SP26 SEQUENTIAL FLOW

Sequential Flow: From Impulse to Expression with Manuel Meza

Dates

10.08.–14.08.26, 20:00–21:30

Level

Intermediate / Advanced

Participation Fee

Workshop
60€ marameo members
75€ non-members

Drop-in
13€ marameo members
16€ non-members

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Workshop

Sequential Flow: From Impulse to Expression is a workshop that explores the understanding and refinement of sequential impulses and energetic pathways within the body. It focuses on working with physical impulses in a deliberate and specific way to create a clear fluidity and a charged physical presence.

The workshop is divided into two components: a technique class to warm up and ground the dancers, followed by choreographic phrases, movement invention tasks, and improvisational scores that gradually introduce participants into the research of Sequential Flow.

The research lies at the intersection of modern and contemporary dance techniques, utilising release and recovery explorations in the body that can be translated into movement in space, upright, or on the floor. The class begins with structured exercises to warm up body and mind, awakening the spine and allowing warmth to radiate outward. At the heart of the research is the joy of movement, combined with the desire to push through physical and mental barriers.

Manuel Meza

Manuel Meza is an internationally working performer, choreographer, and teacher. They trained at the California Institute of the Arts (BFA) and hold a Master of Arts in Choreography and Composition from the Folkwang Universität der Künste.
They have worked with YuanYuan Wang of the Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre, Okwui Okpokwasili, Douglas Nielsen, Claus Guth, and Sommer Ulrickson at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Opéra Comique, as well as with Lydia Steier and Tabatha McFadyen at the Wiener Staatsoper. Recently, they worked as Assistant Choreographer for Hoffmanns Erzählungen at the Berlin Staatsoper and are currently dancing in the Deutsche Oper Berlin production Giulio Cesare in Egitto, directed by David McVicar.
Their passion for dance education has led them to teach masterclasses internationally, including at California Institute of the Arts, Riverside City College, Marameo Berlin, TanzFaktur, and as faculty member at the Berlin Dance Institute. In 2023, Manuel was choreographer in residence at Riverside City College, where they created In the Pursuit of Self Love.
In the same year, they founded the dance festival Against the Grain, which provides space and visibility for POC, queer, non-binary/trans, and radically thinking artists in dance. They also produced Smashing Spheres, premiering the solo A Lonely Paradise, exploring grief and the journey toward self-love and acceptance. Against the Grain will present its fourth edition in May 2026.