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Penelope morout
cross impact company | interdisciplinary dance artist
Sculpting Body-Images
sculpting body-images is an intensely physical movement workshop that cultivates awareness of the body as a medium for poetic expression and dance as an intelligent practice. participants observe and perceive the moving body through playful sculptures: while the skin may define a temporary limit of form, approaching the body as a dynamic instrument in transformation reveals new possibilities. how can we sculpt form and probe its limits to develop versatility and adaptability? drawing inspiration from architectural composition and cinematographic tools, the workshop works through task-based body and voice improvisation. this mapping process explores movement situations such as transforming habitual patterns and turning simple tasks into expressive choices. these situations, defined as playful sculptures, are entered and exited individually, in pairs, or in groups, stimulating the nervous system, building stamina, and enhancing motor skills. while borrowing terms from cinema (dolly shot, zoom in/out, framing) and architecture (physical, perceptual, directional, and interwoven space), we work with complex rhythms, coordination, and elastic footwork. continuity is central: energy flows through the body’s capacity to compartmentalize, allowing sustained movement without tension. sculpting body-images is ultimately a storytelling practice, where tasks stimulate ideas for character-building, express narratives, and shape personal methodologies.
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
penelope morout is an interdisciplinary dance artist and founder of cross impact company, creating hybrid works through the fusion of movement, performance, visual arts, and spatial design. she graduated from the national school of dance and the school of architecture - national technical university of athens and holds a master’s degree in theatre practices from artez university of the arts (nl). penelope works professionally in greece and internationally as a performer, choreographer, scenographer, and theatre maker. her cross-disciplinary background shapes her artistic language; she approaches choreography through a cinematographic gaze, placing performers and scenography in constant dialogue (the box: that dead space between us, emotional dogs, come hell or high water). as an educator, she shares her movement practice sculpting body-images internationally (kalakeli movement arts india, pera gau school of performing arts, reves festival costa rica, kinissis dance festival chile, unplugged dance lefkada, muda dance center ghent, and dialog lab hamburg). her pedagogical approach brings together physical research (task-based body–voice improvisation, pattern recognition and transformation, curiosity and play) and physical training, working with contact, coordination, rhythm, stamina, and motor skills to build an agile and resilient body, and is informed by 15 years of training in fighting monkey, founded by linda kapetanea and jozef frucek.
company info
CROSS IMPACT
cross impact | penelope morout is an interdisciplinary dance company founded in 2021 by choreographer and performer penelope morout. working across performing, visual, and fine art practices (dance, theatre, sound, scenography, multimedia), cross impact develops performances that place the body of both performer and spectator at the center of attention. the company’s work explores embodied identity, trauma, and memory, and the ways personal experience connects to collective history, using dance as a space for dialogue, care, and awareness. recent works by penelope morout include emotional dogs, come hell or high water (canada | producer marynia fekecz-mangan, mfm artists), the box: that dead space between us, nadezhda (premiered at teatro de la danza guillermina bravo, cdmx), h.i.i.t. | high-intensity identity training, and doppelgangers (choreographic work for young performers - belgium & croatia). cross impact has received support for creation and touring from the hellenic ministry of culture and the j.f. costopoulos foundation, and collaborates with festivals, schools, and cultural institutions in greece and internationally.
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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