Training

Dance Graz

Professional training program for contemporary dance and performance

Tanz Graz offers professional training, lectures and labs-on-demand for further education, networking and professionalization

of the independent scene.

Professional training: free

Talking+Dancing Lectures: free

Labs for Tanz Graz members: free

Information: kontakt@tanz-graz.at

The training and further education program takes place at the Tanzhaus Graz in Lagergasse 57, 8020 Graz.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Monday, 16.30 – 18:00

Tanz Graz organizes a weekly CONTEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING for everyone who (wants to) be on stage.

The aim is to provide professional and semi-professional dancers and artists from other genres with a space for joint training to maintain and deepen their skills. All dance and performance artists are welcome.

Every week, someone different from the independent scene leads the training. In addition to the training, this creates a lively exchange and the opportunity to get to know each other better.

7 April: Jadi Carboni

14 April: Bruna Diniz Afonso

28 April: Sarah Zurl

5 May: Klaus Seewald // Kalari (Martial Arts) for Performers

12 May: Lilli Angermeier

19 May: Sarah Zurl

26 May: Sonja Stojanovic-Aufreiter

2 June: Jing Hong Okorn-Kuo // Performance: Working on Dance & Movement Qualities

16 June: Lilli Angermeier

23 June: Sarah Zurl

30 June: Aimée Natter-Fröhwein

LABS-ON-DEMAND

Labs with national and international artists provide the necessary impulses and provide the scene with high-level inspiration. This can involve both contemporary dance technique and performance tools. Tanz Graz offers “Labs-on-Demand”. Individual artists or companies can propose a lab on a topic that is relevant to them or with a teacher who inspires them, which is then organized by Tanz Graz (6 to 15 hours). These labs can be requested to accompany a production that is in development or to strengthen the company/individual artist individually and independently of the production.

Information: kontakt@tanz-graz.at

Lab with Emese Horti:

Sustainable Bodywork – practical anatomy for dancers

Saturday, 29 March 2025 I 11am to 2pm

In this lab, Emese shows the most important parts of the active and passive musculoskeletal system: the skeleton and muscles.
Many aches and pains arise because you strain the wrong muscles and don’t understand the connections in the body. A shortened hip can lead to back pain, for example, or your recurring headaches can be linked to your shoulder blade. Knee pain can be caused by the fact that the weight should be distributed differently on the soles of your feet.
Basically, a tight muscle is an overworked muscle and actually needs to be strengthened and stretched.
Together with our quick excursion into anatomy, we go through strengthening and stretching exercises. With anatomical background knowledge, you have an advantage because you know exactly which muscle groups to focus on. The better you can imagine what is happening in your own body, the more it happens.
The exercises are accompanied by tips and tricks for everyday life. Just five minutes a day can significantly improve your general well-being.

Emese Horti has 27 years of experience in dance, movement, sport, injuries, pain and self-healing. She knows the human body inside out and is happy to give you anatomical information and tips on request so that you can get to know your body better.
Emese is a contemporary dancer, choreographer and trainer. She stands with all her heart and soul for.

Registration: kontakt@tanz-graz.at

Research Lab: Open Source Forms mit Jadi Carboni

Wednesday, 15 January to 21 May 2025 I 6pm to 7:30pm
DAT-Probenhaus, Orpheumgasse 11, 8020 Graz
Fee: 10 Euro / Reduced*: 8 Euro // Ten-Card: 90 Euro / Reduced*: 75 Euro

*Students, people looking for a job, professional arts without a regular job

OSF is a Dance Method rooted in the Skinner Releasing Technique and developed by the New York Choreographer Stephanie Skura.

It involves shedding outer layers, accessing primal energy, agility navigating subconscious realms, imagery as a potent tool for transformation, developing a high degree of self-consciousness. This work celebrates diversity, collaboration & individual empowerment: free of inhibition, inviting the mind to collaborate. OSF sessions offer potent tools to access freedom, specificity & courage in movement, vocal practice & creative practice. A key aspect is individual creative empowerment as an instigator of positive change on the planet.

Informationen & registration: jadi@jadicarboni.com
Open for everyone, no experience necessary.