THE EMERGENCE OF DANCE

Workshop with Sigal Zouk

At first we practice something like what comes before it becomes dance. The becoming of dance. Being in the body. In space. In time. Being looked at, being recognized and recognizing the situation as it is. And let it grow from there, finding the logic of the moment. The class combines physical body work with awareness development practice. various improvisational patterns designed to enhance and fine-tune the synchronization of physical, mental and emotional awareness and the sensitivity of the Person. We are heightening our awareness of our own body and the space around it. We are learning how to use our mental and emotional present moment state as a starting point from which we can connect to our performance tasks. We are improving our ability to shift between different states.Through a series of guided improvisations we are training our ability to unite the mental, the physical and the emotional; being and doing; choreography and presence. The work is process-based. Its benefits and outcomes can be applied to any kind of dance or performance form or style.

Sigal Zouk is a dancer/artist working in Berlin since 1997. She received her training at the Emek Izrael Dance School and joined the Bat-Sheva Ensemble from 1994-96. After moving to Berlin and working with artists such as Luc Dunberry and Juan Cruz Dias de Esanola, she became a member of  Sasha Waltz and Guests from 1999-2004. In 2005, she began her collaboration with Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods; first as a dancer and then as choreographic advisor/outside eye for the work of Stuart and Phillip Gehmacher as well as Stuart’s following works. In 2007, she began her long time collaboration with Laurent Chetouane in which she created 10 dance and theatre works for the stage. During the past few years she has begun to develop her teaching practice where she guides professional dancers to locate their feeling body to a presence that has the potential to navigate in and through any situation.
She teaches in several European dance departments and institutions including Tanzfabrik Berlin,  HZT University Center for Dance Berlin ,ZZT Hochschule für Music und dance Köln, DDSKS Copenhagen ,DOCH Uni Art Stokholm ,Cullberg Ballet Stokholm ,CNDB Bukarest ,Suzanne Dellal Center Tel- Aviv , Ponderosa TanzLand, „ Hollins University (Virginia/ USA)“ Plovdiv summer program Bulgaria, and many more.
Zouk accompanies artists and choreographers such as Meg Stuart,Jared Gradinger/Angela Schubot, Antje Shupp, The progressiv wave, Tamara Rettenmund, Mor Demer, Shannon Conney and Moritz Majce on their artistic journey, helping them to work with their limitations and their potentiality. She was awarded the best performer in Dortmund Festival 2010 as well as dancer of the year from Tanz Magazine 2011.

When: 27th - 29th June, 2025
Friday from 5 - 8 p.m / Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m - 2 p.m (with a break)
The classes on Friday and Saturday can be booked seperatly

Where: Ferdinand-Weiss Str. 6a, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau

Price full workshop: 120 € Early Bird Price until the 13th of June / After that 140 €
Price for singular classes: 50 € until the 13th of June after that 60 €

Language: English

Info & registration: workshop@bewegungs-art.de

PULSE

Workshop with Sylvain Ludovico (for semi-professional / professional dancers)

The Pulse workshop provided participants with a theoretical foundation of rhythm and musical structures that enabled them to recognize the rhythmic patterns of a song. They explored different basic structures such as binary and ternary rhythms while listening and dancing to different styles of music (funk, blues, electro, African ternary rhythms, bossa nova, etc.). These explored rhythms were embodied and internalized through sensory experience. Once these principles are defined, the participants began to detach ourselves from the structure of the music through improvisation, transforming the body into a personal percussive instrument. In the second phase, each person explored his/her unique rhythm, perception of time (past, present, future) and grounding, in resonance with the music.

Sylvain about himselv: I have a diverse artistic background and training that brings a holistic approach to my work in dance. I had a strong foundation in music, having studied violin for 10 years, which gave me a deep understanding and appreciation of the relationship between dance and music. I later explored performing arts disciplines, including theater and directing. Driven by my curiosity about the body and its language, I studied at Rick Odum's Jazz Institute Paris (Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz). There I had the opportunity to learn from accomplished dancers and teachers such as Geraldine Armstrong, Iris Florentiny and Rick Odums himself. I also obtained my teaching diploma under the guidance of Patricia Karagozian and Daniel Hossein. In 2020, I immersed myself in a joint project with Peter Mika within the Cobosmika Junior Company. After this experience, I ventured into co-directing the company Puntos de partida as a dancer and choreographer. Within this framework, I am also driving the development of a research-based movement work called Sensor. Through the sensitive integration of the fascia, Sensor promotes a deep connection to the sensations of the body during the dance, rather than just fixating on the form. Since 2021 I have been teaching regularly for professionals and amateurs in Europe and Central America. More about Sylvain on Instagram: @sylvain_ludovico

The desire for the self II
Stage presence in Instant Composition by and with Oliver Lange

For one weekend, the focus was on their own stage personality. In Instant Composition, the participants initially stood on stage as themselves, dancing, moving, speaking and singing as themselves. Roles, states and emotional worlds emerge from the moment and are spontaneously taken on and absorbed by the performers. The question was: how can we portray ourselves without going into theatrical exaggeration and at the same time not lapsing into the private sphere? The participants came into contact with our performance selves and their individual strengths and weaknesses through a wide range of exercises from the repertoire of the performing arts. All aspects of stage work were included: dance, speech and action.

EXPRESSIONAL COMPOSITION with Smadar Goshen

BodyBelonging(s) | Based on the research of the solo piece 'KEN | כן'

The first part of the workshop was about Gaga/people class, which offers a framework for users to
connect to their bodies and imaginations, experience physical sensations, improve their
flexibility and stamina, exercise their agility and explosive power, and enjoy the pleasure
of movement in awelcoming, accepting atmosphere.
The second part was about Expressional Composition: BodyBelonging(s). Bodies carry belongings; Belongings carry stories; Stories carry people; People carry bodies. In this session they looked at the simple act of composing bodies with and without objects in space, and the narratives it develops. We practice tools of making room for context as a consequence of composing, of placing in (and with) relation. Crafted images of bodies and their belongings will open a door into our personal-collective physical archive. Smadar Goshen is a dance maker, a performer and a trainer. She completed her Bachelors degree in dance and her Masters degree in choreography at the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance (JAMD). Born in Israel, she had shifted her professional base to Stuttgart since 2019. Smadar is a certified Gaga teacher as well as GYROTONIC & GYROKINESIS® Trainer and Pre-Trainer. Her extensive knowledge about the moving body is an important part of her work with both, professional and non-professional movers. In the current yearbook of the magazine Tanz, she was honored as one of the 10 most promising pioneer dance makers in Germany. https://smadargoshen.com 

SKINNER RELEASING TECHNIQUE

Dance workshop with Lily Kiara

SRT was developed by Joan Skinner (1924-2021) and aims to achieve greater ease in dance, dynamic alignment, refined attunement with our body and imagination. There is an ongoing fine-tuning as we consciously venture into unknown creative territories. By listening within, we allow ourselves to get in touch with our inner body and connect with something bigger than ourselves. Embodied listening, inner spaces, presence, dynamic stillness, softening and allowing are some of the key practice areas in Skinner Releasing, alongside letting go, that support new routines. Softening supports the release of power through efficiency and responsiveness. Allowing encourages listening. In this way we can become more available. In technical work and in creating dances, guidance and allowing are closely related, as are stillness and action, receptivity and wildness. Lily Kiara teaches classes and workshops in Skinner Releasing Technique and Creating (Instant) Dances, sometimes together with a musician or lighting designer. She has taught throughout Europe, the USA, Australia and Indonesia and also accompanies artists in their process. www.lilykiara.nl

The Joy of the Unknown - inspired by the Fighting Monkey Practice

Dance Workshop with Anna Rose

The workshop focused on various elements of Fighting Monkey Practice, in particular communication and partner work. Within the framework of various movement situations, we worked on listening and dealing with unpredictability. How do we coordinate ourselves internally and in relation to others in a constantly changing environment? Through the lens of Fighting Monkey Practice, we looked at how we age and how we can better prepare for the unknown. How do we recognize patterns and potential problem areas before they become injuries, and how can we recover from injuries through movement? How do we recognize and understand our imbalances in order to better respect our own structures and take a conscious and active role in our own long-term physical health? Anna Rose is an Inspire by FM ® instructor/practitioner recognized by founders Jozef Frucek and Linda Kapetanea. She is a Berlin-based dance artist and singer who hails from the Shawangunk Mountains in New York. She has worked with various choreographers and danced/choreographed in various film and television productions "Babylon Berlin", "Tár" and "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". Her current movement and art research focuses on the connection between struggle and dance and explores the intersections between the principles of struggle and collaboration.
More about Fighting Monkey: https://fightingmonkey.net

The Anatomy of Voguing

Tanzworkshop mit Plenvm Moonlight Ninjadem

Vogue is a dance form that is deeply embedded in its culture and cannot be separated from it. Understanding the origins and motivations of Ballroom culture, created by queer African American and LatinX individuals, allows participants to find personal and authentic expression. The aesthetic inspirations, which are based in the fashion world, martial arts and painting, are - like dance itself - subject to constant change and inspire each other. In his classes, Plenvm shows how these influences can be combined with one's own individual body language. As a trained dancer and musician, he also incorporates conditioning and rhythm exercises into his lessons. Plenvm is one of the pioneers of ballroom in Austria, a father, organizer, teacher and active member of the international scene, in which he appears as a walker, commentator and judge. With EatSlayLove and Danger Class, Plenvm coordinates platforms for gatherings and performance opportunities for the Ballroom and intersectional LGBTIQ+ communities.

SINERGIA

A workshop with Colectivo R3M

SINERGIA, where playful-improvisation-creation dynamics are generated to allow three or more bodies to touch either with physical contact, through space or even by intention. Engaging with the fact that our bodies grow possibilities when they relay on other bodies, we let ourselves be driven by the commitment in between the group, approaching to each other through dynamics of contact and partnering, but also instant composition and different impulses that we have used in our own research. As a collective of four, our philosophy believes in networking and negotiation. We trust in self building as we build with others, and the same thing as dancers and choreographers. The main ax of the workshop is that movement benefits from the particularity of each body within the group.
R3M is a costa-rican dance company founded in 2015 by Andrea Núñez Segnini, Sol Pardo Carballo, Sofía Riggioni Rojas and Michelle Sánchez Sancho.

Shared Levitation | Partnering-Workshop

Shared Levitation Partnering is based on the principles of action – reaction wants to liberate us from aesthetics of dance and enhances playfulness and functionality instead: an easy way to get excited again and again and to lure the inner child out. In addition, we try to eliminate prejudices regarding gender, body type, weight, and age. Anyone can be lifted and lift!
We start the class by opening our channels of awareness and connect to our partner by manipulating, testing and speculating with his/her structure and weight. A special focus in this phase is the use of our whole body doing the task, not only being limited to our hands and arms. In this first part the use of playfullness allows us to connect to our instinctive and primitive side, tuning into a shared natural flow of breath. With the help of exercises in different constellations, every time changing and adapting to a new partner and universe - we listen, follow and direct the movement as one functioning organism through space. We learn how much resistance, power and direction is needed to reach our maximum together by investigating with the given tools, and finally learning fixed Partnering material at the end of each class.

Me and Sebastian - a dance workshop on the musical body

Movement research with Choreographer Zina Vaessen & Julia Klockow
 

Accompanying the performance Ist Trieb, ist Geist, ist Kampf und Glück, ist Liebe - Sebastian und ich! you can dive into themes and qualities from the piece in a short movement workshop. How does music move us and how do we move music? Zina Vaessen (Freiburg/Basel) invites everyone interested to listen with the whole body. Previous dance experience is not necessary, only the desire to move.

Additional Info:

www.tanznetz-freiburg.de/dance-dates

Sharing the language | Peninsula Flora

Movement Session mit Smadar Goshen

Peninsula Flora is a dance piece by Smadar Goshen, a choreographer from Israel who has been working in Stuttgart since 2019. She creates a poetic habitat of possibilities in which man and plants, in this case the cactus, meet at eye to eye. In her workshop, anyone interested can dive into the movement practice themselves and learn more about the background of Peninsula Flora's body language.

Additional Info:
www.tanznetz-freiburg.de/dance-dates