About this Event
THE OBSESSORS #2 – Workshop on community rituals, dance and performance with Thais Di Marco
Following the success of the first series "We Dance Together - The Obsessors #1" by Thais Di Marco, a second series of seven workshops will begin on Monday, January 12, 2026, at ICK Dans Amsterdam in Space for Dance Art.
Guided by various renowned dance makers, you can participate in this dance workshop every Monday (with exceptions) for six to eight weeks. It is designed for dance lovers, young and old, with or without dance experience.
Are you an amateur or (semi-)professional and does the idea of dancing together excite you? Join us and come dance in Space for Dance Art.
We Dance Together is suitable for all dance enthusiasts aged 15 and above (with no upper limit!).
This eight-session workshop is led by the decolonial, queer Roma-Brazilian artist and director Thais Di Marco.
About the workshop —
THE OBSESSORS – Workshop on community rituals, dance and performance with Thais Di Marco
What forces drive our desires? How are our desires controlled by external forces? What do I really want? How can invisible influences be transformed into creative power? How can we dance to purify ourselves of what we no longer need?
Participants are invited to explore their own obsessions, demons and invisible companions and transform them through movement, performativity and composition. You will learn scores, warm-ups and choreographic tools that combine rigour and freedom – methods that Thais has developed in their teaching methodology Re-Telling Structures. This methodology destabilises dominant frameworks by replacing their key elements. One of the guiding principles in Thais' work is “to mobilize pain until it turns into possibility”. It is about making the invisible visible through artistic gestures.
The workshop focuses not on technical training, but on cultivating creativity and inventing your own processes for creation, performance, and composition. Each session will mix physical practices, collective games, and solo exploration, leading to the development of short performative pieces.
Thais’s artistic practice is what she describes as critical entertainment: a hybrid space between popular show, ritual, and experimental art. Her works combine comedy, horror, and ritualistic performance to entertain while also provoking the audience, creating a stage where social conflicts and invisible forces can be embodied, negotiated, and released.
Practical Information
Costs:
€55.00 for a series of seven workshops
Language:
English
What days and times:
The workshop will be held on Monday evenings (7:30 PM - 9:00 PM) from January 12 to February 16, with a final session on Thursday, February 19. This last session, from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM, will include an opportunity for a public presentation.
Location:
ICK Dans Amsterdam / Space for Dance Art
Rijnlandlaan 3, 1062 MX Amsterdam (NL)
Any questions?
Contact Francesco Cutillo
Please put in subject line: We Dance Together
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Space for Dance Art (Westbeat), Rijnlandlaan 3, Amsterdam, Netherlands
EUR 55.00
