How does a sense of belonging emerge in a modern society?
In the form of a "Group Movement", three dancers explore patterns and rhythms to create a sense of belonging (Swedish: gemenskap). Is it possible to develop body language so that people can understand the intentions of others without resorting to verbal language? With this approach, the three dancers explore the question of what creates the feeling of connection and how this feeling can be choreographed together with the audience.
What makes us feel less or more connected to the people around us? What role does the use of body language play in this? In Western societies, physical connection tends to be neglected in today's everyday life - for example, due to technological developments. Can the importance of physical experience be conveyed to an audience?
Through daily practice, improvisations and playful interventions, the three dancers approach this topic from different perspectives. 

A room for us is a research lab for a women-only project. Instead of starting from the body, we will first take time to get to know each other, build trust and reflect on our female existence. In this safe space, we will unravel and compare our biographies to recognize our individuality within the collective. We are eight female artists occupying a space to write, discuss, and engage with topics of desire, wishes, the absurdity of female existence, aging, independence, or freedom. We will use otherness as a starting point for an exploration of movement and sound to find our common language and choreographic code.
‘As the embodiment of ideological constellations, the production of space and the decisions we make for its organisation are ultimately articulations about ‘us’ and reciprocally, how a ‘we’ can be articulated.’ Laboria Cubiniks.

Freshca, Precious, Foxy and Chanel are part of the young dance collective "Die Antwort". As hip hop dancers, the far-reaching challenges of the pandemic among others made them aware of how digitalized their community and cultural networking is. The project "Live" is a research about the impact of Social Media on hip hop dance. As part of the new generation, they feel a responsibility to be respectful of the origins, knowledge and experiences of the pioneers of their culture. For the research, the collective will conduct interviews with pioneers of hip hop dance culture and content creators of today. They will incorporate the results into their final performance.

What does it trigger having to keep still? Also keeping still in the sense on resetting social-life. What effects does this have on the body. How do I react when I am forced to keep still and what physical reactions can I observe.
What does it trigger in my body when I am flooded with stimuli. Does the opposite reaction to being still set in?
We grew up in a society where we had to learn very early on how much and when we were allowed to move and when we had to stand still. We were brought up to have a certain posture and to move in certain ways, very differently depending on the cultural space.

Katerina Delakoura and Magdalena Meindl have created score-based improvisation together over the last few years. Following on from this, the two dancers take up these threads with their project "1.: Formulating and re-formulating a situation (method) 2.: for a dance to appear (creation)" and develop a new dance piece. Improvisation and linguistic instruction alternate, creating increasingly detailed descriptions of the imaginary situation in which a dance takes place. The scores remain silent about movements and states of presence.

Three dancers could hardly be more different: one comes from Kenya, one from Brazil and one from Bremen. Their skin colors are different, as are their heights and ages. One has Down Syndrome, the other has studied. The three dancers are strong women. But all three are disadvantaged in their professions in a special way. What drives them and brings them together is art. All the obstacles don't stop them from wanting to follow this path: They have become self-employed as performing artists in Germany. They are pursuing the path they have chosen in a self-determined way.
In the residency, they explore the question of what separates and unites them on this rocky path. The subject of starting a business is dealt with in a performative way using an artistic-biographical approach. Experiences and emotions will be discussed and translated into dance and performance. The outcome of this project will be a dance short film.