At Faido Dance Company, we explore how dance can be both an artistic language and a tool for wellbeing. Our newest project brings together three worlds rarely combined: Wu Gulun Kung Fu, an ancient movement practice from the Shaolin temple in China; contemporary dance; and neuroscience.

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In 2027, artistic director Dorit Weintal will travel to The Shaolin Wugulun Kung Fu Academy, the birthplace of (Wu) Gulun Kung Fu, to study directly with the masters. This training will form the foundation of two connected pathways:

 

1. Workshops for Wellbeing in Organizations

   In collaboration with a neuroscientist, we are developing practical workshops for professional sectors. These sessions will use cultivating movement energy practices, Internal Martial Arts principles—combined with neuroscientific insights—to address pressing workplace challenges such as stress, burnout, and reduced creativity. The goal is to offer effective, body-based methods for resilience, clarity, and innovation.

2. Artistic Innovation in Contemporary Dance

   At the same time, the basics of Wu Gulun will serve as inspiration for our new performance BOMEN EN WIJ (2026–27), a duet between dancer and neuroscientist. Performed in theatres and outdoor locations across the Netherlands, the work explores how the body transforms when guided by trees, breath, and brain activity. It asks: what happens when choreography emerges not from control, but from listening—to nature, to the body, to the environment?

 

 

Through this dual focus, Faido Dance Company seeks to create a new language of movement—one that bridges tradition and innovation, art and science, the individual and the environment.

 

This project is both a plea for connection and a practical contribution: to wellbeing in organizational life, to new directions in dance, and to a deeper understanding of how the body can think, feel, and move with the world around it.