In the frame of the Tanztriennale Hamburg 2026 I will be taken part on the Panel Discussion: Dancing Bodies in Democratic Negotiation.
Here more info:
In times of uncertainty, how do we come together? This session begins with a 60-minute physical workshop, co-facilitated by Ellen Steinmüller and Bianca Kruppa. The workshop approaches dance as a living space of democratic negotiations—of bodies, differences, commonalities and shared intentions. Through creative movement, we practice listening and responding, asserting and yielding, leading and following. Temporary togetherness emerges between individual agency and collective action, providing a collective and embodied experience to inform the following discussion, joined by Mia Habib and Noé Valdes Vega, with moderation by Sevi Bayraktar.
In the discussion, each will expand on how they apply their artistic and choreographic practices towards building spaces of collective agency and democratic exchange. They explore how choreographic scores can create the conditions for co-creation across communities and contexts, and how the decision of who is invited into participatory practice is itself a conscious act of redistributing power and access. Together the group reflects on how the negotiations practiced in the studio can inform daily life, and asks what responsibility artists and institutions carry to model, protect, and reimagine democratic values in a world where they are increasingly under pressure.
The workshop is co-facilitated by Dr. des. Ellen Steinmüller (community dance artist, choreographer) and Bianca Kruppa (dance artist and facilitator) and will move into discussion afterwards with Mia Habib (dancer and choreographer, Designated Director Carte Blanche–The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance), Noé Valdes Vega (dancer and choreographer)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sevi Bayraktar (Dance Studies, Music, and Performance in Global Contexts, University of Music and Dance Cologne)
Designed in Cooperation with the Aktion Tanz, Germany's national association for dance in education and society, promoting inclusive, participatory dance through networking, participation and knowledge exchange.
*Info taken from the tanztriennale website. https://tanztriennale.de/