Monthly Archives: January 2011

january 2011 – research installation @ NOFOD, Odense

In the context of the Nordic Forum for Dance Research 2011 (NOFOD), I presented a research installation – a material as well as metaphorical communication tool of my research. Both static and ‘there’, yet also processual and continuously changing through the intervention of … Continue reading

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2009 – 2015, practice-as-research PhD, Coventry University

My doctoral research focuses on dance practices in the natural environment. I work with a mix of ethnographic and practice-as-research methodologies and engage with practitioners in a case study sense – I participate in workshops and work-processes, I observe practice, … Continue reading

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2011 Obreros Espaciales / Raumarbeiter 2

Second international meeting @ dansBURG in the Catalan Pyrenees: Obreros Espaciales: Laboratori transversal de arquitectura i dansa – Space Workers: transversal laboratory of architecture and dance.

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2010 Obreros Espaciales / Raumarbeiter 1

In collaboration with architects Pepe Ramos and Marta Serra I started the research network obreros espaciales, in English space workers, in German raumarbeiter. We invite architects, dancers and others who have dealings with space into moments of collective investigations. The first … Continue reading

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july 2010 – experimental movement & creative process, Burg (Pyrenees)

L’alta muntanya per ella mateixa recull un espai màgic. És un lloc que impulsa la imaginació i ens posa en relació amb un món diferent. Cada dia anirem a explorar llocs al nostre voltant. Ens relacionarem amb els poders de … Continue reading

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july 2009 – Ballar a l’alta muntanya, Bordes d’olp (Pyrenees)

L’alta muntanya per ella mateixa recull un espai màgic. És un lloc que impulsa la imaginació i ens posa en relació amb un món diferent al de la ciutat. Per a la realització d’aquest taller ens trobarem afora i amunt … Continue reading

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may 2009 – experimental movement & creative process, Montseny

Treballar amb el moviment a la natura cada vegada és una experiència diferent. En aquest taller hi ha la posibilitat d ́anar junts cap a una aventura de moviment individual i comú al peu del Montseny a prop del població … Continue reading

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july 2008 – Labyrinth workshop in Barnum (MN)

Co-facilitated with Emily Hughes At this Community Supported Labyrinth Workshop and Ceremony at Common Place Farm we will not only create the physical path of a labyrinth on the earth’s body, but also explore this path in our own bodies. … Continue reading

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2009 Dem Raum lauschen / Escoltar el lloc

With dance and movement therapist Montse Martí I embarked on a photographic and movement based investigation of what arises when we listen to space. What we found was an intense inscription of individual and collective memory into a location. The … Continue reading

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july 2006 – experimental movement & creative process, Farrera (Pyrenees)

Els temes principals del taller seran l’exploració del cos/moviment a la natura, mitjançant la creació d’un ambient d’inspiració i creativitat. S’experimentarà amb les immenses variacions que es produeixen entre el temps, la matèria, els elements de la natura i la … Continue reading

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sept 2010 – free:flight & friends @ Festival MIAU, Caldes de Montbui (CAT)

A meeting in a public space, the Roman bath “la Portalera” – two musicians, a performer, a writer and the audience. Nobody knows what will happen. We make ourselves available, gestures unfold and disappear. Together we create a shared space, … Continue reading

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june 2010 – free:flight @ Festival Inselglück, Berlin-Moabit

free:flight participates in inselglueck – a celebration of art on Berlin’s largest island: the neighbourhood Moabit. In more than 100 locations more than 300 events happened on a long and sunny weekend between 17th and 20th of June 2010. free-flight … Continue reading

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may 2010 – free:flight @ Gallery TamTam 8, Berlin-Friedrichshain

Ensemble free:flight: Flute/Live-Electronics Miriam Akkermann & Dance Paula Kramer meets Prisma Sonorum: Cello Hui-Chun Lin & Live-Electronics Rico Graupner A meeting in a gallery space – musicians, performer, audience. We search for a dialogue, a short-term encounter of time, space, body, sound – some things fall into place, whilst others falls apart. … Continue reading

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sept 2009 – free:flight @ Ohrenstrand mobil, Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Amidst random movements and sounds, we define a space. Travellers are crisscrossing their way through Berlin’s main train station. Following their steps we leave our marks, first attempting to define, then to traverse and eventually to dissolve. Produced in collaboration with ohrenstrand mobil.

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july 2009 – Wandlungsphasen, Berlin-Schöneberg

choreography and performance: Bettina Mainz, Paula Kramer artistic director: Mikki Bleidner music: Peter Laros produced by: CAP A PIE, Berlin supported by: Municipal Office for Art + Culture Berlin-Schöneberg, Grün Berlin Park und Garten GmbH Wandlungsphasen was developed for a … Continue reading

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april 2007 – Beneath the Warmth of a Smile, Alexandria & Cairo

choreography: Bettina Mainz performance: Eva Balzer, Aude Henry, Paula Kramer supported by: Goethe Institut Cairo, French Cultural Centre Alexandria, Weinmeisterhaus Berlin, Nora Amin The smile – this precious universal gesture of mankind forms the starting point of our story. Three … Continue reading

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