Partnering Technical exercises and games will be the starting point for group and partner work. We will work with set up situations to explore and practice different partner-contact tools that will help...

Playful Body Body Training For Dancers This workshop will consist of body training sessions to help improve awareness, to awaken our playful bodies and spirit, rediscovering, exploring and using different...

The Courage To Create A time for reflection and questioning Looking at the senses, the imaginary, and different vocabularies around the creative process. We examine the bodily self in the process of...

Ultima Vez Vocabulary – Space, conflict and catastrophic imagination "In the performances of Vandekeybus the body is at stake in a world of conflict. It's is an arena of tensions and contrast: horizontal/vertical, h...

Ultima Vez Vocabulary – Space, conflict and catastrophic imagination "In the performances of Vandekeybus the body is at stake in a world of conflict. It's is an arena of tensions and contrast: horizontal/vertical, h...

Dervish in Progress Pushing bounderies and reach a higher awareness This Workshop suggests a space for the participants where they can challenge their limits through whirling, stimulate their ability...

Partnering – Horizontal and Vertical Bodies Movement originating out of emotional reason Partner and floor work with high doses of energy and dynamic changes will centre the attention of this workshop. S...

Contemporary Technique energy & the imaginary This workshop is directed to people interested in dance as an art of expression. The class will turn around one or two themes per day including warm...

Physical Dialogues Energetic, dynamic, physical This Workshop is addressed to dance amateurs with athletic training background interested in dance as artistic form of expression. Physical Dialogues’ m...

Dancing, Not The Dancer Through a handful of scores and practices, we will work on how to get out of the way of our own dancing, how to learn from our own dancing, how to individually each be our own...

Skills, Tools, Practices, Criteria  how to learn from anyone What is "good dancing" today? What kinds of skills are applicable to the broad range of movement styles and forms that are relevant and...

Through the Senses Through the Senses is a journey that begins with our senses, and opens us to trust, to laugh, to risk and ultimately to be surprised by the unknown. A sensitive research on eye level...

Teaching Integrated Dance This is an improvisation workshop open to disabled and non-disabled participants, and will be of particular interest to those interested in developing insight and skills in leading...

Contemporary Technique - Remixed Release enjoy - otherwise why dance?! This contemporary class is based on Release Technique and Floor work and includes Contact and other forms of Improvisation. Aspects...

Embodying Text Improvised physical play with words for dancers and movers Using the body as our instrument is the daily practice of a dancer, but how to add vocal expression to our performing? How to...

Contemporary Technique - Back to the Basics Basics with wicked music! When I was a dancer with CH-Tanztheater in Zurich (1983-86) and at the Tanzfabrik Berlin (1986-88) Contemporary Dance as we know...

Full Presence Ahead Already a thought is a movement This Workshop is not about "doing" something, but rather about the principle of "letting" it happen! Through a mindful approach we will link biodynamic...

Inspirationen Set free your imagination! After a gentle warm up and some fruitful bodywork we will delve into a choreographic workshop, where new talents can be discovered, conceived and cultivated....

Sex and Space A Workshop on Dance, Desire, and Performing the Erotic Body by David Bloom A dance consists of Bodies in Time and Space. Traditional dance training and artistic research often set limits...

spirals circles serpentines We practice spiralling, circling, and serpentine movements in order to move economically, healthy and joyful. We train to use centrifugal and gravity forces to organise complex...

FemFunk Femme fatale This new workshop of Jermaine has a strong "femme energy". The style he brings is sensual, hard-hitting and sexy while combining the use of clean lines and precision. Jermaine pushes...

Street Jazz / HipHop A sensual remix These classes are a unique fusion of Jazz, HipHop and Funk full with Jermaine’s electrifying combination of strength and sensuality. His hard-hitting style combines c...

Street Jazz / HipHop A sensual remix These classes are a unique fusion of Jazz, HipHop and Funk full with Jermaine’s electrifying combination of strength and sensuality. His hard-hitting style combines c...

RitterInnenRunde (8-11J) A world full of dragons, magicians and knigths! Did you ever wanted to pull out a sword from out a stone and to become the king or the queen? Did you ever dream of living in...

Voguing Strike a pose! "In 1980 I was introduced to Vogue by accident. I met Willie Ninja in Washington square park after coming from the LOFT, (Club founded by David Mancuso). We all back then just...

Waacking Back to the 70ies! "I was not allowed to go out and dance except at school so the television became my teacher. We didn't have YouTube then and I wasn't allowed to travel so I had to catch what...

Writing dance Choreographer Jonathan Burrows leads this workshop investigating choreographic and compositional process, performance and philosophies, questioning how a dance can be made and what it can...

Conny, Elisabeth and Jonathan explore the incredibly slow speediness of wonderfully different bodies How ever long it might take! Cornelia Scheuer, Elisabeth Löffler and Jonathan Burrows lead a workshop ...

Talk And Talk Choreographer Jonathan Burrows invites a series of conversations, joyfully divorced from the horrible realities of making things and following the agenda of whoever comes, with a personal...

Becoming Animal exploring uncharted territories In the previous years Becoming Animal was structured in two intertwined segments: play-fight and floor work. Still following a similar framework, this...

Liquid Body - Dancing Like Water GROOVING IN THE RHYTHM OF THE FLUID Liquid body is a dancing philosophy that proposes the development and articulation of movement in innovative ways. The premise is...

Play-Fight learn to unlearn Humans like all animals are playful by nature. Play is a process most conducive to improve motor skills, in the acquirement of new abilities, and underlies all creative responses....

Becoming Animal exploring uncharted territories In the previous years Becoming Animal was structured in two intertwined segments: play-fight and floor work. Still following a similar framework, this...

In the future, we will have too much time on our hands vital and luxurious: Time Dance is a way of spending time. It is a way of being in time, and with time. Dancing with other people is a way of making...

Confusing Agency During this class we will practice some scores for dancing together. Strategies or goals for these scores include: bypassing negotiation in favour of acknowledging alterity as a given...

Pure Pilates Physical well-being enjoying life The purpose of this course is to inspire people interested in Pilates to learn how to keep the body in shape and healthy through exercise and how to develop...

Release Technique- Enjoying the Laws of Motion Enjoy the intensity of movement The workshop is based on the main premises of Release Technique. The terms verticality and gravity are introduced from...

Rosas Repertory - Drumming "Drumming" is a dance piece created by Rosas in 1998. During 14 years it  toured all over the world and in the season 2012 Rosas presented a retake. During the week we...

Archive as tool – the work of the archive Archive is a widespread concept in contemporary art both as resource for creation and as documentary tool. However, a lack of precision seems to prevail within c...

Polygraphy The Polygraphy Workshop is about ways of writing without a pen and without typing, the way a liquid would disperse in a liquid or time would write in time. Diverse forms of graphos are brought...

body in question body in question This workshop will be in the field of movement, video and producing text, focusing on how the portrayal of conflict and the building of opinion is manipulated by the...

Introduction to Flexing Stretch the limits of your body & mind! Flexing is a style of dance that ascended from a Reggae / Dancehall background. On Madonna's MDNA Tour in 2012, Flexing was featured...

Flexing Stretch the limits of your body & mind! Flexing today is totally different from what it was 10 years ago. Ever since Youtube many dancers sought out to other dance styles for inspiration...

Touch Move Talk Write: Open Studio Practices The workshop will be devoted to four basic practices that are implemented, deliberately or inadvertently, in most contemporary dance and choreography workshops...

a.k.a. Moving with Eyes Closed (a.k.a. Authentic Movement) A simple premise of spending an active or not-so-active period of time with eyes closed while being observed by a partner, combined with a simple...

Urban Style 13+ Step by step! Daybee Dorzile’s teaching method is based on social interaction and play. The best way to learn HipHop Dance is by re-enacting daily events, stories and characters, hence t...

Urban Dance Styles HipHop/Urban Style Mix This workshop mirrors the diversity of a professional dance career! It is the mix of House, Waacking, Salsa, Hype, New Style and even some Jazz. It is an opportunity...

Party Social & Funky Styles Shake shake! This Workshop is open for everyone and is a mix of basics of several dance styles practised on Funk & Soul, Disco, High-Energy and Jazz Music. I will...

Embodying Time Dance in the 4th dimension "We can measure time, but this gives us no guarantee that we understand what time is." – Umberto Eco Let alone understanding; let’s sense, reflect on and pla...

Every Body Knows find your own resources for strength! There is nothing new under the sun! And yet what is already there invites us to dive deeper into the layers of our presence; to seek a conscious...

The Highjacking of the "dance-without-speaking" The Highjacking of the "dance-without-speaking" project is a group choreography created with incremental instructions revealed throughout the week for a...

non-haptic exorcism - affect - non-haptic eroticism (dancing duets) We are obsessed with dance and dance obsesses us. We are unable to stop and we dance in order to come to an end. Exorcise us. Dance...

'Crossing the Stage' and other scores A 5-day composition Workshop focusing on what happens when ideas, techniques and structures, which come primarily from music are translated into movement. The sessions...

Introduction to Ballet Natural movement potentials Introduction to Ballet is a class for people beginning ballet or for dancers that are interested in revisiting the basic principles of what ballet has...

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers easier, more joyful, and more human The ballet class re-evaluates and builds on classical technique, focusing on strengthening the dancer’s awareness of his or her own n...

Introduction to Gyrokinesis® Sensitation of the senses & stimulation of the nervous system A beginner class in GYROKINESIS® starts with self-massage and simple breathing patterns, to awaken the b...

Moving You Moving – Axis Syllabus the best ride ever Fun is the objective, minimizing danger while working with potentially dangerous forces is the adventure. Small changes in the way we do things c...

WARP SPEED AHEAD – Axis Syllabus knowledge is power / invitation to think while dancing Understanding basic physics and the working parameters of the body, we can develop superior technology for safely s...

The Axis Syllabus - empowerment, respect, freedom of expression Rather than a single technical or methodological approach, the AS is a potential resource for all those who work with the human body: artists,...

Contemporary Jazz New and unconventional movements A fusion of Modern, Jazz, and Ballet, Slam’s unique style explores a wide range of organic, often angular movements and syncopated rhythms with a b...

Contemporary Jazz New and unconventional movements A fusion of Modern, Jazz, and Ballet, Slam’s unique style explores a wide range of organic, often angular movements and syncopated rhythms with a b...

Contemporary Jazz New and unconventional movements A fusion of Modern, Jazz, and Ballet, Slam’s unique style explores a wide range of organic, often angular movements and syncopated rhythms with a b...

Moderner Tanz (55+) great fun, pleasure and sweat! "The goal of this workshop is to enjoy yourself and try out steps and movements, that will bring you in touch with the harmony and energy of your body. What...

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers Beginners Respect the body! Zvi Gotheiner has created an internationally acclaimed teaching method, inspired by the work of Maggie Black, under whom he studied for many...

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers Intermediate & Advanced Placement and movement efficiency As a ballet teacher Zvi Gotheiner, whose choreographic work is rooted in contemporary movement, has been...

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers Intermediate & Advanced Placement and movement efficiency As a ballet teacher Zvi Gotheiner, whose choreographic work is rooted in contemporary movement, has been...

Urban Contemporary Urban Styles/Breakdance meets Contemporary Dance Technique Want to move? Here you will find Urban Styles/Breakdance meeting Contemporary Dance Technique! This class is very physical...

On Becoming... There are countless ways of existing with each other, if we assume our body does not end with our skin. How can the other inspire me to enter spaces that are not occupied by a ’You' and a...

African Dance Diversity, Joy, Well-Being & Stress Relief The African dance class will provide an introduction to traditional African dances from different countries. The origin and meaning of dance...

African Percussion Soul Vibrations "In order to make sounds hover, one must proceed step by step, tame the instrument, get to know it little by little, as we do with human beings." In his percussion...

Ineffable Intangible Sensational What does movement do? In this workshop I share my bifurcated practices. One is a methodical research of the senses – primary, esoteric and "invented" – that addresses the...

What is this Class Old school technique class with new school questions This is a warm-up for being a contemporary dance artist whatever that means. Real techniques, invented techniques, practising presence,...

Red Leather Yellow Leather  pliable, relaxed and expansive voices (A vocal workshop) Miguel Gutierrez’ recent works have been notable for their expressive use of the voice. In this workshop, G...

BodyParkour (11+) Heroes in overcoming obstacles! BodyParkour is a new urban art and dance related form of movements. Akos created this word combination out of the word body and the street art form Parkour....

Awkwardness, Failure and Redemption: Adventures in Contact Improvisation An advanced laboratory for teachers, performers, experienced students and passionate practitioners of Contact Improvisation. A...

SEIZE – Improvisation for Performers the decisive moment in instantaneous choreography (for professional dancers, performers and experienced improvisers) Can we seize the moment, harness our habits a...

Shamanic Improvisation Potential An experiment to investigate the relationship between improvised dance, performance and shamanism. Exercises and experiences in presence, transformation, breath, altered...

Bust a move! A cardio experience Don’t stop! Bust a move is an all inclusive physical experience. Drawing on my beginnings as a HipHopper, go-go boy and social dancer I developed an aerobic non- stop d...

Visual Polyphony (A Mover's Approach to Music) In my choreographic research I use many tools garnered from music. I see my work as a kind of visual polyphony, independent yet collaborative weaving melody...

Presence & Aikido & Improvisation an intensive inner alertness The focus of this Workshop is the work with self-perception helping us to experience vital movement. The morning sessions consist...

Ghost dancer Sound is the ghost dancer of a performance, haunting everything, shadowing every gesture. It is a political marker. It is the friendly push towards high physical states. It is also a gateway...

The Concept and the Idiot The idea behind this workshop is a general introduction to the manipulation of concepts - specifically the ones generated by contemporary philosophy. Our landscape is the historical...

Inside the Octagon A Fighting Workshop In this class we will recruit warriors, assuming that this will result in better artistry. We use the preparation a fighter undergoes to prepare for our artistic...

Tanz x Medien (15-20J) Do it yourself! We will explore and experiment with contemporary dance and Parkour movements and combine them with text and New Media such as video and audio. Do it yourself is...

African Expressive Dance Creating new body energy Creation is movement: and the sacred dance arises from the need to identify with the eternal round of the creative forces in the cosmos. In this class...

Modern Flow A sensation of vitality "Moving beyond the mechanics and releasing into the intention that drives every movement." A careful warm up not only prepares muscles and joints for rigorous movements...

African Expressive Dance Creating new body energy Creation is movement: and the sacred dance arises from the need to identify with the eternal round of the creative forces in the cosmos. In this class...

Contemporary Technique Instinct, Support Action and Fearlessness My class is about working with powerful physicality related to the floor and air. The focus of the class is to develop movement in different...

Contemporary Technique Instinct, Support Action and Fearlessness My class is about working with powerful physicality related to the floor and air. The focus of the class is to develop movement in different...

Spontaneous Composition Spontaneous Composition is a workshop in which we will play with different tools: How to be ready to dance spontaneously in any situation without too long preparation? How to...

Tools for Partnering Physicality of dance, drama and emotional motivation of theatre This workshop will concentrate on partner work. We will study some basic concepts and discover through different exercises...

Ultima Vez Vocabulary Where are the limits? During this workshop we will study different materials from several shows ("What the body does not remember", "In spite of wishing and wanting", "Inasmuch...

Schau das mal anders an! (9-12J) Everything we usually don't do! Two hands and feet – that is normal, right? But what is normal and what is not? Who says so? What if your hands become your feet or t...

Richtig falsch! (12-15J) Everything's allowed! If this is right, then what is wrong? If this is wrong, what would be right? Is the opposite of right, always wrong? And how do you perform a mistake? We...

From Act to Acting Throughout his career, the Flemish director, choreographer and visual artist Jan Fabre has compiled a set of ‘exercises’ in the vein of Stanislavski, Meyerhold and Grotowski among oth...

tanz°zwerge: Kreativer Kindertanz (4-6J) phantasy dance! Our dance dwarfs, our youngest dancers are giants. Because the smallest of us still bear the ability to move freely. Children’s‘ joy in moti...

Start with Contact Improvisation! An explorative introduction and continuation of Contact Improvisation A Dialogue between two or more dancers Bodies moving around a constantly shifting contact point Perception...

DEGREES OF FREEDOM a manual for movers / training practices for dynamic coordination & conditioning So how does all of this work: flexibility, strong centre, opening of the hips, grounding and the...

SPINE, SPACE & SPARKLES - Axis Syllabus spine = deep somatic awareness of dynamic evolutionary design space = spatial orientation defined by individual architecture, gravity and centrifugal forces sparkles...

Danse Africaine Modern Actual experience of the dance Koffi Kôkô, familiar with African dance in his home country Benin from childhood on, focuses on the student‘s relation to her/his own body and the...