Modern Ethnic Dance Intermediate
intensified awareness pressing us to say the unspeakable

Dance is a ritual: a sacred ritual, a social ritual. In the dance we find this double signification which is part of the origin of all human activity. The traditional form of the circle brings the students in contact with the energy of themselves in relation with the other participants. The foot contact with the ground in connection with the vibration of the pelvis and the extensions of arms unlocks the torso making way for repetitive movements. With this repetition dancing intensifies awareness pressing us to say the unspeakable and to get to know the unexplainable, simple from the fact of sharing a movement with the group. From that point on we engage ourselves into an exercise of Instant Time Composition. The process is to allow the body to respond to the music and to intuitively deliver a movement phrase composition. In that perspective we have the chance to meet the sources of what we call inspiration creating a spontaneous choreographic phrase that is not yet settled but has an original character. The repetition of this momentum allows ourselves to dive into a search of body memories making way to a renewal of our personal dance vocabulary.



Ismael Ivo
Ismael Ivo, born 1955 in Sao Paulo/Brazil, was given the Trofeu Pirandello Sao Paulo, the prize for the best solo dancer already 1983. 1983/84 a scholarship for Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York followed before he moved to Berlin where he has been living since. Ismael created numerous solo pieces, a.o. PHOENIX (1985), UNDER THE SKIN (1986), DELIRIUM OF A CHILDHOOD (1989), DIE KREISRUNDEN RUINEN (1991) and APOCALYPSE (1992). He got internationally wellknown through the choreographies FRANCIS BACON (1993) and OTHELLO (1996), both productions directed by the German dance theater choreographer Johann Kresnik. He has cooperated closely with Johann Kresnik and the Japanese choreographer Ushio Amagatsu, who has been the director of the recognized "Sankai Juku"-Ensemble. These different experiences have been melting with his afro-brazilian roots.

From 1996 to 2000 Ismael Ivo was heading the dance theater company at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar choreographing eleven pieces. Particularly in the 90ies he cooperated with theater directors, oa George Tabori, for several groupworks. 1999 he started his artistic cooperation with Marcia Haydée. The duets TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (1999) and M.- WIE CALLAS (2002) were created as well as choreographies for Ankara, Rio de Janeiro and Vienna. 2006 the production DIE ZOFEN created with Koffi Kôkô and Yoshi Oida 2001 and based on the text of Jean Genet received the Time Out Live Award of London. From the beginning in 1984 until today Ismael Ivo has been the artistic director of ImPulsTanz Workshops. From 2005 to 2007 is Ismael also artistic director of the Biennale di Venezia Settore Danza.