b12 summer | main event
research or die.
© showing maura morales & sound designer michio woirgardt
b12 summer main event
—locations: eden***** studios & dock11
Maura Morales
dancer/choreographer/director of the Cooperativa Maura Morales
this performance project is designed for around 17 people and lasts for 13 days (tuesday off). it will be presented three times alongside two other performance projects at dock 11, a theater in the center of berlin. maura's performance project runs from 15 - 27 july 2025.
rehearsals and performances:
15 july - 21 july: 17:00 - 20:30 at eden studios
22 july: no rehearsal
23 july: 9:30 - 11:15 at dock 11 studio / 12:30 - 14:00 at dock 11 theater
24 july: 11:15 - 13:00 at dock 11 studio / 15:30 - 18:30 at dock 11 theater
25 july: 10:45 - 12:30 at dock 11 studio / 13:30 - 15:30 at dock 11 theater / 16:00 - 18:00 dress rehearsal at dock 11 theater with all three groups / performance: 19:00 - 20:30 at dock 11 theater
26 july: 16:00 - 17:00 possible feedback session at dock 11 theater / performance: 19:00 - 20:30 at dock 11 theater
27 july: 16:00 - 17:00 possible feedback session at dock 11 theater / performance: 19:00 - 20:30 at dock 11 theater
new: if you are interested in us booking housing for you during the time of the performance project as well, indicate that in your application. please understand that we have limited housing available.
the application deadline is 25 april 2025.
It's the why not the how
Maura Morales, together with composer and musician Michio Woirgardt, will invite you to dive into the the Cooperativa Maura Morales' way of working and creating. You will get an insight into Maura Morales' unique, intimate, and expressive movement language, which fundamentally explores the potential and limits of the moving body, as well as the importance of the why, before the how, during a creative process. The close correlation between movement and sound, the tangible, visible and audible communication between choreography and music, as equal partners and actors in the performance, are a core element of Cooperativa's aesthetic work. Music and dance are to be understood as equal dialogical partners in production and performance, which is also part of the aesthetic uniqueness of Cooperativa: the body always appears as a resonating and sounding body, the musical compositions are the guiding impulse for the movement and, at the same time, a direct reflection. We'll explore the dynamics/rhythms of movement, the valuable guide that music is when listened to attentively while creating. You will work on an organic and dynamic dramaturgy, which orchestrates the rhythms and dynamisms that affect the performer on a nervous, sensorial and emotional level. A journey from the visible and the invisible between the intellectual and the intuitive. To enter with our stories and language into other bodies and then let them free. Alone with their body/mind, their interpretation and own needs.
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
Maura Morales completed her education in classical ballet, modern dance, choreography, acting and folklore at the Camagüey State School of Arts Camagüey in Cuba. She was soloist at various state theatres in Cuba, Germany and Switzerland. Since 2008, she has been a freelance dancer and choreographer and performs regularly at renowned international dance festivals. She has received a large number of prizes and was awarded, Among others, the renowned Kurt Jooss Prize in 2013, as well as the jury prize for the best dance performance at the international dance fair in Huesca/Spain. In 2014 she was awarded the Förderpreis für Darstellende Kunst of Düsseldorf. In 2015 she received the DURI Prize at the ACT International Dance Festival in Bilbao/Spain. Since 2010, Maura has been leading her own dance company, the Cooperativa Maura Morales, together with the composer Michio Woirgardt, for which she has since created a number of full-length pieces. With a touring volume of about 50 performances per year, the ensemble is one of the most touring (nationally & internationally) independent dance companies in Germany, touring regularly throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. Maura Morales is also a sought-after guest choreographer and has created commissioned works for numerous state and municipal theatre ensembles all over the world.
company info
Cooperativa maura morales
Cooperativa Maura Morales is a contemporary dance company in North Rhine-Westphalia that has succeeded for many years in consolidating the focus of its artistic work where it is based, and at the same time continually expanding its national and international reach. The close correlation between movement and sound, the tangible, visible and audible communication between choreography and music, as equal dialogical partners and actors in the performance, are certainly the special aesthetic features of Cooperativa. Depending on the production concept, the artistic core ensemble around the choreographer and dancer, Maura Morales, and the composer, Michio Woirgardt, is expanded to include other artists, dancers and cooperation partners. The Cooperativa's productivity and resonance can be seen in its consistently sold-out performances, a high national and international touring volume of up to 50 guest performances a year in Tanzania, Brazil, Korea, Lebanon, Panama, the Dominican Republic, La Réunion, Macedonia, Russia, and throughout Europe, as well as in numerous invitations for guest choreographies for municipal and state theatres and other ensembles around the world.
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