Order it at: https://circadian.co/product/risking-the-self/ This book has been written over the course of two different seasons and the reader can probably still notice the fluctuation of temperatures as the pages are turned. It contains the words from both winter and spring. Implicitly it tells the story of a transition, or, rather exorcism. Possessed by the …
Third edition of 100 exemplars published by CIRCADIAN. Order it at: CIRCADIAN CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART 1. DISSECTING AMBITION Etymology of Ambition – Definition of Ambition – Ambition in the Ambience – Professionalism and Publicity – Desire to Be the Chosen One – Self-Promotion – The Opportunistic Mind and Networking – Capitalism and Ambition – The Ambitious …
THE AWAKENING OF DANCE: AN EXERCISE FOR THROWING DANCES: injecting the anomaly in one´s own dance practice by exposing the dance to the danger of an impact. The statement behind this exercise is that dance must be forced to happen instead of being the result of a benevolent desire to move. On this exercise you are …
Practices of cyclic interval oscillation. Reflexivity that seeks to keep open the relation to alterity. Ongoing process of sym-poiesis.
Intensive workshop at SoDA Master Program at HZT Berlin. With Silke Bake. During this intensive week we will focus on developing collectively and individually different methods of how to compose and organize performative material and what are the strategies that as artists we follow when producing meaning on the stage. Every participant will bring their … Continue reading
Existe una afinidad natural entre lo promiscuo y lo travieso. La travesura invita a pensar en el poder, no ya desde la perspectiva de la dominación y ocupación de posiciones estáticas, sino desde la perspectiva de la capacidad y habilidad para atravesar un dominio del poder estimulando movimiento, cambio y, en ocasiones, desorden. La travesura … Continue reading
The purpose of this practice is double: first, to introduce the principles of Qigong so the participants can develop in a personal way their own practice of cultivation of vital energy and, second, we will apply Qigong for the generation of forms of embodiment where dance can emerge. This technique class provides also a layer … Continue reading
Which Problem am I bringing and how do we dance it together? Composing a SCORE OF EXERCISES. TASKS BASED STUDIES. Day 1: what does your current research exercise? The purpose is, instead of showing material for an audience you are going to translate your material (what you are researching at the moment) into an exercise … Continue reading
The research proposal of this module attempts to investigate the potentiality of artistic practices to provide conditions, strategies and methodologies that stimulate promiscuity between what is usually separated and to inject the anomaly into the heart of the social order. We will confront ourselves with fundamental questions such as : what is the role that danger … Continue reading
Reformulating a practice : replacing the Tai Chi stick for the pole in a subway car. In a normal day I can spend at least 1 hours in the subway. Since a long time I have tried to make this time meaningful: reading books, writing notes, listening to podcast. Some months ago, while holding myself … Continue reading
This event was organized by “Life Long Burning” and Tanzbüro in collaboration with HZT Berlin (Inter-University Centre for Dance) and Uferstudios Berlin on the 3rd week of January 2018. This lecture proposes a specific practice and describes the different moments of its process including various methodological indications to be applied. This practice is considered here as … Continue reading
