This contemporary dance training unfolds as a structured, yet open sequence of tasks that cultivate perception, mobility, and embodied awareness as tools for expanding movement research. It begins with exercises of perception—looking, until things shift in meaning, then moving isolated body parts until they too, transform—before gradually opening into joint mobility and everyday movement initiated from unfamiliar points in the body. As the training develops, participants blend their perception of the space with the perception of their own bodies, engaging intuition, coordination, stamina, and musicality through different patterns. Rather than learning set phrases, the training emphasizes individuality, courage, and commitment—both to personal choices and shared tasks carried through to the end. Attention is given to group dynamics, empathy, and responsibility, creating a collective environment where presence, decision-making, and continuous transformation shape the dance.
Gustavo Gomes | Contemporary + Improvisation
11.05.-13.05.+ 15.05.2026 + 18.05.-22.05.2026
Gustavo Gomes | Contemporary + Improvisation
11.05.-13.05.+ 15.05.2026 + 18.05.-22.05.2026
Infos
- Language: English
- Duration: 2 weeks
- Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Location: Mousonturm Rehearsal Stage 3 (4th floor)
- Rehearsal Stage 3 is open from 9:30 a.m.
Costs
- Single lesson: €6
- 10-lesson card: €35
- Free for MA CoDE, MA CuP and BAtanz students
- Cash payments only
Biography
Gustavo Gomes is a dance researcher, performer, choreographer and filmmaker rooted in ballet and diverse dance styles who reimagines choreography as embodied writing across performance and films. His work investigates representation, rhythm and the perception of the body, treating spectatorship as a choreographic act. Through the Theatre of Apophenia and site-specific works, he explores masculinity, power, vulnerability and how meaning is constructed, fractured and re-choreographed through movement, image and installation.
Q & A
What does taking the approach of ‘movement research’ in training mean for you?
I usually start the training with an exercise of perception, it is about looking until things change meaning, then moving isolated body parts until they change meaning. From there we explore mobility of the joints, everyday starting from a different point of the body. With time we start to blend the perception of the room with the perception of the body. To finish we work on individuality, courage, choices that each make and also chores that we all take and commit until the end. So in general it is a package of tasks that open space for tasks in between such as bilateral and cross lateral motion and such things. I don`t make phrases for people to repeat or give validations on specific motions, it is about simulating individuality and courage through motion.