workshops - CONTEMPORARY DANCE PRACTICES

Each calendar year we offer various workshops related to contemporary dance practices.
Workshops related to production topics are carried out by
Tanznetz Freiburg gUG.

The workshops usually last 2-3 days and take place over a weekend.
They address current trends and topics in the field of contemporary dance, such as Contemporary Dance Techniques, Improvisation or Instant Composition, the Choreographic Practice or Somatic Practices.

 

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Registration for our WORKSHOPS requires the payment of the corresponding fee. Early-bird discounts can be granted up to a certain deadline (see current workshop announcement). Cancellation of workshop registration can only be made via e-mail to workshop@bewegungs-art.de. In the event of cancellation up to three weeks before the workshop date, 75% of the paid fees will be refunded. In the case of cancellation up to two weeks before the workshop date, 50% of the paid fees will be refunded. After the cancellation deadline (no later than two weeks before the workshop), unfortunately, no fees can be refunded. A full refund of the workshop fees will be made in the case that you have registered but there is no more place in the workshop, if you are given a place from the waiting list and can no longer take part or if the workshop is cancelled on the part of bewegungs-art freiburg e.V..

WORKSHOPS 2025

 

Foto: Katharina Schillinger

MOVING FROM THE DEEP GROUNDS - SHIATSU MEETS CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Workshop with Charlotte Böttger

This workshop is aimed at dancers or people with a lot of movement experience as well as Shiatsu practitioners, so that an exchange can arise between these two fields. We will mix, explore and potentiate bodywork and contemporary dance practice. Shiatsu incorporates principles of touch that are derived from growth and transformation processes in nature. These principles are always dynamic in nature and inspire motion. Shiatsu furthermore leads the body into deep letting go. When the dancers move from this relaxed, detached, inner state, this can set unknown motors of movement free. The movement then can spring from a deep physical ground. In return, experiencing freely moving, dancing bodies as a resonance to Shiatsu touch can be expanding and enriching for the Shiatsu practice: The energies and movement impulses released by the touch find an immediate and direct expression, are continued and creatively transformed when the dancers surrender to their body's own will to move.  Inspired by one energy principle, of which there are 12 in Shiatsu, both Shiatsu practitioners and dancers will be treating and moving in this Workshop. Thereby we expand our own field and that of others.

Charlotte Böttger is a dancer and Shiatsu therapist. At the centre of her dance practice is a philosophy of improvisation. Improvisation thrives on decisiveness, obstinacy and listening to what shows up spontaneously and how it transforms. These things are also seminal in Shiatsu. Charlotte's approach to Shiatsu is based on her Shiatsu training at the International School for Shiatsu at the Campus for Body Therapy, Kientalerhof. Her dance background is formed through numerous collaborations with various choreographers and especially through her work in the dance collective NNN Dance, which she co-founded. Charlotte trained in contemporary dance at the Etage in Berlin and continued her dance training with a focus on improvisation at the TIP School for Dance, Improvisation and Performance in Freiburg. Charlotte lives in Basel.

When: February 8th, 2025 / 10 a.m. - 16 p.m. (break 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.)

Where: Sudio Lörracherstrasse 45, Freiburg

Price: 65 - 85 Euro / Sliding Scale until 31st of Jan. After that 85 Euro

Bring: Warm clothes and something to write

Language: English and German

Info & registration: workshop@bewegungs-art.de

Foto: N.N.

PULSE

Workshop with Sylvain Ludovico (for professional dancers)

Pulse workshop will focus on providing participants with a theoretical foundation in rhythm and musical structures, enabling them to identify the rhythmic patterns of a song. We will explore various basic structures, such as binary and tertiary rhythms, while listening to and dancing to different music styles (funk, blues, electro, African tertiary rhythms, bossa nova, etc.). This theoretical work will be embodied to help participants internalize these rhythms through sensory experience. Once these principles are defined, we will begin to break free from the structure through improvisational games, transforming the body into a personal percussive instrument. In the second phase, we will connect our unique rhythm - one that everyone possesses - with our perception of time (past, present, future) and our grounding, aiming to resonate coherently with the music.

Sylvain about himselv: I am rich of a diverse artistic background and education, bringing a holistic approach to my work in dance. I had a strong foundation in music, having studied the violin for 10 years, which gave me a deep understanding and appreciation for the relationship between dance and music. Later I have explored the performing arts disciplines including theater and directing.
Driven by curiosity about the body and its language, I joined the Rick Odums Jazz Institute (Paris). There, I had the opportunity to leam from accomplished dancers and instructors such as Geraldine Armstrong, Iris Florentiny, and Rick Odums himself. I also completed my teaching graduation under the guidance of Patricia Karagozian and Daniel Hossein.
In 2020, I immersed myself in a collaborative project with Peter Mika within the Cobosmika Junior company. Following this experience, I ventured into the co-direction of the company Puntos de partida. In this capacity, I contribute as a dancer and choreographer but also drive the development of a research-based movement work named Sensor. Through the sensitive integration of the fascia, Sensor fosters a profound connection to the body's sensations during dance, rather than fixating solely on form. Since 2021, I am regularly teaching for profesionals and amateurs in Europe and Central America.

When: 10th -13th March, 2025 / 1-4 p.m.
Afternoons on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th can be booked separately.
Bookings of separate classes from Wednesday on, have to be discussed directly with the organizers.

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

Price: 120 Euro Early bird until 28th of Feb. After that 140 Euro
The price for a single class is 40 € until the 28th of Feb, after that 45€

Language: English

Info & registration: workshop@bewegungs-art.de

One more tip: In this week Sylvain is also giving the Profitraining Freiburg. Please check the weekly announcement here!

 

Foto: N.N.

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

 

 

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

Feel free to contact us at workshop@bewegungs-art.de.

WORKSHOPS ALREADY HAPPENED

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.

Foto: Daniela Wolf

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 

 

Foto: ©photo by @arnaudbeelenphotography @tictacartcentre

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

Foto: Claudia Greco

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

Foto: Nikolaus Ostermann

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.

Foto: Malú Santos

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.

Foto: Tanja Mod

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.

Foto: Roman Pawlowski

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

Foto: Daniela Wolf

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

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