TEACHERS

My profession and passion is to dance and to share the dance with others. That’s what I do through teaching, performing, writing and organizing. In the beginning I was mainly driven by creating dance and theatre pieces, bringing improvisation on stage. A while back teaching CI has become my main field of exploration, which I began in 1995 – and now it lets me travel the whole world. Developmental movement patterns, an anatomical focus on the skeleton and the fascia system, Capoeira, Release Techniques and many kinds of sports have guided my understanding of the moving body.

Originally I am from Germany but now based in Australia. I regularly return to Europe to dance, teach and research.

I am driven by curiosity and discovery and intend to infect my students with this spark.

My aim is to create alive spaces, where people find enough trust to manoeuvre themselves towards the unknown, where the learning and the growing happens in a safe environment, partly with a smell of disorientation, discomfort and excitement.

I foster the polarity of detailed and precise work that brings us to the edge of what we can perceive and on the other hand rather open frames where the new information can unfold by letting it go.

My profession and passion is to dance and to share the dance with others. That’s what I do through teaching, performing, writing and organizing. In the beginning I was mainly driven by creating dance and theatre pieces, bringing improvisation on stage. A while back teaching CI has become my main field of exploration, which I began in 1995 – and now it lets me travel the whole world. Developmental movement patterns, an anatomical focus on the skeleton and the fascia system, Capoeira, Release Techniques and many kinds of sports have guided my understanding of the moving body.

Originally I am from Germany but now based in Australia. I regularly return to Europe to dance, teach and research.

I am driven by curiosity and discovery and intend to infect my students with this spark.

My aim is to create alive spaces, where people find enough trust to manoeuvre themselves towards the unknown, where the learning and the growing happens in a safe environment, partly with a smell of disorientation, discomfort and excitement.

I foster the polarity of detailed and precise work that brings us to the edge of what we can perceive and on the other hand rather open frames where the new information can unfold by letting it go.

Contact improvisation dancer, teacher, and community builder. Facilitator of weekly jams and organizer of festivals, workshops, intensives, and other creative projects. My passion is creating and developing contact improvisation communities. I built the CI community in Crimea from 2019 and am currently focused on Bali.

I'm inspired by the history of contact improvisation, analyzing its origins and current trends. Beyond CI, I'm interested in Axis Syllabus and Gaga techniques. My journey with contact improvisation began in 2012, leading to a lifelong love for the practice.

My background includes contemporary dance training from age 7, studying at the jazz-modern school-studio of Nikolay Ogryzkov in Moscow and the modern dance school of Natalya Fiksel. I've participated in numerous intensives and workshops with international teachers.

I've worked in various Moscow theaters, performing in productions by Vladimir Chekasina, Natalya Fiksel, and Sergey Starostin. My international experience includes work with Jungle Dance Theatre in India and Daniell Alnuma Dance Theater Company in France. Notable performances include "The Sea" (2016), "Body of Nobody" (2017), "Gala Show" (2017-2019), "Intensive – Games of Transformation" (2018), and "Night Distances" (2019).

For five years, I served as the chief organizer of the concert venue "Ash Arambol" in India.

Kadek Dewi Aryani is a renowned Balinese dancer, choreographer, and cultural ambassador born on February 25, 1977, in Bali, Indonesia. With a Bachelor's Degree in Performing Arts from STSI Denpasar, Aryani has dedicated her life to preserving and promoting Balinese arts on the global stage.

As an accomplished performer, Aryani has showcased Indonesian arts and contemporary dance in over 15 countries, gracing prestigious venues such as the Hollywood Bowl and BAM New York. Her talent extends beyond dance; she is also a gifted Balinese singer and has contributed to international projects, including a Hollywood movie soundtrack.

Aryani's impact reaches beyond performance. As the chairman and teacher at Sanggar Maha Tjandra, she nurtures the next generation of artists. Her expertise is sought after by international institutions, where she conducts workshops for foreign students and scholars.

Featured in Netflix's "We Speak Dance," Kadek Dewi Aryani continues to be a vital force in keeping Balinese cultural traditions alive while pushing the boundaries of contemporary artistic expression.

Bethany is an interdisciplinary creative, a lifelong student of movement, and a creature of the water—hailing from turtle island. Her excitement for dance brought her to study at the Indonesian Academy of Arts in 2016, where she began ongoing collaborations with international and Indonesian artists and performers around the volcano-dotted island of Java.

Over the course of a decade she’s passionately studied traditional/contemporary dance and martial arts, as well as the therapeutic practices of yin yoga, freediving, contact improvisation and Aquatic Bodywork (Healing Dance).

Since moving to the mystic waters of Bali, Bethany has co-founded Inner Ocean Collective, a women centered cooperative of somatic movement facilitators, aquatic bodyworkers, and sound healers, together utilizing water as a tool for compassionate self-inquiry and collective remembrance.

Thoriq 'Cravo' Nurhidayah is a passionate practitioner who has spent over a decade exploring movement and self-expression through Capoeira, Latin Dance, and Yoga. He is dedicated to sharing his knowledge and experience with the community, helping his students discover the transformative power of movement.

In addition to his extensive experience, Thoriq is a certified yoga teacher who completed his 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Bliss Lembongan by Gwendoline Ferreira in 2020. Currently, he teaches Capoeira, Salsa Dance and Yoga (Inversions and Arm Balance) classes at the Yoga Barn. Thoriq also coaches at Ubud Crossfit Gym and other studios as well in Ubud, spreading his passion in Yoga and Movement.

He is committed to promoting movement awareness and a sustainable body through his practice and teachings.
Thoriq's teaching style emphasizes mindfulness, alignment, core activation, breathwork and self-exploration. He creates a safe and supportive space for his students to expand their practice and discover the benefits of Yoga and movement awareness for themselves.