Martin Angiuli
26.10 / 28.10 - Contemporary
What to expect:
ANIMOTUS – Awaken the moving animal within you
ANIMOTUS is a somatic and performative practice that merges technique, instinct, and metamorphosis through movement. It arises from the meeting of floorwork, animal flow, contact improvisation, and psycho-emotional exploration, creating a dynamic and transformative experience that traverses body, imagination, and connection.
The body moves fluidly and organically, constantly shifting, deeply listening to instinct and guided by clear intention.
At the heart of Animotus lies the fusion of human and animal—not through imitation, but through symbolic, poetic, and sensorial integration.
Through physical exercises, perceptual practices, and creative imagery, Animotus invites participants to explore stage presence, expressive freedom, and the primal power of movement. It is designed for dancers, performers, and body artists seeking a space of authenticity, inquiry, and transformation.
Animotus is a journey for those who long to awaken their instinctive, vibrant, and untamed body.
Biography:
Martin Angiuli (Brindisi, 1992) is a dancer, choreographer, author, and teacher working across Europe and abroad. He has performed with companies and theatres including Landesbühnen Sachsen, Kinesis Dance (Canada), Abbondanza/Bertoni, Le Supplici, Compagnie Linga, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Tanztheater Erfurt, Theater Nordhausen, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Lyon among many others.
He has worked as a choreographic assistant and rehearsals director ELSEWHERE Company ( Paris ) , Theater Görlitz, Tanztheater Erfurt, starting soon at Of Curious Nature, Bremen.
Martin is the author of two books (Contraddizioni in movimento and Coraggiosamente Comuni ), and founder of UNDONE ( ex ConTrust Collective ). His creations span dance, video art, photography, featured in festivals and galleries.
He also teaches in companies and various formats ( AnTanzen, Profitraining, Dance Nexus and so on ) and developed ANiMOTUS, a pedagogical approach rooted in physical research of the inner animal nature.
Raquel Nevado Ramos
02.11 / 04.11 - Ballet
What to expect:
This class focuses on balance, alignment, and lengthening the body through movement. Using barre and center exercises, dancers work on control, strength, and stability, while exploring extended lines and fluid transitions. Classical technique is combined with contemporary influences to help dancers move with awareness and ease.
Biography:
Raquel comes from Spain, where she trained and later earned a BA in Contemporary Dance and Pedagogy in Linz, Austria. She has collaborated with Daniel Morales, Angel Rodriguez, Theater Pforzheim, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Hui Tran, Nadia Beugré, Ester Ambrosino, and Tomas Bünger, a.o.
Based in Wiesbaden, Germany, Raquel works as a freelance artist and is the one of the founders of Dance Nexus and co-creator of the collective AiR iTALiCS. In recent years, she has opened a new chapter as a choreographer, exploring her own movement language and artistic vision.
Mia Johansson
09.11 / 11.11 - Ballet
What to expect:
The ballet class of Mia focuses on healthy and anatomically correct body alignment to bring you to base and enhance your technique. Starting at the barre we focus on bodily connections and movement flow, recognizing gravity as a counterpart for length and lightness. Building on the work at the barre we continue discovering the dynamic qualities of opposition and weight transfer in center for full and space covering dancing. Understanding and sensing our bodies, staying permeable within the ballet technique, enjoying our capacity to dance!
Biography:
Born in Helsinki, Finland, Mia Johansson had her 8 year long dance education at the Finnish National ballet school. After that her first engagement was at Gothenburg Ballet, Sweden, where she danced for almost a decade bevor she moved to Germany to join Stephan Thoss Dance Company. With the Choreographer Stephan Thoss she worked for over 15 years, first as a soloist and later as ballet mistress and reherseal director for the company. As ballet mistress Mia has teached and set choreographies in several other companies, like Les Grand Ballets Canadiens Montreal, Ballet du Rhin du Moulhouse, Wiener Staatsballett and others. Since 2015 Mia is a certified Zena Rommett Floor -Barre teacher, teaching dance students, professionals and non- dancers. Mia is also a BTD certified dance and movement therapist.She is working since 2015 as teacher for Ballet technics at HfMDK Frankfurt.