Open Training @ protagon

They say I can't dance. They say I should not move. "But if I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution." (Emma Goldman) (Performance LEMNISKATE) Das zweite Winterwerft Wochenende beginnt in wenigen Stunden! Wir haben ein volles und aufregendes Repertoire auf Lager und um 18:30 Uhr öffnen unsere Pforten für euch! 💫 ❗️Achtung: U-Bahnen und Straßenbahnen stehen am Freitag wegen der Streiks still, ihr könnt uns aber mit den städtischen Bussen und natürlich mit dem Fahrrad erreichen. Busse fahren zum Beispiel zur Casella-, Biersteiner- oder Gwinnerstraße. Wir freuen uns auf euch! Video by Chiara Zanzi ENG: The second Winterwerft weekend starts in few hours! We have a full and exciting repertoire in store and at 18:30 our gates will open for you! 💫 ❗️Achtung: Underground trains and trams are at a standstill on Friday due to the strikes, but you can reach us by city bus and of course by bike. Buses will be travelling to Casella-, Biersteiner- or Gwinnerstraße, for example. We look forward to seeing you!

TODAY: Start Winterwerft Theatre Festival! 🌊 Losing Ground – Ecstatic Dance 26.01. 9pm @ Winterwerft Let’s celebrate the start of the Winterwerft Festival with an Ecstatic Dance! Losing the ground under your feet. This is a phrase that has become a new reality, a collective experience in recent years. So how can you surrender to the feeling of falling? To stop holding on with all our might and use the capacity that has been freed up to see and feel where we are? By dancing, lifting off the ground and grounding together at the same time. Ecstatic dance has no form or strict movements, it is about following the natural movements of your body in communication with the music and your fellow dancers. The dance is like a ritual with a guided beginning and a guided end in the group. Together we embark on a journey with the magical #LIVEMUSIC of the Antagon TheaterAKTion Band and Florian Betz. What are the 3 principles of ecstatic dance? no shoes no talking no stimulants 2 hours of free dance and a multimedia surprise. All levels are welcome. Bring comfortable clothes. Leader: Effi Bodensohn Language: German, English, German Sign Language

🌊 Losing Ground – Ecstatic Dance 26.01. 9pm @ Winterwerft Let’s celebrate the start of the Winterwerft Festival with an Ecstatic Dance! Losing the ground under your feet. This is a phrase that has become a new reality, a collective experience in recent years. So how can you surrender to the feeling of falling? To stop holding on with all our might and use the capacity that has been freed up to see and feel where we are? By dancing, lifting off the ground and grounding together at the same time. Ecstatic dance has no form or strict movements, it is about following the natural movements of your body in communication with the music and your fellow dancers. The dance is like a ritual with a guided beginning and a guided end in the group. Together we embark on a journey with the magical #LIVEMUSIC of the Antagon TheaterAKTion Band and Florian Betz. What are the 3 principles of ecstatic dance? no shoes no talking no stimulants 2 hours of free dance and a multimedia surprise. All levels are welcome. Bring comfortable clothes. Leader: Effi Bodensohn Language: German, English, German Sign Language

🌟 Friendly Reminder that you can still register for the Winterwerft „Losing Ground“ Workshops 🌟 The number of participants is limited. https://winterwerft.de/workshops-2024/

Tomorrow!

Open training: Crossroads of Voices: Awaken and discover your voice with Lauren Boissonnet and Clémence Demay Mon. 8th & 15th January 7 p.m. 1,5h @protagon Kulturgelände Participants with or without previous experience, who seek to explore their voice in the frame of a theatre training The voice is often the object of shyness, especially when it comes to singing, because we believe that we have to sing "well"; however, the voice is our most beautiful instrument and singing is only one of its thousand functions. Through individual and collective theatre exercices we will explore the possibilities of our voice, as well as some techniques. To bring: Comfortable clothes and water to drink Make sure you know a small text or a song donation based

🐇 KIDS-WORKSHOPS 🌿 MASKEN 28.01.2024 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr Workshop für alle ab 4 Jahren In diesem workshop werden wir mit recycelten und natürlichen Materialien und Farben unsere eigenen Masken kreieren und sie am Ende mit anderen ausprobieren. Mit Masken können wir die Welt mit anderen Augen sehen, uns verwandeln und in andere Welt(en) einsteigen. Kommst du mit auf diese Reise? 🌿TONKREATUREN 04.02.2024 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr Workshop für alle ab 4 Jahren Dieser Workshop lädt euch dazu ein mit Hilfe von Holz, Stöcken , Rinden und weiteren Naturmaterialien Wesen aus Ton zu erschaffen. TONWESEN, die wir noch nicht kennen und die uns unbekannte Geschichten erzählen. Mit Daniela Christ, freischaffende Schauspielerin und Tänzerin, Theater- und Tanzpädagogin 🌿Malerei mit Pflanzenfarben – Family Workshop 11.02.2024 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr Workshop für Familien mit Jule Seibel: Malerei mit Pflanzenfarben In diesem Workshop werden wir mit den Farbsäften verschiedener Pflanzen auf Papier malen. Du lernst ein paar Pflanzen kennen und kannst sie beim Malen gleich sinnlich erleben. Mit ein paar Tricks lösen wir chemische Reaktionen aus und ändern Farbe und Oberfläche. Experimentieren, Entdecken und Verweilen sind hier übrigens sehr willkommen! Mehr Informationen auf unserer Website: www.winterwerft.de

🌟 Workshops Winterwerft 2024 📢 Open to All! Register at workshops@protagon.net! 🤸🏽Participation: Donation Basis (recommendation 8-20 € per workshop hour) 🌿 Tanz als Erfahrung am eigenen Leib with Melanie Mölgg 📅 Jan 27, 2024 | ⏰ 11 AM - 2 PM Explores body as a work of art using dance & somatic bodywork. 🌿Peripheral Vision - Tanzworkshop 📅 Jan 27, 2024 | ⏰ 2 PM - 5 PM Transformative and holistic movement-based practice the creation 🌿 Rights of Nature – a performative-experimental with WAS TUN collective 📅 Jan 28, 2024 | ⏰ 10 AM - 1 PM Discussion on nature's rights amidst biodiversity loss & climate issues. 🌿 Finding Gravity – Mixed Abled Dance with Keiko Schmitt & Anno Bolender (Reclaiming Dance) 📅 Jan 28, 2024 | ⏰ 4:30 PM - 6 PM Explores losing ground & regaining balance through dance. 🌿 The Birth of an Utopia with Valérie Abeloos and Chiara Zanzi 📅 Jan 31, 2024 | ⏰ 9 PM - 11 PM Collective imagination of utopias through art & storytelling. 🌿 The listening Post / The ground under our feet 📅 Feb 3, 2024 | ⏰ 1 PM - 6 PM Explore hills, share forest stories, find grounding in our surroundings. 🌿 Biosfera 📅 Feb 3 - 4, 2024 | ⏰ 4 PM - 7 PM / 10 AM Focusing on movement inspired by nature / Stories about new europe 🌿 Open Atelier: Painting Plants 📅 Feb 7, 2024 | ⏰ 8 PM - 10 PM Experience painting with plant colors in an engaging art workshop 🌿 DAH Thatre / Losing Ground 📅 Feb 10, 2024 | ⏰ 11 AM - 5 PM Use of theater in transforming conflicts and fear into creative acts. 🌿 Finding Ground – Losing Ground / Dance with Sarah Altherr 📅 Feb 11, 2024 | ⏰ 3 PM - 5 PM Explores body-environment connection through contemporary dance 🌈 More information and registration: www.winterwerft.de

Open training: Crossroads of Voices: Awaken and discover your voice with Lauren Boissonnet Mon. 8th & 15th January 7 p.m. 1,5h @protagon Kulturgelände Participants with or without previous experience, who seek to explore their voice in the frame of a theatre training The voice is often the object of shyness, especially when it comes to singing, because we believe that we have to sing "well"; however, the voice is our most beautiful instrument and singing is only one of its thousand functions. Through individual and collective theatre exercices we will explore the possibilities of our voice, as well as some techniques. To bring: Comfortable clothes and water to drink Make sure you know a small text or a song donation based

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Open training: Crossroads of Voices: Awaken and discover your voice with Lauren Boissonnet Mon. 8th & 15th January 7 p.m. 1,5h @protagon Kulturgelände Participants with or without previous experience, who seek to explore their voice in the frame of a theatre training The voice is often the object of shyness, especially when it comes to singing, because we believe that we have to sing "well"; however, the voice is our most beautiful instrument and singing is only one of its thousand functions. Through individual and collective theatre exercices we will explore the possibilities of our voice, as well as some techniques. To bring: Comfortable clothes and water to drink Make sure you know a small text or a song donation based

🤸🏽Open Training: Find your Latin body with Michael Schmidt Mon. 11th & 18th December 7pm @protagon Kulturgelände From theatrical theory we will seek to explore the different qualities of body movement individually and collectively and then advance in the composition in space and its different ways of approaching it to understand how to begin to create choreography with the body. All of this is framed in Latin rhythms and how they react in the body, eliminating the stereotypes of Latin American dances. Michael is an actor trained in Chile and now a member of antagon theaterAKTion which seeks to explore in Europe how to change the vision of how to work with the body and rhythms in people, all in a playful, conscious and confident way. Everyone is invited to participate in this training, you just need to want to learn and laugh in the process. bring comfortable clothes // donation based

Last Open Training this year! ✨

✨ Open Training: Following Spaces with Saskia Vaidis and Margot Tournebize Thu. 14th December 7pm @protagon Kulturgelände In this open training we will explore the interactions between a solo and the group, how the two interact and influence each other. We'll be trying to find a balance between taking our own place in the group and still staying connected to it. By listening to what's going on, we know how and when it’s time to take the space and when it’s the moment for leaving it. Through multiple exercises, we will explore some possibilities about how you stick with yourself and/or the group in order to create a whole story together. Let’s improvise and have fun ! ~ For the need of one of the exercises we ask you to come with 1 music you really want to dance with (between 2 and 4 min) ~ Saskia Vaidis and Margot Tournebize are dancers and theatre makers from Toulouse (France) and are currently working on a pluridisciplinary improvisation laboratory. They will give an insight of their work in two open trainings in December. Donation based / bring comfortable clothes

Tonight! 🤸🏽