Entering the Unknown
This class is an invitation to enter the unknown and see what is possible from there.
Rather than following a fixed path, we will explore the space between intention and emergence, between what we think we are doing and what is already happening. We will bring attention to sensation, perception, and the constantly shifting relationship between body, floor, partner, and gravity.
The class will move between individual and shared explorations, between structure and the unknown. We may investigate weight, touch, momentum, suspension, and the ways in which movement can be received, transmitted, or allowed to pass through us. The aim is not to arrive at a particular form, but to become more available to the information that is already present.
I am interested in the body not only as a pathway for movement, but also as a sensing organism through which movement appears. What happens when we begin from sensation rather than from an idea? What happens when we listen before deciding?
The class is open and malleable, allowing the material to be shaped by the people in the room. It is an invitation to practice Contact Improvisation as a meeting with the unknown – where technique, curiosity, and the poetic possibilities of the body can coexist.
Teacher Bio
Ady Elzam is a dancer, movement teacher, and bodywork practitioner based in The Hague. He has been practicing Contact Improvisation since 2006, alongside an extensive background in professional dance, improvisation, and instant composition. His dance education and professional experience include work with Vertigo Dance Company, other dance companies, and independent artistic projects.
Ady has studied with many influential teachers in the field of Contact Improvisation and continues to explore the practice as a meeting point between physical intelligence, perception, relationship, and the unknown.
Since 2010, he has been working with the Ilan Lev Method (ILM), giving treatments and teaching movement classes. His ongoing engagement with bodywork deeply informs his approach to dance, inviting an awareness of sensation, gravity, and the subtle relationship between the emotional and physical body.
In his teaching, Ady is interested in how movement can become both a personal and relational exploration – how listening to the body can open unexpected pathways, and how we might allow movement to happen rather than simply make it happen.
Entering the Unknown
Ady Elzam