Tanzfabrik
Berlin
School
School

02.01.2027—05.01.2027

Soft Structures – Moving Bodies

Workshop
with Claire Fleury – Curious Orange
Registration
Venue:
Kreuzberg 3
Möckernstr. 68
10965 Berlin
Dates:
Info:
Level: open
English, with translation in German if needed
Price: 220/190€* 
*Early bird until 13.12.26
In the event of cancellation, the terms and conditions of our website apply. 

Description

In this workshop we will explore the relationship between clothing and our bodies, and the ways garments shape identity, expression, and perception. Through guided improvisation, we will discover how movement can shift the meaning and function of what we wear, revealing new possibilities for familiar garments and the bodies within them. We will explore the boundaries of restriction, expansion, flow, weight and rattle at the meaning and worth of every single garment in the room. We will then transform existing garments into new silhouettes: revealing and emphasizing bodies and movement, as well as create new associations through discovery of alternative usage. We will create these new structures through simple interventions such as cutting, knotting, weaving, ripping, detaching and reattaching. This is a movement/dance workshop with a material creation/alteration element. No experience in either is required. Participants are invited to bring a few garments and materials they are curious to move with, a pair of scissors and their body. 
Accessibility, Content Note & Sensory Stimulations
The workshop will be taught in English, but I also speak a fair amount of German. There will be some touching involved but a note of consent will be given and anyone uncomfortable with that can opt out at any moment without judgment. The workshop is not based on physical contact, but I do use exercises that ask for putting a garment on another body. Or moving in contact with another body. Again, that can be adjusted if there is uncomfortability. We will use scissors with care! Garments and materials will be altered, so don’t bring things that are precious in their current state. Information about our location & studio access in Kreuzberg, which unfortunately are not wheelchair accessible, can be found on our website. We offer a solidarity discount (workshop spots at a reduced price) for people living in financially precarious situations, including people from crisis areas, BIPoC, trans*, queer and disabled people. For questions or further information, please contact Zoé Duflot at workshop@tanzfabrik-berlin.de. 
Biographies

Claire Fleury – Curious Orange

Claire Fleury - Curious Orange is a performance artist, costume designer and up-cycled fashion creator from Amsterdam, based in New York City. She started her journey as a dancer and continued to develop her art practice as an actor, director, and costume and fashion designer. She combines these art forms in her workshops, that she’s taught at Tic Tac Art Centre in Brussels, Movement Research and The Woods in NYC, and at K77 in Berlin. She has made dance costumes for Judith Sanchéz-Ruíz and the Trisha Brown Company, Kathy Westwater, Antonio Ramos and many others. Her most recent performances were seen at La Encartada Moda in Bilbao and at The Judson Church in NYC. She was a resident artist at the Lower Manhattan Culture Council residency on Governors Island, at Bates Dance Festival in Maine and at Tic Tac Art Centre in Brussels. Her up-cycled fashion designs are worn by conscious fashionistas all over the world!