Join internationally renowned choreographer and CI pioneer Scott Wells for a rare and transformative weekend of flying, catching, and connection in motion. This workshop will explore the aerial aspects of contact improvisation—where somatic awareness meets acrobatic play.
In Scott’s words:
(Pleasure ⇄ Technique; Somatics ⇄ Acrobatics)
Expect to work at your own level while learning through group trust, shared exploration, and dynamic physical interaction. We’ll integrate flying and acrobatics into the contact flow— developing aerial interactions that deepen connection rather than interrupt it.
Curious what it looks like?
Watch clips from previous intensives:
- • Friday 24 October – Opening Jam | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 October – Weekend Intensive | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM The Loft Dance Studio, Bloomfields Centre, Lower Georges Street, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
- Early Bird: €160 (until 31 July)
- Full Price: €200
- To book your spot, email: contactimprovireland@gmail.com
Scott Wells has been practicing contact improv for 40 years, teaching for 30 and directs an award winning dance company in San Francisco. He has created works for skateboarders, for boxers and choreographed West Side Story for Sonoma State University. Scott has twice received the Izzie (San Francisco’s most prestigious dance award) for Outstanding Choreography. Scott has toured to Europe for the last 25 years teaching and performing in festivals in Moscow, Barcelona, Budapest, Berlin, Vienna, Zagreb, Bucharest and Ankara to name a few. He has an MFA in Dance, has been practicing Alexander Technique for thirty years, BMC for 15 and has studied a variety of counselling and bodywork practices. His current research passions are Eyebody practice, moving from the organs and contact improvisation.