Using our knowledge as dancers and movement practitioners we sought to understand how the body is present within different spiritual practices, how it enhances the spiritual experience and how to express it choreographically.

The research was carried out in dance studios as well as religious spaces in which we explored the physical effect of the architecture on the body. It was carried out with Rebecca Mary with her dance theater collective Quizzical Körper.

An integral part of the research also went beyond the artistic world integrating members of theology and other spiritual practices through conversation to enrich the artistic work.

As creators they were interested to discover how movement and physicality can transform not only the consciousness of the dancers but also the consciousness of their audiences. Through an integrated approach to movement research, we hope to find methods to realizing this.

This research was carried out between May and July 2021. It was the pre-liminary research for the dance creation project “In uns bewegt” which premiered in November 2021. You can find more information about the piece here.

Thank you to the following people who joined us in dialog: Dr. Anne Hilpert, Prof. Dr. Meinrad Walter, Sharmila Biswas, Pfarrer Joachim Koffler, Josefina Baez, Eva Espeita, Esther Hernandes, Matthias Rux, Thomas Mayer.

And thank you to the Heilige Familie Kirche, the Herz-Jesus-Kirche, the Buddhischtes Zentrum Freiburg and the Botanischer Garten for allowing us to move and research in their spaces.