Zander Porter invites participants from across spectra of movement, (dis)association, and (dis)embodiment to explore emoting exercises, cyborg mirroring, and replicant (dis)identification together. Through guided psychosomatic micro-ceremonies, the group can expect to explore and question definitions/realities of “feeling” (or emoting) and seeing in relation to each other and each other’s devices, virtually and corporeally. This intimate workshop aims to construct and experience an “identity blip matrix,” complicating how neurotypical relations and expressions move in space-body-time.

This workshop has been designed alongside and as an afterlife of the larger choreographic production 3M0T1NG{/n3tw0rk1ng}, presented in Prague (Divadlo X10), Berlin (Uferstudios), and Amsterdam (DAS Theater), supported by IDlab (Amsterdam), Fonds Darstellende Künste (Berlin), National Institute for Space Research (São José dos Campos), the Saison Foundation (Tokyo), and Joint Adventures (Munich). The workshop has been presented previously in Amsterdam, Seoul, Tokyo, London, Hamburg, and most recently Vienna (at ImPulsTanz).

For this iteration of the workshop, Zander will be assisted by current SNDO (Amsterdam University of the Arts) student Yooha Cheon.

Zander Porter is an artist and choreographer-cyborg based primarily in Berlin with additional frequencies in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Tokyo. Working between liveness and onlineness, ze interpolates (dis)identification and (dis)embodiment as phenomenological inquiries between surface, soma, portal, and psyche. Zander has been a core member of XenoEntities Network (XEN) and holds an MA in Choreography from DAS Graduate School (Amsterdam). Yooha Cheon, Zander’s research assistant, is a multidisciplinary artist/performance maker, exploring movement, identity, and digital culture. Originally from South Korea, they are currently pursuing a BA at the School for New Dance Development (Amsterdam).

The classes are held at Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27 DK-1799 Copenhagen V in Studio 5.  

Getting there
Studio 5 is located on the ground floor with step-free access from the main entrance.
Continue straight on towards the changing rooms next to the Foyer. Studio 3 is located at the bottom right corner.

Dansehallerne has an elevator with step-free access to all floors. Accessible and gender-neutral toilets and wardrobes are available on the ground floor.

We kindly ask you to arrive 15 minutes prior to class in time for check-in with the QR code on your ticket.

All members can participate in Dansehallerne’s training activities – a year-round program with approximately 5 days of training per week and now also workshops every other week. This is for all professional members regardless of background in dance training, and it is also possible to participate in a drop-in class.

International guests can participate in training for free for up to 1 month. If you have comments or good tips for the training program, you can always send an email to the curators; trainingcurators@dansehallerne.dk