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Beautiful dance-theatre performance

"The body is the instrument of our hold on the world."

— MERLEAU-PONTY

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - TRAIN & CREATE

PERSONAL GROWTH RETREATS - EMBODY & TRANSFORM

 

BODY MATTERS - WATCH & PERFORM

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MOVING PARTS SPACE & COMMUNITY

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ONE-TO-ONE - MENTORSHIP & PERSONAL GROWTH

PART ONE

Foundations Physical Theatre Contemporary Dance. Physical presence, ensemble and group work, somatic awareness and the moving body as expressive instrument.

Part one includes a relaxing Sauna, Inspiring Ecstatic Dance & Group Trip into Goa's nature.

Super-Early bird if paid before 30th July 2026:

Early bird if paid before 30th August  2026:

Standard if paid after 30th September 2026:

PART THREE

TRAINING GROUND GOA

FELDENKRAIS & CONTACT IMPROVISATION

04 - 13 JANUARY 2027 

Rick Nodine leads his signature approach to understanding Contact Improvisation, and improvised performance - entering the movement through Feldenkrais's method - developing internal awareness of how movement originates, evolves and travels naturally through the body. The awareness of movement pathways inside the body extends to awareness of others and enriches observation between bodies in contact. 

Part Three, Training Ground, includes a relaxing Sauna, Inspiring Ecstatic Dance, Fascia Release & Group Trip into Goa's nature.

Super-Early bird if paid before 30th August 2026:

Early bird if paid before 20th September 2026:

Standard if paid after 20th September 2026:

PART FIVE

A 5-day intense burst of martial art training: Kalaripayattu, combined with an introduction to Neutral Mask, and acro-street dance with floorork. We explore the archetypal structure of the hero's journey as it relates to the personal, social, political, historical. and 5 day emotional and personal story. 

BODY & PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE:

POETIC BODY, PHYSICAL STORY 
25 - 29 JANUARY 2027 

Part Five includes a relaxing Sauna, Inspiring Ecstatic Dance, Fascia Release workshop

Super-Early bird if paid before 30th September  2026:

Early bird if paid before 20th October 2026:

Standard if paid after 20th October 2026:

PART SEVEN

This week xplores the joy of flights and falling and the potential for CI vocabulary in comic situations. A full spectrum of wild, ridiculousness, vulnerability and humanness. Commedia dell'arte, clown, acrobatics and Contact Improvisation principles come together in cheeky hilariousness and game-playing.

BODY & PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE:
COMEDY IN CONTACT 

22 - 26 FEBRUARY 2027 

This experimental week of hilarity also includes a relaxing Sauna experience and a bonding group trip in Goa's beautiful nature.

Super-Early bird if paid before 30th October  2026:

Early bird if paid before 20th November 2026:

Standard if paid after 20th November 2026:

PART NINE

Amy Russell, founder of Embodied Poetics and co-founder of LISPA will lead an embodied writing workshop to explore the absurdity, vulnerability, and narrative possibility of clown-logic in the sentimental, morally authoratitive, landscape of Melodrama.

BODY & PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE:
EMBODIED WRITING:
THE CLOWN IN MELODRAMA

23 - 28 MARCH 2027 

Super-Early bird if paid before 20th November 2026:

Early bird if paid before 15th December 2026:

Standard if paid after 15th December 2026:

Book Training Ground Rick
Book & Pay PART ONE
Book & Pay PART FIVE POETIC BODY PHYSICAL STORY
Body & Performance Comedy in Contact
Body & Performance Amy Russel Clown in Melodrama
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Moving Parts

Shetkar Wado, Temple Road,

Arambol, Goa 403 524

WhatsApp: +447542630069​

movingparts.india@gmail.com

WhatsApp: +447542630069​

An international collective of performer-practitioners  

Working at the intersection of contemporary dance, physical theatre and performance art.

© 2025 Moving Parts. A programme under Arts for Action Ltd. Arts for Action Ltd, 12 Belsize Park, London UK NW3 4ES. Co. 10002659

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