preFORMation / OPEN FORM:AT Residency Workshop

In the organizer's words:

Working with what is there. Not creating anew but exploiting what already exists.

In a short version, we go through a choreographic research process. Defining form, exploring quality and then integrating both into the space.

In addition to the question of what meaning grows from the form with new quality and orientation, there is also the question of dance-historical contexts. Where does the form come from? Can it be assigned to a specific technique?

Level: professional dancers

Language(s): German and English

Johanna Greiner (she/her) began her dance training in Cologne as part of the collective "Labor im Quartier" (ZAIK) with performances at the DYNAMO Festival. In 2019, she continued her training in Spain at CobosMika SEED's. There she danced in creations by Kiko López and Ralf Jaroschinski. In 2022 she was at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy with Erasmus+. In 2023 she completed her dance and choreography studies at the Alma Mater Europaea - Dance Academy (Slovenia). There she worked with Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik and Lucija Romanova. She was then part of the Alpha Group under the direction of Darrel Toulon. She is currently developing "Kitchen Stories" with violinist Vita Kobal and the intergenerational piece "Verknüpfte Zeiten". Most recently she was

she was SuSo Artist in Residence 2025 in Sutivan, Croatia. Her work combines research, narrative, interdisciplinarity and social relevance.

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Working with what is already there. Not creating something new, but exploring what already exists.

In a condensed version, we'll go through a choreographic research process. Defining form, exploring quality, and then bringing both into the space in an integrated way.

In addition to the question of what meaning emerges from the form with new qualities and orientations, the question of dance-historical contexts in the space also arises. Where does the form come from? Can it be attributed to a specific technique?

Level: Professional dancers

Language(s): German and English

Johanna Greiner (she/her) began her dance training in Cologne, including as part of the collective "Labor im Quartier" (ZAIK), performing at the DYNAMO Festival. In 2019, she continued her training in Spain at CobosMika SEED's. There, she danced in works by Kiko López and Ralf Jaroschinski. In 2022, she attended the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy through Erasmus+. In 2023, she completed her studies in dance and choreography at the Alma Mater Europaea - Dance Academy (Slovenia). There, she worked with Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik and Lucija Romanova. Afterward, she was part of the Alpha Group under the direction of Darrel Toulon. She is currently developing "Kitchen Stories" with violinist Vita Kobal, as well as the intergenerational piece "Verknüpfte Zeiten." Most recently, she was a SuSo Artist in Residence 2025 in Sutivan, Croatia. Her work combines research, narrative, interdisciplinarity, and social relevance.