Upcoming Events
August 15, 2025
Hamburg, Germany
Butoh Performance Night
Butoh Performance night with Virginia Torres & Reimar Wen Shen. Each performing a solo based on their work.
@Triade Tanzforum, Bernstoffstrasse 117 Hamburg
Entry at 19.00, Donation-based.
August 18 - 24, 2025
near Hamburg, Germany
Shared Body Shared Dream
The 2nd edition of our week-long retreat exploring the meeting of Butoh and Contact Improvisation through daily practice, performance, and collective investigation. Registration & Info
November 1 - 8, 2025
Quinta Ten Chi, Portugal
Contemplative Contact Retreat
7-Day Contemplative Contact Retreat
A meeting in presence, silence and contact improvisation as a contemplative practice. Classes, Silent Jams & Authentic Movemnet
Information & Registration coming soon
November 12 - 16, 2025
Quinta Ten Chi, Portugal
Vipassana & Embodiment
4-Day Vipassana & Embodiment Retreat
Silence, Insight and Collective Presence. A unique retreat that combines Vipassana Meditation with embodiment practices inspired by dance improvisation and movement therapy.
December 2025
near Berlin, Germany
4-Day Vipassana Retreat
4-Day Silent Vipassana Retreat
Vipassana meditation retreat with 8-10 hours of daily walking and sitting meditation practice.
Registration & Info coming soon
April 2025 - Ongoing
Berlin, Germany
The Healing Museum
The Healing Museum / Mindfulness & Somatic Presence in the Bode Museum Berlin.
via Audio Guide and a curated exhibition room
Past Events
July 5, 2025
Berlin, Germany
Seeing with the Whole Body
Mindfulness & Somatic Presence workshops in the Bode Museum Berlin. In the evening a Solo Performance "Requiem Sanctum" in the Basilica.
June 29, 2025
Hamburg, Germany
Kimusubi
Aikido and Contact Improvisation with Marco D'Amico: Kimusubi – meaning “joining of energy.”
Feb - April, 2025
Hamburg, Germany
Forms that invite the Formless
Forms that invite the Formless is a recurring CI laboratory centered around technically advanced CI movements that invite participatns to discover deeper principles beyond the form.
March 1 & 2, 2025
Hamburg, Germany
Action & Emptiness
𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 & 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 is an on-going embodied study developed by Francisco Borges and Reimar Wen Shen on how bodies meet and engage in co-creative and collaborative action.
February 19 - 23, 2025
near Hamburg, Germany
Vipassana & Embodiment
January 19 & 20, 2025
Leipzig, Germany
Action & Emptiness
4-Day Vipassana & Embodiment Silent Retreat
Vipassana Meditation, Authentic Movement and Dance Improvisation
𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 & 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 is an on-going embodied study developed by Francisco Borges and Reimar Wen Shen on how bodies meet and engage in co-creative and collaborative action.
December 19, 2024
Hamburg, Germany
Performance Night
Performance Night with Christos Litsios & Natascha Golubtsova.
Tables, Chairs Bodies | Instant Composition Performance
Dukkha | Butoh Solo with Reimar Wen Shen
November 9, 2024
Hamburg, Germany
In the beginning was Aikido
2nd Edition Aikido & Contact Improvisation Workshop into Jam hosted by Christos Litsios & Natascha Golubtsova
September 18 - 22, 2024
Quinta Ten Chi, Portugal
Vipassana & Embodiment
4-Day Vipassana & Embodiment Silent Retreat
Vipassana Meditation, Authentic Movement and Dance Improvisation
September 4 - 11, 2024
Quinta Ten Chi, Portugal
Shared Body Shared Shadow
7-Day Butoh & Contact Improvisation Research Retreat
Daily Classes with Reimar Wen Shen & Virginia Torres, performatie evenings and a final 24-hour marathon jam
August 17, 2024
Hamburg, Germany
In the beginning was Aikido
Aikido & Contact Improvisation Workshop into Jam hosted by Christos Litsios & Natascha Golubtsova
April 21 - 26, 2024
Shizuoka, Japan
Contact & Flow
Osteodance Bodywork and Contact Improvisation.
Workshop with Masaoki O'Hara for Bodyworkers and Dancers
June 8 & 9, 2024
Tokyo, Japan
action & emptiness
Aikido & Contact Improvisation Workshop hosted by Izumi Kuribayashi in Tokyo Japan. Sharing work from 5-weeks in the Aikido Ryu Dojo
March 15 - 17, 2024
Koh Phangan, Thailand
UMWELT
UMWELT - the unique sensory world of sea creatures
water contact improvisation 3-day experiential workshop with Sandra & Reimar
March 1-3, 2024
Koh Phangan, Thailand
action & emptiness
"𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦." - Shunryu Suzuki
A collective research into embodied attention, silence & action, emptiness & movement.
July 24-25, 2023
Sintra, Portugal
action & emptiness
12-hour silent jam and
action & emptiness one-day intensive with Francisco Borges
April 26-29, 2023
Miyakojima, Japan
OceanDance x Osteodance
OceanDance with Reimar Wen Shen and OsteoDance bodywork with Masaoki Ohara in Miyakojima, 4-day retreat
Feb 26 - 29, 2023
Koh Phangan, Thailand
OceanDance Workshop
OceanDance 4-day | somatic freediving & water contact improvisation.
Deepwater dancing, breathwork, interspecies dancing
June 6 - 9, 2022
Koh Tao, Thailand
OceanDance Retreat
OceanDance 3-day retreat in Ko Tao | somatic freediving & water contact improvisation
Deepwater dancing, breathwork, interspecies dancing
May 7 - 11, 2022
Koh Phangan, Thailand
OceanDance Workshop
OceanDance deepwater dance workshop
Shallow water dancing, breathwork, somatic freediving basics and deepwater contact improvisation
April 26 - 29, 2022
Koh Phangan, Thailand
Vipassan in Contact
Insight Meditation meets contact improvisaiton in Indriya Retreat center with Francisco Borges & Reimar Wen Shen
April 7 - 9, 2022
Koh Phangan, Thailand
Gravitating
3-day contact improvisation workshop with Julie Agnes & Reimar Wen Shen