAcross four three-hou r sessions\, Maya Schwartz will lead a long-form dance intensive moving be tween different approaches to contemporary dance and improvisation. The se ssions will explore how we respond when the expected path disappears: how we fall\, redirect\, adapt\, make decisions\, listen to the body and find unexpected solutions.\nRather than working towards a fixed movement vocabu lary\, the intensive invites participants to practice attention\, responsi veness and curiosity. We will work through solo movement\, Contact Improvi sation\, floorwork\, duets\, trios and group awareness\, exploring the rel ationship between instinct and choice\, technique and spontaneity\, contro l and surrender. Each session will offer a different entry point into the practice while contributing to a larger research into how we move\, percei ve and respond.\nSESSION 01 — CONTACT IMPROVISATION\nWeight • Instinct • Response\n \;\nCredit: body#1” by Roni Chadash performed with Ido Barak\, Photo credit: (Masdansa festival)\nWe begin through Contact Im provisation\, exploring our ability to respond and make decisions within a constantly changing dance. Working with weight\, momentum and physical co nnection\, we will observe our instincts and stretch the quickness of our responses.\nThrough duets\, trios and group awareness\, we will practice l etting go of expectations about what a dance should be and develop trust i n what is actually happening.\nSESSION 02 — SOLO CONTEMPORARY &\; FLO ORWORK\nFalling • Ground • Momentum\nStarting close to the floor\, we will explore falling\, landing\, redirecting momentum and continuing to mo ve through interruptions.\nWhat happens when the expected path disappears? Instead of freezing\, withdrawing or assuming that something has gone wro ng\, we will practice finding another possibility. The floor becomes a con stant partner\, offering support and information as we explore the intelli gence of falling and the body's ability to regenerate movement.\n \;\n Credit: body#1” by Roni Chadash performed with Ido Barak\, Photo credit : (Masdansa festival)\nSESSION 03 — PERFORMATIVE PRACTICE\nPresence • Observation • Decision\n \;\nThe research moves towards performance: how do we remain present when we are being seen? How does observation cha nge our movement? How can we make choices without losing spontaneity?\nWe will explore the relationship between performing and observing\, working w ith attention\, space\, images and physical presence. The aim is not to cr eate predetermined material\, but to develop the ability to stay available \, make decisions and allow unexpected things to become part of the dance. \nSESSION 04 — INTEGRATION &\; COLLECTIVE RESEARCH\nConnection • Co mposition • Unbelievable Solutions\nThe final session brings together el ements from the previous practices through solo\, duet and group work. We will explore how individual choices affect the larger dance and how awaren ess of others can expand our own possibilities.\nWe will continue to quest ion expectations and look for “unbelievable solutions” — responses t hat may not have been planned\, but become possible when we trust our bodi es\, our instincts and the information available in the moment.\nAcross th e four sessions\, we will practice falling without abandoning possibility\ , responding without rushing to decide\, and allowing movement to surprise us.\n \;\nPEP NEBOT CLASS - LOSING CONTROL\nWhat happens when we sto p trying to control every movement? What becomes possible when we consciou sly allow ourselves to fall\, fly\, listen\, and respond instead of antici pating and directing?\nThis workshop explores the art of losing control co nsciously—not as recklessness\, but as a practice of trust\, awareness\, and presence. Through the principles of Contact Improvisation\, we will i nvestigate how giving genuine weight\, receiving another body with sensiti vity\, and allowing momentum to guide us can awaken our natural reflexes a nd expand our movement possibilities.\n \;\nRather than relying on hab itual patterns or constant mental planning\, we will cultivate the ability to not do: to empty the mind\, soften unnecessary effort\, and let moveme nt emerge from listening. In this state\, the body's intelligence comes fo rward\, allowing spontaneous decisions to arise with clarity and precision .\nFear often appears where control begins to dissolve. Together\, we will approach this edge with curiosity\, gradually transforming the fear of fa lling\, being supported\, or becoming unpredictable into confidence\, adap tability\, and even pleasure. Flying\, falling\, rolling\, and sharing wei ght become opportunities to experience freedom—not through the absence o f awareness\, but through a deeper form of it.\nThroughout the workshop\, safety is the foundation. We will develop clear physical principles for su pporting one another\, managing weight responsibly\, protecting ourselves and our partners\, and recognizing our own limits. Conscious risk-taking i s only possible when built upon attentive listening\, mutual care\, and re spect.\nThis workshop is an invitation to discover that losing control is not the opposite of awareness. It is a refined practice of surrendering un necessary control so that responsiveness\, trust\, creativity\, and joy ca n emerge.\n \;\n \nKIRILL BEREZOVKI CLASS: MOLECULAR FLOW\nContempora ry Dance • Urban Movement • Floorwork • Improvisation\n \;\nMole cular Flow begins with a dynamic warm-up designed to awaken different qual ities of movement\, drawing from both contemporary and urban dance. We wil l work with flow\, shifting movement qualities\, floorwork\, improvisation \, musicality\, and inner and outer awareness\, preparing the body to beco me more responsive and available.\nMovement phrases will then be introduce d\, with particular attention to space\, rhythm\, dynamics and transitions between different states of movement. Kirill’s diverse dance background creates a unique fusion of movement languages\, where contemporary and ur ban influences meet in a physical\, natural and organic way.\nThroughout t he class\, we will explore the relationship between inner impulse and oute r expression\, between control and release\, strength and softness\, struc ture and freedom. The practice invites dancers to develop their own physic ality while staying connected to rhythm\, space and the changing possibili ties of the body.\nA dynamic and physically engaging class for exploring f low\, presence\, musicality and movement availability.\n \;\n05. THE V ENUE — SAMSKARA\, ICELAND\n \;\n \;\n \;\nThe festival will take place at Samskara Retreat Centre\, in the small village of Laugarás in southern Iceland\, approximately one hour and twenty minutes from Reykj avík by car.\nSamskara is situated in an area known for its geothermal ac tivity. The village of Laugarás developed around a geothermal hot spring area whose abundant hot water is used by the many vegetable farms and gree nhouses in the region. Samskara itself grew from an old vegetable farm int o a place dedicated to healing\, self-reflection\, discovery and creativit y.\nFor us\, this makes Samskara much more than a practical location for a dance festival.\nThe place is part of the festival.\n \;\nThe main pr actice space is a beautiful old greenhouse\, creating an unusual and intim ate environment for dance and movement. The changing Icelandic light and t he surrounding landscape become part of the atmosphere in which we practis e\, research and create.\nThe centre also offers cosy communal spaces wher e we can eat\, talk\, rest and spend time together outside the workshops.\ nAnd then there is the water.\nWarmth\, water and the Icelandic night\nSam skara has its own hot pot\, offering a wonderful place to relax after danc ing\, meet other participants and let the body recover.\nNearby\, there is also a river with warm geothermal spots where\, depending on conditions a nd with appropriate care\, we can experience the particular pleasure of ba thing outdoors in the Icelandic landscape.\nImagine finishing a day of dan cing\, stepping outside into the cold Icelandic night and entering warm wa ter.\nPerhaps the sky is clear.\nPerhaps the stars are visible.\nAnd perha ps\, if nature decides to offer us the gift\, the Northern Lights appear a bove us.\nThese moments are not something we can programme or guarantee. T hey are part of the openness of the experience.\nA landscape to experience \nOutside the scheduled activities\, participants will have time to slow d own and experience the surroundings: walk\, explore the Icelandic countrys ide\, enjoy the geothermal landscape\, rest\, read\, talk\, soak in the ho t pot or simply look out at the extraordinary scenery.\nWe want to encoura ge participants to experience Iceland not only as visitors\, but through t heir bodies and senses.\nTo feel the temperature.\nTo listen to the wind.\ nTo notice the changing light.\nTo walk through the landscape.\nTo feel th e contrast between cold air and geothermal warmth.\nTo look at the sky.\nT o become aware of the ground beneath the feet.\nPerhaps these experiences will influence the way we dance.\nPerhaps they will influence what we crea te.\nPerhaps they will simply give us a little more space to be present.\n The idea is to let the place itself become part of the festival.\nA place to celebrate the transition into a new year.\n \;\n06. FOOD BY POLA\nD elicious\, nutritious and vegetarian\nFood is an important part of the fes tival experience.\nThroughout the festival\, we will share delicious and n utritious vegetarian food\, prepared to support the physical demands of da ncing while also making meals an enjoyable moment of the day.\nMeals will be a time to slow down\, replenish\, talk and connect.\nWe believe that a festival is not only made of workshops and jams. It is also made of the mo ments between them — sitting around a table\, sharing a meal\, laughing\ , having a conversation or simply enjoying being together.\nFood is anothe r way of taking care of the body.\nAnd another way of sharing.\n \;\n0 7. HOW TO GET THERE\nGetting to Iceland\nIceland is well connected with Eu rope and North America\, and depending on where you are travelling from th ere are different possibilities and low-cost routes.\nParticipants travell ing from Europe can look for connections through different European hubs\, including Poland with Wizz Air\, the United Kingdom with easyJet\, or Fra nce with Transavia\, among other possibilities.\nFor participants travelli ng from North America\, Icelandair offers connections between Iceland and several destinations in the USA.\nFlight availability and prices change fr equently\, so we recommend checking the options from your departure city a s early as possible.\nFrom Reykjavík to Samskara\nSamskara Retreat Centre is located in Laugarás\, in southern Iceland\, around one hour and twent y minutes by car from Reykjavík.\nThere are public transport possibilitie s from Reykjavík\, normally involving a bus connection and a change in Se lfoss.\nFor participants who prefer a simpler option\, we will coordinate shared transfers from Reykjavík whenever possible. Depending on availabil ity\, we can arrange a car drop-off for a symbolic contribution\, especial ly when several participants arrive around the same time.\nOnce the group of participants is confirmed\, we will help coordinate arrivals and shared transportation.\nOur aim is to make travelling to the festival as simple as possible.\n \;\n08. PRICES &\; REGISTRATION\nFULL FESTIVAL\nEARL Y BIRD - Until November 15\n760 EUR \n105\,000 ISK\nREGULAR PRICE - Afte r November 15\n880 EUR\n120\,000 ISK \nDAY PASS PRICE (food included but no accomodation)\n 22O EUR\n30.000 ISK\nWHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FULL FES TIVAL PRICE\nAccommodation in shared spaces. Participants will be distribu ted according to registration.\nAll lunches and dinners\, with vegetarian cuisine.\nBasic breakfast supplies: flakes\, eggs\, milk\, coffee and tea. \nUse of the common spaces of the accommodation premises of Samskara.\nUse of the dance and practice spaces.\nAll workshops and Contact Improvisatio n jams.\nAccess to the hot pot :-)\nABOUT THE BREAKFAST\nBreakfast supplie s will be intentionally basic. We invite everyone to bring their preferred breakfast foods to complement what the festival provides. The dining room will be available to all participants at all time. Coffee and tea will al ways be available\, and a refrigerator will also be available for particip ants.\nREGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS\nTo reserve your place\, you must complet e the registration form and pay a €200 (30.000 ISK) deposit to confirm y our reservation.\nThe remaining amount can be transferred before the event or paid in cash on the first day of the festival.\nWhen making a bank tra nsfer\, please write in the payment reference:\n“Your name and surname + Festival ICELAND”\nFor international transfers\, please make sure that the amount sent is free of bank commissions.\nPayment methods:\nSpanish ac count: IBAN: ES47 0081 0900 8000 0334 3240 \; SWIFT: BSABESBBXXX \; Benefi ciary: José Nebot Muns\nRevolut Bank Acount: IBAN: ES14 1583 0001 1190 73 66 2147\; BIC / SWIFT code REVOESM2\; Beneficiary: Marcela Różańska\nIc elandic Bank Account: Account number : 0513-26-008056 \; Kennitala : 1804 91-4739\nPaypal: emotionbodies@gmail.com\nIf you choose to pay pay Paypal \, there is an applyed commission that can vary from 5 euros (Euro zone) t o 20 euros depending on the origin. Due the this high quantities\, we will ask you to pay us back this commission in cash in the festival. Thanks fo r understanding.\n \n \;\n  \n 09. CONTACT &\; INFORMATION\nCat alonia / International\nPep Nebot\n+34 685 166 358\ninfo@emotionbodies.com \nIceland / international\nMarcela Rozanska\n+354 666 6815\nmarcelarozansk a@gmail.com\n \;\n10. INVITATION LETTER - ENTER THE NEW YEAR THROUGH M OVEMENT\nThere is something particularly meaningful about beginning a new year through the body.\nAnd to enter a new year not with resolutions\, but with presence\, curiosity and connection.\nWe invite you to join us in Ic eland for several days dedicated to dance\, research\, learning\, sharing and celebration — in an extraordinary landscape\, in a beautiful space\, with good food\, warm water\, winter skies and a community of people inte rested in moving and discovering together.\nCome dance with us.\nCome expl ore.\nCome share.\nCome connect.\nCome welcome the New Year in movement.\n Pep Nebot &\; Marcela Rozanska\n \n11. AN OPEN QUESTION FOR OUR RESEAR CH\nHow does a place affect our dance?\nDuring the festival\, we would lik e to keep an open question alive:\nHow does a landscape\, a territory\, a season\, affect our dance?\nWe are coming together in a very particular pl ace and at a very particular time of the year. Iceland in winter is not a neutral background. The landscape\, the geology\, the darkness\, the cold\ , the wind\, the water\, the geothermal warmth\, the vastness and the rela tive isolation all create a particular environment around us.\nBut what do es it mean to be affected by a place?\nDoes the cold change the way we mov e?\nDoes darkness change our perception of space or time?\nDoes the vastne ss of the landscape change our sense of scale?\nDoes geothermal heat chang e our relationship with warmth\, relaxation and the body?\nDoes the volcan ic history of the land awaken something in our imagination?\nDoes being su rrounded by fewer visual and social distractions change our attention?\nDo es the rhythm of the season influence our rhythm of moving\, resting and b eing together?\nAnd perhaps the question goes further:\nWhat is a territor y?\nIs it only the physical ground beneath our feet?\nOr is it also temper ature\, light\, sound\, weather\, geological history\, vegetation\, water\ , distance\, culture\, memory and the people who inhabit it?\nAnd if our b odies are constantly sensing these things\, can they become part of our da nce?\nWhat does it mean to be affected?\nTo be affected does not necessari ly mean to imitate what we see.\nWe don't need to dance like volcanoes\, m ove like the wind or make choreography about the Northern Lights.\nPerhaps being affected happens somewhere more subtle.\nMaybe the cold changes the quality of our attention.\nMaybe darkness makes us listen differently.\nM aybe the open landscape changes the way we use space.\nMaybe the geotherma l warmth invites another quality of weight and surrender.\nMaybe the aware ness of the earth beneath us changes our relationship with gravity.\nMaybe the silence allows us to hear something that is usually hidden.\nMaybe no thing changes at all.\nCan we notice the difference?\nWe can approach this as a physical and artistic investigation rather than an intellectual ques tion.\nInstead of asking “What does Iceland mean to me?”\, we might as k:\nWhat is Iceland doing to my body?\nAnd then:\nWhat is my body doing wi th that experience?\nFrom environment to movement\nDuring the festival\, t his question can enter our practice in many different ways.\nWe can explor e how temperature affects tone and muscular organisation\, how darkness af fects orientation\, how wind affects balance\, how uneven ground changes o ur relationship with gravity\, or how vast spaces alter our perception of distance.\nWe can investigate the contrast between cold and warmth\, betwe en the outdoor landscape and the intimacy of the studio\, between the dark ness of winter and the changing light inside the greenhouse.\nWe can pay a ttention to the geothermal water: the warmth beneath the earth\, the exper ience of entering hot water after dancing\, the contrast between the body and the surrounding cold.\nWe can notice what happens when we move from th e studio into the landscape and back again.\nAnd we can ask whether these experiences influence our movement choices\, our attention\, our relations hips\, our improvisations and our artistic imagination.\nThere is no expec ted answer.\nThe research is in the noticing.\n \;\n 12. FESTIVAL EXT ENSION IN REYKJAVIK\nFor those who want to continue the journey a little l onger\, we may extend our time together in Reykjavik after the official fe stival programme.\nThis will be an informal\, self-organised continuation of the dance experience — sharing spaces in friends’ apartments\, crea ting jams in a studio\, cooking and eating together\, exploring the city a nd simply spending more time together.\nThere is no fixed programme or com mitment at this stage. We will decide together during the festival what fe els possible and interesting for the group\, depending on who wants to sta y\, available spaces and the energy that emerges.\nA little extra Icelandi c time — together\, spontaneously and without too much planning.\n \ ;\n \n \n--------------------------------------------------------------- -\nCANCELLATION POLICY: If the workshop is canceled for a reason attributa ble to the organization or beyond its control\, the organization has the o bligation to refund the total amount paid by the participant. If the parti cipant cancels\, we regret that we cannot make any refunds\, due to all th e administrative work and in order to ensure the sustainability of the eve nt. Make sure you have the dates available.\nPROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA: In accordance with the provisions of current regulations\, we inform you t hat your personal data will be incorporated into a file owned by Associaci ó E Motion Bodies Handstand. You can exercise your rights of access\, rec tification\, cancellation and opposition by writing to emotionbodies@gmail .com.\nIMAGE RIGHTS: By completing and submitting this form\, you authoriz e Associació E Motion Bodies Handstand to take photos of you to illustrat e the materials for the dissemination of the activities that are carried o ut. The images can be broadcast on any medium (TV\, press\, internet\, ext ernal media\, promotional material\, social networks\, etc.). Distribution may only be made free of charge and for the purpose of disseminating the activities of the Associació E Motion Bodies Handstand. This authorizatio n is completely free of charge and you agree not to claim any compensation \, payment and / or indemnity in exchange for the authorization agreed wit h the Associació E Motion Bodies Handstand for the use of your image or t he person that you represent.\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tribunificada.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/10/01-Iceland-Dance-Festival-Poster-VERTICAL.jpeg CATEGORIES:Eventos No Periodicos LOCATION:Samskara Center ICELAND\, Samskara Center\, ICELAND\, Laugarás\, Suðurland (Islandia)\, Bláskógabyggð (Islandia)\, Islandia X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Samskara Center\, ICELAND\, Laugarás\, Suðurland (Islandia)\, Bláskógabyggð (Islandia)\, Islandi a;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Samskara Center ICELAND:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR