Work-in-progress
3 Acts - The tacit song of self-will
(un)fold
research between paper + human
Oct. 6 2015 at FITZ! Theatre Stuttgart
The Stuttgart based material theater performer Antje Töpfer has commissioned Katja to choreograph and co-direct her latest research on japanese paper objects in dialogue with the corporeality of her own body. Based on selected narrative tales both artists have launched a collaborative research of subjectivation of an objectified body and its transformations. The material agents of artistic expression include paper and body on the same level.
The outcomes of their first intensive research phase makes one part of a three-folded concept for a full-evening piece with contributions of other directors has premiered on January 14 2016 at Fitz Theatre Stuttgart, Germany.
http://www.fitz-stuttgart.de/programm/inszenierungen/3-akte-tryouts/
Stuttgart >>> Jan. 15/16 2015 at Fitz Theatre
Leipzig >>> Feb. 18 2015 at Westfluegel
Berlin >>> April 15-17 2015 at Schaubude
http://www.schaubude-berlin.de/index.php?id=2305
coming soon:
Eupen, Belgium >>>Nov. 18 2017 festival fiGUMA www.alter-schlachthof.be
In 2018 we will continue our research & performances
collaborating on the performative agents of paper matters.
For more info revisit us soon!
Workshops
Katja regularly teaches several workshops which are informed by her research of the coherence of touch and movement, of improvisation and technique. Having completed her three-years-long studies of Shiatsu and having been certified as a healer she finds delight in integrating her artistic background as dancer/choreographer into body work and the sharing of her multifold artistic as well as therapeutic experience and expertise.
Dance Improvisation INTENSIVE
Berlin >>> June 24-28 2019
This one week intensive offers a unique experience of moving and researching together in the realm of improvisation. You will have the opportunity to unfold your physical creativity and widen your expressive range. You will get to know a large set of artistic tools that sharpen your body awareness, your sense of space and time, as well as the parameters of effort, energy and direction. Starting from scores that intensify your proprioception and group awareness we will introduce more complex structures for solo and group improvisation. On that base we will explore the art of „instant composition“ in the course of the week - thereby developing short movement pieces that emerge out of the moment. The main focus is always on the Here & Now. That entails surrendering to whatever is there and wants to show itself, no matter if pretendedly crazy, amazing or boring. Open to all levels.
Mon thru Fri 10 am. - 4 pm.
Price: 98,90 € (red. 52,70)
BOOK NOW: www.vhs-lichtenberg.de Kursnr. Li2.05-044F
Dance Up Your Mind
Berlin weekend workshop >>>
Sept.15/16 & Nov. 16/17 2019
Dance improvisation activates your expressive range on the level of physical movement and compositional ideas alike. Starting with a contemporary dance warm-up with elements of Yoga and spatial awareness exercises it is about YOUR connection with your physical-mental-emotional self in relation to space, time and gravity. No less, no more! Free from preset forms we play with time & rhythm structures, spatial levels, different movement qualities, initiating movement from different body parts, introducing real time composition. It is about the fun of sharing dance in a group, giving spontaneity the lead, raising your awareness and committing to the big Here & Now with all your senses. Open to everyone interested in dancing, no previous knowledge required. Amazing price at VHS Berlin-Lichtenberg!
Sat/Sun 11 am - 3.30 pm
Price/one weekend: 45,48 €
Pre-Registration: send Email to Ingelore.kiersch@lichtenberg.berlin.de
Sept. 15/16: www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/
Nov. 16/17: www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/
Shiatsu + Contact Improvisation
Weekend workshop in Berlin >>>
December 10 & 11 2016
The workshop researches various modes of interplay between Shiatsu and Contact Improvisation. CI as the art of fluently moving together and Shiatsu as deeply relaxing and vitalizing body work complement one another not only in their use of touch, weight and gravity but also in their culture of listening in heightended awareness to the partner's body. Learning the basic principles of both techniques we experience in this fruitful combination the flow of movement in beneficial touch. In partners and small groups we explore the realms of playfully giving and taking weight and a variety of transitions back and forth between 'hands on' and dance. The fun of movement and the refinement of an aware touch both find unfolding here.
Sat/Sun 10 am - 4 pm
Technische Universität Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin
register: www.tu-sport.de -> Workshops -> Dezember
(register as "Externe") fee for externals: 80 €
Body Voice & Nature - with Joao Charepe
Spring workshop in Lisbon >>>
April 9 & 10 2016
Tracing the connections of body and voice, we will open up new spaces for resonance and creativity, inspired by nature in the near environment, in parks, near the river, under the blue sky this one-week workshop will be co-led by Katja Wolf and the singer, voice trainer and music teacher Joao Charepe from Lisbon. We will gather research material in outdoor locations in order to deepen and refine the experiences in the studio - with the option of a final showing. Feel free to bring a song by heart and/or a little text.
Workshop Info
Date: 9h - 10h April 2016
Times: Sat & Sun 10 am. - 1 pm. & 3 pm. - 6 pm.
Place: Lisbon, Filarmónica de Carnaxide
Maximum number of participants: 14
Price: 80€ / early bird booking by April 1st 60 €
Language: English and German
Requirements: None / everyone welcome
Registration
Please send an email to João Charepe: outroladodavoz@gmail.com www.vocaloide.com
For Further inquiries / housing assistance call +351 96 286 25 00
http://www.vocaloide.com/
Makko-Ho into movement
Weekend workshop in Berlin >>>
April 23 & 24 2016
Ever since I learned that fantastic little series of meridan stretches at the beginning of my dance education at the European Dance Development Center it belongs to my daily repertoire of favorite movements! Don't miss the chance to learn that series - including the meridians - in just one week-end, two hours each morning! There will be time and space to explore their effect also in free movement on the floor and in space.
Weekend Workshop Info
Date: 23th / 24th April 2016
Times: 10-11:30 am.
Place: MIME Centrum Studio 2 Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz Berlin-Kreuzberg
Maximum number of participants: 14
Price: 45€ / 40 € booking deadline: March 30
Language: English / German
Requirements: None / everyone welcome
Registration & Info
Please send a short email to kontakt(at)katjafmwolf.com
Contact Improvisation
Weekend workshop in Berlin >>>
April 23 & 24 2016
The compact workshop gives you a good base in Contact Improvisation. After a thorough warm-up that makes you familiar with the use of touch, weight and gravity and through that with the culture of listening in heightended awareness to your own as well as to a partner's body you will learn the principles of rolling over the floor and following and influencing a rolling point of contact in spontaneous movement dialogue. In partners and small groups we explore the realms of playfully giving and taking weight and a variety of easy transitions between floor and medium height co-transportations. The fun of movement and the refinement of an aware touch both find unfolding here. Dancing is being together!
Weekend Workshop Info
Date: 23th / 24th April 2016
Times: 11:30 am.-2 pm.
Place: MIME Centrum Studio 2 Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz Berlin-Kreuzberg
Maximum number of participants: 14
Price: 80€ / 75 € booking deadline: March 30
Language: English / German
Requirements: None / everyone welcome
Registration & Info
Please send an email to kontakt(at)katjafmwolf.com