Feb-Dec 2026 Berlin / Contemplative Dance Practice

Contemplative Dance Practice

A practice where meditation and dance making meets
– Developed by Barbara Dilley –

The Contemplative Dance Practice invites you to slow down, listen, and move with awareness. Through a balance of stillness and movement, the practice supports a deeper connection to the body, the present moment, and the people around you.

CDP is shared in three parts: Meditation, Personal Awareness Practice, and Open Space. Each part is marked by the sound of a bell, offering time to notice sensations, thoughts, and movement choices, and to explore how we relate to space and others while moving. Movement, witnessing, and meditation intertwine, every body and all movement are welcome. The practice emphasizes kinesthetic delight (the enjoyment that comes from feeling yourself move, rather than from how the movement looks or whether it achieves a goal).

Why we offer it
Through sensing in and connecting with oneself during the first two phases of the practice, we find that interactions with others during the open space come from a deeper place. This quality feels very satisfying and nourishing to us. Contact Improvisation is welcome as part of the third phase of CDP, as we understand and offer it. 

Our CDP structure

  • 20 min Meditation, invitation to observe the present moment in stillness
  • 30 min Personal Awareness Practice, invitation to sense yourself through movement
  • 40 min Open Space, invitation to explore relating to space and others with and without contact

We begin and close with a sharing circle.

When & Where
7 meetings in 2026 

Sundays 15.02., 29.03., 10.05. & 26.07. @ Studio 3 // Tanzfabrik Berlin, Möckernstr. 68, 10965 Berlin

Sundays 06.09., 25.10. & 06.12. @Studio 2 // Kunstquartier Bethanien Kreuzberg, Mariannenpl. 2, 10997 Berlin (take staircase on the right hand side, 2nd floor)

Time
11am – 1.30pm
Doors open between 11-11.15am. Please be on time so we can start together – it is not possible to enter afterwards or in between!

Price – Drop In
10€ – 25€ sliding scale

Hosted by Mireia Aragonès Carol & Dino Spiri

 

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