This performance project aims for the creation of an instant composition. A composition that only lasts the minute it happens without the expectation of becoming a piece but only to exist in the present. For this to happen, the practice involves an embedded co-dependency between individuality and collectives, which means that individual bodies practice accessing the collective through different strategies of embodiment, without losing their identity, asserting their needs and without disappearing into anonymity.

Starting from an individual process, every participant will explore their own co-dependency with the group through different embodied strategies. These strategies will later allow us to interact as a group through different movements, improvisational and compositional tools. The aim is that the group will then become a present mass; a collective that shares a performative language based on the element of surprise (spontaneous creativity) and communication (among the others).

We will work with our memories, our imagination, with somatics  and physicality so that movement can eventually emerge from a sense of community where emotions flow, life happens and art can emerge. To let this performative language grow, we will train each other, develop the urge to act and turn decisions into a performative journey.

In each rehearsal we will allow an immediate piece / instant piece to emerge, which will be born and then die again, so that a new one can emerge from the needs of the people in this specific time and space.

Additionally there is a Contemporary class "Present Mass Training" with Luca Pellegrini  from 17.04. – 31.05.2023 (except 01.05. + 29.05.) | Mon & Wed 18:15-19:45
My dance class orbits around the urge of embodying a present body in a safe place. Through improvisation and composition skills, the training encourages a movement research based on this question: what do I need to feel safe? Through three different parts, the practice starts from the idea of a biographical and diverse body, rather than just skilled and technical. Therefore, the class is open to everybody who is willing to move in a present space, where people use their bodies to practice performativity through presence, responsibility, awareness and safety. The first part of the class consists of a body mapping and a self-movement conversation. Here, the dancers define their own space by connecting with their body and understanding what their bodies need in order to feel safe. In the second part, the self-conversation develops into a dialogue with another partner. Here, the dancers will move through different improvisational scores about the definition of boundaries and common ground. In the third part, this dialogue finally spreads to all the participants, who will experiment a common dance through the different compositions and needs of the space. In the class, there might be physical contact, laughs, tears, screams, discussions, confusion and the unknown. Before you come, make sure that you reset your expectations and feel comfortable with that, so that each person is at once responsive to others and independent of them. Sharing responsibilities means also crediting the ones you shared them with. That is why, I want to thank those who helped me through this process, especially Elvan Tekin for all her tools, help, cigarettes, coffees, friendship and Victor Gonzalez for all the life, love and support.