Tanzfabrik
Berlin
School
School
Kreuzberg 4
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin

with movement experience
nadine_freisleben

Afro-Fusion

Kurs with Nadine Freisleben

The class focuses on the natural and instinctive movement repertoire of the individual body. We explore the abilities of the body and the mind to move in a non-regimented space and try to free ourselves from physical and psychological automatisms and evaluations. Dance elements from AfroContemporary have a great influence on the technique. The body is organized, structured and connected to its environment and in space by its weight. Starting from the base, the feet on the floor, to the top, the head in the clouds, we loosen the spine and neck to find permeability and awareness throughout the body. After the exercises become more physical and dynamic, following an energetic structure thus strengthening the deep muscles. This class is a mixture of western contemporary dance, dance acrobatics, floor work, pop and dance elements from Nigerian contemporary dance.

Nadine Freisleben

Nadine Freisleben is a choreographer, performer, and production manager for the free performing arts. She was trained in Lagos (NG) at the National Council for Arts and Culture in African dance, with a focus on Nigerian contemporary styles and danced and choreographed there between 2008 and 2010, for various Nigerian contemporary dance companies. She participated as a dancer and choreographer in festivals of Goethe Institute (Trufesta, organizer among others Adedayo Liadi) and Alliance Francaise (Danse meets Dance, organizer among others Bimbo Obafunwa). After graduating in 2015 at the Etage Berlin, she worked with choreographers such as Chaim Gebber (Chaim Gebber Open Scene), Sarah Bleasdale (INNERMEN) and Christine Fricker (Cie. Itinérrances). Her own works have been shown in France (Faites de la danse, Marseille), Portugal (Tempstudio Lisbon), Nigeria (Afrigansa, Goethe Institut/Trufesta, Alliance Francaise/ Dance meets Danse, etc, Lagos), Chile (Centro MB2 para la Experimentacion de las Artes, Arica), Germany (Tanzherbst Kempten, kulturelle Landpartie Gorleben, AMS Camp St. Georgen, etc). Since 2021 she runs her own production company for freelance artists "Apricot Productions" together with Angela Fegers.