Tanzfabrik
Berlin
School
School

21.07.2025—25.07.2025

Embodied Perspectives

Workshop
with Mikael Marklund
Venue:
Kreuzberg 4
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Dates:
Info:
Level: open
in English
Price: 240/210€*  

Description

In this workshop we will be focusing on the point where technique becomes expression. Technique not in a sense of a specific technique but in the sense of the function of the body and its technicalities. As a celebration of dance, the beauty, the sorrow, and all its abstraction, we will engage with the body through its subjectivity, objectiveness, and multiple identities. Our focus will be on different pathways that lead us to learn from the dancing itself. These sessions draw from my experiences as a performer—moments when the body taught me how to share dance. We will begin with a warm-up, shifting between anatomical, energetic, spatial, and presence-based approaches to prepare the body and establish a foundation. From there, we will move into improvisational tasks that explore teamwork, logic, sensation, and concept—tools to develop coherence in decision-making. A key aspect of our work will be positioning—stepping outside of a situation to propose or offer an external perspective. Choreography, improvisation, structured tasks, conceptual explorations, and set material all serve as different ways to frame and refine these perspectives. 
Biographies

Mikael Marklund

Mikael Marklund, dancer artist from Sweden, began with breakdancing and trained at P.A.R.T.S before joining the Rosas dance company. He later explored experimental dance with artist Laurent Chétouane for six transformative years, pushing the boundaries of the art form. In 2018, a profound personal loss shifted his artistic direction, leading him to explore dance's broader impact. Engaging with Berlin’s breakdance community, he created a documentary and diverse projects, examining the intangible aspects of existence. Marklund’s work emphasizes on communication, individuality, the fluidity of space and time, seeking to transcend cultural divides and foster universal connection.