{"id":31957,"date":"2024-08-28T12:49:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/lc-2024-25\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:57:27","slug":"lc-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/lc-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Choreographic Laboratory &#8217;25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>with Maria Ramos<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>School year 2025\/2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wednesday | 19h30-21h30<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5><em><strong>We work on the relationship of the body with space.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong>We read our favorite authors to think better about composition, landscape, geography, and architecture.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong>We invent rules, activate invisible structures, and discover \u2018events\u2019. Sometimes we map movement, sometimes movement goes off the map.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong>We make performances in which we are all, simultaneously, audience, authors, and performers.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Regular classes in dance composition and experimentation, organized into work cycles and accompanied by informal sharing sessions throughout the academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the improvisation-composition practices and methodologies that I have been developing in the context of my choreographic and pedagogical work, we will first form a \u2018body\u2019 (individual body and collective body) and, from there, create performative events that explore the relationship between the body and space, sound, objects, images, and texts\u2014in a gradual, plural, and four-dimensional movement.<\/p>\n<p>The aim will be to analyze the \u2018rules\u2019 of the \u2018game\u2019 (improvisation structure, composition, mapping, score), so that we can then transgress them and discover performative proposals in which we are all, simultaneously, \u2018builders\u2019 and interpreters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practical note<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each session begins with a physical warm-up that works the body, activates movement, and introduces the practical concepts that we will explore throughout the work. These initial moments also stimulate individual and collective imagination, creating a common starting point for the group experience. In order for us to start together, it is important that participants arrive at the studio a few minutes early.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References &amp; research territories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Key-words<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Movement research<\/li>\n<li>Body-space relationship<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Choreography as landscape-in-action\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Practice as research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>September \u2013 October 2025<\/strong><br \/>\nSessions led by Maria Ramos<\/p>\n<p><strong>October \u2013 December 2025<\/strong><br \/>\nSessions led by In\u00eas Zinho Pinheiro (dancer and researcher) and moss kissing (musician and composer), a duo invited by Maria Ramos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sessions led by In\u00eas Zinho Pinheiro and moss kissing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 22<\/li>\n<li>October 29<\/li>\n<li>November 5<\/li>\n<li>November 12<\/li>\n<li>November 19<\/li>\n<li>November 26<\/li>\n<li>December 3<\/li>\n<li>December 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 2025 \u2013 June 2026<\/strong><br \/>\nSessions led by Maria Ramos, with the participation of occasional guests, who will contribute to deepening improvisation and composition practices developed throughout the year.<br \/>\n<em>Dates subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target Audience<\/strong><br \/>\nClasses open to professionals and non-professionals interested in deepening their contemporary dance practice, with a focus on exploring movement, interpretation, and improvisation-composition. Clothing \/ Materials<br \/>\nWear comfortable clothing that also protects your body when working on the floor (pants and a long-sleeved shirt). Bring a water bottle, notebook, and pen. Some activities may take place outside the studio; in this case, it is recommended to bring a layer of warm clothing and comfortable shoes.<br \/>\nPrevious Guests<br \/>\nJoana Pupo (actress\/creator), Jaime Mears (actress\/creator, AU-PT), Ana Mira (dancer\/teacher), Sara Anjo (dancer\/creator), Teresa Silva (dancer\/creator), Angus Balbernie (choreographer\/director, UK), Christy Funsch (dancer\/creator, USA), In\u00eas Zinho Pinheiro (dancer\/creator), Albert Dean (musician), Miguel Sobral Curado (musician), Noeli Kikuchi (dancer\/creator).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;80px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Bio<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Maria Ramos<\/strong><br \/>\nBetween 1996 and 2009, she lived in the Netherlands, where she studied and developed her professional career as a dancer, working with various independent choreographers in the Netherlands, Germany, England and the USA. Highlights include her work with choreographer\/director Angus Balbernie (UK), choreographers Olga Pona (UK), Katja F. M. Wolf (DE) and Janis Claxton (UK-AU). She trained in Dance at the Hogeschool voor de kunsten\/ArtEZ (1996-2000) and obtained a Master&#8217;s degree in Choreography, ArtEZ Master of Choreography (Moc, 2006-2008), at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem.<\/p>\n<p>On her return to Portugal, she completed the Research and Creation course at Forum Dan\u00e7a, in Lisbon, in the context of which she began to create her first solo work, 7pm\/Rumour, a piece that begins the cycle of works entitled Um Certo Grau de Imobilidade (A Certain Degree of Immobility), supported by DGArtes and the Gulbenkian Foundation. This cycle also includes the pieces Nerves and Something Still Uncaptured, presented in the Netherlands, Portugal and Argentina. He later choreographed the piece \u00c1rida, a project supported by DGArtes.<\/p>\n<p>She currently collaborates with actress and creator Joana Pupo (in the project O Corpo Inomin\u00e1vel) and with choreographer Madalena Victorino (in various choreographic projects), as a dancer\/creator or as a creative assistant. At the same time, she has been teaching at the Escola Superior de Dan\u00e7a (since 2017), at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha (since 2016) and at Forum Dan\u00e7a (since 2012).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;When people ask me what dance technique I teach and who I studied improvisation, composition and choreography with, I always end up having to talk about my dance background and practices. In my classes, I take my own approach which includes contemporary dance techniques based on the Release technique (learned from Am\u00e9lia Bentes and Sofia Neuparth and, later, during the course at EDDC\/ArtEZ with teachers Eva Karczag, Mary O&#8217;Donnell Fulkerson, Gill Clarke and Jo\u00e3o da Silva); contact-improvisation (Karen Nelson, Steve Paxton); floor work; partner work (David Zambrano, I\u00f1aki Azpillaga\/Ultima Vez); fall and recovery; vertical movement and movement through space; improvisation and composition. Developed throughout my dance career with teachers and choreographers from the so-called New Portuguese Dance, such as Sofia Neuparth, Am\u00e9lia Bentes, Peter Michael Dietz, Clara Andermatt and Francisco Camacho, especially in the context of the five-month Research and Choreographic Creation Course at Forum Dan\u00e7a, as well as in the Netherlands and England, with creators and teachers such as Steve Paxton, Deborah Hay, Yvonne Rainer (from whom I learned the iconic solo &#8220;Trio A&#8221;) and Karen Nelson\/Lisa Nelson, and with dancers and teachers from the companies Trisha Brown and Siobhan Davies, Eva Karczag (who passed on to me notions of &#8216;full-body movement and the practice of being in the moment&#8217; and with whom I also practiced the martial art T&#8217;ai Chi Ch&#8217;uan, which Karczag in turn learned from the teacher Gerda Geddes), Lisa Kraus and Gill Clarke.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also important for me in terms of the performer&#8217;s work, composition and improvisation was the work I did as a dancer with choreographer\/director Angus Balbernie between 2000-2009, and the workshops with the Goat Island Performance Group, Matthew Goulish and Lin Hixson, Deborah Hay, Peter Pleyer and Jonathan Burrows.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/mariaramos.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Choreographic work<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/5-anos-de-laboratorio-coreografico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laboratory Notebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/aulasepraticashoje.wixsite.com\/site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aulas e Pr\u00e1ticas de Dan\u00e7a, Hoje<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;80px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Selecione cada uma das sec\u00e7\u00f5es abaixo para conhecer as\/os convidadas\/os do ano letivo 2025\/26:[\/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=&#8221;false&#8221; collapsible=&#8221;yes&#8221; style=&#8221;boxed_accordion&#8221;][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;In\u00eas Zinho Pinheiro&#8221; title_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;34317&#8243; img_size=&#8221;250&#215;334&#8243; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>In\u00eas Zinho Pinheiro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, born in Lisbon (1993), is a dancer, teacher, and researcher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She trained at the Lisbon National Conservatory Dance School (2011) and danced with the CINEVOX Junior Company (Switzerland, 2012). She earned a BA in Ballet and Contemporary Dance from the Rambert School (2015) and an MA in Dance Philosophy and History from the University of Roehampton (2019), in London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently a PhD candidate in Performing Arts and Moving Image at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. Since 2020, she has been teaching dance, choreography, and educational practices at the Higher School of Dance (Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In\u00eas co-founded the project Sonic Voyaging with moss kissing \u2013 a platform dedicated to dance and music improvisation \u2013, and has worked with various choreographers and artists, frequently collaborating with composer Lilja \u00c1smundsd\u00f3ttir.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;moss kissing&#8221; title_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;34303&#8243; img_size=&#8221;250&#215;334&#8243; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>moss kissing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is from Cornwall and now lives in Portugal. His music encompasses a wide range of sonic possibilities; exploring his voice, combining with scattered pianos and strings that he has pulled from his audio-graphic library \u2013 a key component to his approach to practice as research. As a guitarist and composer, he collaborates with other musicians and dancers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His current collaborative project ZACHARIAS is an exploration of drone, tension and doom metal.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][\/vc_accordion][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;80px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Pre-registration process<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pre-register online using the form provided;<\/li>\n<li>Wait for our email with payment instructions;<\/li>\n<li>Pay for your registration as indicated in the email sent to you;<\/li>\n<li>Send us proof of payment to our email address;<\/li>\n<li>Your registration will only be validated once we have received your receipt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;MORE INFORMATION&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#000000&#8243; custom_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forumdanca.pt%2Fen%2Faulas-2025-26-16%2F&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;80px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choreographic Laboratory classes with Maria Ramos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":34288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[808,7,311,333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adults-rc25","category-agenda-en","category-highlights","category-regular-classes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumdanca.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}