WIND – Sound & Movement Improvisation
Workshop
with
Yuko Matsuyama, Taylor Savvy
In the frame of Summer/ing at Tanzfabrik
WIND is a five-day movement & sound improvisation practice. In this workshop we’d like to let us think about the wind, to be precise, the natural movement of the earth’s atmosphere. What we hear as a sound or music are vibration in the air. Listen to the air that exists outside and inside our body, we shall re-experience the sensation of the wind and the calm in our memory. We will go listening, voicing, movement practice into group improvisation (voice, sound and movement). To visualize the wind in a space, practice of the Mai-ohgi, the Japanese folding dance fan also be shared. The folding fan will inspire our movement to play with the force of gravity and air resistance. We’ll apply this awareness of vibration in the air and physical sensation of the air resistance and gravity, exploring the image of wind & calm in improvisation.
Accessibility Note:
Accessibility Note:
The workshop will be held in English; clarifications and questions can be asked in German or Japanese. It is open to movers, dancers, performers and performance lovers. We will work exclusively with live music, sound in space, our voices and silence. How do we listen? Throughout the workshop we will observe our individual perceptions and interpretations of sound and movement. There will be small group improvisations. Touching is not obligatory. In order to improvise freely, physical and vocal warm-up exercises will be offered without the need to memorise phrases. Information about our location & studios in Kreuzberg, which unfortunately are not wheelchair accessible, can be found here. For questions or more information, please contact Zoé Duflot at workshop@tanzfabrik-berlin.de.
Yuko Matsuyama
Performing artist (vocal & dance), Pilates based physical trainer. Yuko Matsuyama is a voice and movement artist. Her mother and master of Nihon Buyoh (Japanese classical dance) Fujima Kankyohmi brought her into dance at the age of two. At the age of 17 she joined the musical and Revue company Takarazuka Revue (Japan). During the last three decades she performed countless productions and projects: musical, revue, opera, drama, Tanztheater, concerts, experimental music and improvisation. Since 2010 she is residence artist in Haus Schwarzenberg in Berlin Mitte. In 2017 she received her MA Choreography at HZT Berlin (HfS Ernst Busch and UDK Berlin). Live performance as an experimental platform, she explores the interface between dance and music. Besides collaboration and creation, she works as Pilates based physical trainer as well as lecturer in the performance and performing art field. www.yuhki.de
Taylor Savvy
Composer, musician and singer (contrabass, E-bass and guitar ). Taylor Savvy is Canadian in exile, Berliner by choice and multi-instrumentalist. Studied music in Montreal and played in various bands in Toronto before Canadian singer Peaches brought him to Berlin. Collaborations with Peaches, Chilly Gonzalez, Jamie Lidell, Iggy Pop, Feist, Stereo Total, Bonaparte and others. 2001 release of the album »Ladies and Gentleman«. Worked Appeared in film and TV productions (e.g. in »Babylon Berlin«). Composed for film, video games and advertising. Also DJ, music teacher and artist consultant. Schaubühne Vernon Subutex 1 by Verginie Despentes, Direction: Thomas Ostermeier (2021).