ESZTER GAL

At present I teach at the University of Theater and Film Arts in Budapest and co-direct the program of the Kontakt Budapest Studio, work as a project manager for the EU project LEAP. I have been organizing the annual International Improvisation Festival in Budapest since 2002 (www.kontaktbudapest.hu). I am a certified Skinner Releasing Technique teacher at the Introductory and Ongoing level and have regularly been teaching and participating in International performance projects and festivals in Europe, Russia and in the US since 1998. Have been working, creating and teaching with Peter Pleyer since our studies in Holland at EDDC, and lately co-taught intensive workshops in Ponderosa, Arnhem (ArtEZ), Budapest and Berlin. I am also working with the mixed ability Company Tánceánia in Budapest since 2002. From year 2011, I have been part of EU funded International projects on documentation of Contemporary Dance Education, IDOCDE / LEAP (www.idocde.net), creating and developing a website for sharing, discussing and archiving our work. As a dance teacher and improvisation performer I am very grateful to have met and studied with many unique artists / teachers and thankful for being able to study the moving self and be inspired by: Gyula Berger, Eva Karczag, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Danny Lepkoff, Mark Tompkins, Lisa Nelson, Stephanie Skura, Joan Skinner, Keith Hennessy, Martin Keogh, Peter Pleyer, Nina Martin, Nita Little.

July 13-17 - One Week Workshop: 

July 17-19 - Weekend CI Jam