Programs/
Line-up
What to expect
Programs
Tea ceremony
The art of arriving
Each morning begins in silence, gathered around tea. This is not a performance or a workshop — it is simply an invitation to land. To leave behind wherever you came from and be, fully, here. Rooted in the tradition of ancient Chinese gongfu tea, the ceremony is guided by our tea master Sergei of DoJo. The slow ritual of pouring, receiving, and drinking together dissolves the noise of the day before the day has even begun. By the time the first note is played, you are already present. Tea does not need you to believe in anything. It only asks you to slow down.
Contact Improvisation
The conversation without words
Contact Improvisation is a movement practice built on a single principle: the shared point of touch between two bodies, and the conversation that arises from it. There are no choreographed steps. No performance. No right or wrong. Just listening — through your hands, your weight, your breath — to what wants to happen next. Each morning, Sofia and Kristina of DoJo lead a Contact Lab workshop: a structured exploration of technique, trust, and awareness designed to give you genuine freedom in the open jam that follows. Whether you are new to contact or a seasoned practitioner, the Lab is your orientation — and the Jam is your playground. "Through this practice, I engage in a very truthful dialogue with myself, my partners, and the space." — Kristina, Contact DoJo facilitator Contact Lab — guided workshop, 9am each morning Contact Jam — open and self-led, from 11am No dance experience required. Comfortable clothes recommended.
Ecstatic Dance
The body knows the way home
As the sun sets over the Ubud jungle and the concerts draw to a close, the floor opens. Ecstatic Dance is a free-form movement journey — no partner required, no steps to follow, no alcohol, no talking on the dance floor. Just you, the music, and whatever your body needs to express tonight. Our resident DJs, including SavaBorsa, weave a carefully crafted sonic arc across each evening — beginning slowly, building into full release, then descending into stillness. The dance floor becomes a collective ritual space, each person sovereign in their own movement and yet undeniably part of something shared. The evening closes with a live sound healing journey — a gentle dissolution into rest before the night calls you home. Ecstatic Dance journeys begin at 8:30pm each evening. Sober space. Bare or soft-soled feet. All bodies, all levels, all welcome.
Schedule
A note on the full arc of the day
Morning — Tea & Contact. Afternoon — Makers & Music. Evening — Dance & Sound.
Each day at the festival is designed as a complete journey — from the quiet of tea at dawn to the full-body release of ecstatic dance at night. You are welcome to move through all of it, or simply follow what calls to you. There is no wrong way to be here.
Saturday 10 October
DAY 1
Handpan at the heart of it all — tea and stillness in the morning, improv and movement through midday, a break by the pool and nourishment, an afternoon with the makers, live performances into the evening, and a live handpan beats to close out the night.
9:00 am
Doors open
10:00 am
Somatic Kundalini workshop
11:30 am
Tea ceremony
12:00 am
Contact jam & open stage jam
2:00 pm
Free time — lunch, pool
4:00 pm
Makers Corner
4:30 pm
Makers Presentation: MAG Instruments
5:00 pm
Edoardo Ponticelli
6:00 pm
Vitaly & Jun Yang
7:00 pm
Concert
8:30 pm
Soulwave DJ live handpan
10:30 pm
Wind down
11:00 pm
Doors close
Sunday 11 October
DAY 2
One more day, one more rhythm — morning tea, an improv jam that carries into noon, poolside lunch, time with the makers, live concerts through the evening, and handpan-led beats to send you off.
9:00 am
Doors open
10:00 am
Contact Dance Workshop
11:30 am
Tea ceremony
12:00 PM
Contact jam & open stage jam
2:00 pm
Free time — lunch, pool
4:00 pm
Makers Presentation: Local Makers
4:30 pm
Makers Presentation: Sirvan Handpan
5:00 pm
Concert
6:00 pm
Yanas Bogdan
7:00 pm
Dmitry Soul
8:30 pm
KoloSoul — Electro Folk Live Act
10:30 pm
Wind down
11:00 pm
Doors close
Musicians
KoloSoul
Kolos Gunyho, known as KoloSoul, is a versatile musician and composer from Hungary. He embarked on his musical journey in 1996, initially mastering the guitar across various genres, including blues, funk, jazz, and Latin. Over the years, he expanded his repertoire to include the flute, trumpet, and, most recently, the handpan. A true multi-instrumentalist, KoloSoul captivates audiences with live performances featuring the handpan, flute, and guitar.
Marlia Coeur
Marlia Cœur is much more than a musician. She is healing through her music. She is a vocal activator and facilitator of human potential expressed through the voice. She has journeyed around the world with her music, offering live performances, sacred experiences, high-energy vocal workshops & retreats. In her global tours, she teams up with all kinds of musicians to create a ceremonial space, whether it be medicine songs, mantras, indie-folk or traditional music, soft ethnic handpan music, choral ensembles, or string orchestral ensembles. Equipped with her voice, handpans, classical guitar, flutes, percussion, frame drums, special effects pedals and loop station, Marlia will improvise for you a heartfelt concert with East Mediterranean sounds. All designed to create a safe space and a state of bliss with guest musicians on the festival stage.
Dmitry Soul
Dmitry Soul is a musician and a live-looping artist who combines electronic beats with a number of musician instruments such as Duduk, Handpan, Santoor and others creating his own universe. He brings a deep relaxing vibe with his unique style and spellbinding way of playing. Dmitry is going to share some authentic and touching melodies that he has been crafting over 17 years of his musician journey.
Chopper Lin
Chopper Lin, also known as SoulWave, is a classically trained pianist, synthesist, handpan artist, and music producer/DJ from Taiwan, now currently based in Ubud, Bali. His live performances blend the soulful resonance of the NeoTone handpan with expressive keyboards and immersive synth layers. Flowing through downtempo and mid-tempo chillstep soundscapes, his music unfolds with an epic, cinematic quality—rich with textures and influences sounds drawn from around the world. At the heart of his work lies a simple intention: to feel and to free emotion. Chopper sees life as a film, and music as the language through which we tell our stories. His art aims to touch the heart, awaken the senses, and create spaces where emotions can move, release, and transform—through dance, through listening, through presence.
Vitaliy I.V.A.
Vitaliy I.V.A. has been a recognized name in the global handpan community since 2011, first through his early YouTube videos and his work with the Pantam SPb workshop in St. Petersburg. His early collaborations with electronic musician Long Arm (Project Mooncircle) and his solo album Hyperborean Dreams (2012) established his melodic playing style within the genre. His 2022 album with Maxim Ananyev, First Impression, surpassed two million streams and appeared on numerous Apple Music playlists; a follow-up is currently in preparation. He has performed alongside artists including Davide Swarup, Nadishana, Kabeção, and Pasha Aeon, and his track "Letter Written with a Fountain Pen" opened the Future Rust Vol. 3 compilation (2021). Vitaliy is also an established handpan craftsman, with eight years of tuning experience across Southeast Asia. Based in Vietnam, he runs his coastal workshop, Vetra Pantam, guided by a philosophy of tuning each instrument as though for himself.
Yanas Bogdan
Yanas Bogdan was born in Moldova in 1984, Yanas found in music a lifeline through a turbulent childhood — first as a guitarist at fifteen, then through formal training in choral conducting and jazz guitar at Moldova's Academy of Music. A move to the U.S. at twenty-two opened him to classical, jazz, rock, and punk, culminating in a stint as lead guitarist for Moldova's celebrated folk-punk band Zdob și Zdub (2005–2006). A crisis of purpose in 2012 led Yanas away from music entirely, until a period of reflection revealed a deeper calling within it. A decade later, the handpan found him — and the connection was immediate, reawakening an intuitive musicality that now defines his artistry. He doesn't simply play the instrument; he moves through it, weaving sound into something that feels less performed than channeled. Now based in Bali, which he calls his spiritual home, Yanas is composing his debut album — grounded in an island he considers the ideal container for this next chapter.
Artists and schedule are subject to change without notice.