Jennifer Mann
Contemporary for Dancers
13.10. – 17.10.2025, 12:00–13:30
Training for dancers
The Group Motion Workshop
18.10.2025
31.12.2025
Together with Heidi Weiss
Bio
After graduating from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Jennifer Mann has worked as a professional dancer, choreographer, modern / contemporary dance, improvisation and yoga teacher. She has performed with the Group Motion Company, Beppie Blankert, Johannes Boenig, Jean Marc Le Bon, Howard Katz Fireheart, the Wee Dance Co., Norman Douglas and extensively in her own work in collaboration with Heidi Weiss. Jennifer has an extensive teaching career, having taught dance for 29 years and yoga for 22 years. Together with Ms. Weiss she created the weissmann technique, and most recently the weissmann Teacher Training Program. She is also certified to lead the Group Motion Workshop, an improvisational evening focused on the universal language of movement and collective healing. Jennifer organises international retreats and workshops, and teaches at festivals such as Bolzano Danza, Italy and The Dance Alps Festival, Austria. She is a certified member of the Berufsverband der Yogalehrenden in Deutschland (BDY) and the European Yoga Union (EYU). Jennifer currently teaches pedagogy in the Hatha Yoga of Rishiculture Teacher Training (200+300 hrs.), and has led teaching skills seminars in the International Shiva Shakti Yoga Teacher Training (500 hrs.).
Modern / Contemporary for Dancers
weissmann technique
This modern / contemporary class is influenced by yoga, as well as several modern and contemporary dance styles. Its roots lie in modern dance, but its expression breaks past molds, becoming a fusion that is structured, highly physical, musical and dynamic. The first segment of the class focuses on arriving in the body, breath and space in a mindful way. The sequences that follow explore a balance between technical precision and the capacity to flow and move through space freely. As the class progresses, distinctions between these two categories begin to soften and fuse into one. Movements that are traditionally considered “technical” become more organic, full of breath, life and volume. Contemporary movements become infused with more clarity, length and control. Particular movement themes such as rhythm and musicality, quick directional and level changes, following initiation points (the fingertips, toes, hip, sternum, etc.) are explored. Everyone is prepared for an uninhibited range of movement, and are challenged to take risks, expand boundaries, build stamina and to cover more space. Soulful music, motivates, inspires and supports the entire class.
