When: 2. May, 14:30 – 17:00
Where: Klosterstraße 44, 10179 Berlin (Tanzraum 3)
Price: €40 standard / €30 reduced (students & unemployed)
Reserve your spot here

Hello everyone! My name is Sabina Blumauer, and welcome to my first blues dance workshop in Berlin! I’m really excited to share this experience with you.

For me, blues is the feeling of dancing inside the music. It is about the relationship to myself, to the music, and to another person. Blues dance is deeply rhythmic, grounded, and expressive. To embody this in partner dance, we first need to embody it within ourselves.

Join this workshop to deepen your understanding of blues dance and discover more freedom, musicality, and ease in your movement.

I will guide you through the core principles of solo blues dance movement. We’ll begin by tuning into the basic rhythms of blues music and exploring how to embody them. Through simple exercises and playful movement exploration, you will:

• feel more grounded and connected in your body
• deepen your sense of rhythm
• discover new ways to express yourself through movement
• build confidence for both solo and partner blues dancing

By connecting with rhythm in your own body, you create the foundation for expression, improvisation, and connection with others.

No partner or previous experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to learn and explore. Please reserve your spot here.

14:30–14:40 Registration, payment & settling in
14:40–17:00 Solo Blues Workshop: Find Your Rhythm

I discovered swing dance in 2004 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and instantly fell in love with it. Shortly afterward, I had my first experiences with blues dance, which inspired me to start teaching blues in 2008.

Over more than 15 years of attending festivals and teaching swing and blues, both in Slovenia and internationally, I have developed a refined sense of how learning, experience, and connection can unfold through music and dance. I value rhythmic precision, clarity of movement, and expression.

My understanding of body movement, posture, and somatics is deeply rooted in posture work, which I have been practicing professionally since 2014 as a certified Gokhale method teacher.

Another important aspect I bring into my classes is a subtle attunement to movement and the shared space of the group. As a dedicated meditator and practitioner of Inner Space Techniques (IST), I care deeply about creating spaces that are grounded in warmth, presence, and a sense of connection.