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From April 3rd to 5th, 2025, the go plastic STUDIO LAB #12 will take place at TENZA.

For each edition of this format, various artists are invited to provide impulses and inspiration. The aim is to foster artistic exchange and networking within these laboratories while engaging in shared practice and research.

The twelfth edition will be a relatively small one due to the current funding situation. Nevertheless, we will take the time to train, experiment, reflect, and inspire each other.

There will be impulse workshops led by artists Kevin Albancando Tuntaquimba (Leipzig/Freiburg) and Magdalena Weniger (Freiburg/Dresden). On Friday and Saturday, a company training with Cindy Hammer will take place in cooperation with TanzNetzDresden.

A format organized by the go plastic company, originally supported by Bureau Ritter / TANZPAKT RECONNECT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR Hilfsprogramm Tanz initiative. Supported by the institutional funding of the City of Dresden. This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.

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Information & registration

Participation in the workshops is available only by registering via email at info@goplasticcompagnie.de
- Impulse workshop with Kevin Albancando (Single workshop / Drop-In): 25 Euro
- Booking both workshops: 40 Euro
- Impuls workshop with Magdalena Weniger: 25 Euro
- Booking all three Workshops: 65 Euro
- Participation in the Compagnie / TNDD professional training costs 6 Euro per session for TNDD members and 9 Euro per session for non-TNDD members.
You will receive further information on registration and requirements via email after registration.
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Our guests for go plastic studio LAB #12 are:

Kevin Albancando Tuntaquimba

Kevin Albancando Tuntaquimba (he/him) is a freelance dancer, choreographer, and dance educator from Freiburg, currently based in Leipzig. Since the age of 15, he has been self-taught in the dance styles of popping and breaking and remains deeply rooted in the urban dance scene. In 2011, he was introduced to dance productions in public spaces as a performer through the dance and action theater company Pan.Optikum. From 2015 to 2017, he worked as a choreographer on the EU cooperation project Power of Diversity – The Crossing Lines Project, creating dance productions with both amateur and professional dancers.

Between 2019 and 2024, he was involved in numerous productions in the Baden-Württemberg region as both a performer and choreographer. He has collaborated with artists such as Sigrun Fritsch, Pascal Sangl, Mike Planz, Carlos Trujillo, Johannes Blattner, Katja Gluding, and Daura Hernandez. His most recent choreographic work, Soft War, created in collaboration with writer Martina Hefter and musician Patrice Libep, premiered in November 2024 at Schauspiel Leipzig. As a dancer and choreographer, he continuously develops his movement language by integrating elements of contemporary dance while deconstructing popping and breaking techniques to explore them through contemporary approaches. His current work is primarily based in Baden-Württemberg and Saxony.

First impulse at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
Workshop: »Popping«

On Thursday, April 3rd from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Level: Open Level
Language: German / English

In this three-hour workshop, we will dive into Funk Dance with a special focus on Popping. At its core is the “Pop”—a controlled muscle contraction that gives the style its signature precision and dynamics. Acting as a rhythmic pulse, the Pop provides structure and flow, keeping dancers in sync with the beat.

We will start with the fundamentals: groove, isolation, precision, and timing. Through targeted exercises and playful drills, we will integrate these techniques into our movement, refining control and musicality. Partner work and freestyle elements will encourage creativity and personal expression.

This workshop is open to all levels and offers a solid introduction to the rhythm, technique, and energy of Popping while celebrating the free and expressive spirit of Funk Dance.

Second impulse at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
Workshop: »Waving«

On Friday, April 4th from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Level: Open Level
Language: German/English

Let’s enter the world of waving. We will focus on exploring some basic techniques, shapes and concepts of waving. We will get to know ways how to discover and work on our own way of waving through shared practice methods. The training includes waving with the whole range of the body, working on detailed isolation, using our imagination and engaging in partner exercises to dive into the many qualities of this dance.

Magdalena Weniger

Magdalena Weniger is a choreographer, performer, and singer. Under the label KOMA&Ko, she develops projects for stages, off-spaces, and public spaces, working in varying collaborations with fellow artists. Her work playfully moves between dance, voice, installation, and spatial sound experiences. Since 2019, she has been researching various natural phenomena.

Impulse at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
Workshop »becoming x«

Saturday April 5th from 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Level: Open Level
Language: German / English

In this workshop, Magdalena takes a deep dive into her artistic practice, weeding through it in all directions. Joining her is her alter ego ICKS, developed in collaboration with Bettina Kletzsch. ICKS emerged from an exploration of the Saxon folklore figure “Moosweib.”

This workshop is open to anyone with an artistic practice in dance, text, theater, music, or voice who is interested in expanding their creative approach. Intuitively and playfully, we will create new characters and alter egos or further develop existing ones. Magdalena’s artistic research often begins on paper: various writing and reading practices serve as inspiration for exploring voice, movement, and different materials. Together, we will experiment with unexplored modes of expression and artistic practices.

The workshop concludes with a performative gathering of all newly created beings and artistic fragments.

Compagnie Training go plastic / Cindy Hammer

Cindy Hammer’s training consists of three parts: a full-body, intensive warm-up, various technical sets to practice movement sequences, and a section dedicated to working with improvisation and movement concepts. This training is designed for professional dancers and advanced movers.

Dates at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
Compagnie training

Friday, April 4th from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 5th from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Level: advanced / professional
Language: German & English

Level: open level
Language: German & English

> VISION DANCEABLE #4

Cindy is currently residing at Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop and is devoting herself to her research on the subject of turning back and nostalgia. We are delighted to have been invited to present the results of this research at the Societaetstheater for the fourth edition of VISION:DANCEABLE »contemporary dance shots« on April 24, 2025.

VISION:DANCEABLE presents current artistic positions from Dresden’s independent dance scene on the stage of the Societaetstheater in Dresden. The invited artists show the diversity of contemporary dance in short formats and free of thematic guidelines. At the same time, the local scene in Dresden is offered a platform for exchange and networking. All dance enthusiasts and the curious are cordially invited.

Information

Date: April 24, 2025 (8:00 p.m.)
Venue: Gutmann-Hall of Societaetstheater, An der Dreikönigskirche 1A, 01097 Dresden
Eintritt: 15 Euro / 12 Euro (reduced) / 8 Euro (Pupils, students & citizens’ allowance recipients)

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>> FIGHT FOR YOUR FAI RYTALE

Fight for your fairytale is the go plastic company’s new project, which is being realized as a pop-up piece for young audiences as part of explore dance. It is dedicated to the figure of the witch, her changing image, her rich history and far-reaching impact. The focus is on dealing with one’s own and other people’s powers as an identity-forming process, with self-determination and heteronomy. It is a multidisciplinary play that enchants and perhaps heals.

The play contains German language in writing and sound and was created in cooperation with the Gymnasium Klotzsche. The production is suitable for everyone aged 12 and over.

Duration: approx. 40 minutes
Language: German in script and sound

Cast & Crew

Choreography and performance: Cindy Hammer, Mandy Unger (M.over Company)
Costumes and set: Lydia Kluge (SECND_LABEL)
Production: Susan Schubert

Upcoming performances:

19.06.2025 – watch out Festival • HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts • Dresden
19.07.2025 – t.b.a. • Hohnofen

Information

Funding & Partners

Fight for your fairytale (AT) is a production by explore dance – Netzwerk Tanz für junges Publikum. explore dance – Netzwerk Tanz für junges Publikum is a nationwide cooperation project created as part of the TANZPAKT STADT-LAND-BUND funding program (2018 to 2023).

Supported by: fabrik moves Potsdam, Fokus Tanz | Tanz und Schule e.V. Munich, K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg and HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts. Supported by: Funds of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as well as by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the Cultural Department of the City of Munich and the Bavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs as well as by the City of Potsdam, the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts and the City of Dresden.

>>> ASPHALT LAB

We were proud to invite you to several editions of our ASPHALT LAB format in the second half of the year 2024 and are way even more proud to invite you to more editions of ASPHALT LAB in 2025.

During the labs we will try out various instructions with the help of our ASPHALTWELTEN APP, which connected us and you with ourself, other people, our body and our environment. Riverbanks will again become your stage, sidewalks turn into our playground and parks become our individual creative laboratory.

During the labs, we dedicate ourselves to various prompts that move us through the public space in and around the venues where the labs will take place.

A detailed listing of the upcoming and past ASPHALT LABs follows now.

ASPHALT LAB 2025

We are delighted that our ASPHALTWELTEN video installation has been selected for the “Werkschau – Made in Saxony” 2025 and will be on display in the Capital of Culture Chemnitz for several months from April.

The “Werkschau – Made in Saxony” is the showcase for Saxony’s cultural and creative industries. As a platform, it contributes to visibility and sensitizes visitors to the industry.

Date: April 2 until September 4, 2025
Venue: former machine fabric, Gießerstraße 5, 09130 Chemnitz

We were delighted to have been invited by the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden to lead an ASPHALT LAB for the students on campus on February 1st on the occasion of the university’s 100th anniversary as part of the open day “P alucca bewegt”.

The ASPHALT LAB was free of charge. A previous registration was not necessary.

The complete program for the day can still be found here.

Date: February 1, 2025 from 1:45 to 3:15 p.m.

Venue: inside the main building Palucca Hochschule für Tanz, Basteiplatz 4, 01277 Dresden

ASPHALT LAB 2024

ASPHALT LAB as part of “Ein ganzer Tag Benefiz” at WUK Theaterquartier Halle
Date: March 23, 2024; 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Meeting point: WUK Theaterquartier, Holzplatz 7a, Halle (Saale)

The lab was led by Cindy Hammer and Susan Schubert and took place in collaboration with the WUK Theaterquartier Halle as part of the event “Ein ganzer Tag Benefiz”. During the workshop, we devoted ourselves to various prompts that moved us through the public space around the WUK Theater Quartier.

ASPHALT LAB as part of the Grünauer Kultursommer 2024
Date: August 15, 2024; 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Meeting point: 2 p.m. at Nebenan, Alte Salzstraße 53, 04209 Leipzig

The lab was led by Momo F. Tanner, Rika Yotsumoto, Cindy Hammer and Susan Schubert and took place with the support of LOFFT – DAS THEATER.

Admission was free für everyone.

ASPHALT LAB with dancers from and in cooperation with the Heinrich Schütz Conservatory Dresden
Date: September 5 to 7, 2024
Meeting point: Kultukraftwerk Mitte, Kraftwerk Mitte 1-32, 01067 Dresden

The lab was led by Joao Pedro De Paula, Esther Schachenmayr, Kirill Berezovsky, Cindy Hammer and Susan Schubert and took place with dancers from and in cooperation with the Heinrich Schütz Conservatory Dresden. During the lab, a performance was be developed that was shown on September 7 as part of the free Kraftwerk Mitte festival.

Public performance date:

Date: September 7; 11 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Location: Wettiner Platz, 01067 Dresden

Admission was free. More information is available here.

ASPHALT LAB at Telux Hafenstube Weißwasser in Weißwasser/Oberlausitz
Date: September 14, 2024
Location: in and around the Telux Hafenstube, Straße der Einheit 20, 02943 Weißwasser/Oberlausitz

During the workshop we dedicated ourselves to various prompts that moved us through the public space around the TELUX area.

The workshop was led by Esther Schachenmayr, Cindy Hammer und Susan Schubert and took place with the support of the Hafenstube TELUX.

Admission was free and open.

ASPHALT LAB in Neukieritzsch
Date: September 30, 2024
Location: Park Arena, Badstraße 6, 04575 Neukieritzsch

During the workshop we dedicated ourselves to various prompts that moved us through the space of the Park Arena Neukieritzsch.

The workshop was led by Susan Schubert and Cindy Hammer and took place as part of the programme of the 19. Saxon Children and Youth dance fest in Neukieritzsch.

Are you an association, a cultural or artistic institution, a social or cultural center and would you like to host an ASPHALT LAB? Then send us a request to info@goplasticcompagnie.de and we’ll see together what would be the best offer for you and your audience.

ASPHALT APP LABS, a project by the go plastic company. Supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony. This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament. Funded by the Office for Culture and Monument Protection as part of the institutional funding of the state capital Dresden. With the kind support of TENZA and TanzNetzDresden as well as the partners: LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Grünauer Kultursommer, Heinrich Schütz Konservatorium, Kulturkraftwerk Mitte, Hafenstube TELUX Weißwasser, TanzART Kirschau and JKS Passage.

> ASPHALT WELTEN APP

COME OUT AND PLAY. THE CITY IS YOURS.

What do skyscrapers and cloud formations have in common? Quite simply: what you make of them by yourself. And the ASPHALTWELTEN app opens up just that in lots of playful challenges: new urban worlds in a very private and interactive focus.

Fountains become your stage, walkways your playground and parks turn into your individual creative laboratory.

With your smartphone and the ASPHALTWELTEN app, you can discover how much playground there is in your surroundings and how much creativity you have inside of yourself. Experience how your view of your city changes when you spend time in and with it intensively and without distraction. Let yourself be challenged again and again. Every day.

How the app works

The ASPHALTWELTEN app invites you once a day to a small challenge in public space. By using video, photo, text or speech, you are called to complete a task and document it with one of the tools offered within the app. You don’t need any previous knowledge or skills for this. A smartphone, a lot of curiosity and a little creativity are all you need.