26.07.2025—27.07.2025
Echoes & Evolutions – Afro Fusion Dance Workshop
Workshop
with Nadine Freisleben, Ahmed Soura
with Nadine Freisleben, Ahmed Soura
Venue:
Kreuzberg 1
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Dates:
Info:
Level: open
in English
Price 105/85€*
in English
Price 105/85€*
Description
Two bodies, two languages, one flow.
Echoes & Evolutions – two days, two dynamic classes, one shared journey through rhythm, presence, and expression. The first part of the workshop will be led by Ahmed Soura, where you will dive into the powerful, grounded dances of Burkina Faso. Rooted in weight, driven by rhythm, and articulated through the spine – this 90-minute session invites you to connect with your body and the pulse of tradition. In the second Part of the workshop with Nadine Freisleben, the journey shifts into Afro Fusion which blends Nigerian contemporary dance with western techniques, and urban flow. We move from instinct, strengthen the core, release the spine, and explore freedom through motion. Whether you’re curious, experienced, or just ready to move – you’re warmly invited.
Biographies
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.
Ahmed Soura
Ahmed Soura is a dance - choreographer born in Burkina Faso and based in Berlin since 2012. The first thing you notice about Ahmed is his expressiveness and his electric stage presence! It's an energy that he loves to share generously with his partners, creating an invigorating creativity!
He was teaching in Burkina Faso ( ATB , EDIT and ANKATA) , in Berlin (Motion, Theater Haus Berlin Mette, Tanzfabrik), in Brazil, France, Italy, Holland, Togo, ... Years of training: traditional dances of Burkina Faso, Afro-Contemporary, urban dance, break dance, contemporary dance at the Institut national de formation artistique et culturelle in Burkina Faso, then at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier in France.
He created his dance company KORO / Compagnie Ahmed Soura in Burkina Faso in 2007, and his solos "En opposition avec Moi" and "166" won international awards in 2011 and 2013.
He was teaching in Burkina Faso ( ATB , EDIT and ANKATA) , in Berlin (Motion, Theater Haus Berlin Mette, Tanzfabrik), in Brazil, France, Italy, Holland, Togo, ... Years of training: traditional dances of Burkina Faso, Afro-Contemporary, urban dance, break dance, contemporary dance at the Institut national de formation artistique et culturelle in Burkina Faso, then at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier in France.
He created his dance company KORO / Compagnie Ahmed Soura in Burkina Faso in 2007, and his solos "En opposition avec Moi" and "166" won international awards in 2011 and 2013.
He was co-creator, dancer-performer or choreographer at: Compagnie Irène Tassembedo, Christoph Schlingensief, Compagnie Christoph Winkler, Pink Mama Theater, Monsun Theater, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Philharmonie Berlin, Lise Wagner, Serge Aimé Coulibaly /Faso Danse Théâtre,. ..