ANOTHER WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: Summer Residency in Poland July 25-August 3 2025

At Piotrowice Nyskie Baroque Palace in Poland

Contact Improvisation, Tango, Tai-Chi, Play Fight, Physical creativity, Evolutionary Movement, Open Voice & Singing circles.

With Javier Cura & Komala Amorin

Evolution has designed us through movement, touch and socialisation. We are born to run, jump, walk, climb, fight, cooperate, tell stories, sing and dance. Our brains are a consequence of our wide range of movement, food and social interactions.

The way we move affects our physical, emotional and mental health. Acknowledging our evolution’s design can have a positive impact on ourselves, on our society and on the Earth. We would like to embody the change we wish for us and for those who will follow us.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Surrounded by green farmlands, against the backdrop of blue hills, lush green forests, a meandering river, nearby lakes and the gardens that surround the renovated baroque Palace of Piotrowice Nyskie, www.piotrowicenyskie.pl we will empower ourselves through the joy of “gathering” a diversity of movements together.

We will apply all of these to and through Contact Improvisation, Tango, Tai-Chi, Fusion, Play Fight, Physical creativity, Body Percussion, Voice exploration and Singing circles. We will also share stories, gather plants, cook together, swim, meditate and create different forms to cooperate and to share knowledge.

We will experience how this embodied experience can affect our way of being in the present, our creativity and life joyfulness, and envision ways to bring it over to our everyday life.

WORKSHOP COST
EARLY BIRD before the 14th June:
Sliding scale 410€ to 460€ (discount for students & unemployed)

AFTER 14th June:
Sliding scale 460€ to 500€ (discount for students & unemployed)

NOTE: it is possible to come for a shorter stay of a minimum of 3 complete days.

COST INCLUDES:
Around 6-7 hours daily of movement outdoors and indoors plus music, dance & contact tango jams.

OPEN VOICE lead by Komala Amorin, is a method for rescuing our natural ability to sing spontaneously by opening and expressing the wide range of sounds within. This is a therapeutic process, a powerful opening for self-expression and a spiritual experience. It is a call to be in the present moment and express our inner experiences and emotions, through the singing voice. We will have 3 or 4 sessions plus music voice improvisations.

OPEN SPACE for participant to contribute at its own will with their own experience and or questions. Past years offers ranged from yoga, massage, meditation, to name just some.

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS & COSTS:

Includes the use of:

  • a big common kitchen to cook together + Studio + common bathrooms + an improvised pool + common bikes + when possible being picked up at the nearby village

Tents: 20€/p.night/person & camper: 22-25€/p.night/person
Mattress on floor in shared hall: 20€/p. night,
Shared rooms for 3 or 4 persons: 27-30€/p. night, w/private bathroom & sometimes kitchen
Shared room for 2 persons: 32-35€/p. night, w/ private bathroom & sometimes kitchen
Single room: 37-40€/p. night

FOOD is our community building practical tool.
Taking care of our food (shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc) is a practical way to bring down to earth our community and to open up awareness for the group wellbeing. We will share the costs (which are very cheap in Poland)

DANCE & MUSIC JAMS and CONCERTS
KOMALA AMORIN: we will play with our unique voices and improvise in singing circles.

NICOLA GRUENING & and other accomplished musicians, creators and teachers will be playing some nights.

AND, you can bring also your music instrument and join us for the multiple JAMs.

HOW TO ARRIVE:
we will put in contact participants to share trips together by car, camper or train. http://www.piotrowicenyskie.pl/ . Google Maps:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/v83TLAqji2esMQYL6

From Berlin: 5-6 hours by car – 7.30 to 8.30hours by train or Bus search connections for Nysa or Otmuchów. We will pick you up from either.

From Prague: 3.30 hours by car – 4.30 hours by train or Bus to Horní Heřmanice via Zábřeh na Moravě & Lipová Lázně. We will pick you up from Horní Heřmanice.

Please double check with us the precise info on how to get there.

INFO: javier@theecologicalbody.de , javiercuraworkshop@gmail.com
Whatsapp, Telegram, Signal +49 176 21452059

Facebook:

“The Meaning of Movement”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8PNRKQKT5c&ab_channel=acTVismMunich

ANOTHER WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
https://youtu.be/IuDeR5bsDfY

The Ecological Body short video in Bechyne Monastery
https://youtu.be/O2xkeg_7SXo

OTHER VIDEOS:

Underwater contact tango dance: https://vimeo.com/246302562
Contact tango: https://vimeo.com/110580854
Other videos:
With Leilani Weiss www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFejqW6DlVo&t=3s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lts3nIA0rmg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM575qk7l2U

With Linda Bufali www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Py1SiCrco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zqASLdktg
With Brigitta Winkler www.youtube.com/watch?v=elW1hxzzZDc
With Clelia Fumanelli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv-NHJgDp5w

With Kami Kvetinova https://www.facebook.com/100084442020246/videos/1133605731340205/
With Sabine Parzer www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckX859CTRLo

Javier Cura is a teacher, visual artist, theatre director and movement activist and coach who has worked extensively in the realms of movement, dance and theatre. He has been invited to teach and perform at Fabrik Potsdam Tanztage, Goettingen Contact Impro Festival and Phantastango, Farma Dance Theatre Festival and Alchemie Tango in Prague, C.I.R.A in Strasbourg, as well as to CI Festival San Francisco (USA). He has dedicated himself to researches in anthropological and sociological themes to develop projects in social theatre in Italy, Morocco and Germany. He has collaborated on a research on expression in Contact Improvisation at the Berlin Free University. He has worked as movement advisor for Sickle Cell patients in London Royal Hospital. Through a mix of disciplines that nourish movement diversity, body awareness, consensual touch and creativity, he has created The Ecological Body, with the intention to reconnect with oneself, other beings and the Earth, in an emotional, physical and spiritual way. He defines himself as a movement activist. He encourages people to take care of their own vital movement needs, as these have a massive impact on our physical, emotional and spiritual health, as well as on our Planet’s health.
www.javiercura.net

Komala Amorim is a group leader and trainer. She brings a unique blend of body awareness, meditation, transpersonal psychology and voice exploration, in combination with Taoist, Sufi, Tantric and Shamanic practices. 
She is a certified Somatic Experiencing®️ and Craniosacral Biodynamic therapist, a Systemic Ritual practitioner, and a devoted explorer of the healing and transformative power of the singing voice and sound.
Led by her, we will play with our unique voices and improvise in singing circles.

OPEN VOICE, led by Komala Amorim, is a method for rediscovering our natural ability to sing spontaneously by opening and expressing the full spectrum of sounds within us. It is a therapeutic journey, a powerful gateway to authentic self-expression and deep spiritual experiences. This practice invites us to stay in the present moment and to express our inner experiences and emotions through the singing voice. We will have Open Voice sessions plus group improvisations.

https://www.komalaamorim.com/
https://www.facebook.com/komala.sunder
https://youtu.be/iX8d4D0JYJA
https://youtube.com/shorts/2HHo0-ftK8w?feature=share

5 DAYS RESIDENCY in Le Marche, Italy AUGUST 21-26th

NATURAL PRIMAL MOVEMENT, WATER, TOUCH and VOICE MEDITATION….

5 DAYS RESIDENCY in Le Marche, Italy
AUGUST 21-26th


(Italian version below)

Surrounded by Le Marche rounded hills, fruit trees, wild plants, the nearby Adriatic sea, streams and a pool for ourselves, we will explore:

1. PRIMORDIAL MOVEMENT: we will dive into movements that through millions of years of Evolution have designed our bodies: walking, running, climbing trees, gathering fruits, carrying weight, squatting, pounding, hanging, pulling, pushing, throwing, etc. We will relate how these primordial movements are the ground base of many movement disciplines be it Contact Improvisation, Tai Chi, Tango, Parkour, and many expressive dances.

2. MOVING & DANCING IN WATER: Diminishing the stress of gravity on our bodies by moving in the the sea and pool, will provide us a safe environment to expand our movement vocabulary. We will then ground this experience on earth.

3.TOUCH is not optional for human development and existence. There is no movement without a sense of touch. In contact with nature, animals and human beings, we will re expand physically and socially, our sense of touch.

4. VOICE movement developed together with Kundalini and Haitian spine movements and breath will become a daily awakening or closing meditation.

For 5 DAYS, (21-26th August), we will create an ephemeral community, gathering fruits, moving, dancing, singing, cooking, swimming, sharing stories by the fire and through movement.

The farm house Il Canto del Bosco will provide the perfect setting to immerse ourselves in Nature.

This residency is open to people of all experiences interested in movement creation as a path of knowledge, healing, communication and personal enrichment. It is supported by the Notte Nera Festival, happening during the whole week at the medieval village of Serra dei Conti, and culminating in a whole night of performances, concerts and exhibitions on the 25th of August ( http://www.nottenera.it/2018/ )

PROGRAM includes around 6-7 hours of movement work, focusing on micro and macro movements, trekking, fruit gathering and occasional jams.

ACCOMODATION: The Agriturismo (Farmhouse) Il Canto del Bosco (www.cantodelbosco.it ), located near Poggio San Marcello (AN), Italy, offers: rooms for 2 to 5 people + pool + 3 kitchenS + Grill + beautiful surrounding gardens, forest, hills and a donkey. It is about a 15-minute drive from Serra de ‘Conti.
COOKING: There are in total 3 kitchens in the 3 guest houses. Every house will take care of its own suppers. In case we are a very big group we can agree dinners with a nearby restaurant for 10/8€ for vegetarians and 8/6€ for not vegetarians.


DATES: from Tuesday 21st at 16hrs till Sunday 26th at 13hrs. It is possible to come for a reduced stay of minimum 3 days.

COST WORKSHOP: until July 22nd: 170€. After July 22nd : 190€
Discount for students, unemployed and for former participants in previous workshops at Serra de ‘Conti

COST OF ACCOMMODATION: ranges from 15€ to 30€ per night / person according to the type of accommodation. There are also some limited tent places at a cost of 8 € per night/person in case we exceed 15 participants.

INFO: Javier Cura javiercuraworkshop@gmail.com +49 176 2145 2059
More info soon at: www.javiercura.net & www.mossbeynonjuckes.com

Moss Beynon Juckes: is an artist, musician, composer, movement director and workshop facilitator based in Berlin. She works internationally with performance, workshops, residencies and community projects. This has included touring “This Variation” by Tino Sehgal, collaborating with M.A.S. (Music, Art Science) in the U.K and collaborating with Javier Cura. She is currently developing OKO (formerly part of the polyphonic band Tralalka). Her work concentrates on musicality, integrating wellness, performance and symbolic transformative individual and social actions. www.mossbeynonjuckes.com  www.mas-productions.com OKO: www.facebook.com/okoproject/?fref=mentions
Videos: http://vimeo.com/30143501 More videos: www.mossbeynonjuckes.com

Javier Cura is a teacher, visual artist and theatre director. You can find him at Fabrik Potsdam Tanztage in Germany, Farma Dance Theatre Festival, Alchemie Tango in Prague, C.I.R.A in Strasbourg, as well as in Contact Impro Festivals in Goettingen (Germany), or San Francisco (USA). He has also dedicated himself to researches in anthropological and sociological themes developing them in social theatre projects in Italy, Morocco and Germany. He has collaborated on a research on expression in Contact Improvisation and Movement at the Berlin Free University. He is devising a movement therapy for Sickle Cell carriers been tried at the Royal London Hospital. He is currently working on the project “The Ecological Body”. www.javiercura.net

Videos Javier Cura: Underwater dance: https://vimeo.com/246302562
Contact tango video: https://vimeo.com/110580854
Other videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Py1SiCrcohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zqASLdktgwww.youtube.com/watch?v=lts3nIA0rmg  www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM575qk7l2U  www.youtube.com/watch?v=elW1hxzzZDchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFejqW6DlVo&t=3s
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ITALIAN VERSION:

PASSI PRIMORDIALI, ACQUA, CONTATTO e MEDITAZIONE VOCALI…. tra il mare e le colline Marchigiane, Italia

DAL 21 AL 26 AGOSTO

Circondato dalle colline marchigiane, alberi da frutto, piante selvatiche, con vicino il mare, corsi d’acqua e una piscina, esploreremo:

MOVIMENTI PRIMORDIALI: ci immergeremo nei movimenti che attraverso milioni di anni di Evoluzione hanno disegnato i nostri corpi: camminare, correre, arrampicarsi sugli alberi, raccogliere frutti, trasportare pesi, accovacciarsi, appendersi, tirare, spingere, lanciare, ecc. Metteremo in relazione questi movimenti primordiali per ritrovarli alla base di discipline fisiche quali la Contact Improvisation, il Tai Chi, il Tango e altre forme d’espressione.

NUOTARE E DANZARE IN ACQUA: Ridurremo lo stress della forza di gravità sui nostri corpi muovendoci in mare e in piscina. Questa esperienza ci fornirà un ambiente sicuro per espandere il nostro vocabolario di movimenti. Trasporteremo, infine, questa esperienza sulla terra ferma.

IL SENSO DEL TATTO non è un opzionale per lo sviluppo e l’esistenza umana. Non c’è movimento senza tatto. In contatto con la natura, gli animali e gli esseri umani, espanderemo fisicamente e socialmente il nostro senso del tatto.

LA VOCE verrà sviluppata insieme ai movimenti della spina dorsale haitiana e alla Kundalini Yoga. Di questo modo la voce e il respiro diventeranno una meditazione quotidiana al risveglio o nella chiusura della giornata.

Per 5 GIORNI, (21-26 agosto), creeremo una micro comunità, raccogliendo frutti, muovendoci, ballando, cantando, cucinando, nuotando, condividendo storie accanto al fuoco e attraverso il movimento.

Questo workshop è aperto a persone di tutte le esperienze, interessate nel processo di creazione fisica come percorso di conoscenza, di guarigione, di comunicazione e di arricchimento personale. Il workshop rientra tra le attività del Progetto culturale e Festival Nottenera che si svolge a Serra de’ Conti (AN) e che quest’anno inaugura il nuovo format culturale “Ospite” che si svolgerà sabato 25 agosto. ( http://www.nottenera.it/2018/ )

PROGRAMMA comprende circa 6-7 ore di lavoro di workshop, concentrandosi su micro e macro movimenti, trekking, raccolta di frutta e occasionali Jams.

OSPITALITÀ: L’Agriturismo Il Canto del Bosco ci offre l’ambiente ideale per immergersi nella natura. Si trova nei pressi di Poggio San Marcello (AN), Italia, ed offre: camere da 2 a 5 persone + piscina + cucina + area grill per cucinare in modo indipendente + splendidi giardini circostanti, boschi e un asino. Si trova a circa 10 minuti di auto da Serra de’ Conti. (www.cantodelbosco.it )
Ci sono in totale 3 cucine nelle 3 case del Agriturismo. Ogni casa si prenderà cura dei propri pasti. Nel caso in cui fossimo un gruppo numeroso, potremmo concordare delle cene con un ristorante nelle vicinanze per 10-8 € per i vegetariani e 8-6 € per i vegetariani.
�DATE: dal Martedì 21 alle 16hrs alla Domenica 26 Agosto. È possibile partecipare per un soggiorno ridotto di non meno 3 giorni.
COSTO WORKSHOP: 170€ fino al 22 Luglio. 190€ dopo. Sconto per studenti, disoccupati e per chi ha già partecipato a precedenti workshops a Serra de’ Conti.

Il COSTO DELL’ ALLOGGIO va da 15€ a 30€ a notte /persona in base alla tipologia di sistemazione. Sono inoltre disponibili alcuni limitati posti tenda al costo di 8€ a notte/persona nel caso in cui si superassero i 15 iscritti.

INFO: Javier Cura javiercuraworkshop@gmail.com ph/whatsapp +49 176 2145 2059 www.javiercura.net
MOSS BEYNON JUCKES è un’artista, interprete e compositrice. Lavora nelle discipline di voce e corpo, teatro e musica. Le sue performance comprendono “The Passion of Lady Vendredi” con la MAS Productions al Teatro Roundhouse and Soho, Londra, “One Revolution, Respiration”, al Sophiensaelle di Berlino, “These Associations”, al Unilever Series al Tate Modern, Londra, e “This Variation” di Tino Sehgal – in Amsterdam, Berlino, Atene, e alla Documenta13 di Kassel 2012. Ha insegnato al “Multiple Bodies, Multiple Voices and Pathways” per Smash Berlin, al Hlasohled Voicescope – Centre for Voice, Praga, e alla Universität der Künste di Vienna e Berlino per gli studenti di belle arti. Fa parte del gruppo di musica balcanica “OKO”
www.mossbeynonjuckes.com  www.mas-productions.com OKO: www.facebook.com/okoproject/?fref=mentions
Video: http://vimeo.com/30143501 Altri video su: www.mossbeynonjuckes.com
JAVIER CURA Dopo 20 anni di ricerca, sperimentazione e insegnamento, Javier Cura ha sviluppato un approccio metodico al movimento in generale, applicandolo a teatro fisico, arti marziali, Contact Improvisation e tango. In questo sistema è confluita la sua esperienza in diversi campi e forme d’arte, dalle arti visuali al teatro, alla bioenergetica, al movimento somatico e alla linguistica. È stato uno dei creatori del Contact tango, in cui si combinano le possibilità espressive della Contact Improvisation e del tango. Come performer, coreografo, artista o insegnante lo si ritrova al Fabrik Potsdam Tanztage in Germania, al Festival di teatro Farma Dance, ad Alchemie Tango Praga, al C.I.R.A. di Strasburgo, così come ai Contact Impro Festival di Friburgo, Goettingen (Germania), o San Francisco (USA). Ha collaborato con la Libera Università di Berlino (Freie Universität Berlin) a una ricerca sull’espressione nella Contact Improvisation e nel movimento. Si è dedicato a progetti di teatro antropologici e sociali in Italia, Marocco e in Germania. Attualmente lavora nel progetto “Il Corpo Ecologico” in collaborazione con alcuni ricercatori delle Nazione Unite.

Videos Javier: Underwater dance: https://vimeo.com/246302562 Contact tango video: https://vimeo.com/110580854

Other videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Py1SiCrcohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-zqASLdktgwww.youtube.com/watch?v=lts3nIA0rmg  www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM575qk7l2U  www.youtube.com/watch?v=elW1hxzzZDchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFejqW6DlVo&t=3s

Notte Nera// 12-20 august// Night Fabulists in English