15-21 AOÛT, 2026// BODY WEATHER avec FRANK VAN DE VEN
Workshop held in English
Body Weather is a multi-faceted training and performance practice that examines the shifting relationships between body, environment, and perception. Originating in the early 1980s by Japanese dancer Min Tanaka and further developed by Body Weather Laboratories worldwide, it approaches the body not as a fixed entity, but as a dynamic field of influences - physical, emotional, social, and environmental. Like the weather, the body is understood as constantly changing, porous, and responsive to what surrounds and moves through it.
Frank van de Ven worked with Min Tanaka and the Maijuku Performance Company in Japan (1983-1991), and since then has become one of the central figures in the international Body Weather network. He co-directs Body Weather Amsterdam, a platform dedicated to training, artistic research, and interdisciplinary creation. Frank has led Body/Landscape projects across the world and, since 1995, the annual Bohemiae Rosa Project with Milos Sejn (Academy of Art and Design, Prague), connecting movement, ecology, geology, and embodied perception. For more info on Body Weather in Europe and elsewhere see https://bodyweatheramsterdam.nl
The workshop encourages curiosity, sharing experienCe, humour, and attentive presence. It will appeal to dancers, performers, visual artists, theatre practitioners, somatic researchers, and anyone interested in developing a deeper, more sensitive awareness of the body and its creative potential.
Selection of participants is based on a CV and your expressed motivation. No previous (dance) training is necessary but the workshop is physically demanding and requires a reasonable level of fitness.
The workshop will investigate the performing body and further includes MB (mind/body, muscles/bones) physical/dance training •mental training and reflection •walking and silent wandering •various modes of experiencing body, movement and landscape •working with touch and being touched as a means to expand the movement vocabulary •investigating diverse senses of space and time
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates: 15 - 21 August 2026. Arrival Friday 14 August in the evening Departure Friday 21 August afternoon (or 22th early morning)
Lodging: € 13 per night dormitory in the old church. € 10 in tent.
Food: € 12 per day. Communal cooking in rotation.
Bring hiking boots - light sandals - towel - notebook - backpack - raincoat and pants - insect repellent - warm clothes - torchlight.
Workshop fee: Standard: €420 Reduced: 380€
Students and unwaged and early bird: € 380 (early bird applicable when full fee is paid before July 1st, 2026)
Insurance it is a prerequisite that each participant has their own health insurance. Make sure to bring a copy on site.
Booking: To apply send name, address, a short c.v. and a motivation letter to casabarbara.info@gmail.com Within 1 week we will process your application and upon acceptance you will need to send an non-refundable enrollment deposit of € 100 to confirm your reservation. The whole course fee needs to be transferred before 1st of August 2026. (early bird before July 1st 2026)