Akademie der Ekstase: Becoming Creatures

In this workshop we will open spaces for unpredictable possibilities. I will give tools, impulses and motives, that will help your bodies discover their own movement potential and find a collective communication. We will transcend the human shape and become all possible creatures of nature that we can imagine. I will focus on the individual bodies and on the collective body as a source of energy and flow. The collective body which is generated by the whole group on a kinaesthetic level, communicating with all the senses like listening, seeing, sensing presence, predicting movement. The individual body as an internal space full of self-discovering possibilities.

Rhythm is an essential part of the workshop, as it permits the group to generate force, a feeling of collectivity and the possibility of falling into a trance-like state. The interaction with the floor will allow you to play with the forces of gravity and the forces of your own bodies and discover new dynamics. Physical contact will also be part of the movement research, as it invites you to work with the body as a physical mass, which can easily adapt and transform by movement. The body as a biological materia, which does not need to fit into any specific shape or ideal stereotype of the body. My workshop is more than empowering from the outside, it is a space to find the power from within and between within. 

Participants receive free admission to the performance Ocean Cage by Tianzhuo Chen & Siko Setyanto on 23.11.2024.

When booking 3 workshops from the Academy of Ecstasy series, participants will receive a 50% discount on the 3rd workshop.