Welcome to Ponderosa Movement & Discovery - an international artist run/nonprofit organization that encourages the expression of the creative body and mind, the esoteric critic and the conceptual freak, ponderosa, an orientation in multi disciplinary layers turning the regular into dance and art.
This year with: Meg Stuart, Jess Curtis, Lexa Rosean, Keith Hennessy, Robin Becker, Jules Beckman,  Nina Martin, Peter Pleyer, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Stephanie Maher and many more.

This page has a lot of info, so here's a little introduction:

If you are an aspiring dancer/performer and want more than a one week long workshop, go to our monthlong professional training program P.O.R.C.H.

If you're looking for our new european project on documentation of dance education go to IDOCDE,

If you wanna look up specific workshop/event dates and schedules, go to our CALENDAR. (not updated for 2012)

If you want to see if your favorite teacher is here and when and during which event they teach go to TEACHERS.

If you want to have a full experience with creative activities, concerts, performances, great workshops and endless amounts of delicious food and nighttime discos and fireside chats, come in July and look under TANZLAND WORKSHOPS & WITCHCAMP.

If you  want a very relaxed week in may with bodywork and wellness check out  YOGA/SOMATICS/BMC  

If you are a starving artist and you want to do an exchange for your workshop go to WORK EXCHANGE under GENERAL INFO.

If you have kids and you want to know about babysitting, rooming, kids classes, etc., go to FAMILIES under GENERAL INFO.

If you have never been to Ponderosa before - we do have compost toilets AND high end accommodation - go to SEMINAR & GUESTHOUSE.

If you want Ponderosa to not only survive but flourish, sign up early... like NOW and profit from early registration discount! For this go to REGISTRATION & PRICES.


SOO, WHAT will come up this year?

P.O.R.C.H. professional training/Summerschool 2012!
This will be the third year of our new intensive training-experimental-improvisational-performance and choreography studies here at Stolzenhagen.
Our last years artists, left with all their limbs and faculties. We know they are still to be seen in various performance venues or teaching in Berlin and around the globe. We are very proud of this new established identity to add to Stolzenhagen and the Ponderosa Dance Universe. The first years P.O.R.C.H. graduates can be visited on their blog: porch2010.blogspot.com

Apply now for 2012 with c.v. and a letter of interest, specify exactly which modules you are applying for.
For details on the 2012 programme you have to go to P.O.R.C.H.

IDOCDE
We are happy to be part of this  project which is designed to develop and document best practices of contemporary dance education, to improve networking among contemporary dance educators and to increase visibility of this vibrant art form.

The 2 year pilot program is a network of twelve European dance educators who will meet regularly for exchange, peer research and for the development of an online database. The aim of the online database is to become a useful tool for contemporary dance educators worldwide.

These Projects will result in a meeting of all 100+ key teachers at Ponderosa, Stolzenhagen (Ger) in August 2012. The pilot program will culminate in a symposium during ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival (A) in summer 2013.

Grundtvig or Leonardo Assistance possible at Ponderosa!
We offer to artists, farmers, organizers and builders from Europe the possibility to work as a Grundtvig Assistant at Ponderosa e.V/ Stolzenhagen. The assistants work with us in the administration and Education, they receive a deep insight in the whole organisational structure of Ponderosa e.V and take part in all our programs. They have the possibility to form their own (EU) projects. The Grundtvig assistantships are part of the lifelong learning program (PLL) of the EU. You will find all necessary information for a application on the websites of your National Agency.