In this workshop affects, emotions and love will be approached not only as private feelings, but as shared terrains that can be practiced, embodied and reimagined within a group. Expanding on previous research around sexuality, this inquiry turns toward what Mette calls “architectures of affect” – the emotional and relational structures that organise intimacy, collectivity and perhaps also social relations.
How does love move through bodies, and through which emotional and affective registers does it unfold? How can voice, song and shared movement create temporary spaces of connection, resilience and exchange?
Through practices that shift between dancing, singing and working with emotional expression, participants will explore how affect circulates within a group and how collective practice can open spaces of support and shared intensity. The workshop invites participants to consider love as a force that shapes how bodies gather, resonate and respond to the pressures of our time.
You can see Skatepark in Hallen 10-12th of September as part of OPENINGS and yes – dance biennale 2026.
The workshop is held in Studio 3, 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
Mette Ingvartsen is a Danish choreographer and dancer. Her work expands choreography by combining movement with visual arts, technology, music, language, and theory. An important strand of her work was developed in The Artificial Nature Series (2009–2012), which examined relationships between human and non-human agency through choreography. In contrast, The Red Pieces (2014–2017) addressed nudity, sexuality, and the political history of the performing body.
More recently, her work has focused on how dance unfolds in public and urban spaces, including The Dancing Public, Delirious Night, Choreomania, and Skatepark.
She holds a PhD in choreography from Stockholm University of the Arts / Lund University and is a graduate of P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. She founded her company in 2003, and her work has since been widely presented internationally. In 2024 she received the lifetime achievement award from the Danish Arts Foundation.
