‘I am particularly interested in how a group of people becomes a team, how trust and intimacy develop within it and what opportunities can arise from this for individuals and society.’ – Patricia Carolin Mai
For the participatory dance production HAMONIM, directed by choreographer Patricia Carolin Mai, fabrik Potsdam is looking for people aged 16 and over from Potsdam and the surrounding area who would like to dance on stage together with others.
Over the course of a two-week rehearsal period in September 2025, a dance piece will be created under professional artistic conditions and premiered on 19 & 20 September 2025. HAMONIM explores the tension between the individual and the collective – protection, power, community. Seventy people move as a mass – but what is a single person within it? How does the individual assert itself? What protective mechanisms arise in a group? A space for new experiences, empowerment, and artistic expression can emerge.
Everyone is welcome to take part – regardless of prior dance experience. All body types, identities, and personal stories are embraced.
WORKSHOP – JULY 2025
“WELCOME” Workshop with Patricia Carolin Mai
12 & 13 July 2025
Each day from 11:00–17:00
Participation fee per day: € 30 (standard) / € 20 (red. / minimum price)
The days can be booked individually. Registration: Day 1 / Day 2
Over this weekend, methods from the choreographic practice of HAMONIM will be introduced – including release technique, contact improvisation and Shiatsu, complemented by insights into the development process and the context of the piece.
The workshop is an opportunity to get to know one another, but is not a prerequisite for participating in the September production.
REHEARSALS & PERFORMANCE – SEPTEMBER 2025
Participation in the stage production requires a willingness to attend all rehearsals regularly:
Rehearsal times:
7–11 September & 14–17 September 2025
Weekends: 10:00–19:00 (incl. breaks)
Weekdays: 17:30–21:30
Performance dates:
18 September – open dress rehearsal
19 & 20 September – premiere
15:30–21:30
REGISTRATION & CONTACT
Send an email with the subject line (Workshop) and/or (Rehearsals) HAMONIM to
mitmachen@fabrikpotsdam.de
Please include your full name, age, and telephone number. We’ll get back to you via email with a confirmation of your participation – we’re looking forward to having you join us!
More info at: www.patricia-carolin-mai.de
Patricia Carolin Mai is a choreographer and the founder of MAI:COMPANY, Hamburg’s first intergenerational, fluid dance company. In her work, she views the body as a storehouse of memory and explores movement as a somatic and empowering practice – often under extreme physical conditions. Her intergenerational and intercontextual productions emerge in dialogue with people from a wide variety of life realities – including in Belgium, France, Italy and Korea.
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The guest performance HAMONIM in Potsdam is supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK Guest Performance Fund for Dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the federal states. HAMONIM is a production by Patricia Carolin Mai and K3 - Centre for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg. Funded by: Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media, Rudolf Augstein Foundation. Supported by: Seoul Dance Centre, Goethe-Institut Korea, Hochschulsport Hamburg, Claussen-Simon-Stiftung.
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