conFUSION summer intensive with nelody AUG 25th-29th 11:30-13:30 - 2 hours, 5 days
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
in the conFUSION intensive you get to focus on enriching YOUR OWN, unique movement vocabulary and your understanding of dance, movement and performance ! We dive deep into the world of FUSION and interdisciplinary dance and we'll play in nelody's guidance with movement concepts, principles and methods.
conFUSION concept by nelody explores and experiments the interconnections between different dance styles and cultures, and draws inspiration from contemporary dance, hip hop and other dance styles and performance practices. nelody offers the participants tools to focus on building their own dance style and to research around themes like gravity, groove and flow, isolations, storytelling and musicality. Having fun, exchanging and connecting through dance plays an important role in nelody’s classes. During the intensive we practice dancing in smaller groups, too; to get to share our dance and connect with other participants.
For nelody it is essential to create a learning atmosphere in which all the participants can feel encouraged to explore movement, dance and performance and its multiple possibilities regardless of the amount of their dance experience.
TEACHING LANGUAGE/SPRACHE: EN, DE
ABOUT NELODY:
nelody (she/her), a Berlin-based dancer and choreographer from Finland, explores the connections between various dance cultures and styles since 2014. With her artistic research and dance concept, conFUSION concept, she experiments the ""in-between spaces"" of dance and various contexts where dance occurs—from performances to dance battles or dance films. Her experimental dance style is strongly influenced by hip hop, contemporary dance, waving and illusionary dance forms and she draws inspiration from other art forms like poetry.
“Dance is communication; everybody has a Body, and Every Body has a story to tell” - nelody
In her work, nelody brings together dancers from diverse cultural and aesthetic backgrounds. She choreographs, performs and directs and actively creates spaces to initiate and develop ""cross-genre discourse"" within Berlin's dance scene, teaches in dance education programs and in social projects with dance and empowerment (Junge Deutsche Oper, Youth company of Sasha Waltz & Guests, TanzZeit e.V, sPERANTO worldwide).