Repeat and Transform
The first part of the training focuses on breathing, circular movements and repetition, all in a simple structure that enables the participant to concentrate on the execution of the movements. The exercises have been collected and developed for the purpose of preparing the body for a work day, regardless of what might come. The intensity can be individually adapted according to the daily state of the body and the environment it will act in.
In the second part, Alexander Gottfarb will share his choreographic practice based on repetition and transformation. Tools and approaches will be shared to enable the practitioner an autonomous relation to the practice. No previous specific technical training is required, however a desire to move and a curiosity for the sensations of the body is key since we engage in the practice over longer durations.
was born in Sweden and studied at the Stockholm Ballet Academy. Since 2004 he is working as a dancer and choreographer with base in Vienna. As a dancer he worked with, among others, Elio Gervasi, Björn Säfsten and Chris Haring/Liquid loft. His own works focus on repetition, transformation and duration. Among his latest pieces can be mentioned Negotiations, a one-year long, eight-hours per day performance at the TQW Filiale and the series Encounters also dealing with long durations, placed in various spaces related to work.