Directed by
Ambar Collazo
Ambar Collazo is a contemporary dance artist and educator based in Nantes. Originally from Mexico, she is trained in classical ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, and contact improvisation, with experience across the U.S., Mexico, and Europe. Alongside her studies in architecture, Ambar has danced with companies such as Mahogany Dance Theatre and trained with institutions including The Tallahassee Ballet and the Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes. Her teaching and movement practice focus on listening, weight-sharing, and embodied connection, creating inclusive spaces where dancers can explore trust, presence, and collective movement through contact improvisation.
Sofia Miño is a contemporary dance artist whose work centers on research, creation, and contact-based practices. Trained at the Nantes and Angers Regional Conservatory, she holds a Diploma of Choreographic Studies and continued her formation through international programs such as CobosMika Seed’s / Junior Company (Spain) and PERA – Performing School of Arts (Cyprus). Her artistic path is deeply influenced by improvisation, physical listening, and compositional research, enriched through workshops with artists from companies including Peeping Tom, La Veronal, Ultima Vez, Akram Khan, and Hofesh Shechter. Sofia approaches contact improvisation as a space for curiosity and presence, where movement emerges through collaboration, trust, and shared exploration.
Sofia Miño
Cours
Contemporary Flow
Contemporary Flow is a fluid and organic approach to contemporary dance, focused on continuity of movement, mobility, and freedom of expression. It combines spirals, floorwork transitions, musicality, and spatial exploration, helping develop a body that is more available, creative, and connected. This practice encourages each person to discover their own movement language, regardless of experience.
Contact Improvisation is a dance practice based on listening, touch, and weight sharing with a partner. Through improvisation, it invites dancers to explore trust, responsiveness, and connection, playing with gravity, support, and spontaneous movement. It is a physical dialogue, open to all levels, where we learn to be present with ourselves and with others.
A jam is an open and welcoming space for free dance and collective improvisation, where everyone can integrate the workshop explorations at their own pace. It is a moment to practice, meet other dancers, experiment without performance pressure, and nurture community through movement, listening, and sharing.
Come as you are.
