Just about falling : The body becomes an instrument

Physical Movement Workshop by Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola

When?: 12 – 14 December 2023 at 18:00 – 20:30 Hrs.
Where?: Goethe Saal, Goethe-Institut Thailand
Price: 3,000 Bath per person (early bird price 2,500 Bath before 31 OCT)
Limited to 25 participants
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Tel: 081-9696160
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The Goethe-Institut Thailand invites dancers, performance artists, actors, and other performers to join an intense 3-day workshop with Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola.

Each day of the workshop will be divided in two parts. For the first half, we focus on technique: the elements of bodyweight, momentum and speed, efficiency and economy of effort are approached through exercises that propose a very close relationship to the floor, as well as an understanding of the body’s anatomy and of the physical forces that create, influence, and manipulate the body’s motion. The class is structured in exercises that develop in technical difficulty (body coordination, spatial awareness).

The second half is invested in creating, analyzing, and choreographing physical material. The meaning of movement is questioned.Improvisation is used to expand the choreographic repertoire and language, to fully grow into the body’s potential as an instrument and a tool of expression.
The work will be individual, in pairs, and as a group.

About Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola

Born in Legazpi Spain, Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola studied Early Music at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica de San Sebastian and countertenor at the Escuela de Canto del Orfeõn Donostiarra and Academie Voor Oude Muziek in Amsterdam. He has developed a career as a countertenor giving solo concerts and recitals and performing with many ensembles including Hespèrion XX, De Nederlandse Bachvereneging and Coblas. He first started dancing with Marcelo Evelin and has since worked with Pieter C. Scholten, Arthur Rosenfeld, Luc Dunberry and DV8 Physical Theatre amongst others. He has been involved in various award-winning films as a dancer, actor and choreographer. Since 1996 he works with Sasha Waltz and now choreographs and directs his own projects at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin. Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola frequently teaches classes and workshops in Europe, Asia and USA.

This event supported by the Unfolding Kafka Festival, the Spanish Embassy in Bankgok, The Jim Thompson Art Center, The James H.W. Thompson Foundation, the Goethe-Institut Thailand, Urban Hospitality Group (UHG) The Fee from this workshop will support the Molam Artists from North-eastern of Thailand to join the festival.