Rekindling the Body-Consciousness
Workshop
with
Felix Ofosu Dompreh
In the frame of OsterTanz 2023
In this workshop different exercises will be introduced which will help you connect your body and mind, using deconstructed dance elements from Neo-African movement vocabularies. You will be guided into various healing movement techniques in the Warmup, that will enable you to feel grounded and further help you take control and understand your own moving body. The workshop is also aimed to lead you to discover ways to move in correlation to polyrhythmic compositions and Neo-African movement patterns.
»Neo-African dances are different modern African dance movements and techniques developed and practiced by people of African descent.«
»Neo-African dances are different modern African dance movements and techniques developed and practiced by people of African descent.«
Accessibility Note
The workshop will be held in English and/or German spoken language in consultation with the group. Exercises include movement vocabulary requiring coordination and memory skills. It is very physical, often in continuous flow and requires good basic health and dance experience. Live music plays an important role, as it will be about the interplay of polyrhythm and movement. Information about our location & studio access in Kreuzberg, which unfortunately are not wheelchair accessible, can be found here. For questions or more information, please contact Zoé Duflot & Elisabeth Leopold at workshop@tanzfabrik-berlin.de.
Felix Ofosu Dompreh
Felix Dompreh is a choreographer, dancer, educator, living and working in Berlin. He was born in Accra-Ghana and belongs to a line of talented dancers and musicians, trained in traditional and contemporary African dance, including Afro-Fusion, Hip-Hip and Neo African dance. Diploma in traditional and contemporary African dance at Noyam African Dance Institute Ghana under the direction of Prof. F-Nii Yartey; dance studies at Ecole Des Sables, Senegal under the direction of Prof. Germaine Acogny; DAAD scholarship holder; M.A. in solo dance and authorship at HZT Berlin (Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Universität der Künste Berlin); received numerous scholarships for dance residency programs such as Danceweb / Impulstanz Vienna and CIP / SIDANCE in Seoul, South Korea. He is the founder and director of Kuyum Arts Investigations Limited in Ghana. He has worked as a dancer and choreographer for Noyam Dance Company, National Dance Company of Ghana, Fonty Dance Festival (Tilburg), Festival Mundial (Tilburg), Theater o.N, Tanztangente Festival, PAF etc. (Berlin). He teaches various Afro classes in Berlin. He currently is the artistic director of “Kuyum Tanzplattform 2021 Berlin”: www.kuyumarts.de/
Movement experience
In English and/or German
Price: 230/200€*
*Early bird until 20.03.
In English and/or German
Price: 230/200€*
*Early bird until 20.03.
Live Percussion: Janos Crecelius, Moussa Coulibaly