Contemporary dance workshop with Rakesh Sukesh

**TURTILING** Inspired by turtles, who navigate the Earth using its magnetic field and return home with precision. Turtiling teaches participants to cultivate an inner compass. Like turtles, we learn to breathe deeply, protect ourselves through our “shell,” adapt to changing environments, and return to our roots with resilience, longevity, and strength. Turtiling is grounded in human traits—**breath, movement, emotion, thought, intention, and environment**—and is designed to guide performers on a journey to depth. It creates a *safe space* to explore and embrace both strengths and vulnerabilities, helping participants understand the layers of their internal and external worlds. Through reflection, experience, and expressive action, it cultivates awareness, creativity, confidence, and the ability to play with these inner and outer layers. Participants find balance and clarity while developing a unique dance and artistic voice, guided by a tool-based approach that encourages exploration of individual movement identities. Drawing on yogic philosophies, principles, kalari payatt, and improvisation, Turtiling encourages playful exploration, creative expression, and performing with presence. It nurtures a matured understanding of oneself, fostering grounded, resilient, and deeply expressive performers. Prices: * 150 euros for the week / EARLY BIRD 120 euros (until 1/11) * 35 euros per day