28.07.2025—01.08.2025
Imaginative Bodies
Workshop
with Melissa Ugolini
with Melissa Ugolini
Venue:
Kreuzberg 1
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Dates:
Info:
Level: with movement experience
in English
Price: 240/210€*
in English
Price: 240/210€*
Description
This workshop is based on the assumption that learning is a skill rooted in the connection between body and mind. The aim is to analyze, reflect and provide tools that make embodiment accessible as a way of processing new information. How can ideas and experiences be translated into movement - and vice versa? Whether in a professional dance context or while experiencing our own physical aliveness, we are constantly processing and elaborating the information and concepts through our body as well as our mind. In this workshop I invite you to explore together how shifting attention between conceptualization and perception can enrich our experience of movement. We will be inspired by different methods and work with concepts derived from the anatomy of our bodies. Through guided explorations and targeted exercises, we will develop these further and look for ways in which our physical experience can become a constant source of inspiration - as the driving force behind our movement.
Biographies
Melissa Ugolini
Originally from Pesaro, Italy, Melissa’s artistic journey has been shaped by diverse cultural influences. After graduating from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (UK) in 2011, she worked and lived in Istanbul (2012–2017), where she developed a critical perspective on the global socio-political landscape. As a freelance dancer and rehearsal director, she has worked internationally with artists and companies such as Aakash Odedra (UK/IN), Cie7273 (CH), Art of Spectra (SE) and the Akram Khan Company (UK). Her movement practice is informed by these collaborations together with a vivid interest in the interdependence of body & mind, and has been shared through workshops across Europe, Turkey, India, and Iran. Since 2020, she has been based in Germany, working with Falk Richter and Anouk Van Dijk at Münchener Kammerspiele and engages in current research with fellow artists like Gizem Aksu (TR/DE), Rosana Ribeiro | Selva (AT), and TingAn Ying (TW). Melissa currently divides her time between Berlin and Frankfurt, where she is pursuing an MA in Contemporary Dance Education.