Dancing the Political - Leipzig
11.06.2026 - 1 Day Intensive
11:30-16:30
Location
IceLab Studio
Schönauer Str. 240, 04205 Leipzig
Pricing & Registration
50-80 € sliding scale (Free for BIPoC)
To register, email: Artistsforculturalfreedom@proton.me
Introduction and what will we actually do?
The story, pain, and trauma we contain in our body are not just our own: it is heavily influenced by social and political issues in the world, by our family history, and by our roots.
We will embody and improvise on social and political issues we care about through tools I used in my dance creation process in the last years that helped me create my dance solo "اثنين שתיים" and "Divide and Conquer" my latest creation about gender and politics.
Prerequisites
Background needed / Pre-requisite / Level: All levels! Some background in improvisation would help but both total beginners and professionals find a lot of depth in this workshop. Write me saed.mansour.movement@gmail.com if you're not sure!
Featured in
- B12 Festival - Germany
- Cologne University of Music and Dance
- Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH)
- TUT clowning and performance school Hanover, Germany
- Yasmeen Godder and Nur Garabli festival in Jaffa (Naaot Maa Baad)
- Beit Hagefen, Haifa
- AUB writer's residency Germany
- Off The Dance Floor Online Course - Produced by Omar Aena of Dance Beyond and The LILA Series (New York)
- Würzburg Tanzraum, Germany
- Emerge Festival by Living Future, Germany
- MotionLab Cologne, Germany
Workshop, Embodied Process, Dance Creation Process
Dancing the Political is an umbrella term for Saed's teachings and processes that combine dance and political/social issues. This work originated from his artistic work and choreography beginning with his solo "Ethneem Shtaiem". Saed now holds workshops and processes across the globe and online.
This event is produced with the great help of Ali Schwartz. Super thankful to them for their help making this happen!
Trailer #1 - Workshop and Process example
This is a trailer from my 3-hour class where participants embody different sides of the issue.
A process I've been researching in my body, as a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, through my solo Ethneen Shtaieem.
Also, through my 2024 creation Divide and Conquer, where me and Nur Garabli researched gender and the political.
Trailer #2
Performance project example
Trailer from Geneva June 2023 end of creation process performance edition with Héloïse Dell'Ava Luna
Videography and editing by Raphaël Harari
November 2022 - Geneva Process and Performance
Videography and editing - Matteo Maringola & Carolina Maldarelli
Dancing the Political workshop in GVA
Dancing the Political Edition #1
Photo: Aline Zandona
How did this start?
Dancing the Political is a project owned by Saed Mansour — it started first in the artistic research of his solo Ethneen Shtaieem, and then was used in different creation and embodied processes — the first among them was with Héloïse in Geneva and later on his own and with other collaborators and organizations.
How do I choose a story/issue/conflict to work with?
You can choose a collective issue that is of personal connection to you: from your roots, ethnicity, race, or country. You can also choose a collective issue from another collective with a lot of sensitivity of how that other collective will feel towards you doing that. For example: a white person doing an act about Afrodescendant heritage needs to come with a great deal of awareness. In this space, we don't want to over-provoke other people's deep wounds - even though we believe in the act of provocation through art but in this particular space, we do want to be very sensitive towards the group that will work.