Fanni Schack & Philip Schack

23.02.2026

Workshop description:

Underground Symphony is an experimental dance format inspired by techno that invites participants to explore movement patterns from rave culture, such as jumping or bouncing, in a wide variety of forms. In this edition, we are bringing a dark experience with harder sounds, played live and exclusively on vinyl records. The intensity of the class unfolds through endurance, loud music, and driving beats that push the individual to keep moving. In the first part of the class, you will be guided through techno with improvisational tasks. In the second part, we accumulate speed and try some concrete steps to experience the hardcore techno spirit with Dutch influences. For us, a rave is not only a borderline experience within which physical and mental transformation emerges: it is also a space to negotiate identity and to practice solidarity through sweat, physical exhaustion and by connecting through different rhythms. With this class, we aim to bring you closer to this experience. 

Please bring sneakers.

Biography:

Philip Schack (schackmatt):

schackmatt is my alias as a Frankfurt-based DJ with a strong affinity for vinyl. I stand for technoid vinyl craftsmanship with attitude. My sets are not about flashy effects, but about depth, drive, and organic progression. Techno and house form the foundation of my sound: deep, driving, and authentic. Every track is carefully placed, every transition tells a story—sometimes subtle, sometimes direct, but always with a clear sense of the dancefloor’s dynamics.

Fanni Schack:

I grew up in Hungary and work as a dancer and dance educator. After completing my BA in Contemporary Dance, I earned a Master’s degree in Contemporary Dance Education at the HfMDK Frankfurt. Since 2014, I have been working as a freelance dancer and teaching diverse groups, with a focus on improvisation, somatic awareness, and collectivity.

In my artistic practice, I also explore hardcore techno together with DJ schackmatt as a practice of resistance, physically negotiating questions of memory, identity, and belonging in relation to my Central European origins.