Perfect
Failure

»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.