SP25 DONATO CREATION LAB
Donato Creation Lab – Performance Project with Amanda Donato
11.08.–15.08.25, 14:00–17:30
16.08.25, 15:00–17:30
17.08.25, 15:00–19:00
With Movement Experience
220€ members
250€ non-members
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DONATO CREATION LAB is an immersive Performance Project that invites movers of all levels to step into a collaborative creative process. In an accessible and invigorating format, rehearsals will evolve into a new dance work by Amanda Donato which will be documented. All participants will have access to the final documentation of the finished piece, as well as clips, photos, and individual portraits taken during rehearsals.
Each session offers a space to explore individual and collective artistry within a structured creative framework. Over 7 days, each rehearsal will feel deeper and more spacious, fixed material will start to feel more natural and embodied.
Each day will include: a unified warm-up, creative research tasks that initiate material, learning new choreography, and composition. The final day will culminate in filming the entire new work.
At its core, DONATO CREATION LAB embraces imperfection, rawness, and authenticity—honouring the rehearsal space as a site of discovery rather than performance pressure. Donato’s process is inherently collaborative, valuing the perspectives of all participants. Regardless of level – beginner, intermediate, or advanced movers contribute something valuable to the space.
Donato is most excited to be hosting this Performance Project with marameo – an iconic community institution and space for dance since 1992.
About Amanda Donato
Amanda Donato is a Toronto-born choreographer, performer, director and teacher based in Berlin. Her multidisciplinary work moves fluidly between stage and screen, art spaces, commercial and independent work, and studios internationally. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Toronto Metropolitan University and her Yoga Teaching Certification since 2015.
