Fragile
Frequencies

This will be a movement workshop aimed for the queer/trans community. Making use of somatic exercises, theatre making and instant composition frame work, there will be a main focus on how to enhance our presence in space. We will also include the use of voice and text as material in our creative process. Being aware of our individual rhythm to build a collective sense of »Precarious Pleasures« is a laboratory for improvisation and queer feminist practice. This year‘s workshop series encourages collective failure. To what extent can improvisation open up a space for pleasurable risk-taking? How can we collectively create spaces that provide a foundation for courageous dance practice? And are we allowed to feel ashamed when dancing?

In the workshop »How to make something in:visible?« (Thu 30 Oct), Oliver Artur (he/they) from Amsterdam invites queer bodies to explore their own visibility and the associated moments of pleasure, shame and failure on stage. In the voice improvisation workshop »Fragile Frequencies« (Sat 1 Nov and Sun 2 Nov) with Esther Adam (she/esther), failure is explored vocally and somatically through dissonance and collective somatic practice. In the workshop »Perfect Public Failure« (Sat 6 Dec and Sun 7 Dec) by Katze Greeven (all pronouns), various scores will be used to explore forms of improvisation in public spaces.