Futter
Wiese - Betreten erlaubt!
supplies for the body!

Since 2007 Sonja Browne and Johanna Tatzgern are collaborating on the project Tanz.montage, that offers dance and performance as field of work in a workshop for people with disabilities initiated by the BALANCE association.
Their methods complement one another by their diversity:
Roots, concrete matter, professionalism on the stage on one hand (Futter), open mindedness and self-determination of the dancer on the other hand (Wiese - Betreten erlaubt!)

The modules of this workshop can also be attended seperately.

MODUL I : Futter

"I do not care about the mechanics of the body, but the motivation for motion“ (S.Browne). "Futter“ uses floor training, in small exersices in space and time, solos, duets, and group dances, to set parameters for motion. The execution will be different for each participant. The movement vocabulary will be extended by trying out new material.
Focus will be on combining the so called technique (amongst others timing, space, time, weight, dialogue, presence, stillness and sound) with the individual ideas of each participant.

This module primarily serves the function of warming up, becoming conscious of the body, let the artistic soul gain the freedom to improvise.

MODUL II: Wiese -Betreten erlaubt!

After the morning session's preperations in module 1, this workshop presents the possibility to explore the inner and outer sphere of motion. In warm-up we exercise relaxation and perception, improvisation (solo and duet) that enables the dancer to connect with his/her surroundings, as well as him/herself.
An evolving process of movement encourages experimenting with voice and objects.
The setting up of a stage and an audience area by seperating the group should evoke impulses according to the things witnessed. We will work with and also without music. Silence can lead to a more authentic examination of the surroundings and it's influence on gestures, form and diversity of movement in improvised dancing. Every dancer has the possibility to work individually on given structures and interpret and resolve them in their own time.


Johanna Tatzgern
Johanna Tatzgern studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 1990 she was further educated in the field of "new dance“ (Contact Improvisation, Improvisation techniques, Authentic Movement and bodywork) and is DanceAbility trainer since 2006.
She accepted invitations to festivals, symposia, dance and visual art collaborations, scientific collaborations, realisations of installations and performances involving media, space and visual art.

In 1999 she founded the association Goldfluß Unlimited (conception and realisation of process-oriented projects in the social artistic field).
Since 1994 she is committed to projects with people with special needs including Institut Hartheim, Kunstraum Goethestraße – pro Mente.

Since 2007 she is working on the organisation of a dance/performance group Tanzmontage with the association Balance (an association for the integration and equal opportunities for people with special needs) and creates artistic projects such as "Inter-View" (together with Elke Krasny), "Eigensinn-Eigensicht" at the gallery 5020 Salzburg, photo-works (Museum auf Abruf, Vienna), "Synthese: Tanz –Film” (a videopresentation, Tepidarium, Peripher, curated by Bernadette Dewald, Filmcoop, Tanzquartier Vienna), "Portraits afterlife" (installation, performance, curated by Katherina Zakravsky, Academie van Eyck, Maastricht, Holland), "Aftermath of a Faun - Hybridtraining" (together with Katherina Zakravsky), "Interspirale" (installation/performance, Pushkinskaya, St. Petersburg, Russia), "Drängen & Sehnen" (ImPulsTanz, 8tension, as well as for the Künstlerhaus, a video for the solo work of Ingrid Reisetbauer,Vienna), "Between screens" (concept: Lisa Hinterreitner, performance/installation, Sommerszene 06 Salzburg), amongst many others.

Sonja Browne
Sonja Browne is dancer, choreographer, trainer and founding member of danse brute. She engages in inclusive dance work, dealing with the wide movement ranges originating from the physical, sensorial and cognitive differences of people with and without disabilities.
In 2011 she founded "tanzmontage.Balance" in the frame of Balance a platform of structured daily offer for people with disabilities.
Sonja Browne danced for Austrian choreographers Editta Braun/Salzburg and Willi Dorner/Vienna, AMICI/UK and Theater STAP/Belgium and is since 1999 choreographer and producer of collaborative work and performances for people with and without disabilities.