On Saturday 7th das Helmi is performing at the at.tension festival in Brandenburg.
A weekend full of theatre, film, readings and installations for everyone.
Frances and Dasniya are coming along, so surely there will be some Shibari around!
The in- and outdoor venue is a beautiful former airfield in Lärz by Neustrelitz.
Hope to see you there!
Dasniya & Frances
When: Wednesday, September 25th
Hours: 7–11 pm
Where: ‘Teatris’ or in our ‘Mini-Dojo’, depending on the size of the group). Both locations are at Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt – staircase B/C, Uferstr. 8-11, 13357 Berlin
U8 Pankstr/U9 Osloerstr
PLEASE REGISTER BEFOREHAND, THAN WE SEND YOU THE DETAILS!
General description: English + German
Yoga can be done separately from the shibari part. Hours: 7-8.45 pm.
More information here .
Yay, next weekend Frances and I will travel to England. I am looking much forward to revive this special solo, this year for the Leeds crowd! It will be different again, rethinking the craziness and also kinda roughness I went through when I first made it in 2009. At the moment much of the rehearsal process goes into building core strength. A straight forward muscular workout. Than it takes some time to train the skin, which after a while behaves not as skin usually does around the waist. When I was presenting it several times in a row my waist grew little soft hair, almost fur like, which vanishes as soon as the strain ends. Its only 18 minutes long, but quiet packed with things to think about as I am in the air and try not to rest on the floor. The last rehearsal phase goes into finding the more meditative qualities and of course fun in it!
A Skin-Two event at Vox – a contemporary event space near Leeds City Centre.
More information here video
When: Tuesday, August 20th
Hours: 7–11 pm
Where: ‘Teatris’ or in our ‘Mini-Dojo’. Both locations are at Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt – Staircase B/C, Uferstr. 8-11, 13357 Berlin
U8 Pankstr/U9 Osloerstr
PLEASE REGISTER BEFOREHAND, THAN WE SEND YOU THE DETAILS!
General description: English + German
Yoga can be done separately from the shibari part. Hours: 7-8.45 pm. Info here
Here some photos from our July workshop in Vienna:
When: Wednesday July 31st
Hours: 7–11 pm
Where: Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt – staircase C, Uferstr. 8-11, 13357 Berlin
U8 Pankstr/U9 Osloerstr
PLEASE REGISTER BEFOREHAND!
General description: English + German
Yoga can be done separately from the shibari part. Hours: 7-8.45 pm. Info here.
When you are in the court yard please ring + 49 174 393 70 49, the door is usually locked.
Not workshop business, but faffing around with photoshop or my favourite three tryptichs from this summer:
The workshop combines yoga and the Japanese rope technique ‘Shibari’. First, we do yoga to develop a sense of our own body anatomy; the simultaneous perception of one’s own breathing and bodymap is therefore important. In doing so, we can better empathise with another body while in the play of rope. In some asanas (yoga postures) ropes are integrated, or we tie ourselves from the start and do yoga while in a foot or breast-harness. The touch of the material helps clarify one’s investigation of the posture, and mixes the sensual and manual skills of bodies and ropes.
In the second part we come to mix different rope techniques and stir things up. For Shibari figure technique, we are guided by the precision and acrobatic art of Osada Steve, while Arisue Go’s philosophy is particularly suitable for beginners and can give impetus to explore one’s own ideas,
We ourselves have developed in recent years, a technique that we call messy tying. Traditional elements are retained here and combined with improvisation principles; the apparent order in the inner chaos is a kind of punk bondage! We also work with a feminist attitude towards Shibari: if porn, then please be sure to view a feminist porn! Everyone ties everyone, and male bodies captivated and tied is also sexy! For neat and clean tying and rope work in these workshops, we will also be covering the basic knots, fundamentals for breast-harness, and suspension and safety principles.
In pair or group situations in which we develop a bodily conversation, we see expressions of queer, grotesque or purely abstract play language. This may create relaxing and sometimes uninterpretable compositions of sensory stimuli, or also symbolically charged moments. We work here as well with methods drawn from dance and contact improvisation, and elements from role-playing games.
Since the level of the participants in yoga, games, and rope-work are always different, we work from the first on the level of personal experience. We also always give individual instructions.
Beginning Friday evening, the 19th July and continuing till Sunday evening, the 21st July, Dasniya will be working with the workshop participants on various rope and Shibari themes. These themes will be orientated to the experience and itnerests of the participants.
DATE & TIME:
COST:
This four-hour evening workshop is for those who would like to try out, and for all those who simply would like an evening of Yoga & Shibari as we do in the regular Berlin classes.
Date, Time, & Cost:
For those who would like individual, couple, or small group private sessions, classes, and training, these will be possible to arrange from July 22nd-27th. The cost starts from €80 for 3 hours, after discussion.
Information: workshops@dasniyasommer.de
Shibari Dojo Vienna
Robert-Hamerling-Gasse 25/17
1150 Wien, Österreich
Google Map
judy37@gmx.net – Shibari Dojo Vienna for more information and registration
or
Dasniya: workshops@dasniyasommer.de
Please write to us if you would like to attend but have difficulty with the full price.
Dasniya Sommer Vienna Yoga and Shibari Workshops, July 2013 (DE) .pdf
I am writing this some time later…
In June Florian spontaneously asked if I feel like doing the Helmi – Swan Lake again in Bremen. At the Mahagony Festival with two other dancers, and the answer was yes! We performed on the 26th, and here are some photos of our Dodo – occupy camp in the theatre foyer.
The evening was a mixture of a sort of installation/interactive/walk through the whole theatre musical–opera–performance. Our camp was cosy but unfortunately a little far of to where the main actions took place. But as storks and swans we were running around anyway! And whenever a spectator got lost and ended up by our camp site, there was a certain smile in their face. For me for sure a remotely familiar experience from 2009, to transform an official entrance area into mayhem. Foam, puppets, blankets, tents, ropes, tutus, banners and other strike materials ;)
When: Wednesday June 19th, 2013
Hours: 7–11 pm
Where: Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt – staircase B, Uferstr. 8-11, 13357 Berlin
U8 Pankstr/U9 Osloerstr
PLEASE REGISTER BEFOREHAND!
General description: here
Yoga can be done separately from the shibari part. Hours: 7-8.45 pm. Info here.
When you are in the court yard please ring + 49 174 393 70 49, the door is usually locked.
Here a photo from the performance ‘Sachbericht II’ – das Helmi, at the Staatstheater Hannover in June. Solene, Emir, chaos and the production manager suspended by Florian and Dasniya :-)
Hey Püppi!
..rief es letzte Woche aus jeder Ecke, jedem Karton, von hinter dem gelbblauen Gardinenrund des Helmikontainers auf dem Stephansplatz in Hannover. ‘Zirkus des Fortschritts’ nennen die PuppenspielerInnen den wahrlichen Aufführungsmarathon, der noch bis zum 2. Juni läuft. Mehrmals täglich können Eltern, Kinder, Großeltern und Urverjüngte sich hier von den buschigen Nasen und schiefen Augenbrauen der liebevoll aus Schaumstoff geschnitzen Puppen verführen lassen, in Märchen- und Filmwelten.
Am Samstag mein kleines Debut in der Revolutionsrevue. Während die Richard Wagner Puppe schon die zweite Szene einläutete, habe ich Solene Garnier alias Rocky, oder war es Rambo, irgendwie ruhig und fluchs in die Luft geschwungen. Eine simple Hängung auf der Seite ohne Umschweife und geschmeidiges Abseilen von der Hüfte her brachten sie gleich darauf zurück auf die Füße.
Juchuhh Helmi goes Shibari (and ballet :). Anschließend wurde die Marco Puppe, der Herr Zirkusdirektor und ein Schaumstoffweg eher andeutungsweise verschnürt, aber doch so, dass letztlich jede auf ganz süße Art ihre Hängung genoss.
Liebe Freund*innen und Kolleg*innen,
anbei findet Ihr unser Maiprogramm. Neben zwei Vorstellungen der ‘Geschichte vom Soldaten’ in Bregenz wird Dasniya zu Gast beim Helmi-Puppentheater in Hannover sein. Kurstechnisch gibt es einen Yoga und Shibari Termin am 15. Mai.
Wir freuen uns Euch hier und dort zu begrüßen!
Herzlich,
Dasniya und Frances
Musiktheater von Igor Strawinsky
Dirigent: Benjamin Lack
Regie: Jo Siska, Dasniya Sommer, Dirk Diekmann
MusikerInnen: Landeskonservatorium Feldkirch
Mehr Informationen: Vorarlberger Landestheater
Mehr Informationen Staatstheater Hannover
Bitte unbedingt vorab unter workshops@dasniyasommer.de anmelden!
Wann: Mittwoch.15. Mai, 19-23 Uhr.
Ort: TEATRIS/Alte Kantine
Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt
Uferstr. 8-11
13357 Berlin
Wer Yoga, Seiltechniken oder Performance Ideen mit Seilen ausprobieren, oder im Austausch entwickeln oder lernen möchte, kann Einzelkursen/-Sessions mit Frances oder Dasniya buchen.
Bei Interesse bitte an workshops@dasniyasommer.de schreiben.
dokumentiert die jüngste Kollaboration mit dem schweizer Collective La dernière Tangente: ‘Der Sturz des Icarus’: Pangea Ultima – Der Sturz des Ikarus … supernaut
ist bald unter dasniyasommer.de/zurzeit zu finden.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
below you find our programme in May. There will be the two last performances of ‘The soldier’s tale’ in Bregenz. And Dasniya will be a guest with the Helmitheater in Hanover.
Looking forward to see you there!
Dasniya and Frances
The last two performances of this work which Dasniya created and performs in are this month.
Conductor: Benjamin Lack
Director/choreography/dance: Jo Siska & Dasniya Sommer Director/dramaturgy/speaker: Dirk Diekmann
Musicians: Landeskonservatorium Feldkirch
More information Vorarlberger Landestheater
Dasniya will be guest rehearsal assistant with Das Helmi in Hannover this month.
More information Staatstheater Hannover
For May, once again there is only one training class. If you’d like to come, please register beforehand at workshops@dasniyasommer.de !
When: Wednesday 15th May, 19-23h.
Where: TEATRIS/Alte Kantine
Uferhallen Kulturwerkstatt
Uferstr. 8-11
13357 Berlin
More information
For private workshops in yoga and/or shibari please write to workshops@dasniyasommer.de
Upcoming collaboration with the performance collective La dernière Tangente for ‘The Fall of Icarus’: Pangea Ultima – Der Sturz des Ikarus … supernaut
Has arrived at dasniyasommer.de/zurzeit
