This workshop explores how dance opens up for alternative forms of subjectivity where individuality and identity dissolve in favour of flux, fluidity, ambiguity and super-imposition. Can dance be a place for the practice of forms of being that are not attached to models of identity based on language and representation? Is dance a dynamic where one can be oneself without being mediated, captured and named? Is dance a practice where we can see what we have in common, not only with other humans but also with other life forms and inanimate stuff? Is dance in itself one of those life forms, and if so what can we learn from dance – not about ourselves (awareness), not about dance (skill) but from dance given its own non-human agency.
This workshop explores how individuals and groups embody and exchange energy. We will keep an open mind about how energy is present, sensed, and a source in us: chakra and breathing exercises, next to bodywork and improvisation protocols, will open up for possibilities to engage in choreographic dynamics resonating of Mårten Spångberg's more recent works, addressing specific forms of inspiration, collaboration, presence, emotion, spirituality.
Mårten Spångberg
