Led by international recognized Jeremy Nelson and Luis A. Lara Malvacias, this workshop invites experienced dancers and movement practitioners to deepen their improvisational practice through somatic inquiry, choreographic experimentation, and creative engagement with objects and materials. This workshop is generously supported by Sasha Waltz & Guests / Education & Community
Where: Studio A, Radialsystem, Berlin, Germany
When: 7 – 10 July 2026 // 12:00 – 16:00
Deadline for applications: None deadline for applications, but early bird until 30.06.2026
This workshop is designed for dancers and movement practitioners with prior experience and an interest in deepening their improvisational practice. It explores movement through somatic awareness, choreographic scores, and material-based experimentation, led by two internationally recognized artists with extensive careers in contemporary dance, improvisation, and performance research: Jeremy Nelson, a New York–based choreographer, performer, Guggenheim Fellow, and professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and Luis A. Lara Malvacias, a choreographer, visual artist, and educator whose work spans somatic practice, improvisation, and interdisciplinary performance across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
The workshop unfolds in two connected parts. The first focuses on somatic practice and embodied awareness through guided improvisations, hands-on exploration, and simple movement tasks that develop spatial perception, attention, and individual movement choice.
The second part extends this awareness into an encounter with objects and materials. Rather than treating objects as props, participants explore them as active partners in movement—shaping perception, imagination, memory, and spatial relationships through the idea that matter itself is responsive and alive.
Across both sections, the workshop encourages curiosity, precision, and risk-taking, inviting participants to reflect on the relationship between sensing, moving, thinking, and performing.
This workshop is generously supported by Sasha Waltz & Guests / Education & Community
How to register:
Registration: email Luis A. Lara Malvacias at lamalvacias@gmail.com
Costs for participants: Fee: €195 – Early bird (until 30.06.2026): €160
Contact details:
email Luis A. Lara Malvacias at lamalvacias@gmail.com
For further information, please visit https://www.jeremynelsondance.org/berlin-workshop-july-2026-jnlalm/
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