5Rhythms Sensual Dance Berlin | CLOSER x-dance with Samar Linn
Guided 5Rhythms dance exploring sensuality, creativity, pleasure + aliveness. No choreography, no performance, no previous experience needed
For you
You’re curious about sensuality — but perhaps not in the way it’s usually packaged.
You want to dance, explore, play and discover what happens when pleasure, creativity and aliveness are allowed into the room.
Maybe you’re curious about erotic energy as life force energy. Maybe you want to explore sensuality without it automatically becoming about sex. Maybe you simply love good music and want to dance somewhere outside the club space.
CLOSER x-dance explores the meeting point between movement, sensuality, pleasure, creativity and your own unique aliveness.
You don’t need to arrive feeling sensual, confident or uninhibited.
You can be curious. Unsure. Familiar with these themes. Completely new to them.
No previous dance or 5Rhythms experience is required.
CLOSER x-dance is open to all, creating a safe(r) space for different horizons, orientations and experiences.
What happens at CLOSER x-dance
We begin with time to arrive, warm up and find your own movement.
From there, I guide you through a 5Rhythms Wave — an arc of music that builds, shifts and eventually settles again — alongside creative invitations exploring sensuality, pleasure, imagination and aliveness.
There is no choreography and no particular way you are supposed to move.
You might explore a quality of movement. A sensation. Clothing. Space. Imagination. Play. An edge of curiosity.
Everything is offered as an invitation.
You decide what you follow, adapt or leave behind.
About CLOSER
CLOSER x-dance is a dedication to unshackling the idea that our erotic aliveness needs to be separated from the rest of who we are.
Here, eroticism doesn’t simply mean sex.
It can be pleasure, joy, creativity and expression.
Taste and sound. Imagination and movement. Sensuality and play. The experience of feeling more fully alive inside your own body.
CLOSER invites us to move with these qualities when they arise — without having to perform them, exaggerate them or turn them into anything else.
It is a space to explore what becomes possible when sensuality and creativity are allowed to belong to everyday life.
About 5Rhythms
5Rhythms is a movement practice and meditation created by Gabrielle Roth.
We move through five different qualities of energy — Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness — together forming one continuous musical “wave.”
There are no steps to learn and nothing to perform.
The dance itself is the practice.
Three things that you'll find in all Samar Linn's spaces
Freedom to be
There are no right or wrong ways to move. You’re invited to explore your own movement, energy and expression without pressure to perform or “get it right.”
Invitations, not instructions
I offer impulses, questions and ideas to explore. You decide what you follow, adapt or leave behind.
Presence
Dance becomes meditation in motion — bringing your attention back to your body, the music and what is happening right now.
What CLOSER is not
CLOSER is not a sex party, dating event or space where you are expected to interact intimately with anyone else.
There is no requirement to touch another person.
Sensuality here begins with your own experience, curiosity and choice.
Never done anything like this before?
That’s completely fine. You are so very welcome to join us!
You do not need dance training, coordination or previous knowledge of 5Rhythms.
And you definitely don’t need to already feel comfortable exploring sensuality.
You can arrive exactly where you are.
The evening
19:15 Doors + arrival
19:30 CLOSER x-dance begins
21:30 Finish
Please note that entry after 19:45 isn’t possible once the dance is underway.
Where
Center of Dance — Studio A
Kulturbrauerei
Schönhauser Allee 36
10435 Berlin
Enter through the courtyard next to REWE and look for Haus 12, Aufgang F.
Contribution
€15 reduced · €20 regular · €25 supportive
Choose the price that best reflects your current circumstances.
What to bring
Wear something you feel comfortable moving in.
You may also want to bring layers or clothing that gives you something interesting to explore through movement — but there is absolutely no particular way you need to dress for CLOSER.
Most people dance barefoot, although indoor dance shoes are also welcome.
Bring water.
About Samar
Samar Linn is a certified 5Rhythms® teacher, movement facilitator and DJ based in Berlin.
Her work explores movement, creativity, embodiment and the places where we can give ourselves a little more permission to be fully alive.
Good to know
Highlights
- 2 hours
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Center of Dance
Studio A - Eingang Haus 12 Aufgang F - Enter via Courtyard next to Rewe
Schönhauser Allee 36 10435 Berlin
How do you want to get there?
Agenda
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Doors Open 15 minutes before the event and close promptly at 7.45pm
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We Dance
Welcome + Introduction: After a guided warm-up through the body, we’ll have a general welcome and introduction to the theme for the evening before we go into the dance. Dance + Music: Let go of any preconceived notions you might have about dance. Unlike anything you’ve experienced before, there is no choreography or special moves in this space. The music is played in a form of a wave where the rhythms will rise to a crescendo and then gently fall – and you’ll get to discover how it feels to move to those beats, moment by moment. During the dance, you’ll be guided with some words of inspiration and invitations (never instructions) to enhance your experience.
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Take it Further
Gathering after class: Once the official dance is over, we open the space for all who want to stay and connect. There will be snacks, opportunities for exchange and spaces for quiet reflections, too.