Bay of Hope
site-specific movement improvisation workshop
facilitated by Wieland Möller (Percussion), Ingo Reulecke and Trinidad Martínez.
from the 26.12.2025 to 4.1.2026
in Cabo de Palos, South of Spain
1st workshop 27.12.25 – 30.12.25
2nd workshop 2.1.26 – 4.1.26
you can also attend only the yoga classes
Lodging in Sub- Up In collaboration with Centro Párraga
INSPIRATIONAL SOURCE
This text is still in progress; we’re working on it.
Like every year, our workshop will revolve around a main theme. This time, we’ll be taking direct inspiration from the sea, exploring whatever it offers us to dance and move with. as we’ll be so close, and exploring whatever it offers us to dance and move with.
At the same time, we want to reflect on the impact of human activity on the ocean. Just 15 km from Cabo de Palos lies the Bay of Portmán — once full of life, now forever changed. Between 1957 and 1991, 60 million tons of mining waste were dumped directly into its waters, causing the bay itself to vanish. We also plan to visit and dance in some of the old mines, such as Las Matildes, and to draw inspiration from the traditional Cante de las Minas.
“The sea was indistinguishable from the sky, except that the sea was slightly creased as if a cloth had wrinkles in it,” wrote Virginia Woolf.
SCHEDULE
26 December: This day it is only for travelling and arriving to your lodgin, so that we can start fresh the 27th of December.
27 – 30 December:
9 – 9:30h Meditation / 9:30 – 11h Yoga. In a suitable room at Sup-Up
Pause
12:30 – 15h Dance Improvisation Session/ Pause /16 – 18h. Dance Improvisation Session
We will dance most of the time site- specific, outside. We will let ourselves being inspired by Cabo de Palos and surrounding areas. For example: at coves, mountains, and also at the village or even at the city La Manga.
31 December –1 January: Free days.
2 – 4 January: The same like the first four days.
WORKSHOP PRICE
The price of the dance workshops are on a sliding scale. This means that you can choose between these amounts depending on how much you can afford or wish to give. We hope to make this gathering affordable for everybody. Thanks for your generosity!
Both workshops included yoga: between 260€ and 600€
1st workshop 27.12.25 – 30.1.25: between 180€ and 280€
2nd workshop 2.1.26 – 4.1.26: between 135€ and 250€
only the yoga classes, 7days: between 135€ and 250€
LODGING
The idea is to lodge at the Sub- Up Hostel, in order to share also this living time. They make affordable prices to this dance group.
The Hostal is made with really good taste, and I felt that it is the ideal space for this encounter to happen. It has a kitchen that we can use and a place for us to practice Yoga. At the moment there is still availability but it will get full soon.
Please do the booking direcly at this E-mail Address: reservas@subuphostel.com
Prices:
Double or single room 26 to 30 of December (4 nights): 240,00€
Double or single room 02 to 05 of January (3 nights): 180,00€
Double or single room 26 December to 05January (10nights): 600€
This means that a room with two people, with own toilet and shower, costs 30€ per night per person. A single room with own toilet and shower, costs 60€ per night.
REGISTRATION
Step 1. Please fill up the registration form below.
Step 2. Transfer the price* of the workshop and lodging to the following account:
Trinidad Martínez
Bank: GLS IBAN: DE44 4306 0967 2066 1914 00
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
Please, specify in the transfer: Dance Workshop „sand“
*Important: Money will not be refunded, unless the organizers cancel the event for major reasons. Thank you for keeping this in mind.
TRANSPORTATION
The most important thing is to buy your plane, train or bus ticket as soon as possible. Prices go up really fast, and at the moment you can still get very good prices.
Alicante Airport: The closest airport is Alicante (Altet). There are regular buses going from this Airport to Murcia City, but not late at night. So, please check the bus schedule before buying your plane ticket! There is also an Airport in Corvera, Murcia, but usually the prices are high.
– Buses from Alicante (Altet) Airport to Murcia City:
Alsa bus schedule: 9:15, 10:15 (except Sat and Sun. ), 11:15, 12:15, 13:15, 15:15 (except Sat and Sun ), 16:15, 17:15, 19:15, 20:45
– Buses from Murcia to Cabo de Palos
11:00, 18:30 (it takes one hour and fifteen)
– You can also take a bus from Cartagena to Cabo de Palos. There are buses ever half an hour and it takes one hour.
– There are trains and buses from Alicante City to Murcia and Cartagena.
– Shuttle: If you arrive late in the evening to the airport, and we need to organice a pick up. It is better if you come in groups. If this is the case please plan money for it.
CONNECTING FOR TRAVELING AND LODGING
We will make an email group for the people that want to connect to travel together and/or sharing a room at the hostel. If it interest you, please register for this option at the registration sheet above.
PACKING LIST
Bring an appropriated yoga mat with a good grip. We will practice meditation and yoga every day.
Clothes: We will be working outside a lot. Please bring appropriated shoes (running shoes work the best for me) and comfortable warm clothes (layers work the best). Choose clothes which not only feel comfortable, but that you are comfortable being seen in. When we are moving outside, the performative aspect is automatically there. For the kind of work that we do, I recommend discrete, simple, but nice clothes.
BRIEF REMARKS
– Maximum number or participants is 15.
– It is possible to only take part in the Meditation and Yoga Sessions. They are open to everyone, but registration is required.
– Please keep in mind that small changes to the schedule and given information are possible.
– For this intensive workshop, you need to have a minimum of two years of movement or artistic experience: dance, theater, yoga, aikido or something similar.
Come with us and dance, write, share!
We are waiting for you.
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SOMMER – WINTER WORKSHOPS
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