a s s o m b r a ç ã o – Freude als verkörperte Praxis

The Brazilian choreographer and dancer Ametonyo Silva is spending a week in residence at the Schwankhalle as part of the OUTNOW! Festival, the Brazilian choreographer and dancer Ametonyo Silva is spending a one-week residency at the Schwankhalle. In this workshop, he will share choreographic practices from his ongoing dance project "a s s o m b r a ç ã o". In Brazilian Portuguese, assombração refers to a ghost or haunting, an invisible, physically tangible presence. For Ametonyo, it is precisely these apparitions that touch us - sometimes without us being able to see them - and reverberate in our feet, stomachs, mouths, ears and eyes. This workshop is about making your own body vibrate in order to rekindle memories and to evoke and spread warmth and joy ("alegria"). The body becomes the medium for movements, gestures, images, sensations and words that constantly connect and transform.

Even after the workshop, Ametonyo invites you to visit him during his residency week and accompany him in his choreographic practice ¬- indoors and outdoors, in public space and in the theater, dancing, walking, mapping, writing, cooking and storytelling.