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Marion Sparber & Alan Fuentes Guerra founders of Shared levitation
Marion Sparber & Alan Fuentes Guerra founders of Shared levitation
Partnering & Contact Workshop
For Experienced Movers Comfortable with Lifting & Flying
We start the class by opening our channels of awareness and connecting to our partners by testing their structure and weight. A special focus is on using our whole body, rather than just our hands and arms. Through playfulness, we connect to our instinctive side, tuning into a shared natural flow of breath.
Through exercises in different constellations, constantly changing and adapting to new partners, we listen, follow and direct movement as one functioning organism through space. We get ready to jump, cross, push, pull, avoid, embrace, carry and suspend each other.
Our focus is on an organic way of partnering, based on action/reaction principles inspired by contact improvisation, acrodance, social dances and fighting techniques. We approach movement through deeper connection, avoiding the habit of copying shapes. Instead, we encourage each couple to find their own way of communicating and explore individual solutions and variations.
Another important aspect is the constant change in levels of activity for both roles. We investigate how much resistance, power and direction are needed to reach our maximum together.
Each class ends with fixed partnering material, including extracts from Porzellan Haus and Seelengrund.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates, Times & Locations
SATURDAY, MARCH 27
13:30 – 17:30
Studio 239
Prinsengracht 239-M, 1015 DT AmsterdamSUNDAY, MARCH 28
13:30 – 17:30
Studio Vredenburgh
Vredenburgersteeg 31–35, 1012 DZ AmsterdamMONDAY, MARCH 29
09:30 – 13:30
Studio Vredenburgh
Vredenburgersteeg 31–35, 1012 DZ Amsterdam
INVESTMENT & SLIDING SCALE
To make this workshop accessible while supporting the sustainability of the project, we offer a sliding scale based on your financial situation.
€180 — Student / Low Income
€200 — Regular Price
€230 — Supporter / High Income
Choose the price that best reflects your financial situation.
Payment & Deposit
Secure your spot with a €100 deposit upon registration. The remaining balance is due at the start of the workshop.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
All payments are non-refundable. However, if you're unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer your spot to another person.
Biography / Marion Sparber
Choreographer · Dancer · Teacher
Originally from Italy and based in Berlin, Marion Sparber is a freelance choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Since 2014, she has been developing her own artistic work, which has toured internationally at dance and circus festivals.
Her choreographic language playfully combines highly physical dance, dance theatre, live music, and photo and video installations.
Her piece Stilles Ich, created for Tanzcompagnie Volkstheater Rostock, marked her first production for a state theatre. She has also created works for Cressida Danza, Danza Joven de Sinaloa, Andanza Colectivo, R.A.B.T.A., Descalzinha Danza, Kunsthumaniora Antwerp, AORCA, EPDM, Danceworks Berlin, Etage, Kari Tanzhaus, and Strado Compagnia Danza, among others.
As a dancer, Marion has collaborated with choreographers including Francisco Córdova, Stella Zannou, Sonia Rodriguez, and ADN-Dialect.
Alongside her choreographic practice, Marion is an internationally sought-after teacher. She has taught at numerous dance companies, institutions, and festivals worldwide, including b12, Deltebre Dansa, Circuit-Est, Atlas Festival, Dance Theatre Heidelberg, Tanzcompagnie Rostock, Tanz Luzern, Tanz Kassel, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Tanzhaus Zürich, CDNC Angers, VIM VIGOR, Diavolo Company, HfMDK Frankfurt, and ZZTd Köln, among many others.
Website: www.marionsparber.com
Biography / Alan Fuentes Guerra
Biography / Alan Fuentes Guerra
Choreographer · Dancer · Teacher
Originally from Mexico and based in Berlin since 2017, Alan Fuentes Guerra is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher with a strong focus on physical movement, improvisation, and theatre.
He received his dance education at SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria, where he joined the postgraduate program BODHI Project, and at EPDM in Mazatlán, Mexico, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Contemporary Dance.
As a performer, Alan has collaborated with numerous choreographers and companies, including Karolin Stächele, Marion Sparber, Ralf Jarochinsky, Christine Gouzelis, Sita Ostheimer, Etienne Gilloteau, Cecilia Lugo, Francisco Córdova, and Miguel Mancillas.
As a choreographer, he has created works independently and in collaboration with Marion Sparber, presenting performances at festivals and venues across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Alongside his artistic practice, Alan teaches his contemporary dance class EspacioContinuo and co-teaches Levitation Partnering with Marion Sparber. He has shared his movement practice internationally at renowned dance companies, schools, and festivals, including b12 Festival, Deltebre Dansa, Marameo, Cyrkulacje Festival, Rozbark en Motion, Descalzinha Danza, Tanz Kassel, Theater Regensburg, Tanzfaktur, Tanzcompagnie Rostock, HfMDK Frankfurt, Performact, Diavolo Company, Goa Contact Festival, and Nómada Festival, among many others.
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