P.O.R.C.H. CHOREOGRAPHIC MODULE Deep Study & Research! August 18-September 9

with Eszter Gal, Sara Shelton Mann, Kay Grothusen, Stephanie Maher, Jan Burkhardt, Peter Pleyer

P.O.R.C.H. CHOREOGRAPHIC MODULE
Each week will be facilitated by a collaborative choreographic team leading 2 hours of group practice per day and then individual non-structured working time. Group & solo involvement will be spontaneously proposed during the process. Individuals will have enough studio time to create their own work, with access to constructive feedback, artistic exchange & research. The choreographic module demands strong maturity that each choreographer is able to stay on track of their individual creative process. It is also the module with a slower and/or, if you choose, a single focus for your creative process and development of a piece. Time management, preparation, research and meetings between mentor and students is part of the daily process.
This collective choreographic & independent coaching project works on preserving and developing our collaborative histories, nurturing new networks and deepening our relationships within the international field of dance and related forms.
We are cooking, eating, playing and  living together 24/7! Participants should come prepared to be involved in house-hold chores and other group actions. Weekends to Berlin, Poland or   roadtrips are bound to occure! You will be in contact with other groups, many children, workshops and visitors of the whole co-operative project of GUT-Stolzenhagen.
P.O.R.C.H. facilitators and choreographers are active in the field of performance making, or they are professional performers  who are deeply involved in the collaborative process of contemporary choreographers and art making. This line between the performer and the choreographer can blur, and be undefined.  We are discussing ideas about ownership, variations, recycled  ideas and how creative compositions can materialize. We contain an open space to locate a direct  access  of our own individual creative responses to material and different physical practices. We are not teaching one compositional method or school of thought. This independent study and  coaching team encourages a cross-pollination of mediums. We use common and risky spaces for motivation and  moving. We use constant feedback about the view & the discourse we are shaping. We hope to create methods for sharing questions and resources about how we actually make our  performances. Aesthetics? Fine tuning? Being part of the landscape?We hope to encourage and stay in a dialogue about what is really working for each choreographer and what variation of tools we can pull out of our old or new tool belt.
 P.O.R.C.H. Ending Performance Sept.8, at Schwelle 7, Berlin.The Choreographic Module will end with a public showing in Berlin (this is not required but an offer). This work is for professionals who know how to structure time, ideas and be in an open process about the nature and theoretical approaches to their work. The process of selecting the pieces for the evening are done with the pretext that the artist is ready to expose ones work to the Masses. The Berlin performance possibly invites a critical audience that may not be as understanding as our intimate P.O.R.C.H. Group. We try to create the right preparation for this point of departure and it is also part of our feedback and coaching sessions. When is something ready to be shown?

P.O.R.C.H. CHOREOGRAPHIC MODULE  It is absolutely true that the choreographers/improvisers leaving this experience are  understanding what it is they want to do with  their knowledge, of themselves, as dance makers and instigators. Something profound happens here to allow an intimate setting for collaborations and partnerships that help create a solid dialogue for the choreographic process.Wether they end up in Berlin (as many do) or go back to Korea, New York, Spain or Israel or.......The teachers/choreographers are great examples of showing ways to be in the world  and exchanging ways to engage with dance as an ever expanding art form. Ponderosa is occupied by very strong minded individuals who have figured out how to creatively occupy this place and apply this to their urban dreams.  P.O.R.C.H. participants take a part of this  spirit with them when they leave.