ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
This workshop is a playful investigation into reciprocity with and listening to materials and objects. We will open the senses and connect more deeply to ourselves in order to activate the poetic and imaginary bodies and to deepen our embodied listening. We will explore techniques of puppeteering as listening: to how we might allow the material/object to become a subject. We will investigate ways to bring our subjects alive through our bodies, in the space and see what stories they might like to tell us. We will work with movement, larval masks and, of course, with objects and materials.

WHO'S IT FOR?
**For puppeteers, performers, dancers, theatre-makers, directors, dramaturgs, creators from any field – all those who enjoy moving and have a curiosity and interest in working with objects and materials **

DATES, TIMES & HOURS
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 November 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 puppeteer, Cat is most proud of being one of the core creators/devisors and puppeteers for Theatre Témoin's show The Fantasist, which sold out the Edinburgh Fringe two years in a row and toured extensively around the UK and Ireland. 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.  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

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 11th November) we can give you a full refund, minus Paypal or Stripe transaction costs.
If you cancel within two weeks of the event (11th - 25th November) 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 Idil Sukan from "The Fantasist"