This morning class builds on some of my basic practices for dancing and performing, including materials from the making of my most recent performance HEART TO RIDE, which worked with the imaginary of a different kind of cardio workout.
Focus points of the class are on body weight and letting it dance us, and to train a state of performing that is correspondent to the concrete situation it is happening in.
We will work primarily through improvisational frames that wake up the fullness of our body and the shared situation. In a series of simplistic crossings and a dance phrase we will exercise spatial awareness and the sense of dancing together. Here the focus is on precision in energy and quality, rather than on correctness in form.
The classes are held in Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27 DK-1799 Copenhagen V.
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; trainingcurator@dansehallerne.dk
Joana Öhlschläger is a German choreographer and dancer based in Copenhagen. Together with a range of collaborators she constructs sensorial universes that use humor, surprise and twisted cliché to invite audiences into places of physical recognition, imagination and feeling. Her most recent works are HEART TO RIDE (2026), porch, pool, shoreline (2025), ALL GOOD IN (2024), piece off / a lecture performance (2023) and ETERNAL SUPPORT ACT (2023). Joana holds a BfA in Dance & Choreography and an MfA in Choreography from The Danish National School of Performing Arts. She is co-founder of KOMMA Performance Productions, a production cooperative in the independent field of dance and choreography.
