Pau Aran Gimeno – Atelier: Technique & Movement Research

Contemporary for Dancers

14.02.–17.02.23, 12:00–13:30

Training for Dancers

Bio

Pau Aran Gimeno (1981) is a Catalan creator, performer and pedagogue working between Spain, Germany and the wider European context. From 2005 to 2020 he was a dancer with Tanztheater Wuppertal – Pina Bausch and continues to collaborate with the Pina Bausch Foundation. Since 2013 he has developed his own choreographic work internationally, while collaborating with artists including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Theo Clinkard. His practice brings together creation, performance and pedagogy through rigor, detail, listening and a human approach to the body.

Class Description

Class theme: Atelier: Technique & Movement Research

Atelier is my pedagogical practice combining technique, composition and movement research. Inspired by Jean Cébron’s principles of Energy, Form, Space and Rhythm and by the Jooss-Leeder method, it works with breath, repetition and opposing directional forces. Training develops into excercises, sequences, improvisation and compositional tasks, encouraging personal expression, creative potential and autonomy. Through play, pleasure and collective discovery, Atelier cultivates an open, resilient and questioning approach to dance.

Website: www.pauaran.com

Instagram: @pau.aran.gimeno