The workshop addresses visually impaired and blind people who are curious to immerse themselves in the world of contemporary dance. Using playful and creative approaches, the two artists will lead improvisation exercises and short movement sequences and thus share the basic concepts of contemporary dance. This get-together will focus on the joy of movement and spontaneity. People with no dance experience are very welcome!
DeepDive into Dancing is a workshop format that was developed as part of the series brut accessible together with dancers Theresa Scheinecker / Ray and Katharina Senk / Senki. In collaboration with the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, the joint journey was launched on 11 November with a first dance workshop on their premises. The second workshop will now take place directly at brut nordwest so that participants can also get to know the theatre.
Theresa Scheinecker / Ray (she/her) lives in Vienna as a white, disabled artist and psychologist. Before being part of PARASOL (TQW) in 2022, Ray had already appeared in pieces by Ian Kaler, Alix Eynaudi and Michael Turinsky. Her movement language is derived from various practices such as urban styles, acrobatics and contemporary. Last year, Ray entered the field of audio description based on her own experience as a visually impaired person. She now wants to share her perspective with the approach to create more accessibility for blind and visually impaired audiences in the dance and performance scene.
Katharina Senk / Senki (she/her) lives in Vienna as white, female, non-disabled dancer. She performed in pieces by the likes of Doris Uhlich, Florentina Holzinger, Sara Ostertag, Georg Blaschke and Michael Turinsky. In her own art practice, Senki works on combining her interest in post-humanism, pleasure and inter-sectional feminism with her knowledge in the fields of dance, movement and martial arts. Together with Maartje Pasman, Senki runs the association tanz.sucht.theater that has in recent years created exciting projects with many important companions, considering the idea of access on several levels. Senki turned to artistic audio description in late 2022. www.katharinasenk.com
Registration
Registration for the workshop is possible via the ticket button, via WhatsApp or by calling Katrin Brehm on +43 676 587 8723.
Accessibility
The workshop takes place in a rehearsal studio on the first floor, which is only accessible via steps.
Registration for assistants, accompanying persons and assistance dogs is possible via the registration form as well as at brehm@brut-wien.at or via WhatsApp +43 676 587 8723.
We offer a pick-up service so that everyone can find their way to brut nordwest: Meeting point is at 17:45, U4 station ‘Friedensbrücke’ (at the platform). In addition, the brut team will be waiting at the nearby streetcar 5 station ‘Nordwestbahnstraße’ from 18:00 to accompany participants to brut nordwest.
If you have any questions, please contact Katrin Brehm (brehm@brut-wien.at and +43 676 587 8723).
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brut nordwest
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
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Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern), U4 (Friedensbrücke), U6 (Dresdnerstraße) Tram: 5 (Nordwestbahnstraße) Bus: 5A (Wasnergasse)
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Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
Eschenbachgasse 11 / Ecke Getreidemarkt, 1010 Vienna
U-Bahn: U4, U1 (Karlsplatz), Tram: 1, 2, D, 71 (Burgring), Bus: 57A (Getreidemarkt)