Calendar

Retreat

September 1–7, 2026

Annual Dip Retreat - Music Village Festival

After the unforgettable experience we shared last September in Agios Lavrentios, we are happy to return to the same mountain village, again within the frame of Music Village Festival. From 1 to 7 September 2026, Dervish in Progress will offer another retreat for those who wish to deepen their whirling practice, their body awareness, and their inner listening.

Music Village Festival · Agios Lavrentios · Greece

Training

September 21–27, 2026

DIPTEP - Year 1 (Core Data)

With great excitement, we open the 6th year of DIPTEP — welcoming the 6th generation of the Teacher Education Program. In 2026, the Core Data (Year‑1) journey moves to Greece: to Agios Lavrentios, the mountain village near Volos where our retreats and masterclasses have been ripening in recent years, in the spirit of our encounters around Music Village and the wider Pelion landscape. Here, between gravity and altitude, tradition and research, we continue to refine whirling as a precise art of navigation — scientific in its mechanics, philosophical in its questions, and metaphysical in its…

Agios Lavrentios · Greece

Training

September 28 – October 4, 2026

DIPTEP – Formation (Year 2)

A DIP Instructor is a conscious driver—holding space, sensing shifts, and guiding transformation. FORMATION supports dedicated whirlers in becoming guides, able to lead others into the vast unknown and back to a deeper sense of self.

Agios Lavrentios · Greece

Masterclass

November 20–22, 2026 · 7:00 PM

DIP Masterclass Belgium

The November masterclass is designed for participants who have already entered the basic language of Dervish in Progress: the Equation, Steering the Wheels, and Body Architecture. It is intended for those who wish to deepen their relationship with the world of whirling through more personal guidance, more refined practice, and a wider theoretical horizon.

Compagnie Bougie · Merelbeke-Melle · Belgium

Workshop

November 27–29, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Dervish In Progress Workshop Rotterdam

After a long pause, Dervish in Progress is warmly returning to the Netherlands with a new three-day whirling workshop in Rotterdam. For the first time, we will gather at HUIS Conny Janssen Danst, a spacious and inspiring dance house located in Fenix 1, one of Rotterdam’s vivid cultural places.

HUIS Conny Janssen Danst · Rotterdam · Netherlands