The class consists of a warm-up class leading into a guided investigation towards imagination and movement research tools for creating from the instant.
The warm-up class is a practice of body and mind, designed for animating one’s own creative work. The body is allowed to access its own intelligence by sourcing from its natural urge to be present, to move and to create. We tune into the relationship to gravity, centre, space, articulation, coordination and musicality. The practice is based on many years of ongoing research and training knowledge found in international movement and performance traditions such as contemporary to urban dance styles, Tai Chi, Karate and Japanese Butoh, continuously landscaping in dynamics of living experience. On this basis, Beljana will be sharing creative tools for diving into sensitivity and porousness towards imagination in movement and fullness in performance.
The class is providing space for deepening the immediate relationship between dancer and their art. In this listening space, the movement becomes our teachers. Beljana shares her practice as creator, sharing the space with creators.
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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DATES
Mon, 25.05 – Fri, 29.05.2026 | 10 am – 11:30 am each day
Further dates (instructors to be announced):
10 am – 11:30 am each day
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
Foto: Alexis W.
About the artist/teacher:
Beljana Metje is a dancer, choreographer, and multidisciplinary artist; BA alumna of the University of Music and Dance Cologne (ZZT, 2021). Currently, she is studying MA Choreography at the National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) in Oslo, Norway.
Beljana works throughout Europe as a dancer, performer (current projects with Mira Plikat, Leo Gnatzy and Valtteri Keinänen), and choreographer, collaborating on interdisciplinary projects with live musicians, composers, visual artists, writers and poets. With her dance collective “Nangilima Projekt,” she creates own performances that are often self-produced and have been invited to festivals across Europe (Canary Islands, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Spain; such as the Festival Danza de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain and more) and have been supported by the European Union (Creative Europe), among others. For more information, visit the website https://nangilimaproject.wixsite.com/home.
Foto: Ingo Solms
Photo: Michael Maurrissens