Author Archives: Paula Kramer

september 2016 – Rock/Body Exeter

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Paula Kramer

Working with — a granite from Cornwall (formerly from the Equator), a 300 year old Lucombe Oak, a Stone Oak in the further distance, liquidized China Clay, quarry man David A. Paton, choreographer Carolyn Deby and video artist Annette Arlander. … Continue reading →

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july 2016 – Being with this world @ IDOCDE Symposium Vienna

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Paula Kramer

[29. – 31. Jul 2016] Teaching at the 4th IDOCDE Symposium on Contemporary Dance Education at ImPulsTanz. Dancing bodies taking seriously – the asphalt, the grass, the shadows, the foam and other strange stuff donated by the folks upholstering seating … Continue reading →

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february – october 2016 – Reflecting with Practice – Joa Hug

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Paula Kramer

A research project in three phases – Berlin I + Helsinki I & II. Framed and directed by Joa Hug as part of his doctoral research project at the University of the Arts Helsinki on the epistemic potential of Body … Continue reading →

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april 2016 – Moving & Making, Sant Cugat – lecture and workshop

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Paula Kramer

[26. + 28. April 2016] Moving & Making: Experiments with Body, Space and Material Happy return to ETSAV, the Vallès Higher Technical School of Architecture in Sant Cugat. Organised by Marta Serra-Permanyer and Prof. José-Luis Oyon. Working in the big … Continue reading →

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mar 2016 – artist retreat/research phase – Coventry

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Paula Kramer

[14. – 18.03.2016] One week in Coventry with dance artist Sandra Reeve, exploring the Contexts of Time and Space in Ecological Movement. Organised as part of a wider research project by Emma Meehan. Sandra Reeve facilitated a closed artist’s retreat, exploring … Continue reading →

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may 2015 – HZT artistic research phase and workshop with Alys Longley

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Paula Kramer

[8. – 26.05.2015] Collaboration with Alys Longley (NZ) at HZT Berlin. We brought to this research phase aspects of our main practises – experimental documentation (Alys) and materiality orientated movement (Paula) and offered these worlds to each other. Together we … Continue reading →

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may 2015 – presentation at NOFOD – Reykjavik

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Paula Kramer

[30.05.2015] Moving, Writing, Living – Experimental documentary practices in site-specific dance research. A work-in-progress presentation in collaboration with Alys Longley (NZ). A room filled with cards, cloth, an accordion book and a few items from Reykjavik’s beach. Collective explorations of … Continue reading →

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july 2015 – the sheep are black and white … @ DSP Conference Coventry

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Paula Kramer

the sheep are black and white                                               & they are not black and not white Duet with Bettina Mainz, ca. 40 min trials, correlations, incidences and independencies, practiced in performance in the company of things, objects and materials Working with aspects … Continue reading →

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october 2014 – body, thing, material – Somatische Akademie Berlin

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Paula Kramer

[29.10.2014] [body, thing, material – somatic encounters] Der Oktober-Salon der Somatischen Akademie Berlin widmete sich im Gespräch mit Katja Münker und mir der Welt der Ding- und Stofflichkeiten. — Körper, Ding, Material. — Struktur, Gewicht, Temperatur. — Luftzug, Arm, Eisenbahn. … Continue reading →

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july 2014 – Movement, environment & mindfulness, Milwaukee

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Paula Kramer

[17. July 2014] A workshop with young people, participants of the GATE (Global Action Through Engagement) summer programme for High School students at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (USA). A couple of walks around and in the campus woods, in … Continue reading →

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march 2014 – daffodil lab @ C-Dare Coventry

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Paula Kramer

[11. March 2014]   4 white tables, a waterbowl, some daffodils with bulbs and earth. tea, butter, bread and jam. a page of writing becomes a paper boat. A set up for a daffodil cake? [Sarah wonders]   A sharing … Continue reading →

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november 2013 – SMASH theory session @ Agora Berlin

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Paula Kramer

[17. November 2013] Constructing bodies in a cul de sac: evoking the abstract or provoking the explicitness? A shared evening event with Marc Carrera (Tatwerk Berlin) and Michael Neuber; part of the theory session series of the physical performance trainging … Continue reading →

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july 2013 – The walk in PhD @ DSP Conference Coventry

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Paula Kramer

[12. July 2013] At the Dance and Somatic Practices Conference 2013 (Coventry University) I presented my research installation The Walk-In PhD. It offered the possibility to step into my research process and engage with its current form, move with objects, … Continue reading →

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august 2012 – publication of Performance Research 17.4 “On Ecology”

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Paula Kramer

I have co-edited the issue entitled ‘On Ecology’ of Performance Research together with Stephen Bottoms and Aaron Franks. It was published in August 2012, including my article “Bodies, Rivers, Rocks and Trees: Meeting agentic materiality in contemporary outdoor dance practice.” … Continue reading →

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