Tanzfabrik
Berlin
School
School
Summering at Tanzfabrik Kreuzberg 3
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
LEVEL:
O
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Photo: Kasparas Vidūnas

Cool Down

Kurs with Rosalind Masson, Yuko Matsuyama, Julie Carrere, Victoria McConnell
In the frame of Summer/ing at Tanzfabrik

To end the day smoothly with somatic and awareness-raising exercises that bring us into the body and into feeling. Through various exercises, movement, sensing and images, we make structures in the body tangible and thus enable a deeper, more subtle experience of our own body and also sharpen our awareness of our body structure. Understanding anatomical conditions creates alertness and presence in the body, with which it can be a pleasure to move. Through conscious perception, we focus on the respective qualities and use them to improvise as a solo, duo or whole group. The evening classes will end towards attentive listening in activity into resting.  The aim of these classes is to activate the mobility and adaptability in the body, which can unfold in many different ways. We remain attentive to what we perceive and to the performative potential of the body in every moment.

Who teaches when:
July
23.+25.+30.07.24: Rosalind Masson

August
01.08.24: Yuko Matsuyama
06.+08.08.24.: Julie Carrere
13.+15.08.24: Rosalind Masson
20.08.24: Victoria McConnell
22.08.24: tbc
27.08.24: Rosalind Masson
29.08.24: Yuko Matsuyama

Rosalind Masson

Rosalind Masson is a dancer and choreographer born in Glasgow with an MSc in Media Art from DJCAD. Her own company Anima(l)[us] has produced over ten live works and eight works for screen which have been exhibited and toured internationally. For her work, she has received co-production funding from Tramway, Glasgow, Creative Scotland, Hellerau European Centre for the Arts and Tanzpakt, Germany. She has been a recipient twice of Dis-Tanz-Solo funding from Dachverband Tanz for her choreographic research as well as #Take Heart residency funding from NEU START KULTUR supported by Hellerau European Centre for Arts. She has collaborated across media in a visual art, rock, pop and folk music context as well as dancing with Laborgras since 2014. In 2019, she co-founded Neisse Centre for Contemporary Art in Saxony. www.rosalindmasson.com

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

Julie Carrere

Julie Carrere (b. 1999, Paris) is a French dancer, performer, and choreographer currently based in Berlin. Carrere's work explores strategies to make dance accessible and engaging for diverse audiences, often incorporating elements of contemporary pop and internet culture. They choreographed the solo *FOR YOU* (2024) and co-created *BREAK THE CHARM* (2022) with Agathe Vincent and Dahlia Rebecca. Their performances have been showcased in various Berlin venues, including Hosek Contemporary, ada Studio, Uferstudios, Tanznacht Berlin, and MOLT.  Carrere's dance training spans ballet, contemporary dance, and improvisation. They hold a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Mediation (ESMAC, 2022) and a Diploma in Choreographic Studies from the Conservatoire Régional de Paris (2017). Additionally, they are a certified Hatha Yoga teacher (200H RYS, 2022). 

Victoria McConnell

Victoria McConnell performs, teaches, and creates body-based art which is grounded in relationality and curiosity. Born and raised in California, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Belhaven University in 2008 and subsequently worked as a freelancer in the United States. Since 2015 she has lived in Berlin and works across Europe. As a dance artist, Victoria develops her own interdisciplinary projects, collaborates with FREYAS connective and has performed with Irina Pauls, Sommer Ulrickson, Tanz Company Gervasi, Sara Angius and for the Staatsoper Berlin, among others. McConnell also performs and dances in film and television productions. In addition to her artistic work, she has been teaching contemporary dance, ballet, improvisation and jazz since 2009. Animate Objects is an extension of her current work, MaterialBody

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