Author Archives: Paula Kramer

mar 2016 – artist retreat/research phase – Coventry

[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

[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

[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

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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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”

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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