Awakening of the Senses

with Estefania Dondi

 

Awakening of the Senses is an invitation to deepen the connection with your body, your movement, and your capacity to listen.

Through guided movement practices, participants will explore different body qualities, physical states, textures, and sensations, cultivating a deeper awareness of their own movement language. The practice creates space to experience the body as a living, responsive system, constantly in dialogue with itself, others, and the surrounding environment.

Throughout the workshop, we will investigate the relationship between body and space, expanding our physical awareness while developing tools for greater presence, adaptability, and creativity in movement. Rather than focusing on reproducing specific forms, the practice encourages curiosity, embodiment, and personal exploration.

Improvisation serves as a bridge between technique and discovery, allowing each participant to uncover new possibilities within their own physical language and artistic expression.

 

WILD Experience

This intensive is an invitation to immerse yourself in a daily practice where technique and improvisation continuously inform one another.

Technique is approached not as the pursuit of a fixed shape, but as a supportive foundation—a structure that allows the body to move with efficiency, resilience, and freedom.

It is the home from which our movement can grow.

Through consistent and conscious practice, we strengthen this foundation while learning to listen to the body’s needs and the present moment.

Living and practicing in nature becomes an essential part of the experience. The studio, the landscape, the changing light, the weather, and the natural elements become active partners in our research, expanding our perception of space and deepening our physical awareness.

Alongside technical training, improvisation becomes a tool for investigation and creation. Through guided scores and compositional practices, participants will explore movement qualities, textures, body states, rhythm, musicality, performativity, and the relationship between body and environment.

Over the course of the intensive, each participant will gradually build a personal map of movement—discovering new qualities, expanding their physical vocabulary, and developing greater confidence in their own artistic voice.

This workshop is designed for movers who wish to cultivate a sustainable technical practice while remaining open, curious, and deeply connected to their own creative process.

 

 

Facilitator’s Bio

Estefania Dondi Aguilar is a Costa Rican performer, teacher, and choreographer whose work is deeply rooted in improvisation, both as a creative practice and a pedagogical approach.

Over the past several years, she has developed a distinctive artistic voice through the exploration of improvisational tools, supported by a strong physical foundation influenced by sports, climbing, yoga, and acrobatics. Her choreographic and educational research investigates the multiple layers of improvisation, expanding the possibilities of movement, presence, and composition in real time.

Her work has been presented internationally through performances and workshops at festivals, institutions, and companies, including Deltebre Dansa (Spain), Atlas (Mexico), Tanzquartier Wien (Austria), and PERA School of Performing Arts (Cyprus), as well as across Costa Rica, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Guatemala, Panama, France, the United Kingdom, Austria, Spain, and Belgium

Since 2014, she has been a core collaborator with Colectivo Clá and has worked with renowned choreographers including Shanti Vera, Francisco Córdova, Anton Lachky, Jimmy Ortiz, and Andrea Catania, among others.

Her recognitions include the National Award for Best Performer in Costa Rica (2014) 

Estefania is a graduate of the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), where she also served as Academy Coordinator between 2023 -2024. She began her artistic training at Conservatorio El Barco in San José, Costa Rica, and brings a diverse background that includes Olympic gymnastics, ballet, Pilates, and contemporary acrobatics.

 

Practical info

Dates: August 28 – September 16, 2026 (including arrival & departure)

Part of WILD  20-day dance intensive 

 Location: Paleohori eco-art project, Lefkada island, Greece

Shared accommodation & 3 full daily meals are offered 

For experienced dancers & movement practitioners

 

 

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