R.A.R.E. repetition as resourceful experimentation
Just as we can never step in the same river twice, we can never do the same movement twice.

Sourcing practices such as Martin’s ReWire Movement States, Overlie’s Viewpoints, Paxton’s Material for the Spine, and Dilley’s perceptual practices, we will consciously engage with repetition to uncover what is rare, unusual, hidden within our dancing.

We will repeat these practices on several layers, corporeal, spatial, and conceptual, possibly using them differently than originally intended. Starting with the solo body, we will sink into our somatic perceptions. These perceptions will provide the base from which we will repeat actions and thoughts, using our habits to expand our movement potential.

Moving outwards towards touch and weight, we will repeat known pathways as sources of experimentation, discovering the unknown within the known. A third layer of the workshop will focus utilizing the somatic, touch, and weight to develop webs of connections throughout the whole dancing space.

Sunday morning Lecture into Jam

What is improvisation? What is choreography? Binaries are everywhere, useful for their simplicity, but they often lead to limitations in thinking, perception, and action. Mixing academic citations with unplanned yet habituated movement, Andrew Wass will perform/ discuss/ question the binary of choreography and improvisation in relation to movement, leading (maybe) to a greater understanding and range of possibility of improvising with and in contact.

20.-21.6.2026
Cologne, Neusser Str. 26

Optional Friday Jam 20-23
Saturday 10:30-16:30
Optional Saturday Jam 19-22
Sunday 10:30-16:30

Incl. Lecture into Jam on Sunday 10:30-12:30

Price 200 EUR
Early Bird 170 EUR until 31.5.26
Super Early Bird 140 EUR until 30.4.26
Food and accommodation not included
Spaces are limited. Dancefloor with 220 sqm soft tatami mats.

Workshop language: English. Translation available on request
Level of experience: Minimum of 1 year regular CI experience recommended