Unplugged Dance

A time nurturing 7-week residential dance education program designed to encourage deep personal and collective learning in the fields of dance and somatic practices.

Our 2025 program is finally here for anyone that wants to deep dive into contemporary dance practices and approaches, self-exploration, collective experiences, and one-on-one talks with unique artists from around the world!

If you’re curious about exploring embodiment more deeply, enriching your creative practice, or connecting with a supportive community for growth and reflection, this unique 7-week program offers a welcoming space to engage.

Experience the consistency of practicing and moving in a one of a kind set up, where you can deeply listen to your body and your surroundings, allowing transformation and growth to happen organically.

Includes:

* 270h of classes | open discussions | seminars | workshops

* 9 hours of one-on-one mentoring sessions with any of the program’s facilitators/teachers

* 50 hours of scheduled time for self-practice and research

* Accommodation and 3 vegetarian meals per day

Workshops – Facilitators: 

Somatic Art Practice® with Marina Tsatsara

Bouncing Between Viewing and Sensing with Androniki Marathaki

The Nature Within Us with Ori Flomin

MELT: Moving waterscapes with Vasiliki Tsagkari

Captured Body with Daria Iuriichuk

Embodied Voice Flow with Alessio Castelacci

Voice Somatics with Antoinette Helbing

Sculpting Body-Images: The Versatile Body with Penelope Morout

Losing Ground™ and Bloom inside™ with Kyveli Kouvatsi & Yorgos Sioras Deligiannis

Program Structure

⋗ ‘land’ week one ⋗ 12 – 16 May

A week to land, meet each other, set a common ground. Kyveli and Yorgos, artistic directors, are facilitating this week, sharing a few tools from their practices Losing Ground and Bloom inside and holding the space for participants to explore and get familiarized with the land, the program’s aspects and each other’s needs.

⋗ ‘(un)learn – question – absorb – practice -explore’ week two – five ⋗ 19 May – 13 June

These four weeks will accommodate the main educational part of this program. Each week will host different workshops, seminars, classes and open discussions facilitated by different teachers, Monday-Friday. Integration and personal practice time will be available alone-together on the platform, and/or outside of it.

⋗ ’embody’ weeks six-seven ⋗ 16 – 27 June

The two last weeks of the program will be more flexible, and less facilitated. Participants will have the opportunity to take time to integrate all the information, and let it reveal through creating, sharing or just by being.

How to apply:
Apply by submitting the following  application form 

A total of 12 to 18 participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis by March 31.

Applications are reviewed monthly until all spots are filled.
Selected applicants will be invited to participate in an interview.
Notification of acceptance is usually sent within five working days after the interview.
In case of selection, there is a 5-day window from the date you receive your notification of acceptance to complete your registration by paying a non-refundable deposit.

For further information, please visit  https://unpluggeddance.com/educational-program/?filter=description