MOVING CREATURES RETREAT
We invite you to join us for a yoga, movement and dance retreat in the desert of Israel!
From: 20/04/23 To: 22/04/23
Place: Nof Zuqim, Arava, Israel
Time: Thursday 15:00 till Saturday 16:00
Price: 2800 ILS in early bird registration until February 28th. 3200 ILS full price from March 1st. Additional 300 ILS per person in a couple unite. Additional 800 ILS per person in a private unite.
This retreat is a collaboration between two friends who really like to move and share their love for movement.
Together we decided to start a tradition of retreats where we’ll move through all the different worlds:Yoga, Movement (inspired by Ido Portal method) , “Creature” - Shahar’s movement language, Ecstatic dance, Thai yoga therapy, Contact and more.
The program is suitable for everyone who loves to move: yogis, movers, dancers. There’s no need for any dance background.
The level is suitable for both professional dancers and for movers with no dance background. We would really love to have participants that never danced and always wanted to. This is our true goal- to enable this mutual space.
What’s included:
Yoga practice with Erica
Creature technique with Shahar
Moving Being Method with Erica
Arm balances workshop with Erica
Repertoire (for everyone) with Shahar
Thai yoga therapy with Erica
Movement Workshop with Zeev Ross
Ecstatic Dance with Itay Spiritito
Delicious vegetarian meals (made by a chef especially for us)
Beautiful high standard accommodation
Registration by email- write to Erica and let her know you would like to join (: ericarintovich@gmail.com
The Teachers:
Shahar Binyamini
A choreographer and performer from Israel. Shahar Binyamini danced with Batsheva Dance Company from 2006 to 2013. After leaving the company- Shahar started his path as an international choreographer and teacher.
Among others Shahar Binyamini created international works for: MENSCH (2016) for the Ballet of Saarländisches Staatstheater (D), LUNGS (2016) for UCLA (USA), EMPTY3 (2017) for Ate9 (USA) and Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart (D), PARADISO (2018) for Frontier Danceland (SGP), VULNER (2018) for Norrdans (S), BALLROOM (2019) for Festspielhaus St. Pölten (A), and I AM (2019) for Ballet du Rhin (F).
As an assistant for Ohad Naharin, Shahar Binyamini is working with dance companies around the world, including: Paris Opera Ballet (F), Ballet BC (CND), Nederlands Dans Theater (NL), Compañía Nacional de Danza (E), Finish National Opera (FIN), Gothenburg Opera House (S), Hannover Ballet (D) and Bordeaux National Ballet (F).
Since 2013, together with professor Atan Gross from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Shahar Binyamini established a research group of dancers, scientists and choreographers called TNUDA which is based in Weizmann Institute and explores the connection between science and movement. In 2020, Shahar is the first artist ever invited by the Weizmann Institute of Science to participate in a unique artist residency program during which he created “EVOLVE” which premiered at the institute and toured around the world.
Shahar won the Israeli Minister Of Culture Award for-The promising choreographer of the year 2021.
Today, Shahar continues to develop his CREATURE practice and to share it with his dancers, collaborators and students. In 2022- Dance MasterClass platform has released a series of 5 episodes about Shahar׳s creative work and the CREATURE. Watch Shahar Dance Master class first episode free of charge: shahar.dance-masterclass.com
What is “Creature” practice?
It is a physical practice developed by Shahar Binyamini and it is the foundation for his creative process.
At its core, the CREATURE is a set of physical rules that focus on the nuances of different qualities in our body, and the ways in which we can refine and strengthen them in order to improve stability, strengthen the skeleton and muscles, flex the body and improve our reaction time. The CREATURE connects us to our animal side, it sharpens our senses and teaches us how to use them in order to evolve constantly as a moving creature.
Erica Rintovich
My yoga journey started with Zipi Winner- B.K.S Iyengar closest student & certified teacher. I was 11 years old. After two years of practicing with Zipi I understood that yoga is an inseparable part of my life and I decided to go deeper. I started my Vedanta studies & yoga practice at the Sivananda yoga center in Tel Aviv. I grew up in this center and after few years did my first Yoga Teacher Training program with the Sivananda yoga Vedanta school.Along with my yoga studies I developed a professional career as an international ballet dancer (Madrid, Zurich, TLV). I graduated from Bat Dor dance school, Rina Schenfeld dance theatre and The Jerusalem Academy of music and dance high school. After graduating I started working in productions with Bat Dor dance company and the Israel Opera.At the age of 21 I moved to Spain to have my diploma studies in the professional conservatory for ballet in Madrid. I worked there as a freelance dancer with various choreographers that I love. Together with that I did my Pilates Teacher Training & specialized in Pilates for rehabilitation.I also went through my second Yoga Teacher Training with Dharma Mitra (New York) After coming back to Israel I graduated from the Tel Aviv university majoring in East Asian studies (B.A. and M.A.), Philosophy of science (M.A.) and Musicology (B.A.).In between the degrees I continued dancing in different projects, mainly in Zurich- the SIWIC project, where I worked with Philippe Saire among others.I was in the foundation team that started “Pure Studios” in TLV. I managed the team of teachers in the place and taught there until 2012.After doing my third Yoga Teacher Training in 2014, focusing in Ashtanga yoga I started my travels to KPJAYI- the central institute for Ashtanga yoga, founded by the late Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India.As for today I study and practice in SYC- The Ashtanga yoga center established by R. Sharath Jois in Mysore India, where I stay few months every year.Together with dance and yoga I also practice movement inspired by Ido portal method. As part of this practice I added many new fields of movement to my daily practice, such as soft acrobatics, handstands, calisthenics, floor work and more.In 2022 I founded the “Movement project” – a collective of dancers and artists where I dance and create.
As for today I offer retreats, workshops and Teacher trainings around the world. My greatest passion is to incorporate all movement fields together. This path brought me to develop the moving being method. It is a system that combines inner development together with a wide physical training. This method is the base ground for my self practice and creation process.
Zeev Ross
At the age of 24 I was amazed to discover how poor my fitness was. I was so thin and skinny that even performing five pushups was very difficult for me.
So, I embarked on a journey of discovery and started my path of learning about the body and about physical and mental strengthening. The beginning was not easy, and I mainly practiced alone in front of YouTube.
After a while I experienced a change that made me want to dive deeper, so I came to Wingate and a year later became a coach. With time my curiosity only grew and the desire to learn and go even deeper drew me to Pilates studies/ During that time I also practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, running and functional exercise.
Following the rehabilitation study in Pilates, I decided to expand my knowledge of the human body, healing and rehabilitation and enrolled into Chinese medicine studies.
I studied for 4 years at ‘Tmurot’ College, and worked as an acupuncture assistant for 2 years. Seven years ago, I met the Ido Portal method. I studied his method for two years while practicing daily and very quickly began to train. For the past five years I have been coaching and practicing Movement independently and at the Movement Studio.
The combination of different styles allows me to adapt the type of training according to the specific needs of the trainees - dancers and athletes, older and younger. Today at the age of 41 I continue to combine different workout styles. Besides movement, I practice shadow yoga and classical boxing. I coach, research and treat through body movement while combining Chinese medicine treatments. And believe that movement is a way of life.
Itay Spiritito
Schedule:
Thursday
16:00 Yoga practice - Erica
18:00 Creature technique- Shahar
20:00 Dinner
Friday
8:30 Movement practice- Zeev
10:30 Brunch
13:30-15:30 Creature+Ecstatic dance (Shahar & Itai)
17:00 Thai yoga therapy- Erica
20:00 Dinner
Saturday
8:30 Moving being method- Erica
10:30 Brunch
13:00-15:00 Repertoire - Shahar & Erica
15:00 Closing circle
We will be happy to meet you!
Itay (Spiritito) - D.J. And creator of movement and free dance spaces. One of the Ecstatic dance pioneers in Israel. Itay will move us through a two hour session of Ecstatic dance that enables us express authentically all that lives inside us. This space invites us to dance the entire spectrum of our emotions and feelings in a given moment. It’s a journey of freedom, love and pray. A journey that invites us Simply Be.