Klebert • Manipulation — Intentional Touch in Improvisation

Workshop Manipulation — Intentional Touch in Improvisation Friday, 05.05.17, 13:00 – 15:30 Registration In movement improvisation outright manipulation (mani-pulation – to move something with your hands to a certain place) i.e. intentional gripping and pushing or pulling another person often is frowned upon. For good reasons, that is. In this workshop, however, we will break…

Yuko Kaseki, Intensity & Reduction

Workshop Intensity & Reduction Thursday, 04.05.17, 15:45-18:15 Registration The workshop’s emphasis is to develop original movement through body awareness, sensitivity, and also discover hidden dynamic energy. Physical training is based on Noguchi gymnastics, elements of Tai-Chi Dao-yin and Butoh methodology. We practice for the whole body to be permeable and awake deeper layers of sensitivity.…

Kate Hilder, Improvisation & Feldenkrais

Workshop Improvisation & Feldenkrais Thursday & Friday, 4th & 5th of May 09:30-12:00 Registration Combining movement and vocal improvisation with the Feldenkrais Method, these classes are for anyone who wants to discover new ways of moving, sounding, interacting and being in the world. The Feldenkrais Method is a movement and awareness practice, which encourages the…

Seke Chimutengwende, Ensemble Improvisation

Workshop:               Ensemble Improvisation Wednesday 3rd of May 15.45 – 18.15 Thursday  4th of May 13:00-15:30 Watch Out! 2 different times! This workshop is for anybody interested in improvising with others. We will work alone, in pairs and as a group, practicing moving and using our voices together. We will explore different ways of generating material…

Ingo Reulecke • Realtime Composition

Workshop Realtime Compostion Wednesday 3rd of May | 13 – 15:30 Registration The main idea of this workshop is to create a present and functional body which can interact with different media (sound, speech, dance) in time and space. We will work under the umbrella of realtime composition, developing a kind of conversation between different…

Alessio Castellacci • a tactile voice

Workshop a tactile voice Wednesday • 4th of May • 930-1200 Registration In this class we explore the sound as tactile vibration through ”hands-on” and “voice-on” work in partners (spine-toning), as well we play with the fluid and percussive qualities of vowels and consonants, discovering in the ‘dance of the articulators’ an endless pool of…

Jaya Härtlein, Dancing The Unknown

Workshop Dancing The Unknown Tuesday 2nd of May | 15.45 – 18.15 Registration What occurs in the mind and body when we improvise? By noticing sensations and thoughts as they come and go, we will become more sensitive to body/mind. In our exercises and practice, our full availability for whatever passes through us will coincide…

Jenny Haack • Engaging with Time

Workshop Tuesday 2. May | 13 – 15:30 Engaging with Time Registration In this workshop we explore the different layers and textures of movement, connecting inner and outer sources of stimulation with our compositional mind. We engage in spiral and linear movement, rotation from the joints, folding and unfolding, connecting peripheral movement of the body…

Sten Rudstrøm • The ABC’s of Action Theater™

The ABC’s of Action Theater™ – Intro to Action Theater™                                Tuesday 2nd of May | 9.30 – 12.00 Registration __________________________________ Action Theater™ is a training system in physical theater improvisation that builds vocal, verbal, and physical performance skills, hones awareness and increases expressive range. The practice is an active play in embodied presence that constantly…

Performance Tactics

Ensemble Improvisation Training 06-18 February 2017 • Berlin, Germany Performance Tactics is a 10 day improvisational ensemble performance project. Participants immediately begin improvising together on the first day and continue to build ensemble performance skills each day. You learn how to compose, support & enhance your partners’ work, as well as, add punch to the…