Lake Studios Berlin

* This event is free, but let us know you are coming by reserving your spot!

~ SUNDAY ~
BRUNCH : 11H
WORKSHOP : 13 – 14H
PUBLIC  SPACE : 14 – 18H
DINNER : 19H

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On Sunday, the celebrations continue as SUBMERGE EMERGES beyond the studios to activate movement in public and natural spaces.

Join us for an indoor-to-outdoor lab led by the founder of LAKE and SUBMERGE, Marcela Giesche, and long-time Lakie and founding member Kazuma Glen Motomura. We’ll start at LAKE Studios with an introduction and warm-up, and then take the research outside into the streets and natural spaces of Friedrichshagen. Don’t worry 😉 you don’t need to dance the entire time — the idea is to enter a “chill” 💧 performative state and find playful, natural ways of moving through our environment.

We ask all SUBMERGE : EMERGE participants to commit to the full afternoon 13h -18h as it includes a special flash mob by the lake in the end! For those who can stay into the evening, we’ll gather at 19h at LAKE Studios to celebrate and share, including a community dinner (10€ incl. drink) at 19:30h. And if you’d like to join us even earlier, come for Brunch at 11h that same day (10€ incl. drink:).

Participants get a map of special locations around Friedrichshagen and a free SUBMERGE t-shirt. Bring your swim gear, we have a lake ten minutes away, dives are expected!

Planning to join the Battle the night before? Scroll down to read about a sleepover option at LAKE!

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Artist Bios

MARCELA GIESCHE
Marcela Giesche (1983 – Mainz, Germany): Marcela graduated in 2006 with a BFA in Dance from Ohio State University and Codarts, Rotterdam. She has since been a freelance dancer and choreographer working with diverse dance companies and directors across Europe such as Neuer Tanz (VA Wölfl), Thomas Ostermeier, and Deja Donne, amongst others. Some of her own work includes “Sacre” (premiered at HAU, Berlin), “left I – right I” (w. Sonya Levin), “Selfportrait 24”, and “exFolia” (w. Andy Moor/Yannis Kyriakides). She continues her research of movement and choreographic forms through her creation, performance, and teaching practices in Berlin and internationally. She has participated in Danceweb Impulstanz 2009 and has been awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in community dance at the University of Otago. She also founded and is the artistic director of the dance research and residency venue LAKE Studios Berlin, where she has received funding to facilitate numerous festivals, forums, events, and residencies as well as collaborated with Marlon Barrios Solano and Mark Coniglio to create a dance-technology residency program.

WEB: marcelagiesche.com

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KAZUMA GLEN MOTOMURA
Kazuma has been a pioneer in the experimental dance battle scene since the 2000’s; winning multiple international titles with his signature finger dance concept (YUBI Technique) and developing theatrical pieces with it. As a member of the legendary TAET VREMYA crew, he has curated its members in his productions ‘Bäättle’ and ‘Battle in Nature’ with LAKE Studios Berlin: challenging the improvisers with objects, themes and locations, creating spontaneous co-created dramaturgy. As an MC/Host, Kazuma weaves together the experiences created in the moment into a through line, fostering the sense of community, playing from comedic to serious as needed.

WEB: bodypoet.info
IG: @bodypoet._.kazuma

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Sleepover at LAKE!

During the opening celebrations, LAKE offers the option of staying the night in the studios to take full advantage of Saturday night’s Battle and Sunday’s SUBMERGE:EMERGE workshop without the stress of traveling back to the city.

Bring your own blanket, pillow, and mat if you have one — yoga and tatami mats are available on site.
Studio floor — €15

For a dorm room with a mattress and bedding provided, please enquire at .
Dorm — €25

Wake up and join us for brunch prepared fresh from the garden by our in-house chef, Noa Hulday.
Brunch — €10 (incl. one drink)

Stay on through Sunday evening and join us for a group dinner. Another garden-fresh meal prepared by Chef Noa Hulday.
Dinner — €10 (incl. one drink)

You can register for the sleepover and meals on our REGISTRATION FORM!

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