Thank you for your interest in the inaugural Countertechnique Summer Solstice, taking place June 9–12 in New York.
Dance your heart out, meet like-minded dance artists, and add fresh perspectives to your dancing!
Following our annually sold-out Winter Warming, we will delve deeper with the four-day mini-intensive Summer Solstice — a mid-year reboot: time and space to unfold the body and open up to new perspectives.
Our ever-changing bodies need different care and stimulation every day — and in this workshop, we’ll explore how to sustain a positive, creative work ethic while adapting to varying, sometimes challenging, circumstances.
Discover how space can become a creative partner in dance, how awareness can be broken down into practical tasks, and how this can fuel both daily training and the creative process.
Each day begins with a 2-hour Countertechnique class, followed by a Practical Tools session introducing a new focus daily. After lunch, we’ll bring these realisations into creation and performance, with as the special Summer Solstice focus on two categories from the Countertechnique Toolbox: Space and Awareness.
Building on Anouk’s choreographic practice, we’ll explore different entry points into making and performing — combining tasks and emotional states, the imagined and what’s in front of us, and weaving improvisation into set composition. How can a simple idea grow into a rich, layered embodiment, and communicate meaning back to us?
Countertechnique Summer Solstice welcomes dance artists and advanced dance students seeking inspiration to contribute to the creative process and to keep dancing engaging while fostering a healthy, joyful work ethic. Be prepared to work proactively, think creatively, and perform at a high physical level.
Anouk van Dijk will be assisted by Countertechnique Teacher Griffin Massey.
DATES
Tuesday June 9 – Friday June 12
All days: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Participants must be able to attend the entire period.
PROGRAM FEES
The full cost for the workshop is 480 USD. Late cancellation options are available. Limited availability. Participation on a first-come, first-serve basis.
HOW TO REGISTER
Go to: https://www.countertechnique.com/summer_solstice_2026/Registration will remain open until all spots have been filled.
LOCATION
Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Griffin Massey, Anouk van Dijk
Tue 9 Jun – Fri 12 Jun,
10:00 – 16:00
Countertechnique
New York (USA)