Photo by: Ali Berkay Bilge from “Angelus Altera”, Live performance for 7 hours, at SALT Beyoğlu, 2022, Istanbul.
Workshop with Leman Sevda Darıcioğlu
In the frame of Summer/ing 2025
26.-27.07.25 // 10:00-14:00
In English
Price: 130/110€*
*early bird until 03.07.2025
This two-day workshop approaches the body as a resource to be unfolded—an intersectional space where ancestral, societal, and personal converge. Through movement and performative gestures, we will explore what resides within our bodies: feelings, fears, desires, memories, vulnerabilities, and boundaries. Together, we will transform our bodies into laboratories of sensation and reflection and seek to build new corporeal vocabularies. Participants will be guided into a deep and attentive listening to their inner landscapes by combining somatic exercises, body awareness practices, performance scores, and journaling. We will engage in gentle yet radical inquiries to expand the perceived limits of our bodies and move toward new possibilities of expression. The participants engaged in movement and performance in their practice are encouraged to carry out their ongoing research during the workshop. The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of prior movement experience, who wants to sense, express, and experiment with the unknown.
Accessibility Note
If needed, a free workshop place for an accompanying assistant will be provided for participants with disabilities. Information about our location & studio access in Kreuzberg, which unfortunately are not wheelchair accessible, can be found on our website.
We offer a solidarity discount (workshop spots at a reduced price) for people living in financially precarious situations, including people from crisis areas, BIPoC, trans*, queer and disabled people.
For questions or further information, please contact Zoé Duflot at workshop@tanzfabrik-berlin.de.
In the event of cancellation, the terms and conditions of our website apply. https://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/en/agbs
Bio
Leman Sevda Darıcioğlu (they/them) is a multidisciplinary queer artist, workshop facilitator, and founder of Queer & Move, a platform for queer body and movement practitioners. In their performance practice, Leman investigates the physical, emotional, and mental boundaries, limits, and potentials of the body. Leman’s work centres on the vulnerability and resilience of the marginalized, especially queer bodies. As a facilitator, they are committed to creating inclusive, safer spaces that honour each participant’s unique presence and expand their potential with radical tenderness.
Leman holds a master’s degree in Live Art Forms from the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, graduating with distinction, and was awarded the 2024 DAAD Prize for their graduation project. Their work has been presented at Door Foundation, Amsterdam, Ornamenta 2024, Pforzheim, SANATORIUM, Istanbul, EuroPride23, Valletta, Bärenzwinger, Berlin, ICA, London, Goethe Institut, Rome, SALT, Istanbul, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, among others. They have facilitated body, movement, and performance workshops at documenta fifteen, Kassel, Performistanbul, Istanbul, Warehouse9, Copenhagen, Nesin Art Village, Izmir, Forum Dança, Lisbon, and more.