Welcome to the 9th season of Movement Artisans 

DANCE AS A RESEARCH PRACTICE

axis syllabus/contact improvisation/somatics 

4 Modules + Summer Residency

August 2023 - June 2024

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Our program provides a modular professional education in dance and somatics continuously oscillating between practice and theory. We envision the body as a field for inquiry and research, soft embodiment and fierce physicality.

 

The curriculum includes integral components such as the Axis Syllabus, which provides a foundation for studying the moving body, and Contact Improvisation, a dance research practice involving partners or ensembles. In addition, each module hosts different somatic experts, scholars and artists opening a space for a wide range of approaches to knowing the body. The program offers insights as well as guidance, aiming towards a proactive co-creation of your own learning path. 

 

This season will further expand on the teacher & researcher training track which offers experienced students  a dedicated space for additional mentoring, research days and reading suggestions as well as practical tasks in between modules. On a rotational basis, selected candidates have the opportunity to facilitate a lab class and get feedback both from mentors and peers. 

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

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Module I Aug 28 - Sept 3

Walking Principles and Analysis 

Dynamics of Falling 

Readiness for Relating -

primitive reflexes, righting reactions and equilibrium responses BMC®  / guest teacher: Nina Wehnert

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Module II Oct 1 - 11

Tuning to Context - biomechanical and anatomical relationships (solo & CI)

Undulatory Coordination - sequential movement principles (solo & CI)

Functional Flow - strength building for dancers / guest teacher: Filippo Serra

Power & Lightness - endocrine glands BMC® / guest teacher: Nina Wehnert

 

Teach & Research Oct 13 - 15

lab classes, feedback rounds & discussions, labs, exchange & impulses for research 

(this event is for the students of the teacher & researcher track only)

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Module III Nov 13 - 19

Channeling Forces - physics of motion

Touch, Textures & Tissues (solo & CI)

Water Kissing Water - how things meet - overlap - interface - join - come together / guest teacher: Galiya Tzur

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Module IV April 1 - 7

Bones Whispering - paleoanthropology and comparative anatomy

Micro & Macro - attuning to detail and complexity 

guest teacher  & theme tba.

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3 WEEK Summer Residency June 10 - 29

program coming soon! 

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REGISTRATION & PRICES

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Main faculty & artistic and pedagogical direction:

Kira Kirsch & Antoine Ragot

 

Guest teachers, speakers: 

Nina Wehnert, Filippo Serra, Galiya Tzur, Katja Mustonen, Diana Thielen, Shannon Cooney

 

Musicians:

Johannes Anzenhofer, Alex Zampini, Alex Stolze & more

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WHO IS IT FOR​

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• Anyone looking for bridges between movement practice, theory and critical educational approaches

• Movers, dance artists and scholars, athletes, therapists, willing to expand or reconfigure their movement/teaching/healing practice and analytical abilities
   

 

LOCATION

Most part of the program takes place in Lake Studios in Berlin, a residential retreat setting, next to a beautiful lake and forest, where participants can soak in a stimulating and resourceful environment. For the November module we expand towards EDEN, a beautiful and progressive space in the north of Berlin (Pankow).

 

REGISTRATION FORM & PRICES 

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Questions? Contact us at connect@movementartisans.net

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