Workshops w/ Marina Tsartsara & Kyveli Kouvatsi at “Rest in Motion” Summer Dance program | Lefkada island, Greece
ᴀᴜɢᴜsᴛ 𝟷𝟷 – 𝟷𝟾 ⋗ ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ᴄʏᴄʟᴇ 𝟷
𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝔸𝕣𝕥 ℙ𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖® ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴀʀɪɴᴀ ᴛsᴀʀᴛsᴀʀᴀ
𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕀𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖™ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴋʏᴠᴇʟɪ ᴋᴏᴜᴠᴀᴛsɪ
Through interdisciplinary somatic journeys, dance improvisation, and sensory explorations, we will investigate the balance between rest and activity, deepening our connection to ourselves, others, and the environment. This week invites you to engage in dance as a fluid, holistic experience—where awareness, adaptability, and creativity unfold in an organic, personal way. With nature as both witness and collaborator, we explore the rhythms of growth, adaptation, and change—allowing movement to bloom in its own time, in its own way.
𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝
🌀Engage in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary journeys integrating body, mind, and environment.
🌀Discover relationships between internal somatic experiences and the external world, including others, space, and nature.
🌀Investigate the interplay between activity and rest through the nervous system, fluid system, and embryological development.
🌀Move between cellular-level awareness and broader physical and environmental engagement.
🌀Utilize tools from Body-Mind Centering®, fine arts, and visual arts to expand individual and collective awareness.
🌀Develop kinesthetic and movement awareness, tuning into the present moment.
🌀Notice movement habits, embrace contradictions, and access new qualities.
🌀Approach dance without rigid hierarchies—explore movement as fluid, personal, and ever-changing.
🌀Absorb and interact with the environment through movement and presence.
𝙰𝚗𝚍…
🫀Heart Circles: Participate in reflective and heartfelt group sharing sessions.
🌿Enjoy three delicious and nourishing vegetarian meals daily.
🪻Stay in a serene natural environment that supports self-regulation and slow-paced living.
☀️Share space with a vibrant, like-minded community.
🐚Beach trip on free day!
About the facilitators
Marina Tsartsara is a Dance and Visual Artist & educator (MSc), a Body-Mind Centering® Teacher in the official Body-Mind Centering® trainings in the UK, Spain & Greece. She is also the Administrative Director of the Greek BMC® program ISTOS. Since 2014 she has been researching and developing ‘Somatic Art Practice’, an transdisciplinary practice that interlaces somatics and artmaking via the two branches of Mindfulness & Drawing and BMC® & Visual Artmaking.
Kyveli Kouvatsi is facilitating, researching and curating in the field of dance. She has graduated from National School of Dance and School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts – Auth. Since 2017 she has been teaching dance and movement improvisation classes with focus on the experience of dancing, the development of creativity within non-judgmental contexts, the cultivation of body awareness and the relationship with rhythm and the environment, inspired by techniques and pedagogies such as Skinner Releasing Technique and BMC, as well as by meditation practices.
Where: Paleohori art space, Neohori, Lefkada, Ionian islands, Greece
When: August 11 – 18, 2025
Curious to learn more?
Find all info about this cycle and how to sign up >
https://paleohori.com/1st-cycle-august-11-18-2025/
Find more info about Rest in Motion summer dance program >
https://paleohori.com/events-posts/rest-in-motion-summer-dance-program-lefkada-island-greece/
PS. Early bird offer applies by March 29th!