Workshops

How is movement created? What inspires artistic work in dance? This year, artists once again offer insights into their working methods and movement practices – inviting you to experience the festival programme first-hand.

Workshop with Daile Carrazana – Afro & Modern Cuban Dance(s)


In renewed collaboration with Tanzfabrik Berlin and together with Malpaso Dance Company, we are offering a workshop led by Daile Carrazana. She is one of the performers of the production “TRAPICANA” by Tischkau / Nedd / Yukiko x Malpaso Dance Company. The workshop is open to all levels of movement experience.

15.8., 11:00-13:00 | Tanzfabrik Berlin

The workshop session will range from the Cuban Technique of Modern Dance (a blend of Cuban movement modes, Afro-Cuban dances, and North American modern dance elements) to folk dances and Cuban social dances.

Teacher: Daile Carrazana
Assistant: Esven González

All information about the workshop and how to register can be found here.

Workshop with Ben Evans – Beyond Essential Access


We are pleased to collaborate again with Making a Difference, whose expertise brings important impulses to the festival programme.

Together with them, we are offering a free workshop led by Ben Evans, who is the director of Europe Beyond Access, an European project dedicated to promoting and supporting inclusion in contemporary dance and theatre.

The workshop focuses on the question of how can international collaborations with Deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill artists be designed in ways that are both accessible and responsible.

22.8., 11:00 | HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2 Studio)
       
          10:30–11:00 Relaxed Arrivals and Access Orientation
          11:00–14:00 Workshop, including breaks

The workshop will be held in spoken English. Some supporting visual text will be supplied in German. In addition, we offer a translation into German Sign Language (DGS). Interpreters: Mille Skovdal Jepsen, Juliane Keßler.

Target group: Disabled artists and disabled professionals in the performing arts, as well as those who work with them.

More information about the workshop can be found here. Unfortunately, the workshop is fully booked. There are only a few places left reserved for Deaf participants.

Information on Accessibility

HAU2 is accessible without stairs. There are two designated parking spaces next to the building (on Großbeerenstraße). There is a ramp and a lift that can be operated without assistance. The doors to the box office and evening box office open and close with the touch of a button, located to the left of the door. There are sanitary facilities for people with disabilities. The entrance is at ground level. There is not tactile guiding system. Personal assistants do not need to be registered. You are welcome to bring your assistance animals. If you do so, we kindly ask you to notify us in advance.

Portrait of Ben Evans

Workshop with Diana Niepce – THE KNOWING BODY


Another free workshop in collaboration with Making a Difference will be led by Diana Niepce, whose work "HORNFUCKERS" will be presented at Radialsystem on 22.8. and 23.8.

The workshop with the title “THE KNOWING BODY” is presented as a space for experimentation centred on improvisation and movement. Different techniques related to the laws of physics and the functioning of the body are explored. It starts from the unknown to investigate new possibilities, understanding the body as an open field of discovery and transformation.

23.8., 11:00 | Radialsystem
       
          10:30–11:00 Relaxed Arrivals and Access Orientation
          11:00–13:00 Workshop

The workshop will be held in spoken Englisch. Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer a translation into German Sign Language.

Target group: Professionals and semi-professionals in the performing arts, and persons with disabilities. The workshop will be adapted to the access needs of the participants.

All information about the workshop can be found here. Unfortunately the workshop is already fully booked. 

Information on Accessibility

Radialsystem is accessible without stairs. Two accessible parking spaces are available on the Radialsystem grounds. Additional parking is available at Ostbahnhof. The entrance doors to the foyer are not equipped with an automated touch button. We offer a pick up service from Berlin Ostbahnhof. The workshop takes place in Studio 1, which is located on the fourth floor, accessible by lift. The door to the studio is also not automated, but we will offer assistance upon arrival. An accessible toilet is located on the ground floor. There is no tactile guiding system. Personal assistants do not need to be registered. You are welcome to bring your assistance animals. If you do so, we kindly ask you to notify us in advance.

Workshop Information – Accessible PDF

Workshop with Mélissa Guex – From Beats to Beasts


For everyone who enjoys moving outdoors, a free workshop with Mélissa Guex will take place on Tempelhofer Feld in the frame and ahead of Outbox Me Battle x Tanz im August.
Mélissa Guex' piece “DOWN (full album)” will be presented already before on 25.8., 26.8. and 28.8. at Berlinische Galerie.

29.8., 13:30-14:30 | Tempelhofer Feld

You can look forward to a collective warm-up for body and soul.
Ingredients: soul music, beats, inner beasts, sweat and collective energy.

This one-hour session offers a glimpse of Mélissa Guex's movement language. A space to awaken body and soul, connect to rhythm, emotion and instinct, and share collective energy through movement.

Open to battle participants as well as anyone curious to move, regardless of experience.

Please register in advance by email at festival@tanzimaugust.de.

Workshop for residents of Mehringplatz area


We are also happy to offer another free workshop on 28.8. for invited residents of the HAU Hebbel am Ufer neighbourhood in the Mehringplatz area.