Let us be sensational - choreographic Lab

In the organizer's words:

In this choreographic laboratory, we will explore choreographic working methods that have emerged in parallel with the development of the choreography of vibrant matter/s, a dance work about anger as a life-affirming feminist force- methods that have both shaped the process and emerged from it.

The workshop will begin with a physical warm-up that will lead into a laboratory where we will work on individual choreographic material. Through movement practices (improvisation), writing practices and mapping/painting sketches that I will guide, participants will explore their own inner landscapes, urgencies and curiosities in the moment. We will work on translating these into choreographic material. This means e.g. - in movement and presence qualities, spatial and temporal decisions, possibly also in the inclusion of objects, music, etc....

Level: Open Level. The workshop is aimed at adults and is suitable for both professional dancers and amateurs. No previous knowledge or special preparation is required - just an interest and openness to experiment.

Language of instruction: German, if required also English, French or Spanish

The workshop takes place as part of the new OPEN FORM:AT residency at TanzFaktur. On April 13 and 17, Clara-Marie Müller will be offering further workshops as part of the professional training, focusing on physical exploration and working with different sensational states. Here, too, not only professionals are invited. On Sunday, April 19, the residency will end with an OPEN STUDIO: Process & Research Sharing.

Clara-Marie Müller

a dancer and choreographer as well as dance and movement teacher in various contexts. She holds a Master's degree in Exerce from Ici-CCn Occitanie/ Montpellier/ France (2023) and a Bachelor's degree in Dance from HFMT Cologne/ Germany (2015). She is fascinated by the nervous system, human connections and the idea of aliveness that lies in both. Since 2014 she has worked with choreographers such as I-Fang Lin, See Kollektiv, Zwoisy Mears-Clarke, Anna Konjetzki, Teresa Hoffman& Lina Höhne and Celine Bellut.

Among other things, in 2017 she was a fellow of the INKUBATOR residency program at Tanzfaktur Köln in collaboration with the

audiovisual artist Axel Pulgar. In 2024 she had a residency supported by Mathilde Monnier/ Halles de Tropisme, Montpellier.

In 2025, she was selected for the Telescope Beirut platform organized by Shift/ Maquamat. She received the danceweb scholarship for Impulstanz 2025 in Vienna, supported by the lifelong burning network. In addition to her own choreographic work, she is currently collaborating with Romane Piffaut, Ahmad Baba, Dominique Tegho and Manolis Tsipos on a collective work process around the theme of language.

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In this choreographic laboratory we will engage with working methods that were developed alongside the creation of vibrant matter/s - a dance work exploring anger as a life-affirming feminist force. These methods shaped the creative process and partly emerged from it.

The workshop begins with a physical warm-up and then transitions into a laboratory setting where we will work on individual choreographic material. Through movement practices (improvisation), writing practices, and mapping/drawing exercises that I will guide, participants will explore their own inner landscapes, urgencies, and curiosities arising in the moment.

Together we will work on translating these explorations into choreographic material - for example into qualities of movement and presence, spatial and temporal decisions, and potentially the inclusion of objects, music, etc.

Level: Open level. The workshop is aimed at adults and is suitable for both professional dancers and non-professionals. No previous experience or special preparation is required - only curiosity and openness to experimentation.

Class language: German, with support in English, French, and Spanish if needed.

The workshop takes place within the framework of the new residency OPEN FORM:AT of TanzFaktur. On April 13 and 17, 2026, Clara-Marie Müller will also offer additional workshops as part of the professional training program, focusing on physical explorations and working with different "sensational states." These sessions are also open to non-professionals.

The residency concludes on Sunday, April 19, with an OPEN STUDIO: Process & Research Sharing.

Clara-Marie Müller

Clara-Marie Müller is a dancer and choreographer and a dance/ intuitive-movement facilitator in different contexts. She is a graduate from MA exerce at Ici-CCn Occitanie/ Montpellier/ France (2023) and holds a BA in dance from HFMT Cologne/ Germany (2015). In her choreographic work she investigates the spatial dimensions of emotional states, transitions, and transformations, with a special curiosity on the in-between space of solo and collective experiences, and on the voice as a connective element. In her solo vibrant matter/s Clara-Marie explores the connection between anger, pleasure and the erotic in the body, space and choreography. She is fascinated by the nervous system, human connections and the idea of aliveness that lies within both. Since 2014 she has collaborated with choreographers such as I-Fang Lin, See Kollektiv, Zwoisy Mears-Clarke, Anna Konjetzki, Teresa Hoffman& Lina Höhne and Celine Bellut among others. In 2017 she was the holder of the INKUBATORresidency at Tanzfaktur Cologne in co-creation with audiovisual artist Axel Pulgar. 2024 she had a residency supported by the structure of Mathilde Monnier in Montpellier. In 2025 she was selected for Telescope Beirut platform, organized by Shift/ Maquamat. She received the danceweb scholarship for Impulstanz 2025 in Vienna supported by the lifelong burning network. Next to her own choreographic work, she is currently collaborating in a collective work process around language with Romane Piffaut, Ahmad Baba, Dominique Tegho and Manolis Tsipos.