The Way of the Dancer
October 2 - 4
2-day Immersion + Open Evening
Lisboa, Portugal
Dancing awakens us to the fact that we are alive. It ignites joy, brings medicine into the cells of our being and helps us metabolise what we’re living through. On the dancefloor we remember who we are and what we offer to the world.
This immersion is an invitation to explore the fundamentals of conscious dance as meditation practice.
Our dance space will be the beautiful and light Liceu Pedro Nunes in Lisboa.
What is it to be a dancer?
To really dance, feel the music and open to the amazing and vast experience of body-spirit consciousness? How do we do that, on the dancefloor and in our everyday?
The Way of the Dancer is an invitation to dance deep and explore ecstatic movement as a meditation practice for our times. We will learn core practices from 5Rhythms and Movement Medicine, exploring how they help and inspire us to connect – with ourselves, each other and the wider fields of community and world. We will move through a dancing ceremony to give thanks for life.
Who is a dancer? Anybody and everybody. We all move. We all live in bodies capable of extraordinary things. Everyone is a dancer, and if we’re paying attention, all of life is a dance.
“If you have a body you are a dancer.”
– Gabrielle Roth
Facilitator:
Christian de Sousa has held space for thousands of people to go on transformative journeys through dance. Creator of the legendary Sweaty Thursdays in London, he is trained in both 5Rhythms and Movement Medicine and has over 20 years experience of faciltiating, DJing and holding ritual. Find out more here
Christian will be supported by Shivani Soares, Movement Medicine teacher, and her team in Lisboa.
DATES & TIMES:
2-4 October 2026
Friday: 7-10pm
Saturday: 11am-6pm
Sunday: 11am-6pm
VENUE:
- Liceu Pedro Nunes
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Av. Álvares Cabral
Lisbon, 1269-093 Portugal
CONTRIBUTION:
TBA
What is an Immersion?
Immersions are a way to dive deep into the dance. They give time for experiential study of movement as meditation practice. They give space to the natural, healing and creative process that unfolds on the dancefloor. And they ignite the possibility of surrendering to the ecstatic experience that is dancing for long periods of time!
We dance solo, we move with each other and we explore as a group.
We gather with a basis of respect and celebration of all bodies, expressions and ways of moving.
We use these protocols as a foundation for a strong, safe container.
The journey will include an invitation to prepare before the workshop, and resources to support you to integrate the experience into everyday life after the weekend.
All bodies welcome.
Language: The workshop will be taught in English
Some Portuguese / French translation can be given if needed.