Body Weather Workshop Akureyri Iceland 4-7 June 2026
with Frank van de Ven (BW Amsterdam/Melbourne)
From Touch to Dance
Body Weather is a multi-faceted training and performance practice that examines the shifting relationships between body, environment, and perception.
Originating in the early 1980s with Japanese dancer Min Tanaka and further developed by Body Weather Laboratories worldwide, it approaches the body not as a fixed unit, but as a dynamic field of influences - physical, emotional, social, and
environmental. Like the weather, the body is understood as constantly changing, porous, and responsive to what surrounds and moves through it.
After a morning session devoted to moving, stretching, grounding, breath, alignment, and partner work, we focus on how developing multiple qualities of touch and being touched can expand one’s movement skills and vocabulary. Touch makes us aware of the world inside and outside of us. To touch is to be touched.
After a clear set-up we will expand what we find into Improvisation.
Frank van de Ven was a member of Min Tanaka’s Maijuku Performance Company in Japan (1983-1991), and since then he has become one of the central figures in the international Body Weather network. He co-directs Body Weather Amsterdam, a
platform dedicated to training, artistic research, and interdisciplinary creation. Frank has led Body/Landscape projects across the world and, since 1995, the annual Bohemiae Rosa Project with Milos Sejn (Academy of Art and Design, Prague),
connecting movement, ecology, geology, and embodied perception
For more info on Body Weather Amsterdam see http://bodyweatheramsterdam.nl
The workshop encourages curiosity, humour and attentive presence. It is suitable for dancers, performers, visual artists, theatre practitioners, somatic researchers, and anyone interested in developing a deeper, more sensitive awareness of the
body and its creative potential.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates: 4-7 June 2026
Address: Leifshús, private cultural center, 606 Akureyri
Access: nearest airport is in Akureyri (15min. by car from the site/Leifshús) We will exchange addresses of participants to facilitate car-pooling and organize a pick-up for those arriving with public transport to Akureyri TBA
Lodging: 35€ or 5000ISK per night in a dormitory, beds with linen. Private room 105€ or 15.000ISK per night for 1-2 persons and needs to be reserved asap.
Shared kitchen and toilet.
Food: 30€ or 4000ISK per day. Communal cooking in rotation.
Bring hiking boots - warm clothes - towel - swimsuit - notebook - backpack - raincoat and pants - insect repellent - mosquito net - (sleeping bag).
Workshop fee: 320€ or 45.000ISK
Students and unwaged 290€ or 40.000ISK
Insurance: it is a prerequisite that each participant has their own health insurance. Make sure to bring a copy on site.
Booking: To apply send name, address, a short c.v. and a motivation letter to Solla info@icelandyurt.is
Within 1 week we will process your application and upon
acceptance you will need to send a non-reimbursable enrolment deposit of 80€ or 11.000ISK to confirm your reservation.
The whole course fee needs to be transferred before 15th of May 2026.
Thora Solveig Bergsteinsdottir (1975) has been exploring physical presence and the relation of body, movement and sound to the natural environment through her art work since graduating from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2004. Her work has been exhibited worldwide. www.vimeo.com/thorasolveig
She has trained extensively in Body Weather and has organized Body/Landscape workshops with Frank van de Ven in Iceland and Norway. As part of the workshop Solla will lead a session investigating the influence of sound and vibration on the body