b12 fall
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b12 fall
— // —location: eden***** studios
Rainer Behr
dancer / choreographer
The essence of dance
how does a human being become a dancing human being? how do the concept and the idea of dance submerge to make one feel free about what dancing really is? where do we find this dance in us, and what makes it alive? where is the beginning, and what tools does the person need to find this movement language? through training and working with repertoire material, the body should be given the best conditions to provide the dance within us a language. through creative processes, the work deals with ways to find your own language, to make the invisible visible, and to go on your own way designing your own creative work.
the description reflects an artist’s idea which was developed at the time it was submitted to b12. it may have changed by the time the workshop or the performance project is starting. please stay flexible. thank you!
biography
rainer behr was born in neustadt an der waldnaab, germany, in 1964. after completing his training as a gymnastics teacher, he studied dance at the folkwang university of the arts. from 1990 to 1995, he danced with the folkwang tanzstudio in essen, working with susanne linke, raffaella giordano, urs dietrich, and mark sieczkarek, and also performed as a guest dancer with the tanztheater wuppertal. in 1995, pina bausch invited him to become a permanent member of the ensemble. he has been choreographing since 1989 and has received several awards, including first prize at the choreographic competition in cagliari for die wendung der dinge and the claasen dance award. he created numerous works for the folkwang tanzstudio and the tanztheater wuppertal, including pieces for the underground series, and has worked as a guest choreographer for theater bielefeld. his first full-length work for the tanztheater, schlafende frau, premiered at the wuppertal opera house in 2021. he has also created works for staatstheater braunschweig, osnabrück theatre, and international projects. in recent years, he developed vona with dancers from ukraine and created when wormwood blooms for theatre les kurbas in lviv. in 2024, he created the project field. morning lady in ukraine with a ukrainian dancer, as part of the per forma grant program, implemented by the kyiv contemporary music days platform. in 2025, he created the project monolit for the polish dance theatre in poznan.
please be aware of our early bird special offer for this workshop! you can apply for this offer up until the 15th of juni 2025. after the 15th the regular workshop fee applies. applications are accepted up until one day before the workshops starts.
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