KICK-OFF WORKSHOP - RESHAPING DANCE EDUCATION
With Laura Ahumada García, Hannah Dewor, Annie Edwards, Pihla Jaala
workshop
FRI 18.10.2024
3:00pm — 5:15pm
Frankfurt Lab - Schmidtstraße 12, 60326 Frankfurt am Main
The participation is free of cost.
Workshop language: German and English
Comfortable sports clothing is recommended.
Drinking water and a retreat area with different seating options are also available. We also asked you to send your access rider and wishes for support during your workshop participation to the mail address below.
Due to limited spots, we ask you to register. For more information, registration and access rider please contact: pihla.jaala@gmail.com
Unfortunately, the workshop cannot offer sign language translation in this first edition.
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Picture features, Annie Edwards and Laura Ahumada García. photographer Laura Aziz
Information on accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible event room? (No steps or thresholds higher than 5 cm, doors at least 90 cm wide, wheelchair-accessible toilet, etc.)
Frankfurt LAB has a toilet which is wheelchair-accessible and available for all people with visible and invisible disabilities.
Further information on accessibility
Workshop in English and German
Who decides who is allowed to dance? How can contemporary dance education move towards an inclusive learning culture?
These questions are confronted by a mixed-abled team of dancers and dance pedagogues whose aim is to move towards accessibility in higher dance education. The team’s interest is to develop practical concepts and formats to create an accessible learning environment for dance students and dance enthusiasts. The Kick-off “Reshaping Dance Education” is based on the research process the group has done together. This workshop invites disabled and non-disabled dancers based in Frankfurt to join a movement practice and reflect upon the dance field with the perspective of access.
We will encourage participants to be open to diverse experiences and look into the daily practices of inclusion and invisible barriers. The working methods are based on dance improvisation and its principles as a dance technique that applies to different dance languages and body practices.
We will end the workshop with a shared space to reflect on the experience with various approaches such as drawing, sensing or writing.
Collaboration between Hannah Dewor, Annie Edwards, Pihla Jaala and Laura Ahumada García.
This research and workshop project is funded by the Hessische Theaterakademie funding program and is realised in cooperation with Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt. Therefore some of the Bachelor students of the dance department will be taking part in the workshop as well. The research process of the project took place in Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm.
