Tanzfabrik
Berlin
School
School
Summering at Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg 3
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin

with movement experience
nicola_mascia
Gregor Schreiter

Contact Impro

Kurs with Nicola Mascia
In the frame of Summer/ing at Tanzfabrik

The two-hour contact improvisation class will be equally divided into two complementary parts, each lasting about an hour.

The first part will guide the group through a warm-up designed to awaken and stimulate higher sensory awareness. Participants will interpret and embody a continuous flow of instructions. Specific principles, textures, images, and states will be gradually introduced and layered to enhance the availability and flexibility of both body and mind, preparing them for interaction with others. In the second part, the focus will shift from individual practice and self-discovery to partnering and more intricate group dynamics. By encouraging risk-taking, physical weight, and forces will be engaged to reach and surpass exhaustion, master endurance, and employ contact improvisation techniques. 

Each of the four classes in August will center on one of the four elements: water, fire, air, and earth. Each element will serve as the inspiration for both the warm-up and the contact improvisation practice. Participants can attend classes individually or as a series of four to experience all the elements.

Nicola Mascia

Nicola Mascia is an independent performer and choreographer. He collaborated with Sasha Waltz & Guests, Emio Greco/PC, Benoît Lachambre, Constanza Macras, Jeremy Wade, Meg Stuart, Yasmeen Godder among others. Nicola was member of the Schaubühne ensemble, guest soloist at the Royal Swedish Ballet and also works as rehearsal director and teacher. He lectured in dance at: Conservatoire de Lyon; HfMT Köln; HMDK Stuttgart; Lewis & Clark College, Portland and Konzervatoř Duncan Centre, Prague. With Matan Zamir together he founded the duo matanicola. Since 2021 Nicola pursues his choreographic practice independently and received the Kurt Jooss Prize and the best performance award at the Toronto Film Festival.

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