La Casa Del Corpo

07/09/2026

01/09/2026

New studio passes available! Good for any regular weekly class, any teacher!

01/09/2026

This week at La Casa del Corpo!

01/09/2026

01/09/2026

This week's schedule at La Casa del Corpo!

07/06/2026

New to Brazilian zouk? This one's built for you!

If you already dance any partner or connection-based style, Zero-to-Zouk is your way in. It's a beginner's crash course for dancers who move socially but are new to zouk.

You've already built the instincts zouk asks for: listening through connection, sharing weight, and following the music together. Zouk grew out of the same Afro-Latin social-dance world, but it has its own language — long, flowing lines, smooth redirections, and a wave-like movement through the body that feels like surfing the music. Familiar enough to step into, new enough to keep you curious for years.

In a single afternoon, you'll go from never having tried it to dancing your first socials.

Two instructors, one originally from the US and one from Brazil, both now based here in the Algarve, will walk you through all the essentials from the ground up.

No zouk experience needed. No partner needed. No pressure.

More information at https://lacasadelcorpolagos.pt/events

06/06/2026

*TONIGHT!* (…and every Saturday!)

Theme of this week’s class: Whole-Body Listening

** What is Contact Improvisation? **
Contact Improvisation (CI) is a movement practice rooted in shared weight, touch, and embodied awareness. Through improvisation and shared movement exploration, we cultivate presence, curiosity, creativity, and trust in the unknown. CI can be practiced with physical contact between dancers, or solo, in relationship with the floor, gravity, space, and oneself.

CI practice softens and opens the body, mind, and heart. Through organic, mindful movement, the body becomes more supple and responsive. Through improvisation, the mind becomes more intuitive and playful. Through connection and community, the heart is nourished.

** Guided Class **
The guided class includes embodiment practices, solo movement explorations, and partnering/group exercises to help you arrive fully in your body, deepen your movement awareness, and prepare for the jam. It offers a space to explore different aspects of contact improvisation in a supportive environment. Bring your questions and curiosities about CI!

** Open Jam **
The jam is an open space for collective movement research and spontaneous, relational dance-making, where we dive into deep, embodied presence with ourselves and each other. It’s a focused, co-creative space where we practice together with little to no guidance, following our aliveness and what’s emerging in the moment. Sometimes we dance with music; sometimes in silence.

** Everyone is Welcome **
All levels of experience are warmly welcome. If you’re new to contact improvisation, joining the guided class will help you feel oriented and supported before entering the jam. Part of CI practice is learning about movement by witnessing each other’s dancing with openness and attention. Throughout the evening, you are welcome to move, witness, and rest at whatever rhythm feels right for you.

No preregistration needed — come as you are.

The space this week is held by Pernille, CI dancer and poet