19th Vilnius Contact Improvisation and Performance Minifestival | relaxation, freedom and lightness

Name: 19th Vilnius Contact Improvisation and Performance Minifestival | relaxation, freedom and lightness
Start: 2025-12-05T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-12-07T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Menų spaustuvė/ Arts Printing House

Schedule

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 07 Dec, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Menų spaustuvė/ Arts Printing House | Vilnius, VL

Hello dear lovers and friends of Vilnius CI & Performance minifestival, lovers of contact improvisation and even curious beginners and followers!
Welcome ♥ to a cosy and warm ambience to study and co-create together.
You will meet contact dancers and teachers from Lithuania, other Baltic and neighbour countries.
Stop, make a pause, right where you are, now.
Listen to your inner movement, listen to your life.
Open up to the life and people around you, listen…
Happy to meet you again and again!
When: 5-7th of December,
Where: Arts printing house | Menų spaustuvė, Šiltadaržio st. 6, 01124 Vilnius
Programmme: https://vilniuscifest.wordpress.com/about/
Registration: https://vilniuscifest.wordpress.com/registration/
We will share the magical ambiance and what is precious for us: dancing, touching, sharing, listening, smiling…
Welcome if you resonate and wish to co-create this magic with us!
This year's keywords: bodywork, deep relaxation, getting free from fears, openness, freedom and lightness.
Teachers: Inese Upe (Latvia), Julija Melnik (LT/FR) and some mystic guests with classes on CI, bodywork, meditation in movement, Samara Yoga.
Musician: we will be accompanied by our favorite pianist Wolfram Maria Schröckenfuchs (Austria).
Happy to meet you soon!
Register here: https://vilniuscifest.wordpress.com/registration/
P.S. Book your place at Intensive CI principles workshop (5th of December, 9-17h)!
Participation input (for the whole festival!), when registering and paying a non-refundable 15 € deposit
until October 13 – 85 €,
until October 27 – 105 €,
until November 17 – 125 €,
later – 145 €, or at any time if you want to be a sponsor of the festival or help someone else who is unable to participate!
Discounts for minifestival:
10% for students, couples,
20% for participants of previous mini-festivals!
(discounts can not be combined)
December 5, Friday
Pre-festival bonus:
9:00-17:00 Intensive CI workshop with Julija Melnik
18:00 Registration and meeting
18:30 Opening circle
19:00-21:00 Warm up & Silent JAM
December 6, Saturday
9:00-10:00 Samara Yoga
10:00-10:20 Morning circle
10:30-13:00 Class with Julija
Lunch break (13:00-14:30)
14:30-16:30 Class with Ance
16:30-17:00 Preparation for performances
Dinner break (17:00-18:00)
18:00-18:30 Preparation for performances
19:00-20:00 Performances + piano mini-concert
20:00-22:00 Open JAM with live music!
December 7, Sunday
9:30-10:30 Samara Yoga
10:30-12:30 Class with Inese
Pick-nick break (12:30-13:30)
13:30-16:00 Underscore JAM & Closing circle
BONUS 16:00-17:00 Piano mini-concert with Wolfram Maria Schröckenfuchs (Austria) & tea drinking ceremony with Julija