What is Contact Improvisation?

In Contact impro Dancers use physical touch, weight sharing, and momentum to improvise together. No set steps

- movement comes from listening through the body. Key ideas: rolling points of contact, falling, lifting, supporting, and momentum. You “dance with gravity” instead of going against it, touch and sensation guide you.

Done on the floor and upright, often to live music or silence. Requires trust, presence, and awareness of your partner’s center.

Sessions are usually open jams, not performances. Develops reflexes, coordination, and deep body awareness. Accessible to all bodies - no dance training needed, just curiosity!

What is Physical theatre

Physical theatre is body-based improvisation and/or performance art. Uses movement, gesture, breath over spoken words to narrate stories and comunicate. Its visceral, raw, embodied, spontaneous and genuine way to express.

Can beginners join?

To participate to the festival you don't need to be dancers or artists since the idea of the Jam of Arts festivals is aimed at people who want to experiment with arts and movement, regardless having or not prior experience. The goal is to explore different skills and capabilities that exist within us, study various disciplines and enjoy!

Do I need dance experience?

The lessons are structured to be accessible to all levels: complete beginners and advanced can learn and improve their skills, dance, knowledge, technical and improvisation abilities.

How do I get to the retreat?

It's really very easy arrive! The closest city is Rome.

From Rome Fiumicino Airport you have to take a train until Trastevere station and then change and take the train for Capranica - Sutri (about one hour). 

From Ciampino airport you have to arrive to termini station (all buses from the airport arrives at Termini) and then train for Capranica - Sutri.

Once arrived at the station get out, turn to the left walk for 600 metres and you arrived at the retreat! Thats all!

Travel tickets advice’s:

If airplanes becoming expensive, good alternative ways to come to Rome are: night trains, Flixbus, Blablacar.

What is included in the price?

The fees include all the workshops and jams, all the meals (three meals per day! starting from dinner on August 17 to breakfast on August 23), single bed in shared apartments.(see booking page for all details).

Can I camp?