Summer Dance Retreat in Southern Spain

6 – 12 July 2025

Somatic Dance – Laban Bartenieff Movement System – Dancing in Nature – Touch – Authentic Movement

In this workshop we dance from our authentic source. The focus is on connecting your body with nature. In the morning we will work from the somatic knowledge of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System. Principles such as breath support, dynamic alignment, support from your center, development patterns, rotation and spatial intention and anatomical knowledge are some of the themes that will be discussed. Each concept is explored through simple experiential movement explorations.

In the second half of the workshop we will sometimes go into nature and on the open-air dance floor (with shade roof) to work with Authentic Movement and other improvisation deepening techniques.

We will dance in contact with the beautiful environment of water, earth, mountains and sun. The workshop will be both dynamic and nourishing and relaxing. The joy of movement, our authentic ways of dancing, the contact with what surrounds us, will guide us through the week. This workshop is open to people of all levels in dance.

The location: Baile en el aire

The dance retreat center is situated in the South of Spain in the Alpujarras, an hour drive from Granada. It is a beautiful landscape with lots of waterfalls, amazing chestnut trees, endless sunshine and nights full of stars.

The property has a variety of little houses (fincas), all very specially furnished and painted. There is a big vegetable garden and an amazing swimming pool with a small island in the middle just ten meters from the dance floor. The water is natural and fresh and comes from the mountains! The dance floor is open air with a very good wooden floor and a shade roof. The shower and toilet facilities are simple but wonderful and function on solar energy.

The land is 1500 m high, surrounded by the Sierra Nevada and open to the Mediterranean seaside. There are various sized rooms (1 to 3 people in a room) in the little houses. You can rest or take walks and enjoy the waterfalls and the beautiful panoramic landscape. The food, vegetarian and delicious, is offered three times a day: breakfast, a large Mediterranean meal at 3 pm, and a light dinner. In the late afternoons there is time to have a siesta, walk to the beautiful villages surrounding the center, swim in the pool or work independently on the dance space.

For more information please visit our websites:

www.baileenelaire.com

Practical Information:

•  Arrival 6 July 2025 in the afternoon – Departure 12 July 2025 before 12 noon
• 5 days of workshops 5 hours per day
• workshop: 555 euros
• Lodgings & food 420 euros (three delicious vegetarian meals per day and a single/double/shared sleeping place)
• Single sleeping place 10 – 15 euros more per day (only a small number available
• you can pay at the location for lodging & food