ContacTango in St. Johann in Tirol (Austria): “Exploring Intimacy & Elasticity in the Dance” | 22.6.2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
Workshop followed by Jam with Live Music
18:30 h to 20:00 h Workshop
CONTANGO with RAFFAELE RUFO from Rome
A class for beginners, tango and contact dancers...
Theme: “EXPLORING INTIMACY AND ELASTICITY IN THE DANCE”
Followed by OPEN END JAM-MILONGA with live music from 20:15 h
CARSTEN Lumiere SASSE and
WALTER GRAF (percussion)
Description of workshop:
This workshop explores intimacy in dance as a deep, non-verbal form of connection rooted in trust, shared space, touch, and embodied listening. Rather than something romantic or fixed, intimacy emerges through the subtle dialogue of movement, breath, weight, and sensation between dancers.
Drawing from Argentine tango, contact improvisation, and somatic movement, we will explore how the tango embrace creates a powerful center of connection through the chest, heart, and solar plexus — allowing movement impulses, emotions, and attention to pass between partners. Yet this intimate center is never rigid or static. Around it, the rest of the body — pelvis, legs, spine, and arms — continuously builds elasticity, adaptability, and flow.
Through playful improvisational practices, we will explore how push and pull become experiences of giving and receiving weight, supporting and being supported, moving and being moved. Contact Tango opens a space where dancers co-create elasticity together through touch and shared responsiveness, learning to listen not only to movement but also to the changing sensations and states of being of the other.
This dynamic interplay between intimacy and elasticity is what makes the dance emotionally resonant, physically alive, and kinesthetically transformative.
Location:
Tyrolean Ballet School
Hauptplatz 3
6380 St. Johann in Tirol
Info & Registrations
Rebecca at 0680/1129528 via WhatsApp or text message.
I am very much looking forward to it, best regards, Rebecca
