b12 summer | main event
research or die.
© josh sorenson
b12
asteroids
b12 participants work out and research ideas with a choreographer in order to present them in a performance setting. the following workshop description is the starting point for the piece to be developed. the draft will then be presented to the public at dock 11. b12ers can get tickets at a reduced ticket price (10 euro)!
akira yoshida // Edivaldo Ernesto // Olivia Ancona
performance projects
dates (dock 11 theater)
unfortunately, there are no disabled parking spaces near DOCK 11.
akira yoshida
dancer with Peeping tom / Lali ayguadé company
akira yoshida is a dancer with a career that combines breaking, contemporary dance and theatre. he began on the streets and later continued his studies at sead after receiving the main artistic scholarship from the government of navarra. since then, he has worked and collaborated with companies such as peeping tom, quieroteatro, roberto oliván performing arts, hungry sharks, physical momentum, lali ayguadé company, kukai dantza, ceren oran, allen’s line and yoann bourgeois, among others. he has also participated in projects such as virgil abloh’s last fashion show for louis vuitton and advertising campaigns for brands like just over the top (j.o.t.t.), polaroid, etc. he co-created the award-winning duos hito with chey jurado, and together to get there and gizaki with lali ayguadé. additionally, he has created three solos: home (2017), burial of the bark (2022) and oroimen (2022). he has also created pieces such as on hold for get the floor, (un)told for gate8, and then… for oficina zero, dreaming nowhere for cobosmika, what should we do? for b12 and performance project for arles. he has also worked as choreographic assistant to lali ayguadé in shelter for verve company and sublimation for the korean national contemporary dance company. as an actor, he has appeared in short films such as gizaki (directed by edu pérez), bridge (directed by ector palacios) and the echo of time (directed by asier altuna and natalia de miguel), among others.
A Manual for the Unfinished
this work unfolds through the creation of a world born between a set of ideas and the encounter of unknown people. what emerges from the process is yet to be discovered: a search for individual identities and the collective construction of a universe that fluctuates between realism and surrealism, theatricality and abstraction, drama and absurdity. drawing from the elements of everyday life, we will shape intricate worlds with vivid physical textures, giving life to characters and situations that exist somewhere between the familiar and the unreal. i will also introduce specific physical materials rooted in floorwork, offering distinct textures and approaches that can be woven into the emerging world of the piece.
Edivaldo Ernesto
Depth_Movement
edivaldo ernesto (mozambique/de) is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and improvisation expert, with a mozambican background and western africa traditional dance influence. he has experience in performances, improvisations, and as assistant teacher for the flying low and passing through technique with david zambrano. he has worked in collaboration with linda kapetanea and rootlessroot in the duet htt, with oscar winner hauschka in the duet encounter, with marco blaauw in the duet i can’t breathe, and as a guest choreographer with lenka vagnerova & company, as well as various dance schools across europe. he is the creator and developer of depth movement workshop and next level, teaching and performing across europe, north america, south america, and asia. he is also a former member of sasha waltz and guests company.
Pulsars
edivaldo’s work explores how collective creation and group gatherings shape relationships, support shared intentions, and cultivate movement toward a common goal. through a combination of improvisation and set material, participants investigate behaviors, expressions, and ways of communication between individuals. images and movement gestures are developed in collaboration with the dancers, and placed in dialogue with one another throughout the piece. structured around a non-linear narrative, the work unfolds as a sequence of events which moves across time.
Olivia Ancona
former dancer with L-E-v and WInter guests
olivia ancona is an international, multi-disciplinary dance artist who collaborates with independent choreographers and artists on creating new works. currently based in berlin, she is originally from the west coast of the united states. olivia trained at the juilliard school and, upon leaving, joined the batsheva ensemble and, later, the main company in tel aviv under the direction of ohad naharin. she was a founding member of sharon eyal’s l-e-v and has worked with mats ek, wim vandekeybus, sidi larbi cherkaoui, sasha waltz, adam linder, and oona doherty, among others. she was a guest with the royal swedish ballet, tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch, goteborg danksompani, staatsballet berlin, and alan lucien øyen’s dance theatre hybrid, winter guests. olivia has taught gaga, improvisation, and research/repertoire workshops for over forty-five institutions internationally. she also sets sharon eyal’s works on companies throughout europe. olivia is invested in ongoing research to help dancers and people exist more fully in their physical and creative selves. she is also passionate about supporting young dancers in their professional journey through mentorship relationships and strategic coaching.
Where we move
how can we bring our full humanity into the dance studio? habits, humor, emotions, and life stories - all the parts of us that make us who we are. this is an invitation to engage with this question in a unique way: through creation, performance, and community. working collaboratively, we will build material both together and individually, developing a movement language that emerges from the meeting of our personalities and priorities. we will explore the specificity of our physicality and our choices - how we move, why we move, and what we communicate. key themes will be storytelling, expression, and clarity of intention. the process will culminate in a composition that balances structure with spontaneity: set material alongside improvisation, supported by an attention to presence that only live performance can offer. my artistic approach is always contextual. who is in the room? what are our values? how much time do we have? with these questions in mind, i will foster a space that is rooted in play, creativity, and growth.
performers
akira yoshida // a manual for the unfinished
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olivia ancona // where we move
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edivaldo ernesto // pulsars
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