Heya!
Festival of 2012 is over. Thank You so much all of you who came and made this festival.
We don’t know about next year yet. We let this info stay here, but it might change, so please check back on august 2012…
The price of the festival this time will be ???€. With the price, you will get:
- Daily jams, both open and with specific focuses
- 1 intensive and separate daily classes
- Sauna (three evenings)
- Sleeping in beds (2-4 person rooms)
- Good food, mainly vegetarian, also fish and meat
- Possibility for winter outdoor activities
There are is 110 places available, registrtion will start on 1st of November, 00:01 +2GMT
Manifesto
The contact community in Helsinki is a diverse group of people with a living interest in contact dance. In our group we have many different focuses in dance and in life but what we share is the passion to keep on studying and developing contact improvisation – with each other and with people all around the world.
We believe we have something unique to offer. For the 5th time already we are devoted to organizing and developing this festival that is Finnish to its core: all our teachers come from and are actively involved in the local contact scene. Our wish is to create a space where curiosity, exploration and playfulness meet strong technical skills, all combined with Finnish craziness.
Skiing on Skin – A festival in the middle of winter, in the middle of nowhere
Skiing on Skin happens during the coldest time of the year. This creates different possibilities to enjoy the local nature at its most unique. For example: bathing in the lake; or skiing, not only on skin but in the woods as well. How does the warmth of human contact communicate with the Nordic solitude and simplicity?
So once again, welcome to the wintery, (hopefully!) snowy Finland, and to the community known for its gentle men and strong women! Let’s start from there – a touch, a roll, a contact. Falling gently, flying up… skiing on skin.