Lean_in Residency
Three Facilitators . Two Residencies . One Journey
Somatics . Floorwork . Contact Improvisation .
Partnering . Performance & Jam Integration . Research
An immersive movement training programme.
A progressive residency exploring contemporary movement, floorwork, contact improvisation and artistic research through immersive learning and community living.
What is Lean_in Residency?
Lean_in Residency is a progressive movement education programme designed for dancers, movers and embodied practitioners who want to deepen their practice through sustained learning rather than short-term intensity.
Rather than offering isolated workshops, the residency unfolds as an immersive journey. Through somatics, contemporary movement, floorwork and contact improvisation, each stage builds upon the last, allowing new skills to be explored, integrated and embodied over time.
We believe meaningful learning doesn’t happen through information alone. It emerges through repetition, reflection, conversation and lived experience. The residency creates the time and space for movement to become something we embody rather than simply perform.
Alongside technical development, the residency nurtures creativity, artistic research and meaningful human connection. Participants are invited to cultivate a sustainable movement practice while becoming part of an international learning community rooted in curiosity, care and collaboration.
Whether you join a single residency or continue through multiple programmes, Lean_in Residency offers a space to train deeply, expand your practice and reconnect with the joy of movement.
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We don’t simply teach movement—we cultivate the conditions for learning.
The Learning
Pathways
Lean_in Residency offers a progressive pathway through movement education. Join the residency that best matches your current experience, or follow the complete journey as your practice develops.
The Foundation Residency builds confidence through somatics, floorwork and contact improvisation, while the Advanced Residency deepens partnering, composition and creative research. Completing the Foundation Residency provides a natural progression into the Advanced programme.
🌱 Foundation Residency
Heart Flow Shala, Arambol
A progressive introduction to embodied movement.
This residency explores the foundations of sustainable movement through three interconnected modules:
Bring everything together through partnering, shared weight, listening and open improvisation.
Somatic Awareness & Body Principles
Develop awareness, organisation and efficient movement through somatic practice and release-based principles.
Floorwork & Release
Build confidence moving with the floor through rolling, spiralling, momentum and efficient pathways.
Contact Improvisation & Jam Integration
🔥 Advanced Residency
JUNGLE DANCE / MOVING PARTS STUDIOS (TBC)
A deeper exploration for experienced movers.
Designed for practitioners with at least one year of experience in contemporary dance and/or contact improvisation, this residency offers a more rigorous environment for artistic research, advanced partnering and compositional enquiry.
Working alongside an international faculty, participants investigate performance, improvisation, collaborative creation and the subtle complexities of embodied movement practice.
Partnering Patterns
Investigate complex partnering systems, shared weight, spatial relationships and responsive movement through contemporary partnering and contact improvisation.
Composition & Creative Research
Develop improvisation, choreographic thinking and collaborative creative processes through guided artistic enquiry.
Performance & Jam Integration
Refine your ability to navigate performance, improvisation and open jam environments with confidence, sensitivity and compositional awareness.
A Growing Programme
A vision for the future.
Lean_in Residency continues to evolve through new locations, collaborations and educational pathways. Beginning in Goa, the programme is expanding towards annual UK residencies and future international editions, creating more opportunities for dancers and movers to train within an international learning community.
Alongside this growth, Lean_in is exploring the possibility of establishing a longer-term home for its programmes through a developing creative housing co-operative. The vision is to create a dedicated space for movement, creativity, community and shared living - a place where people can gather, learn, create and belong.
While these plans are still unfolding, they reflect the wider intention behind Lean_in: cultivating spaces where embodied learning and meaningful human connection can continue to grow.
Moments from Lean_in Nature
Choose Your Pathway
Whether you’re taking your first steps into embodied movement or looking to deepen an established professional practice, Lean_in Residency offers a pathway designed to meet you where you are.
Explore our residencies and discover the programme that best supports your current stage of learning, artistic development and creative curiosity.