THE EMPATHIC BODY – Workshops for students

THE EMPATHIC BODY – Workshops for students

THE EMPATHIC BODY

WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS

NEW: In 2024, there will be a professional artistic production with students under the artistic direction of Silke Z. in addition to the workshops within the framework of the mediation program.

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The mediation program DanceMediation – THE EMPATHIC BODY is centrally based on the transfer of choreographic methods on the topics of empathy (2020-2023), distance (2021), imitation (2022) and manipulation (2023), which will be taught in workshops and advanced training courses to students and teachers in schools in Cologne and NRW as well as in Munich.

The educational program will take place alongside the stage productions by Silke Z. and the ensemble die metabolisten.

Students are invited to attend the professional rehearsal processes and to participate in the development of material (movement and texts). In this way, the U20 generation “advises” the artistic team and becomes part of the creative-artistic output.

The content is communicated to students and teachers in schools and in cooperation with other institutions in Cologne with the help of analog and digital workshops. If there are further school closures due to the pandemic, we will switch to purely digital teaching and reflection. In these formats, the students and teachers will nevertheless gain practical, dance-based experience on the topic and work together. The project also includes participation in rehearsals and performances as part of the productions, possibly in the form of live stream formats.

Many of the current social problems are caused by people experiencing a lack of self-worth, self-efficacy and social recognition. Especially in times of pandemic, isolation and “social distancing” exacerbate this problem. What is one’s own – and idiosyncratic – must be constantly hemmed in to predetermined guidelines. As a result, the richness of individual potential and confidence in one’s own abilities and needs are lost. The resulting feelings of alienation are in turn compensated for by devaluing other perspectives and life plans. A vicious circle with visibly destructive consequences for democratic and solidary coexistence: isolation, narcissism and feelings of loss of meaning increase. Empathy falls by the proverbial wayside.

The large-scale participation project DanceMediation THE EMPATHIC BODY   is based – instead of external performance requirements – on the stubbornness and potential of each individual. Thus, this concept initiates a fundamental change of perspective towards a contemporary understanding of education, which is able to promote a more social cooperation in the sense of strengthening community and self-efficacy.

The main target group for the outreach program are students (children and young people), teachers and the lecturers who would like to participate in workshops between 2021 and 2023.

NEW: WE | PRIMETIME – Student production under the artistic direction of Silke Z.

In addition to the workshops as part of the education program, there will be a professional artistic production with students under the artistic direction of Silke Z. in 2024.

The student production WE | PRIMETIME will be created as part of the mediation program under the artistic direction of Silke Z. resistdance and her mediation team of dancers from the ensemble »die metabolisten«. WE | PRIMETIME will be created with around 16 pupils from the partner schools (Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium, Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule, Städtisches Gymnasium Kreuzgasse) in two weekend workshops.

The public presentation of the dance production will take place on 28.01 at 7 pm at ehrenfeldstudios. Admission: 5€

13.01.24 | 10:00 – 15:00
14.01.24 | 10:00 – 15:00
27.01.24 | 10:00 – 15:00
28.01.24 | 10:00 – 15:00
28.01.24 | 19:00 Presentation at ehrenfeldstudios

Artistic director of dance mediation: Silke Z.
Dance mediation team: Daniela Riebesam, Dennis Alexander Schmitz, Caroline Simon, Hanna Held

DATES

Sun 28.01.2024

19:00

ehrenfeldstudios, Cologne

CONTACT

If you are interested, please contact us at:
vermittlung@resistdance.de

DETAILS

Dance mediation fo students and teachers in cooperation with Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium,  Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule and Städtisches Gymnasium Kreuzgasse
THE AGEING BODY

THE AGEING BODY

THE AGEING BODY

Dance research labs for people 55+

NEW: »THE AGEING BODY Performance Lab«

We will work 1x/month from 10:00 – 15:00 in the ehrenfeldstudios and present a performance.

In order to allow for ongoing research and a continuous working process, the reservation applies to all 5 dates.

ARE YOU OVER 55 YEARS OLD?

ARE YOU CURIOUS?

ARE YOU KEEN TO MOVE?

Sign up for our next DANCE LAB. We explore MOVEMENT and BODY in AGE(ING) dance, physically, playfully and always in exchange with each other. What do I gain from age(ing)? We EXPLORE this and more together. The lab is led by choreographer Silke Z. and dancer Caroline Simon.

For ALL with or without previous experience. For ALL with or without physical peculiarities. For ALL !

LAB DATES:

Wed. 6 March 2024

Thu. 11 April 2024

Wed. 15 May 2024

Wed. 12 June 2024

Thu. 13 June 2024 + Evening Performance*

*exact times on the day will be discussed

REGISTRATION

We will inform you once you can sign up for the upcoming dance lab

Lab

10:00-15:00 (lunch break included)

Performance

13 June, evening (exact time will be discussed). Public presentation.

Costs and sponsorships*
Sliding Scale: 150 – 400 €
*There is the possibility to take over a sponsorship (assumption of costs) for people with low income. Just get in touch with us if a sponsorship can be taken over or should be needed.

DETAILS

No previous experience is required for participation.
SWARMING

SWARMING

SWARMING

Dance Art & Visibility in the context of Age(ing)

We want to set a performative example and make DANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF AGE(ING) VISIBLE IN PUBLIC. We are founding an OPEN DANCE – SWARM – ENSEMBLE for all people over 60.

Do you DESIRE?
Do you desire to MOVE?
Do you want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

PAST DATES

Introduction & Info Event
Wed, 29.03.23 | 5 pm
@ ehrenfeldstudios

NEXT DATE

The date for our next SWARMING will be announced soon.

REGISTRATION

DETAILS

After registration you will receive monthly information and instructions about the next public place for SWARMING.
WITH US. KAREL (65) MEETS DAVID (25) AND HANNA (28)

WITH US. KAREL (65) MEETS DAVID (25) AND HANNA (28)

WITH US. Karel (65) meets David (25) and Hanna (28)

Guest performance in Vilnius, Lithuania

 

In WITH US, the three dancing bodies of different ages become landscapes that are relentlessly open and surveyed with a radical eye for all details in order to uncover the information they harbour.  WITH US vividly shows how the bodies and the landmarks attached to them provide information about their owners without being asked and divide them into categories such as disabled, old, privileged. Characteristics such as skin colour, wrinkles, scars, facial features, pigmentation or hair structure become landmarks on the map of social standardisation.

The dance and performative measurement takes place between two generations that rarely encounter each other so directly and physically. WITH US creates an intergenerational questioning and encounter in which eye level and categories such as age, disability and skin colour are negotiated. Prejudices, privileges and visibility are negotiated through play and reflected with great political relevance.

WITH US is an intergenerational dance performance with three dancers of the ensemble die metabolisten by choreographer Silke Z. The performance is based on two duos (“WITH US. Karel meets David” and “WITH US. Karel meets Hanna”), which were created in 2022 and 2023 as part of the guest performance series DIVERSITY and were further developed and elaborated into a full-length piece.

CREDITS / CAST / FUNDING

Artistic direction: Silke Z.
Dance: Karel Vaněk, David Winking, Hanna Held
Lighting design: Garlef Keßler
Sound design: Liam Giles
Management: Carina Graf, Hanna Held

Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK Guest performance funding dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the Federal States.

   

DATES

Thu 17.08.2023

19:00

Menu Spaustuve (Arts Printing House) | Studio II.

Fri 18.08.2023

19:00

Menu Spaustuve (Arts Printing House) | Studio II.

INFO

➔ menuspaustuve.lt
Šiltadaržio g. 6, 01124 Vilnius, Lithuania

DETAILS

LANGUAGE  English
DURATION  45 min.
WE. THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 1

WE. THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 1

WE.

THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 1 

Silke Z. & die metabolisten

 

GUEST PERFORMANCE IN BONN:
WE. The empathic body Vol. 1 „QUINTET VERSION“

We are emotional.
We are resilient.
We are dependent.
We are loving.
We are uncertain.
We are jealous, assaulting, grateful.
We are strange, tender, ignorant, freaky.
We are online.
We are diverse.

Humans as social beings have the ability to empathise with others, to put
themselves in their place, to take the place of the other. WE transfers the
natural forms of emotional contagion into dance-choreographic settings. The
performers walk tightrope between attraction and aversion, affection and
assault.

In WE, Silke Z.’s ensemble die metabolisten negotiates empathy and
faces the invasive, encroaching side of empathy. This first production of the
project THE EMPATHIC BODY lays the foundation for a perennial
examination of the topic of empathy. The intergenerational company is
looking for new performative perspectives to approach the complexity of
themes and cultivate feelings of WE.

QUINTET-VERSION

Artistic direction + choreography: Silke Z.
Performance: Daniela Riebesam, Caroline Simon, Hanna Held, Bettina Muckenhaupt, David Winking
Lighting design: Garlef Keßler
Costume + stage: Claudia Grünig, Silke Z. and team
Dramaturgical advice: Barbara Fuchs, André Zimmermann
Sound consulting: André Zimmermann
Administration/Management: Hanna Held
Production assistance: Clara Roth
Video documentation: Barbara Schröer

The revival is financed with the kind support of:

 

CREDITS / CAST / FUNDING

Artistic direction + Choreography: Silke Z.
Performance: Daniela Riebesam, Caroline Simon, Dennis Schmitz, Bettina Muckenhaupt, Jimin Seo, David Winking
Lighting design: Wolfgang Pütz
Costume + Stage: Claudia Grünig, Silke Z. und Team
Dramaturgical advice: Barbara Fuchs, André Zimmermann
Sound advice: André Zimmermann
Dance education: Caroline Simon, Dennis Schmitz, Andrea Marton, Hanna Held
Administration/Management: Hanna Held
Public relations: Vinya Cameron
Press work: Kerstin Rosemann
Photo documentation: Claudia Grünig
Video documentation: Barbara Schröer

The overall concept is supported by the following partners: Coproduction
Fokus Tanz e.V. Munich, Junges Schauspielhaus BochumCooperation
Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Cologne, ehrenfeldstudios e.V.

Funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the 3-year conceptual funding and the city of Cologne as part of the multi-year project funding.

The performances in Helsinki are supported by Exportförderung Land NRW.

PAST DATES

Cirko – Center for New Circus | Helsinki, Finland:

15.03.23 – 7 pm
16.03.23 | 7 pm

ehrenfeldstudios | Cologne:

11.11.21 – 10 am (school performance)
12.11.21 – 10 am (school performance)
13.11.21 – 4 pm (family performance)
14.11.21 – 4 pm (family performance)

Theaterrevier | Bochum:

06.11.21 – 7:30 pm
07.11.21 – 6 pm
08.11.21 – 10 am

DATES

Thu 02.11.2023

20:00

Brotfabrik Bonn

Fri 03.11.2023

20:00

Brotfabrik Bonn

TICKETS

Regular: 15 €
Discount: 10 €
Supporters: 20 €
Students with culture ticket: 3 €
Tickets here

DETAILS

LANGUAGE  German
DURATION  1h
WITH US – EPISODE 2: KAREL (65) MEETS ANNIKA (19)

WITH US – EPISODE 2: KAREL (65) MEETS ANNIKA (19)

WITH US – EPISODE 2: KAREL (65) MEETS ANNIKA (19)

Silke Z. & die metabolisten

 

An affectionate, personal repartee between generations that questions who I was, who I am, and who I may still be?

CREDITS / CAST / FUNDING

Artistic direction Silke Z.
Dance Karel Vanek, Annika Bode
Lighting design Garlef Keßler
Administration Hanna Held, Carina Graf
Public Relations Anna Boldt
Press Relations Kerstin Rosemann
Video documentation Barbara Schröer

Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne and the Diversity Fund of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.