Daniel Werner and Joerg Hassmann together:
2005 we connected through teaching a CI class together at the Easter Improv Festival in Goettingen and were fascinated by each others attempt to find words and concepts to understand the technical essentials of CI. This journey led us to founding dancecontact.de - our platform to mainly teach and explore CI but also to use it on stage. The extended training programmes in Berlin are the heart of it. We also started working on a trio together with Sebastian Garcia Ferro that we still perform and develop. Last summer we initiated the "contact-meets-contemporary" Festival in Goettingen. An highly inspiring attempt to enrich CI based dancing with the knowledge of contemporary dance, which we'll develope for this summer... (www.contact-meets-contemporary.de)
Joerg Hassmann (* 1970, Berlin/ Germany):
I am teaching CI since 1995. From my background as a dance and theatre improviser I entered the stage and eventually contemporary dance techniques. In 2000 I made dance my full time occupation. My work is influenced by anatomy based movement explorations, ideas from Alexander Technique, BMC, Capoeira, play and the urge and joy of discovery. Teaching and performing is essential for my own learning process. I teach worldwide and I love the differences of cultures and how they show up in local CI communities. I believe that CI is not the best danceform to be performed but still I am continously working on it - lately and happily together with Mirva Makinen from Helsinki.
Daniel Werner (* 1972, Heckenbeck/ Germany):
I teach CI since 1997, and love to continuously discover new dimensions of this amazing dance form on stage, in teaching and in the jam. My teaching is nurtured by the passion to systematically understand and categorize the underlying principles in CI. I studied contemporary dance at the North Karelia College in Finland and enjoy to work internationally as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Essential influences for my work also come from Body-Mind Centering, Release-Techniques and Asian Movement Arts. Further I am involved in the following projects: www.bide.be, www.easterimprofestival.info andwww.body-mind-presence.de.