Critical Mass Ensemble #2 – Let’s do it again
Impro Performance So 8. Feb 16.00 – 17.30
Uferstudios Heizhaus, Uferstrasse 8/23, 13357 Berlin
Freier Eintritt, familienfreundlich
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workshops 2026
Somatic/Artistic Research and Documentation, 2-day workshop with Susanne Martin & Andrea Keiz, Improvvisazione nella danza: Una forma d’arte con Susanne Martin, Rimini Italy, Easter Contact Improvisation in Bremen, 2 x Improvisation as Art in Bern with Susanne Martin, Contact Improvisation Intensive with Susanne Martin
at Sweden Contact Festival Fr 10 – Wed 15 July 2026
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Improvising with L’Âme de Fonds 2026
Starting the year with workshops by Susanne Martin, Peter Aerni, Simon Halbedo, and performances with the core team and guests
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Performing Improvisation 2025
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7 Dec 25 Studio Kastanie, Berlin, Susanne with Gabriele Reuter and Group (now called CRITICAL MASS ENSEMBLE)
6 Dec 25 Radialsystem Open Stage, Berlin, Susanne with Gabriele Reuter and Group
13 Oct 25 FIM, Basel, with Ilona Siwek, Peter Aerni, Chantal Langlotz
11 Oct 25 Zwischenraum, Bern, Susanne with Ilona Siwek and Peter Aerni
5 July 2025, K77 Berlin, Susanne together with Katarzyna Brzezinska, Jonas Marx, Mela Seidenari
17 July, European Contact Improvisation Exchange 25 (ECITE) Warshaw
bei den Literat_innen
29.6.2025 Ein getanzter, interaktiver Beitrag zum Lesefest der unGe/Erhörten Stimmen. Ein wunderbares Literaturlesefest der lokalen Klagenfurter Schreibszene im Rahmenprogramm des Bachmann Literaturwettbewerbs.
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workshops 2025 autumn/winter
14.-16.11.25 Improvisation as Art in Bern Improvisation as Art Nov 25 in Bernwith Susanne Martin (Berlin) for people with some experience in dance impro or CI We activate our physical and creative elasticity with partner and group exercises (with and without touch). In the solo work we concentrate on the ability to generate dance from our own… Continue reading workshops 2025 autumn/winter
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. link to book publication HEREThis book delves into essential, yet often overlooked, aspects of educational and scientific practices:the involvement of the body in knowledge acquisition and production, the… Continue reading Performance & Book Release “Barefoot Academic Teaching” 2024
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
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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)