2 scholarship opportunities: SMASH Berlin #7 intensive program in experimental physical performance

[SMASH-Berlin]

SMASH Berlin is excited to announce the next 3-month intensive program - SMASH #7, running from mid-August to mid-November, with the opportunity for two applicants to receive scholarships. 

Participants will work through modules with teachers Alessio Castellacci, Sonja Pregrad, Clément Layes, Diego Agulló, and Lisa Densem, focusing on specific issues of contemporary performance. The program is comprised of:

• morning classes/afternoon modules
• mentoring/group research
• practical seminars
• theory sessions

The deadline to apply for SMASH #7 is May 15th. For full information on the program including application details please visit our website: http://www.smash-berlin.com

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SMASH Berlin is an independent platform dedicated to developing research in contemporary performance through a series of full-time physical training programs. Its conception originates from a desire to create temporary, non-hierarchical spaces in which to share with participants the multifaceted scene of contemporary dance evolving in Berlin.

SMASH Berlin focuses on the performative body using a hands-on approach to connect with its expanded, transformative, contradictory and imaginative states.

Through a range of process-based working strategies from different artistic disciplines, the notion of performance is questioned beyond personal assumptions and established modalities. Emphasis is given to the embodied use of discourse and collaborative investigation through mentoring, group feedback and brainstorming.

Each unit is organized as a cohesive structure looking into the evolving meaning of physical performance today as an artistic, social and political practice.

Guest artists share their current practices and methodologies, challenging the participants to develop their own methods and set of tools to initiate personal work.