



- CONTEMPORA
- FESTIVAL
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- CONTEMPORA
- FESTIVAL



- CONTEMPORA
- FESTIVAL
- …
- CONTEMPORA
- FESTIVAL

CONTEMPORA SESSIONS
CONTEMPORA SESSIONS is a series of sequential workshops exploring different modalities in contemporary dance. These workshops are set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In our past intensives it has been formatted similar to other intensives with long days, Sessions is a new format with the same flexibility of past workshops so that participants can craft their own experience.

CONTEMPORA SESSIONS will take place in Santa Fe, New Mexico at New Mexico School for the Arts. All workshops will take place in June of 2026.
The Sessions are:
Body as Condition with Rodney Murray - June 3-5, 2026
Countertechnique with Rosanna Tavarez - June 5-7, 2026
Dynamic Textures with Jacob Glen - June 8-10, 2026
Level Play with Fernando Ramos - June 8-10, 2026
CONTEMPORA SESSIONS


SESSION #4 - Fernando Ramos
$20.00 - $50.00
DATES: JUNE 8-10, 2026 | 7:30 - 9 PM
Level Play is a workshop focused on our relationship with the floor and how to best navigate transitioning to and from the floor. Through improvisation, conditioning, and phrase work we'll explore the different relationships we can have with the floor. Whether new to floorwork or experienced, we'll introduce and go deeper into concepts of anchoring, sliding, rolling, and undulating through the floor.View more details...SelectQuantityComing soon

SESSION #3 - Jacob Glen
$25.00 - $75.00
DATES: JUNE 8-10, 2026 | 5:30 - 7:30 PM
This contemporary workshop invites dancers to explore dynamic textures in movement—shifting between fluidity, power, and momentum. Through guided improvisation and athletic phrasework, dancers will move through floorwork, traveling patterns, and momentum-driven transitions that challenge both coordination and physical range. The class encourages dancers to tap into instinct, expand their movement vocabulary, and experience the body moving with both freedom and intensity.View more details...SelectQuantityComing soon

SESSION #2 - Rosanna Tavarez
$40.00 - $100.00
DATES: JUNE 5-7, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Within a clear structure of exercises, the Countertechnique class thoroughly prepares the body for rehearsal and performance, enabling dancers to move bigger, more fluidly and more spatially, while becoming stronger and more flexible. By continuously and sequentially directing parts of the body away from each other in space, Countertechnique allows the moving dancer to work with an ever-changing dynamic balance. This dynamic balance reduces the pressure on the overall body structure and can be changed at any given moment.View more details...SelectQuantityComing soon

SESSION #1 - Rodney Murray
$25.00 - $75.00
DATES: JUNE 3-5, 2026 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Body as Condition is a three-day workshop that looks at how our entire psychophysical system is a condition for change. Using dance as a container for our experience, we start by noticing how our thinking, awareness, and sensation are already choreographing us. Testing our assumptions and moving past habits, we begin to discover how we organize and use our whole self in our dancing.
This workshop develops a process for change. Through a deepened sensory awareness, physical exploration, and noticing of gravity and the ground reaction force, we learn how to become our own teachers—able to notice patterns, make new decisions, and stay responsive and curious as conditions shift.View more details...SelectQuantityComing soon
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