Join Moti Zemelman and the Contact Improv community at the Goddess Garden Retreat in Cahuita, Costa Rica,
Feb 22nd thru March 1st! 

“The combination of a paradise jungle/ocean location and Moti’s loving, experienced teaching made this a contact improv dancer’s dream.”
– Bobby Dolan (

Come to the magical rainforests and Caribbean coast of Costa Rica to play, improvise, and enhance your Contact skills. Your host and teacher, Moti Zemelman, brings 35 years of C.I. experience to share. We’ll improvise in the beautiful wood floor studios and do site specific dance explorations with the trees and on the beaches.  Nightly jams will include live improvised music. During this week long intensive we will be exploring Contact as a way of connecting with self, nature, spirit, and community.

Bonus event!
The yearly “Maratón de Contact” – a day long Contact Improv festival in San José on Saturday Feb 22. Plan on arriving a day earlier (Feb 21) and add $100 for extra night of lodging.

Retreat Includes:

❉  7 Nights accommodation
❉  Morning warm-ups
❉  Daily Contact classes and Jams
❉  3 healthy meals per day
❉  Excursion to the Cahuita National Park
❉  Transit to and from San Jose to Goddess Gardens
“Moti’s CI workshop has been one of my favorite CI expeditions, and I would love to go again! The diverse array of offerings, and being in a beautiful jungle with amazing CI dancers from Costa Rica/Central America, you are always in a dance of inter-connectedness, not just with bodies, but with nature (even the jungle sounds), and culture! Magical, playful, delightful…mmm!”
~ Moé Kishida (Japan/France)