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Michael Loehr
Emanuel Gat Portrait

An interview with Emanuel Gat

DIS-TANZ DIARY #4 – Arising from a recent joint creation period, I had the idea to talk to Emanuel about his thoughts on the physical (and mental) conditioning of his dancers, shared responsibilities on and off stage, and the advantages of horizontal learning...
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An online survey

DIS-TANZ DIARY #3 – I developed an online survey in collaboration with sports scientist Patrick Rump (GJUUM) in order to gain a better understanding of the current conditions of the professional dance community in regards to training and conditioning, preventative methods and awareness, and rehabilitation processes...
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Improvisation in life and art

DIS-TANZ DIARY #2 – Before I start diving into some of the more sober reference books on anatomy and physiology and the core principles of sports science I wanna introduce FREE PLAY - IMPROVISATION IN LIFE AND ART by Stephen Nachmanovitch. I discovered this gem of a book through a dear friend while touring SUNNY...
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A cumulative reading list

DIS-TANZ DIARY #1 – It's a new year and I'm jumping straight into my DIS-TANZEN research project "Sports science as a tool for movement optimisation, injury prevention & performance enhancement in the work practice of contemporary dancers". One of the first things I'm going to do is read, read, read, read, read...
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Virtual Visitors by Dstrktd Ntzsh

Virtual Visitors

My latest mix VIRTUAL VISITORS (CQM 1120) is out! Load and loads of lovely love... I'm really hoping this will make you dance a bit in your locked down living rooms. If you crave more deep and dark techno mixes head over to my Soundcloud profile DSTRKTD NTZSH...
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DIS-TANZ-SOLO

DIS-TANZ-SOLO

I’m super thrilled to announce that my research project “Sports science as a tool for movement optimisation, injury prevention & performance enhancement in the work practice of contemporary dancers” will be sponsored by DIS-TANZEN...
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World Premiere of Lovetrain2020 @ Montpellier Danse

A thing of beauty

I'm not quite sure how we managed to pull this off during a global pandemic, but we had a great world premiere of LOVETRAIN2020 at the 40th Montpellier Danse Festival in France. Many thanks to the amazing festival team for making this whole adventure possible...
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Journal de Creation

After a long forced break and two cancelled residency periods LOVETRAIN2020 is finally taking up speed again. I just finished a three week creation period with Emanuel Gat Dance at the Agora - Cité internationale de la Danse...
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The New Abnormal

THE NEW ABNORMAL was a site-specific live performance on the streets of Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. The coronavirus pandemic is still a serious threat, not only to our health but also to Germany’s theatre landscape...
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Emanuel Gat Dance Repertoire-Workshop

Summer In Berlin

Marameo's Summer Program 2020 is finally online and I'm happy to teach an Emanuel Gat Dance Repertoire-Workshop with Karolina Szymura. We will focus on two distinct pieces: SACRE and LOVETRAIN2020, the company’s latest work...
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