PARTNERING, MARTIAL ARTS, FLOOR-WORK, MAKING FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
LAB: 31 August | 10-16h
&
1 September | 10-13h
PERFORMANCE: 2 September
11h School Performance
17h Public Performance
Yotam Peled is a choreographer, teacher and performer based in Berlin, born in 1989, working at the intersection of contemporary dance, martial arts and new circus. Together with the independent ensemble ‘the Free Radicals’ he develops work, which tours festivals and venues worldwide, with partners such as Tanztage Festival Berlin, Tanzhaus Zürich, EXPLORE Dance Network, Fabrik Potsdam, and LOFFT – das Theater Leipzig. Alongside creating, he teaches in and collaborates with institutions such as IWANSON Munich, Munstrum Theater, Ballet National Marseille – La Horde, AFI Bologna, and Fontys Academy Tilburg.
WEB: yotampeled.com IG: @yp.freeradicals
BETWEEN DANCING AND FIGHTING
LAB: 31 August | 10-16h & 1 September | 10-13h
This workshop revolves around the connection of different movement methods: contemporary dance, Qi Gong, Kung Fu, and partner work inspired by wrestling and boxing. We will make use of martial principles as an emerging language that enables listening and receiving, in order to create a diverse yet rooted physical conversation of bodies and introduce an organic flow between the individual body and playful interaction with the other.
WHERE THE BOYS ARE
PERFORMANCE: 2 September
11h School Performance
17h Public Performance
Where the Boys Are is a creation for a younger audience (13+), playfully exploring the intersection of dance and martial arts. Examining and reconstructing the vocabulary of different fighting practices, the two performers transform the arena into a zone of sensitive and intimate action, and expose different perspectives on relations between young men.
Choreography: Yotam Peled
Performers: Nicolas Knipping, Andrius Nekrasoff
Dramaturgy, Outside Eye: Moos van den Broek
Production support: Laia Montoya
Documentation: Valentin Braun
Produced by EXPLORE Dance Network for young audiences.