ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Join creative collaborators Adi Weinberg (dancer/choreographer/Gaga teacher) and Cat Gerrard (dramaturg/storyteller/puppeteer) in an exploration of the world of the dramaturg: the one in a creative process who listens to what wants to happen next. Over two full days, we will experience some of the crucial areas of research of the dramaturg: embodied listening, guiding the process and storytelling in space. You will be invited into a guided movement research practice, investigating images and paintings and how they might move the body. With the material created, we will work in a small process, applying some of the principles of dramaturgy to what is emerging.

WHO'S IT FOR?
**For dancers, theatre-makers, directors, dramaturgs, writers, creators from any field – all those who enjoy moving and have a curiosity and interest in dramaturgy **

DATES, TIMES & HOURS
Saturday 30 September & Sunday 1 October 2023
10:00 – 17:00 each day, including a lunch break (total 12 hours training)

VENUE
Dock11, Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin
Nearest Tram stop: Schwedter Strasse for M1 and 12 trams
Nearest U-Bahn: Eberswalder Strasse U2 or Rosenthaler Platz U8
https://dock11-berlin.de/en/tanzschule/service/contact-directions

FEES
150€ OR 175€ OR 200€
We would like to keep the workshop accessible, while covering our costs, so we offer you three price options. Please pick the amount that feels best for you from these three options. 
You must buy a ticket in advance and places are limited - so please reserve your ticket to ensure you can join us!

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Cat Gerrard (she/her; GB/DE) is a storyteller, dramaturg, puppeteer and facilitator from the UK, based in Berlin. She trained in acting at Drama Studio London and later in collaborative performance-making at LISPA (now Arthaus Berlin). Cat’s work is multi-disciplinary and always created in an intuitive, collaborative, devised process. At the heart of Cat’s work is story – from the personal to the mythic, the individual to the collective. She circles around how we embody story, how we can develop a metaphorical kind of thinking, experiencing and transmission of artistic work. As a dramaturg – primarily in theatre and dance - and facilitator, Cat’s work seeks to integrate the various elements of a process: to include the dynamics and interplay between the personal, interpersonal and transpersonal elements that are in each creative process. Cat mentors, curates and teaches various workshops (both online and off) and is a regular teacher at Arthaus Berlin and Cours Florent, Berlin. She was a mentor/dramaturgical consultant for 101concrete’s show Assemblage, at fabrik Potsdam in the summer of 2022 and is the dramaturg for Adi Weinberg’s If the bull won’t come, which premiered, also at the fabrik, in November 2022.  www.catgerrard.com

Adi Weinberg (she/her; IL/PL/DE) is a dancer, choreographer and Gaga teacher. She graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the Haifa Program for Professional Dancers and did an apprenticeship in Vertigo Dance Company. As a contemporary dancer she has performed at many festivals around the world. She has worked with many choreographers and institutions, including: Andrea Costanzo Martini, Nadar Rosano, Efrat Rubin, Rachel Erdos, Noa Zuk, Aviv Eveguy, Shimrit Golan, Agnieszka Glińska, Fresco Dance Company, the Israeli Opera, and the Polish National Opera.
Since 2014, she has been developing her work as a choreographer and performed her creations at various platforms and festivals, including Machol Shalem International Dance week, Tel Aviv Dance festival at Suzanne Dellal, MAAT festival, MSTT festival, KRoki festival, Instytut Teatralny in Warsaw, fabrik Potsdam and more. In 2017 she was awarded a grant from Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts for developing her choreography. In 2022 she took part in the DiR choreographic residency program at fabrik Potsdam where she later premiered her new creation If The Bull Won’t Come.
She has been building the Gaga community in Warsaw since 2017, teaching Gaga and movement research workshops for different audiences in Warsaw, Berlin, Potsdam and at various venues and festivals across Europe and Israel. She often curates and collaborates various workshops, courses and training for artists and creators with Cat Gerrard. She is a curious student practicing Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Feldenkrais. https://www.adiweinberg.com

AND A PERFORMANCE....
You can see Adi & Cat's collaboration in action: the latest creation of Adi (as choreographer and dancer) and Cat (as dramaturg) in “If The Bull Won’t Come” at the fabrik Potsdam 20.10 and 21.10 at 19:30. Info and tickets here: https://fabrikpotsdam.de/event/1047

OTHER INFO
* If you feel sick, under the weather or unwell on the day/s of the workshop, please take care of yourself and others and stay at home. Please also let us know by email (through the contact the event organiser button) as soon as possible.

* If you need to cancel your spot, please email us as soon as possible so we can give your ticket to someone else!
If you cancel up to two weeks before the event (by 16th September) we can give you a full refund, minus Paypal or Stripe transaction costs.
If you cancel within two weeks of the event (16th - 30th September) we can refund you 50% of the cost, minus Paypal or Stripe transaction costs.
If we need to cancel the workshop we will give all participants a full refund.

* If you have any other questions or access needs, please do let us know by email (hit the contact the event organiser button) and we will be in touch with you within a few days. 

WEEKEND WORKSHOP SERIES
This workshop is part of a Weekend Workshop Autumn Series with Cat Gerrard and Adi Weinberg. Each workshop stands alone but you might be interested to see what else we're doing here... https://www.tickettailor.com/events/catgerrard

Images by Jonas Zeidler from "If The Bull Won't Come"