Life is Now!
Hello beautiful souls - movers - life travelers!!
Join us this summer in a unique and peaceful venue where the sea meets the sun and the fresh air of the Olympus send us his breeze!
We welcome you in the respectful and caring atmosphere of the retreat creating a harmonious connection with ourselves, with others and with Mother Earth.
A huge dance floor is constructed on the beach right next to the sea, where Ecstatic dance, 5Rhythms©, Azul, Mindful voice, Contact Impro and Movement practices, Yoga, meditation, as well as live DJ sets, Holistic Health approaches.
Our goal and desire is to offer the opportunity to explore various arts and healing practices and to discover new ways of connections as this enables energy, flow and life.
We will be staying in a beautiful hotel and camping with private beach, with our dance floor right next to the waves,(prpbably the most beautiful stage in Europe to dance!!) as well as a pool, a bar and a restaurant with amazing traditional Greek menu, prepared with love and care! Have a look at photos and videos, to understand what we are talking about!!
The retreat takes place at the roots of Olympus mountain in northern Greece, very close to archaeological sites and Olympus itself, is the residence of the Greek Gods...
Prices starts from 280€ amd we have very convenient prices for who will join both retreats!
Are you ready to dive in?
Become part of this unique journey!
Each one of us is important and we don’t want to miss you, your vibes and energy!!
Facilitators
Neil Pinnock
5Rhythms
Neil trained with Gabrielle Roth in 2007 and has been rocking the beat ever since, locally & globally
Authorized to teach 5Rhythms® ‘Waves’ and 'Heartbeat’ level of the work, he works with groups and individuals in many settings in the Uk and abroad.
Neil has been dancing a lifetime.
After studying many years of embodied practice with Tai Chi and yoga, Neil had an ecstatic awaking to the pure delight of dance in India in 1999. By 2001 he had discovered the 5Rhythms and knew instantly that he had found his home and his practice. Neil trained with Gabrielle Roth, Ya'Acov and Susanna Darling Khan and many other teachers, graduating in 5Rhythms in 2008. He went on to completed the Heartbeat™ level work in 2018 with Jonathon Horan.
Based in the UK, Neil teaches regular classes in Birmingham, Great Malvern and the West Midlands. He facilitates 5Rhythms dance workshops at Wild Ways in Shropshire and covers classes around the UK. Internationally Neil has taught in New Zealand, Holland, Thailand, Prague, and Burning Man Festival USA. He plans to take 5Rhythms with him wherever he goes.
Neil is a 5Rhythms mentor for newly qualified students and he is currently guiding two 5Rhythms Space Holders along the path as they train to become 5Rhythms teachers. As a member of the 5RTA any hours danced with Neil count as pre-requisites for 5Rhythms™ teacher training.
Neil is also a qualified dramatherapist, photographer, street performer and part time dragon handler. He works with people of all ages and finds the way of bringing out the best in everybody through his humour, depth and dynamism. He loves to travel and rides a motorbike. Equally he loves to sit and meditate. 5Rhythms allows Neil to explore the balance between activity and stillness, playful inspiration and compassionate support. He is happy both in the beat of the city and the calm of the countryside. His music and teaching style reflect the diversity and passion that he has for people and living a fulfilled life.
Polarny
Ecstatic DJ - Sound Traveler
Polarny is an award-winning DJ, producer and nomadic soul, rooted in Brazil’s Cacao Coast.
His sound fuses Afro-indigenous rhythms with modern electronic textures, creating hypnotic journeys that go beyond the beat. From Tokyo to Rio, New York to Berlin, his path winds through jungle gatherings, desert temples and luminous cities, bridging cultures through a shared heartbeat in motion.
As a true Sound Traveler, he invites others not only to dance, but to remember: movement is medicine, rhythm is a language and music is a bridge to oneself.
Ippokratis Veneris
Contact Improvisation
Teacher, dancer, choreographer, deepen and studies dance and other arts for more than 20 years. In his lessons of contact inserts elements from the various disciplines that has studied extensively over the years as: floorwork, release technique, experiential anatomy, applied anatomy, dupuy technique, acrobalance, martial arts, afro dance, ballet, alexander technic, chi kung, dance theatre and much more.
– In the past collaborated with the UNIVERSITY OF ROME “Roma 3”, department of “Philosophy of Education” giving lectures about “Pedagogy, C.I. and personal researches on teaching”.
- Received an open scholarship in Brussels (PARTS-ROSAS Dance Company) l.
– has been professor in the theatre school “il Cantiere Teatrale”.
- 2018 award: His work as choreography director for the Pina Bausch "The Nelken line in Rome". An international project of 25 dancers of 11 different countries. Receives the second award of Lazio Film Festival Commission.
– Has collaborated -teaching and making shows of improvisation- with the Italian National Organisation of Theater.
– Teaches regularly Contact Improvisation developing his own method.
– Teaches in different places around Europe.
– Has collaborated with Roberto Castello-Aldes for “Narrate” premium UBU as the best dance theatre production of the year in Italy and many others.
– Co-founder of CORE an association of choreographers of central Italy to promote the rights of the live performing arts
– Co-founder of RomaContact a collective of dancers who promote and give shows of improvisation and Contact Improvisation.
- Artistic director of Jam of Arte festival
– As a choreographer, dancer and improviser has organized and participated at many international events.
Cristina Crescenzi
Azul, Ecstatic DJ Dance
With over 15 years of experience in personal growth and mindfulness practices, she was the first Certified Teacher of Azul Conscious Movement in Italy, a practice derived from the 5 rhythms and trained in Hawaii by the method's creator, Amara Pagano.
Since 2017, she has been guiding Azul Conscious Movement practice and is part of the international school of Azul Conscious Movement, mentoring new teachers in this captivating approach.
As a conscious dance teacher and facilitator, she introduced Ecstatic Dance to Italy in 2015, a liberating form of dance originating from Hawaii over 20 years ago.
Co-founder of the Ecstatic Dance Italy project, she is a cornerstone of the Italian community.
Founder of the Silentwaves practice, since 2020 post-pandemic, as a response to emerging needs: reconnect with life, feel the connection with the body, others, and the nature.
Her talent lies in awakening the potential and uniqueness of individuals through body reconnection. Her passion is to share this journey of exploration and liberation with anyone desiring to connect with themselves through the power of conscious dance.
Mridu Pavlos
Ecstatic Dance, From Separation to Unity
Mridu is the founder of Ecstatic Radiance - a Community Healing Movement. At Ecstatic Radiance, together with friends, he co-creates & shares the gift of healing and self-development. Meditation & awareness is the base of Ecstatic Radiance with an opening to all directions and healing modalities, always with deep respect and love towards any form of life.
He facilitates spiritual work for human growth, combining methods using body & mind. He is a Mentor and trainer of (FSTU) From Separation To Unity—Heart Consciousness Evolution and an Ecstatic Dance DJ and facilitator.
In his Ecstatic Dance sessions, Mridu flows between movement and stillness, between Body and Heart. Selecting music and sounds from all over the world, he creates the space for the individual to let go of the mind, allow the spirit to align in harmony, and arise into an Ecstatic, Blissful, and Healing state.
He was born in Greece; In 2007, he visited the Osho Afroz Meditation Center,
where he met a new way of life through Meditation & healing. He fell in love with the
conscious way of living and working with people.
https://bio.site/ecstaticradiance
Ecstatic Dance D.J
Chiara Cortez
Circle Song - Voice Explorer
for informstions abiut Chiara's biography, click here
Jam of Arts Festival
Before the SunDance Festival will take place on the same space the Jam of Arts Festival from 22 to 28 of August!
The festival is dedicated to Contact Improvisation, Somatics, Feldenkrais, voice improvisation and much more!
We have spacial prices for who wants to join both festivals!
Its open to a,, levels of experience
For more informations se on this page
The location
A 45min drive will bring you to mount Olympus, where you find the beautiful Orlias waterfalls, while a little further away, you will reach the Enipeas waterfalls. On our free day of the festival, we can all share the cost of minibuses to visit them. (Bellow, a video done by us last year).
Very close to us are the mud flats (see photos)
We will be hosted in a beautiful hotel & camping with private beach, pool, bar and in one of the most beautiful the dance floor, beong next to the sea and with amazing greek traditional food made with love and care!
