WS 23/24 / Excursion nach Gutshof Sauen mit Workshop by Patricia Woltmann, Präsentation in TIER, Berlin

In every beginning and end there is a touch. When we breathe, we touch the air. When we stand or walk, we touch the ground. When we enter the room with our presence, the room is “touched” by us. How do we negotiate space in our togetherness, how do we organise our corporeality? When is a body absent, when is it present? In this laboratory we examine the nature of beginnings and endings, arrivals and departures. Using improvisation and compositional tools, we build from various physical techniques – drawing on touch, distance and proximity, interconnectivity of bodies – investigating forms of togetherness. 

Performance’s being.. becomes itself through disappearance. (Peggy Phelan) 

Patricia Woltmann is a choreographer, dancer and performance artist. At the intersection of dance and visual art, Patricia’s performances create a space for collective, embodied experiences. She explores concepts related to the transformative potential of the body – presence in relation to absence and memory. Patricia’s artistic works have been presented at Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Goethe Institute Athens, AADK/Spain, KW Institute of Contemporary Art Berlin, Bode-Museum Berlin, among others. She taught at London Metropolitan University, Middlesex University London, Duncan Centre Prague, Erika Klütz Schule Hamburg, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London. https://pattywoltman.com/