10.06.25 SOLO PARTNERING injection in Bern 1 x 3 hmore info here für Mittelstufe / Fortgeschrittene und ProfisDienstag 10. Juni, 10-13 UhrTANZhAUS Bern Studio, 3. OG, Dalmaziquai 69, 3005 Bern Improvisation as Art in Bern save the date 03.-05.10.25 & 14.-16.11.25more info soon here 08.03.25 – 09.03.25 Improvisation as Art in Rimini Language Engl/Italiano When… Continue reading workshops 2025
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Improvisations with L’Âme de Fonds 2025
PaarTanz 2024
Tanz: Susanne Martin, Martina KrauseDramaturgie: Eliane Hutmacher, Elisabeth Leopold2. Oktober2024, Centre Francais de Berlin, 19.00 2 gutaussehende Damen, ein paar kunstwillige Soli, ein paar rührende Duette, ein Minitanzworkshop für das Publikum (freiwillig), Getränke Erdnüsse, Oliven, und wenn ihr Lust habt – ein Partymoment am Ende & alles auf Deutsch & alle sind willkommen. PaarTanz ist Teil… Continue reading PaarTanz 2024
Performance & Book Release “Barefoot Academic Teaching” 2024
It’s done! The final publication of our ASCOPET research project, which kept me busy and curious about dance improvisation for engineering students, teachers and researchers since 2018.
Performing Improvisation with L’Âme de Fonds 2023
– Thur 28 December 2023, 19:00, “Tympanum“. – Fr 29 December 2023, 19:00, “Les choses comme elles sont“. – Sat 30 December 2023, 19:00, “E X I (S) T“. Location: Studio Zwischenraum, Mauerrain 5, 3012, Bern With Peter Aerni, Giacomo Calabrese,Simon Halbedo, Chantal Langlotz, Susanne Martin
next performances
Move & Shake: Dance Improvisation as (Un)Learning Practice, Lecture Performance by Susanne Martin 12. Juni 2024, Paris Cité Universitaire, Heinrich Heine Haus, more info soon Was ist Improvisation? Eine Lecture Performance von Susanne Martin 20 April 2024 Salt & Pepper, Festival for Improvisation, Basel, Schwitzerland, more info here Dancing Age(ing), Lecture Performance by Susanne Martin… Continue reading next performances
workshops spring/summer 2024
26. – 28. June 2024 Group Improvisation Session with Susanne Martin & Gabriele Reuter Tanzfabrik Berlin Anmelde/Info-Link: HERE 12 – 14 July 2024 at Somatic Academy Berlin Dance Improvisation as Art In this workshop we further our dance and improvisation skills. We study how, when and how much we influence or guide each other while… Continue reading workshops spring/summer 2024
workshops oct-dec 2023
10-15 August 2023 Jam Sweet/Sour – CI intensive at international Contact Improvisation Festival Freiburg Fr 13 – Son 15 Oktober 2023 in Bern Tanzimprovisation: Eigen-Sinn und Ensemble Dance Improvisation: Idiosyncrasy and Ensemble Fr 15 – Son 17 Dez 2023 in BernContact Improvisation: Fallen und Berühren üben Practising falling and touchingfür Menschen mit CI- oder Tanzimpro-Vorerfahrungfor people with… Continue reading workshops oct-dec 2023
lecture performances improvisation for scientists
27 October 2020 Improvisation für die Universität? Gewohnheiten in Bewegung Lecture Performance, Saalfrei Festival Stuttgart 21 January 2020 Improvising to Collaborate – Collaborating to Improvise research presentation with Martin Sonderkamp during the annual research week at the University of the Arts Stockholm June 2019 Bodies in the Making interactive danced lecture with generous participation of … Continue reading lecture performances improvisation for scientists
publications
Martin, S. (2024) Performing Bodies / Performing Relationships. In: Tau, R., Kloetzer, L., Henein, S. (eds.) Barefoot Academic Teaching: Performing Arts as Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education. Edition Scenario. Berlin: Schibri. https://www.schibri.de/978-3-86863-280-4/barefoot-academic-teaching Bauer, L.; Boos, P.; Martin, S.; Nöthen, E.; Reuter, G. (2023) Er-Fahrung – Cycling Spaces im Salon Raumverstehen: Mobilitätspraktiken im Quartier geographisch-künstlerisch beforschen.… Continue reading publications
some moving images..
Paartanz #1participatory performance by Susanne Martin in collaboration with Martina Krause and Eliane Hutmacher, Centre Francais de Berlin, October 2024 book release performance “barefoot academic teaching” 2024, my research on impro & engineering (ASCOPET) bodies in the making – research impro & engineering (ASCOPET) learning to improvise… research impro & engineering (ASCOPET) dancing with real… Continue reading some moving images..
Article: Embodying Recognition
Dance Improvisation for Scientists My new artistic research article /exposition is in the Research Catalogue (2023) OPEN ACCESS – GO HERE From the perspective of a dance artist and artistic researcher, I trace the details of how and why I created events for scientists to encounter dance improvisation through shared exploration and shared reflection. Interlacing… Continue reading Article: Embodying Recognition
Book reviews of Dancing Age(ing)
Meticulous and rich, the book incorporates theoretical density with practice-based insights. […] Martin’s work supports the wider acceptance of Practice as Research (PaR) in academic settings as a rigorous and comprehensive mode of critical inquiry and knowledge production. Michelle Heffner Hayes in Critical Studies in Improvisation 12 (1) Martin has keen insights into the gaps… Continue reading Book reviews of Dancing Age(ing)
Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2019 – 2023
24 May 2023 Jung bleiben und Sterben üben – eine Lecture Performance zu Alter(n) und Tanz, Ringvorlesung, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Alterns- und Care-Forschung, Karl Franzen Universität Graz 4 December 2022 Üben, Üben, Üben NachWieVor – Fachtag Tanzperformance und Alter(n), Ehrenfeld Studios Köln, Germany 30 January 2020 Dancing Age(ing): an Ongoing Practice and a Danced Lecture… Continue reading Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2019 – 2023
Residential Workshop Italy 15 – 20 Sept 2023 Susanne & Francesco
MOVING INSIDE OUTSIDE Contact Improvisation – Push Hands (Tai Chi) – Qi Gong – Partnering – Outdoor Explorations – Performance Scores Intensive dance workshop with Susanne Martin and Francesco Zita at Casina Settarte, Puglia Italy, 15 – 20 September 2023 Susanne’s teaching is based in contact improvisation, instant composition and 30 years of creating performances… Continue reading Residential Workshop Italy 15 – 20 Sept 2023 Susanne & Francesco
Improvisation Workshops Spring 2023
Teaching language German/English, translation into French possible (with a little help from my friends).
Improvisation Workshops Autumn 2022
Basel 4-6 Nov 22, level: advanced/professional Bern 18-20 Nov 22, level: with CI experience
Was ist Tanz? Seniorenakademie SKAT 2022
Centre Français Berlin, April 2022Mit Susanne Martin und Jan Burkhardt Durch eine Mischung von Vortrag, Workshop und Performance widmen wir uns einigen zentralen Tanzthemen wie zum Beispiel: Wonach gucken wir, wenn wir Tanz sehen?Woran denken wir, wenn wir selbst tanzen?Wie verhält sich Tanz zu Ton und zu Musik?Was könnte man wissen und was will ich… Continue reading Was ist Tanz? Seniorenakademie SKAT 2022
Salon Raumverstehen 2021 mit Gabriele Reuter
http://kimkommt.de/arbeiten-mit-kim/vergangene-veranstaltungen/
Performing Improvisation with L’Âme de Fonds 2021
Au beau milieu / Au bas mot, 29/30 Dec 2021, Neuchatel, Switzerland with Peter Aerni, Giacomo Calabrese, Simon Halbedo,, Chantal Langlotz, Simone Marty, Susanne Martin
Article: Dancing with Real Bodies
Dancing with Real Bodies: Dance Improvisation for Engineering, Science, and Architecture Students is published in “Algorithmic and Aesthetic Literacy 2021 OPEN ACCESS HERE How can dance improvisation contribute to learning processes within a technical university? This article proposes an answer to this question from the perspective of an artistic researcher and dancer who specializes in… Continue reading Article: Dancing with Real Bodies
Three Cornered Circle 2020
Trio Improvisation, Saalfrei Festival Stuttgart 23.10.2020Maya Carroll (Tanz), Susanne Martin (Tanz), Kurt Holzkämper (Musik)
Understanding Dance for Beginners and Intermediates, May 2020
This video tutorial (4 episodes) is a response to the statement “I don’t understand dance” – a sentence we encounter ever so often when moving away from the inner circles of dance lovers and dance experts. So, we attend to questions like: What do I look for when watching dance? What’s the relationship between dance,… Continue reading Understanding Dance for Beginners and Intermediates, May 2020
Stromen 2019
Duet improvisation with Simon Wenger (Basel)26 November 2019 Stromen & group improvisation with the Frenesi Trio, FIM Basel, Switzerland29 November 2019 Stromen with participation of Kurt Holzkämper & group improvisation with Instant PIG // Stuttgart, SAAL FREI Stuttgart, Germany
Learning. Teaching. Dancing. 2018
Learning. Teaching. Dancing.for “Remembering the Future – 40 years of Tanzfabrik Berlin”A “Doc Martin Dance Lecture“ with Susanne Martin (in English language)all Photos: AnnA Stein Learning. Teaching. Dancing. is an interactive dance lecture for beginners, professionals, and the generally curious. Within the frame of “Remembering the Future – 40 years of Tanzfabrik Berlin” this dance… Continue reading Learning. Teaching. Dancing. 2018