Dieser Workshop verbindet Elemente aus Martial Arts und zeitgenössischem Tanz. Es sind keine Vorkenntnisse nötig. Unterrichtssprache ist Englisch.
This workshop combines elements from Martial Arts and Contemporary Dance. Suitable for movers with little or no experience. The workshop will be held in English.

[English below]

Yotam Peled verbindet Elemente aus Martial Arts und zeitgenössischem Tanz. Hier erlebst du, wie Bewegung und Virtuosität ihren Anfang in der Stille nehmen und sich langsam im ganzen Raum ausbreiten. Mehr Details findest du in der englischen Beschreibung.

Yotam Peled praktiziert seit seiner Kindheit bildende Kunst, Leichtathletik und Capoeira. Im Alter von 21 Jahren begann er zu tanzen und absolvierte später eine Ausbildung in zeitgenössischem Zirkus. 2015 zog er von Israel nach Berlin, arbeitet seitdem als freischaffender Performer und kreiert eigene choreografischen Arbeiten, die weltweit gezeigt werden. Yotam ist künstlerischer Leiter des Ensembles Yotam Peled & the Free Radicals, das 2018 gegründet wurde. Seitdem war das Ensemble in Residenz am Choreographischen Zentrum Heidelberg, im TalentLAB Luxembourg, am Skopje Dance Theater, am TanzLabor Ulm und am PimOff Mailand.
Während ZÜRICH TANZT 2025 verbringt Yotam eine 2-wöchige Residenz am Tanzhaus Zürich. Öffentliches Sharing: 23. Mai 2025, 18:00-18:30.

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This workshop, at the intersection of martial arts and contemporary dance, seeks to create a journey from stillness and emptiness, to interactions between bodies, virtuosity and flow, inspired by the Daoist philosophy WUWEI - doing without doing.

The first section of the practice revolves around grounding and emptying work.
Employing techniques and patterns from Qi-Gong, we reform a connection with our
physical-energetic center and breath as engines for movement. We observe movement in the stillness and prepare our body to dance with simple waving and spiralling movement sequences meant to soften and expand the body.

The second section is dedicated to interaction between bodies. Using exercises from contemporary release dance technique and Tuishou - a section of Kung-Fu focused on pushing and pushing hands, we mobilise our spine through three movement centers: hips, chest and head. With a playful approach we practice the availability of the body to expand and guide, as well as to ground and absorb.

The third and concluding section dives into the universe of floorwork, isolation and
soft acrobatics. With a clear and sustainable approach we practice going in and out of the floor, articulating where movement begins, following the principle of head-tail and the liberation of the spine. This part of the workshop proposes a long flow in space with sequences inspired by Capoeira, Flying-Low and Tai-Ji.

Yotam Peled has been practicing visual arts, athletics and capoeira since childhood. He began dancing at the age of 21 and later studied contemporary circus. He moved from Israel to Berlin in 2015 and has been working as a freelance performer ever since, as well as creating his own choreographic works that have been shown worldwide. Yotam is the artistic director of the ensemble Yotam Peled & the Free Radicals, which was founded in 2018. Since then, the ensemble has been in residency at Choreographisches Zentrum Heidelberg, TalentLAB Luxembourg, Skopje Dance Theater, TanzLabor Ulm and PimOff Milan.
During ZÜRICH TANZT 2025, Yotam is in a 2-week residency at Tanzhaus Zürich. Public Sharing: May 23, 2025, 18:00-18:30.