b12 summer | main event
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b12 summer main event
— // —location: eden***** studios
Cree Barnett Williams
former dancer with johannes wieland and marina mascarell
body unmute
what speaks through the body is a confession of everything that your mouth has refused to form into words. in this four-day workshop, we aim to find out what it is that drives us and discover if and how we can transform the narratives we construct through movement, language and performance. we move between freedom and restriction, willingness and rebellion. we choose to switch between instinct and information. we drift, we flow, we cut between physical qualities and psychological states that co-exist: belonging to each other yet simultaneously striving to maintain their identity. we bring structure to improvisation and invite freedom to invade what is set. we dissociate, we black out, we remain present.
the description reflects an artist’s idea which was developed at the time it was submitted to b12. it may have changed by the time the workshop or the performance project is starting. please stay flexible. thank you!
biography
cree is a berlin-based choreographer/director, moderator/curator and performer. through dance, theatre and satire, her work explores mental health, the cult of wellness, the political nature of the female body and the urgent need for joy, and has been presented at theatres and festivals including staatstheater kassel, the place london, b12 festival berlin, mayfest bristol, london’s royal opera house linbury theatre, sadler’s wells’ lillian baylis studio and dock 11 berlin. as a moderator, cree regularly facilitates panel discussions and events for b12 festival in berlin and is a co-curator of their platform deep space, exploring topics such as artificial vs embodied intelligence, education in the performing arts, personal and career sustainability and power dynamics in the dance sector. she believes the discussion and interview formats to be critical in connecting us as individuals through our experiences while also challenging the structures of dance and the arts. jamaican-irish and born in the uk, cree graduated from london’s rambert school and was a member of johannes wieland company at the state theatre kassel. she has worked internationally with artists such as tom weinberger, helder seabra, thrbdrgns, marina mascarell, elisabeth schilling and christopher roman, as well as on film with sidi larbi cherkaoui, punchdrunk, holly blakey and carla massolini, in who’s short film to the body she featured as both actress and movement director.
please be aware of our early bird special offer for this workshop! you can apply for this offer up until the 24th of march 2025. after the 24th the regular workshop fee applies. applications are accepted up until one day before the workshops starts.
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