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b12 summer main event
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Safet Mistele
former dancer with johannes wieland
radical tenderness
radical tenderness will focus on amplifying the awareness within the body and the mind, combining strength, softness, and organic flow, to find a deeper understanding of our movement and Rhythm. The workshop will begin with a warm-up, which includes a guided improvisation that will lead the body in becoming familiar with different movement qualities. in order to deepen and develop our movements, we will go through some technical exercises, which will challenge us by adding new ways of approaching the Floor, understanding rhythm, and travelling into space. following this, we will be learning different types of phrases and small bits of choreographic material, which will be a mix of existing material, as well as adding or adapting material that will be generated in the Workshop.
the description reflects an artist’s idea which was developed at the time it was submitted to b12. it may have changed by the time the workshop or the performance project is starting. please stay flexible. thank you!
biography
safet mistele was born in 1992, in germany, and received his first degree, in 2014, from the folkwang university of the arts, dance department, in essen. in summer 2016 he received his master's degree in dance composition / interpretation. from 2007-2012, he took part in pina bausch's dance project, kontakthof with teenagers, aged 14, and toured various european and international cities with it. since 2010, he has been teaching amateurs and professionals in a wide variety of dance styles, from classical ballet to hip hop, and has since performed a variety of dance pieces, including romeo and juliet at the aalto theater essen, choreography by ben van cauwenberg, with surrogate cities as part of the ruhrtriennale 2014, choreography by mathilde monnier, at the tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch, in wind von west, and le sacre du printemps; as well with maxine doyle of punchdrunk in after lethe, tom weinberger of batsheva dance company, segments on notes, and in röntgen, choreography by helder seabra, Janus by noa Wertheim (vertigo dance company), dawn&day by sita ostheimer, and primal light by Adonis foniadakis. in june 2015 he worked with johannes wieland in an independent production and was an aspirant for the production of erzengel, 2015-16 season. he has been a permanent member of the ensemble since the beginning of the 2016-17 season, and received the young talent award from the fördergesellschaft staatstheater kassel e.v. in june 2018.
assistant biography
Aurora Magrì
Aurora Magrì is an Italian contemporary dancer and choreographer based in Kassel, Germany. After performing with MODEM COLLECTIVE compagnia zappalá danza in Italy, she moved to Germany in 2018 to study at SOZO visions in motion. Since graduating, she has worked as a freelance artist, collaborating with choreographers such as Deborah Smith-Wicke, Tuija Lappalainen, and Jianan Qu. A member of Tanzwerk Kassel since 2021, Aurora has created several original works, including HERE WE HEAR, OUTSIDER, and ROOM360. In 2023, she co-founded the collective RADICAL BODIES with Safet Mistele, with whom she created the duet IT IS WHAT IT IS… or maybe not and LANDFALL, which has toured Europe and was performed at the MODAFE Festival in South Korea in 2025. Since 2023 she is a member of the CID – International Dance Council UNESCO.
please be aware of our early bird special offer for this workshop! you can apply for this offer up until the 24th of march 2025. after the 24th the regular workshop fee applies. applications are accepted up until one day before the workshops starts.
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