In this workshop, we explore how to improvise within a defined frame. Through attentive listening and observation, we tune into the space around us and discover how it can inform and shape our movement. How does space influence the way we move and connect with our bodies? We also examine the distinction between pure improvisation and instant composition, playing with structure and spontaneity.
Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki began their collaboration in 1996 and later co-founding the company fieldworks. They have created more than 30 performances presented in over 30 countries. They explore performativity as a porous and shifting interplay of movement, sound, image and technology. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, their work creates layered performances where dance becomes an expanded field of inquiry. With sensitivity to both the organic and the artificial, they blur boundaries – crafting spaces where new meanings can emerge, quietly or unexpectedly. At the heart of Avdal and Shinozaki’s work lies a desire to reimagine the body’s relationship to its surroundings, and to invite audiences into this ongoing act of discovery. In 2025, they received the Hedda Award for until, which premiered at Dansens Hus in Oslo.
*PRAXIS Lab is an improvisational session where artist can share any type of exploration, scores, questions or experiments together with a group; an open space to test, sense, discuss or reflect together.
PRAXIS Lab is an improvisational session where artist can share any type of exploration, scores, questions or experiments together with a group; an open space to test, sense, discuss or reflect together.