Ponderosa Ongoing Research Collaboration Happenings

Stephanie Maher, Peter Pleyer, Yoav Admoni & Guests.

The P.O.R.C.H. Choreographic Module is a collective choreographic & independent coaching project, which enables developing our collaborative histories, nurturing new networks and deepening our relationships within the international field of dance and related forms. 

The P.O.R.C.H. Choreographic Module demands a certain maturity that each choreographer is able to guide their own creative process. It is also the module with a slower and/or, if you choose, a singular focus for your project. Time management, preparation, research and meetings between mentor and P.O.R.C.H. participants are part of the daily process.

This collective choreographic & independent coaching project works on preserving and developing our collaborative histories, nurturing new networks and deepening our relationships within the international field of dance and related forms. 
We are cooking, eating, playing and living together 24/7! Participants should come prepared to be involved in house-hold chores and other group actions. Weekends to Berlin, Poland or roadtrips are bound to occure! You will be in contact with other groups, many children, workshops and visitors of the whole co-operative project of GUT-Stolzenhagen.

P.O.R.C.H. Choreographic Module It is absolutely true that the choreographers/improvisers leaving this experience are understanding what it is they want to do with their knowledge, of themselves, as dance makers and instigators. Something profound happens here to allow an intimate setting for collaborations and partnerships that help create a solid dialogue for the choreographic process. Wether they end up in Berlin (as many do) or go back to Korea, New York, Spain or Israel or.......The teachers/choreographers are great examples of showing ways to be in the world and exchanging ways to engage with dance as an ever expanding art form. Ponderosa is occupied by very strong minded individuals who have figured out how to creatively occupy this place and apply this to their urban dreams. P.O.R.C.H. participants take a part of this spirit with them when they leave.

P.O.R.C.H. facilitators and choreographers are active in the field of performance making, or they are professional performers  who are deeply involved in the collaborative process of contemporary choreographers and art making. This line between the performer and the choreographer can blur, and be undefined.  We are discussing ideas about ownership, variations, recycled  ideas and how creative compositions can materialize. We contain an open space to locate a direct  access  of our own individual creative responses to material and different physical practices. We are not teaching one compositional method or school of thought. This independent study and  coaching team encourages a cross-pollination of mediums. We use common and risky spaces for motivation and  moving. We use constant feedback about the view & the discourse we are shaping. We hope to create methods for sharing questions and resources about how we actually make our  performances. Aesthetics? Fine tuning? Being part of the landscape? We hope to encourage and stay in a dialogue about what is really working for each choreographer and what variation of tools we can pull out of our old or new tool belt.

To apply send CV & Letter of Interest to: info@ponderosa-dance.de

**P.O.R.C.H. Choreographic Module fee: 680€, for food and housing add 590€**

**Registration before August 18th you receive a 10% discount of the module fee!

We highly recommend committing to all three P.O.R.C.H. Modules for an expansive range of body based techniques and compositional forms, to enliven your work as a performer, improviser or teacher.