Dancing Fabric, Fabricating Dance (Workshop)

In the organizer's words:

Clothing is our primary interface with the world - a soft architecture that mediates between the private self and the public. To dress in this workshop is to perform; every choice of garment, color, texture and silhouette is a choreographic decision. We will explore how the character of a fabric influences the quality of a gesture. We will take time to discover the sensory information that the "air gap" between skin and clothing holds. We will slip into the role of stylist/art director and observe how we "create" the versions of ourselves that we present to the world. Come in something you love, something that inspires you to go out into the world, something you feel comfortable in all day.

What to bring:
Please come in an outfit that you love and that inspires you.
Also, bring clothes from three specific categories:

1. A dressy look: day or evening wear, something flattering that you can impress with.
2. A "costume": clothes that feel like a mask - that feel strange in everyday life. Something ridiculous or something you had in your closet but never found the right opportunity to wear.
3. A voluminous garment: a coat, blanket or evening dress - an oversized garment that has architectural dimensions. Something that clearly conceals the contours of your body.

Note: The workshop will be held in English

About the workshop leader Eran Shanny:

Eran Shanny is a fashion designer whose work is closely linked to his many years as a dancer and performer. After his time with the renowned Bat-Sheva Dance Company and his collaboration with Yasmeen Godder, in which he performed worldwide for nine years, he studied fashion at Shenkar College and the Royal Academy in Antwerp. His collections are characterized by unconventional materials, precise craftsmanship and complex constructions. Inspired by visual and performing arts, music and fashion history, Shanny questions social norms of masculinity and femininity. He moves experimentally at the boundaries between abstraction and figure as well as function and decoration in order to combine disparate elements into a strong aesthetic unity.

https://www.tanz-in-bonn.de/programm/dancing-fabric/

Price information:

Participation free of charge, registration is requested: karten@theater-im-ballsaal.de