Tanzfabrik
Berlin
School
School

03.08.2026—07.08.2026

Rhythm, Sound and the Dancing Body

Workshop
with Maya M. Carroll
Venue:
Kreuzberg 4
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Dates:
Info:
Level: with movement experience
in English
Price: 280/250€*  

Description

Sound and Rhythm begin in the body; it is their native origin. The body is a listening instrument; through which we hear, sense and perceive sounds and rhythms from within and without. As dancers, revisiting and refining our sense of texture, rhythmical and musical timing; expands and deepens as we specify flow and punctuation, while making dance phrases, sequences and pieces. Our practice stems from touch, and grows towards attentive play with action, motion, flow, groove – all through which we integrate our intuition and imagination. Meeting at the junction of present time and composed works is a potent playground on which we explore and unveil choreographic constellations. While working with live music, we highlight an embodied, kinesthetic connection between the musician's and dancer's physical orientation, gesture, and presence. Accompanied with live playing by Roy Carroll (electroacoustic media) during the last two days of the workshop; participants will also encounter the complementary, urgent and immediate interplay between live sound / music and dance. The workshop is aimed for movers, dancers, musicians, and performers who wish to engage with the physical dynamic of instant composition. 
Biographies

Maya M. Carroll

Maya Matilda Carroll is a choreographer, dancer and mentor, based in Europe since 2004. For over 18 years she has been creating independent work; from solo to extended group pieces, which she presents all over Europe and worldwide. In 2011 Maya formed The Instrument with her partner, composer / musician Roy Carroll. In her work Maya expresses human conditions intimately and universally; seeking a deeper connection to the (mystery / reality of) self, other/s and to nature. Working independently as well as being commissioned to create pieces for state theaters, independent companies and dance academies, Maya leads master classes and workshops in Europe and abroad, extensively developing her teaching alongside her artistic work; drawn from and towards the limitless expression of the dancing body.  www.theinstrument.org