Beyond Darkness
Matter in Motion

Begin your day with a sensorial awakening and imaginative movement practice. Sense. Feel Imagine. Become matter in motion

Throughout the week, we will explore how to move through imaginary landscapes and embody more-than-human beings. Through somatic listening, improvisation, and guided visualizations, we will tune into the body’s subtle layers and go beyond habitual patterns of movement and perception. 

You will move alone and with others, exploring relational movement, resonance, and responsiveness. Practices include vibrations, touch, breath synchrony, and nurturing embraces to create shifting landscapes of connection between humans and materials. 

This is a shared space for care, attunement, and playful transformation. The practice supports sensory presence, deep listening, and renewed relational awareness, offering tools you can carry into dancing, performing, and choreographing. 

Come as you are, with openness and curiosity. You are welcome to bring a notebook. 

The classes are held at Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27 DK-1799 Copenhagen V in Studio 3.

Getting there
Studio 3 is located on the ground floor with step-free access from the main entrance.

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

Beyond Darkness is the name of the choreographic duo Nadja Mattioli and Nanna Hanfgarn Jensen. Their work unfolds through speculative fiction, somatic practices, and cultivating ecological relations. With a focus on imagination, care, and more-than-human embodiment, they create poetic, sensorial spaces that explore choreographies of deep presence, and invite participants to attune and expand their perception beyond anthropocentric habits of sensing and knowing. www.beyonddarkness.dk

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Artist

Beyond Darkness

Title

Matter in Motion

Type

Training

Date

1.–5.12.2025, 10:00

Duration

1 hour 30 minutes

Venue

Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 København V

Credits

Photo: Malthe Ivarsson, Marine Gastineau

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