In this performance project we will create choreographic sketches that draw on the comic potential of errors and disillusioning self-knowledge. Together we will search for delicate abysses, shifts and glitches by making the relationship between what we do and what we think we do our object of research. We will create scores (instructions for dances) and games in which we experiment with the simultaneity of different tasks, rhythms or desires in the body and in space. What happens when the mind dances a different dance than the body? Can we consciously bring our imagination into tension with reality? And what does this create in the space, between the dancers, in ourselves? We will listen to the broad spectrum between harmony and cacophony and look out for frequencies that open up unusual and possibly even humorous associative spaces.

At the beginning of the research process, I will familiarize you with a handful of scores that address different aspects of a dance: Some describe a movement quality or physical task, others provide mind games or imaginations, still others define an intention or fictional situation. We will experiment with combining several scores in a modular way and dancing them simultaneously.

The working atmosphere for Vibrantly Disharmonious will ideally be somewhere between playground and workshop: Everyone is invited to contribute ideas, work on them and realize them together.

Additionally there is a Practice with Magdalena Meindl 03.06 - 10.07.2024  (no class  20.06.24) | Mon & Wed 18:15-19:45

This training understands dance as a bundle of technologies to communicate with the material and immaterial world. It proposes an intimate way of getting in touch, removed from everyday consciousness and yet concrete. All aspects of our "system" - our physical bodies, our perception, thoughts and intuition as well as energetic levels are in exchange with the environment and therefore the material of our dance.

In the first part of the session we will train the articulation of these different levels through meditation and imagination as well as somatic and physical exercises. In the second part we will bring the practice into improvisation. We will experiment with different constellations (solo, small group and large group) and frameworks such as scores, fictional situations or spatial arrangements.

The influences on my dance and the resulting training are eclectic: Craniosacral Bodywork, Kalaripayattu, Release Technique, Contemporary and Modern Dance, Instant Composition, Contact Improvisation, Butoh and Authentic Movement as well as the idiosyncratic practices of countless teachers and colleagues have left their mark.