Isabelle Schad’s master class

Thursday, 27 November from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Master class for dancers
The Old Power Station

Participants will first dedicate themselves to a daily training. Based on movement principles deriving from somatics and from Asian techniques such as Aikido, Shiatsu, stretching and breathing techniques, the choreographic practice unfolds: it becomes materiality that can be sculpted in space and time. Here, dancers develop sketches and elements that are part of the research of Schad’s current and recent group works or that simply stand for themselves. The central question here is the notion of subjectivity within a collective moving body that can only function as a whole: how can we perceive ourselves as part of a larger whole, and what does that mean as a choreographic practice, as well as a stance to take?

For 25 years, Isabelle Schad has successfully worked with an open artist constellation in
Berlin, exhibiting over 60 works at major venues (HAU Hebbel am Ufer,
Sophiensaele, Radialsystem, Tanz im August Festival), and has developed her own, self-developed production space – the Tanzhalle Wiesenburg – into a thriving workspace for a large community within the independent dance scene. The profile of her work is characterized by an interweaving of choreographic style, mediation, practice, and continuous training, as well as a creation of workspace where resources are shared to foster cohesion and community. She works across generations, sharing her knowledge and practice with younger artists who are now in a mid-career generation, in order to in turn pass on her knowledge to the next generation. This creates a new type of training that grows organically, becoming a movement in its own right, with its holistic practice at its heart, understanding body and mind, practice and the visibility of the work as an inseparable unity. She works and researches in various contexts and settings, production spaces, festivals, workshops.

Information: info@cofestival.si
Apply until October 31, 2025.

Organised by: Kino Šiška and NDA Slovenija in collaboration with Bunker
Free entry

Foto: Sara Pereira