MOVEMENT RESEARCH & IMPROVISATION – EXTENDED VERSION
Workshop with Layton Lachman
29.03.2026, 15:00–18:00
Open Level
24€ members
30€ non-members
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This workshop is an extended version of the Tuesday night Movement Research & Improvisation class with Layton. It is designed for everyone who wishes to move in new and dynamic ways. The class includes physical orientations to self, others, and space; a flowing transformation of movement proposals; with structured and open improvisations. How we travel through the class is a fusion of diverse somatic movement and dance methodologies. Through the use of images for moving, eclectic music, touch/contact, and play between energetic states, the class will lead toward increased dynamic range in the way one can move. Rather than learning choreographed steps, we will activate our bodies and explore different qualities of dancing. The work is based in improvisation and built upon a journeying together that asks for attunement, physical rigor, and care towards both the self and the collective. For the extended workshop we will additionally focus on group improvisational scores, with an eye to composition.
About Layton Lachman
LAYTON LACHMAN is a berlin-based artist. They make performances rooted in somatics, channeling experiential physical practices into immersive, sensory complex worlds. Their work is often a contemplation on the interplay between individuality and the materiality of our interconnectedness. Utilizing a wide range of artistic mediums, physicalities and performative contexts, Layton’s collaged choreographies are often distinguished by their surrealist, psychedelic, dreamlike quality. In addition to their performance practice, Layton is a teacher and guest lecturer at several universities in the USA.
