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This class proposes a training that combines physical practice, improvisation and real-time composition. The focus is on developing a conscious stage presence, an active bodily awareness and the ability to make decisions within the creative process.
The work will explore:
- physical activation and body availability
- improvisation and composition tools
- the relationship between body, space and sound
- attention, perception and stage presence
- development of personal language
The training moves between technique and research, creating a space where each participant can expand their resources and autonomy as a performer-creator.
DATES
Mon, 06.04 – Thu, 09.04.2026 | 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. each day
Further dates (instructors to be announced)
10 a.m. – 11:30 am each day
Mon, 11.05 – Fri, 15.05.2026
Mon, 25.05 – Fri, 29.05.2026
Mon, 01.06 – Fri, 05.06.2026
Mon, 22.06 – Fri, 26.06.2026
Mon, 06.07 – Fri, 10.07.2026
Participation in individual sessions is also possible.
PARTICIPATION FEE
Single ticket: 9 euros
5-ticket pass: 40 euros
In collaboration with Ayberk Esen, ehrenfeldstudios invites you to a professional training class in contemporary dance. A rotating roster of regional and international instructors leads the classes, bringing diverse artistic perspectives, training methods, and movement approaches. The program is designed for dance students and professional dancers and provides a space for ongoing practice and artistic development.
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About the artist
Catalina Carrasco is a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue with over 20 years of international experience. Since 2013, she co-directs the company BAAL together with Gaspar Morey, developing stage works that explore the relationship between body and technology as a space of resistance and poetry.
Her work moves between contemporary dance and performance. She has presented her creations and collaborations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.
She holds a degree in Contemporary Dance from the University Miguel Hernández and has further trained in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Reykjavík, integrating practices such as classical dance, Butoh, Gaga, contact improvisation, Katsugen and physical theatre.
She has collaborated with international artists and companies such as RADIAL SYSTEM Sasha Waltz & Guests, Mariantònia Oliver, Kristóf Szabó, Joan Morey, Isabel Castro and Mercedes Boronat, developing a strong trajectory in interdisciplinary and experimental contexts.
Her work has been recognized with awards such as CENIT and ATAPIB, and supported by European programs such as Culture Moves Europe and Perform Europe. She is currently an associated artist at ehrenfeldstudios.
www.baal.cat
Instagram: @baal_performance
Photo: Álvaro Maldonado
Photo in the background: Ale Conrado
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN, THE AGEING BODY – Generation + (EN)
Age(ing) concerns all of us – throughout our entire lives. This makes the questions of how age(ing) moves us, how we want to move as we age, and how we shape age(ing) both socially and artistically relevant. Approaching these topics through a physical and dance-based practice in a low-hierarchy, non-judgemental environment offers participants space to explore, question, and experience.
DATES
Mon, 23.03. – Fri, 27.03.2026 | 10 am – 3 pm each day
Fri, 27.03.2026 | 8 pm final performance
REGISTRATION
Sliding scale: 250 – 380 Euro
Sponsorships* can be requested or taken on.
No one will be excluded from participating for financial reasons.
Registration: tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
*Sponsorships can be taken on for people who need assistance with the participation fee. We want EVERYONE to have the opportunity to participate.
Barrier-free access. Participation with a rollator or wheelchair is possible.
Largely accessible toilet in the neighbouring building, No grab rails or height-adjustable mirror available.
Accompanying persons receive free admission.
Foto: ehrenfeldstudios
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Hunch, a solo improvisation | by and with Liisa Pentti
In this solo improvisation Liisa Pentti is looking for leaks where the undefined, the unexpected and the unconscious are becoming conscious and shaping the dance. Dance has the potential to be the new place, a place which has not yet been, a place that is not so much of drama but of poetry. Images arise carrying the dance along and dissolving into moments of not-knowing and wondering.
almost finished – Solo-Research | by and with Caroline Simon
In this solo, Caroline Simon looks for new, unknown and still to be discovered instant composition strategies. How to genuinely address the unknown, how to uncomfortably exit the comfort zone and how to evade expectations?
DATE
Sat, 21.03.2026 | 8 pm
TICKETS
Click here for online ticketing
almost finished
Research, workshop, and presentation series by Caroline Simon & guests
almost finished stands for exploration and curiosity to discover new, unfamiliar, and surprising ways of “live creation.”
almost finished is an improvisation format based on method and experience exchange, and the joy of discovery.
In this project, international and experienced improvisational stage artists are invited to share their perspectives, methods, and performance art in workshops and performances.
Photo: Uupi Tirronen
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How does our use of imagery and instinct for imitation shape our dance? To what extent we can go beyond the norms and patterns embedded in our dance in order to challenge and refresh our familiar pathways while moving both alone and with others ?
Our bodies are a potential of constantly opening, muting and moving energy which naturally gets patterned in relation to its surroundings, with its culture, norms and routines. During the workshop we are going to play with different kinds of imagery -both somatic and fantasy-like- in order to explore our possibilities of a bodily metamorphosing.
DATE
Fri, 20.03.2026 | 6 – 9 pm
REGISTRATION
tanzen@ehrenfeldstudios.de
Participation fee: 30 – 60 Euro (Sliding Scale)
almost finished
Recherche-, Workshops- und Präsentationsreihe von Caroline Simon & Gästen
almost finished stands for exploration and curiosity to discover new, unfamiliar, and surprising ways of “live creation.”almost finished is an improvisation format based on method and experience exchange, and the joy of discovery. In this project, international and experienced improvisational stage artists are invited to share their perspectives, methods, and performance art in workshops and performances.
Foto: Ismo Helen
ARCHIVE, LAYOUT EN
‘Dance to the Music!’ is the title of a 1968 song by the band Sly & the Family Stone. But what does it mean to dance to music? How can musicality be expressed? Is it by following the beat, rhythms, vocals or melodies? Or does it involve physically capturing the vibe of a piece of music to tell a story?
In this workshop, dance is taught as a sensory experience and a means of communication. Participants with varying levels of vision explore their own movement language and creativity by dancing through descriptions, tactile interactions and auditory impulses.
About the artists
Khadidiatou BANGOURA is a dancer and choreographer. Together with Sabine Kuxdorf, she has been offering dance workshops for blind, visually impaired, and sighted dance enthusiasts since 2024. Sabine Kuxdorf is a blind social worker, access consultant, performer (Diphtong Kollektiv, KHARABA & GUESTS), and audio describer for dance and theater (Analogtheater Cologne, Studiobühne, Sticky Fragements).
DATE
Sun, 15.03.2026 | 1 – 5 pm
REGISTRATION
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Photo: Lorena Spülbeck
