Mandy Unger

Mandy Unger a.k.a. M.over works as a choreographer, dancer and DJ. In 2019 she founded the M.over Company in Leipzig and received numerous scholarships and grants for her productions in the recent years. In 2022, she is a resident artist at the Thuringian Theater Association. She received her dance training and expertise in the independent dance scene (DE, PRT, CH, USA) in the styles of contemporary dance as well as in hip hop and house culture (CH, USA, DE). She danced among others at the Tanztheater Erfurt (Ester Ambrosino), at Bounce urban! (Andrea von Gundten) and choreographed productions for stellwerk Theater Weimar, Theater Bernburg, Grüner Salon Berlin (Volksbühne), Lofft Theater Werkstatt e.V., among others.

Impulse at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
»PLAY Experimental«
Tuesday, October 12 from 12 a.m. – 2 p.m.

In the workshop »PLAY Experimental« the dancers were encouraged to creatively use new and own movement patterns by playing with musical structures, groove and improvisation. Initially, small dynamic routines were developed, inspired by the styles of House, Hip Hop, Contemporary and Floorwork. These were modified in the course of the workshop through inputs and aleatorics, so that playing with habits became a challenge. Finally, to focus on the genre “Experimental”, the examination of musicality and individual tasks were an essential conclusion of the workshop.

Cindy Hammer

Impulse at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
»Compagnie Training go plastic«
Tuesday, October 11
Thursday, October 13
Friday, October 14
each from 10 – 11:30 a.m.

Cindy Hammer‘s training consisted of three parts: a full-body, intensive warm up, another part in which improvisation and movement concepts were worked on and finally the learning of a choreographic sequence. The offer was aimed at professional and advanced dancers.

Louise Knofe 

After her studies at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden Luise Knofe started as a freelance professional dancer and teacher. She further specialized in Urban Dance & Experimental Styles in the “1 year international education program” at HipDrop in Malmö/Sweden and lived and trained in Los Angeles to start her career in the entertainment industry. Since then Luise has worked as a dancer, instructor and choreographer for various TV productions, music videos, live stage performances, commercials and theater productions that have taken her from Germany to Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Shanghai, Brussels, Amsterdam and London. She works as a creative director & choreographer, bringing breathtaking visions to life.

Impulse at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
„Dynamic vinyasa yoga”
Saturday, October 15 from 11 – 12 a.m.

Dynamic vinyasa yoga for every body / Flow through the motions with your breath / Focus on flexibility, strength & mindfulness

Hanna Adelsberger

Hanna Adelsberger is a dancer and clinical psychologist. Her main focus is on the diversity of arm movements & techniques (e.g. tutting, flamenco). Currently she is part of the project “Urban Feminism“, which will celebrate its conclusion at this year’s Tanz im August Festival in Berlin. Hanna Adelsberger is also funded by NPN – STEPPING OUT with her project “FEMMEvolution” and received the 2021 Research and Work Grant Dance for her project “Algorythmic”. Hanna Adelsberger has been organizing the international Urban Female Festival “Queen 16” since 2019, which deals with the visibility of women in the art world.

Hanna Adelsberger also researched at FU Berlin on the influence of dance and movement on psychological well-being.

Impulse at go plastic STUDIO LAB:
“!Rise Your Arms!”
Monday, July 4 from 12 – 2 p.m. &
Tuesday, July 5 from 12 – 2 p.m.

The main focus on both days was on exploring the diversity of hand and arm movement & techniques. The goal was to be able to express more individuality and emotion in your own style. The first day set the focus on complex, abstract and geometric movements from tutting. The second day was about non-verbal communication of gestures of emotions such as anger. Storytelling was be another focus.

Yeliz Pazar

Yeliz Pazar is a dancer and choreographer. She is a co-founder of the dance collective “nutrospektif“, which emerged in 2012 and was labeled as Factory Artists by tanzhaus nrw in 2020. “nutrospektif” is making urban dance cultures more visible in the stage context, exploring artistic approaches, and advances dialogue in the dance landscape. Yeliz is also part of the first generation of Waacking dancers in Germany and organized “THE WAACK OFF” at tanzhaus nrw, the first event of the genre, which involved numerous international guests.

Impulse at the go plastic STUDIO LAB:
Waacking workshop
Thursday, July 7 from 12 – 3 p.m.

In the Waacking workshop, the loosening and strengthening of the arm muscles through arm coordination to music, confident and self-assured appearance, and poses played important roles.

Yeliz Pazar teached not only a very good foundation, but also effective learning methods for working independently. Her focus was on spontaneity and individuality as her classes are always aimed at urban dance styles, “freestyle” (improvisation); accordingly, Yeliz also worked on a strong musicality and body control.

Luise Knofe

After her studies at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden Luise started working as a professional dancer and teacher. She further specialized in Urban Dance & Experimental Styles in the “1 year international education program” at HipDrop in Malmö/Sweden and lived and trained in Los Angeles to start her career in the entertainment industry. Since then Luise has worked as a dancer, instructor and choreographer for various TV productions, music videos, live stage performances, commercials and theater productions that have taken her from Germany to Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Shanghai, Brussels, Amsterdam and London. She works as a creative director & choreographer, bringing breathtaking visions to life.

ÄTNA

introduce themselves as avant-garde sound artists with a fine sense for catchy hooks and driving rhythms to a growing fanbase in Germany, as well as England or Russia. After features with Solomun, MEUTE, Marteria and the collaboration with the NDR Bigband at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, there is no doubt about the versatility of the two.
Although the duo would fit ideally in Berlin in every respect, Inéz and Demian remain loyal to the city where they met and began their musical collaboration: their adopted home of Dresden. Here, the two operate from their studio somewhat away from the major German music cities, and perhaps that’s why they have remained so unmistakably themselves.
The duo is a powerhouse of creativity and musical innovation. It is logical that this inevitably involves breaking down boundaries: those of genres, but also gender, role concepts, stylistic conventions of all kinds, and long-established ideas of what music can and should be allowed to do.

In the 2-hour lab-WORKSHOP, after a common warm-up with prepared sound materials of ÄTNA, the aim was to jam, try, experiment and share. The idea was to get into listening and moving with each other, as well as to bring music, sounds, voice and body into different fusions and qualities.

In their lab workshop Movement / Composition / Music, ÄTNA explored with the participants different movement concepts with a focus on musicality, as well as approaches to develop choreographic material based on musicality.
In the first slot, the two brought a sample choreography that was used not only to learn the sequence, but also to explain the choreographic approach.
In the second slot the participants developed their own choreographic material based on the existing concept.

go plastic Research Workshops about mind the rage

Within the fourth go plastic STUDIO LAB, go plastic Compagnie founding members and artistic directors Cindy Hammer and Susan Schubert offered two days of research workshops with interested parties. The collective has been researching the topic of anger for a long time and released a new production on this subject in 2022.