Workshop for DYNAMO at PACT Zollverein

In December 2017, Bahar Gökten & me from nutrospektif were invited to PACT Zollverein in Essen to teach workshops for the young dancers participation at the DYNAMO Junge Tanzplattform NRW 2017. Our subject were urban/street dances on stage, and we focused on movements from Breaking and the possibilities how to work within movement research, improvisation, space and time. It was fun to work with these young and motivated dancers from different schools and dance theater projects, especially with the members of the ENSAMPLE collective from Pottpours e.V.

The beautiful pictures are from Sabine Große-Wortmann ©nrw landesbuero tanz.

   

Sex, Money & Respekt - Eine HipHop Konferenz in Mousonturm

Wie inszenieren sich Männer in der HipHop-Kultur und im und Rap, woher kommen diese Inszenierungsideale und -mechanismen? Wie behaupten sich Frauen in der männerdominierten HipHop-Kultur, und welche Inszenierungsstrategien nutzen sie?

Vom 08.-10.12.2017 ist Mousonturm der Ort von Vorträgen, Podiumsdiskussionen, Streitgesprächen, Konzerten und Tanzperformances zum Thema Gender im HipHop. Am Fr., den 08.12.2017 stelle ich gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Michael Rappe der Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Forschungsergebnisse und praxisnahe Aushandlungen zum Thema Gender im Breaking im Rahmen eines Vortrages vor. Am Sonntag folgt ein Künstlergespräch mit Kader "Amigo" Memis von den Flying Steps.

Infos zum Vortrag
Hier der Link zum Konferenzprogramm
Presserückblick vom Deutschlandfunk

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From 08. to 10.12.2017, Mousonturm is the place of lectures, discussions, concerts and dance performances dealing with the subject of gender in HipHop, specifially on performativity of masculinity and female gender negotiation. Together mith Prof. Dr. Michael Rappe i will present a lecture on Gender in Breaking on Friday, 08.12.2017 and on Sunday, 10.12.2017 an artist panel with Amigo on Sunday. 

Lecture at the HipHop Ecologies and Politics Symposium in Finland

In October i travelled to Finland to present my new lecture "cypher - space, meaning and movement in Breaking" at the HipHop Ecologies and Politics Symposium at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku, organised by the research network "HipHop Finland". I reflected on the role of the cypher in urban dance cultures and especially in Breaking, the cultural meaning and the possibilities to use the cypher for teaching dance. Keynote speaker was Jeff Chang and it was great to meet and exchange with him - he is a very well known and respected HipHop researcher and wrote the famous book "Can´t stop, won´t stop".

The symposium was very interesting and combined various subjects in the research of HipHop music and culture in finland and abroad. Next to interesting talks we had a good time at the dinner and in funny named bars like "the bank" or "the school".

Of course i met up with the local Breaking scene and went to practice with BGirl Ramona and BBoy Pluto, and made a sightseeing tour through Turku and Helsinki. It was a great time!