HELLERAUmoves: Dancing at the end of the world/month
with Romuald Krężel & René Alejandro Huari Mateus (All Levels)
“The end of the world, the end of the month – the same system, the same fight” says one of the slogans from the Yellow Vests protests in France in 2018, against carbon fuel taxes imposed by the neoliberal government mainly on the French working class. What kind of class struggle stands behind the ecological crisis? Is climate change a class war and if yes – how do we position ourselves in that? And what does contemporary choreography and performance have to do with it?
During this workshop we will discuss and work with our personal fears about the end of the world and at the end of the month. How do these grand challenges of our times like climate change and the structural and systemic processes of class exclusion and discrimination, resonate with our individual stories and experiences? How do they influence our lives? Is personal still political nowadays? And how can the autobiographical or personal become performative material?
Personal stories and autobiographical materials that you would like to work with are welcome (but are not mandatory). Bring comfortable clothes in which you can move freely. We will try to dance – at the end of the world and/or at the end of the month. There is no proper technique for this, so we will have to come up with our own together.
Duration: ca. 2 h
Language: English
The workshop is suitable to everyone 16 years and older
Enquiries and info to:
workshop@hellerau.org
*We will send a confirmation of registration for the workshop one week before the start of the event. So don’t worry if you don’t receive a confirmation straight away. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee participation if you register last minute, but we would still be happy if you come by and give it a try if the workshop is not booked out. If the workshop is fully booked with try to communicate this as soon as possible.
Romuald Krężel – Born in Poland, Berlin-based choreographer and performer. He holds an MA in Choreography and Performance from the Justus Liebig University Gießen and an MA in Acting from the Film School in Łódź in Poland. His artistic work is nourished by expanded choreographic practices that incorporate visual and performative elements. The resulting movement-based performances, site-specific installations, participatory projects, videos, and other hybrid formats, explore themes such as labor, resistance, class struggle, climate change and potential exchanges between humans and more-than-humans.
