BCURIOUS · PROFESSIONAL

with Marion Sparber & Alan Fuentes Guerra

We like to focus on an organic way of Partnering, based on action/reaction principles inspired by martial arts, acrobatic partnering, Contact Improvisation and social dances.

We start the class by opening our channels of awareness and connect to our partner by manipulating, testing and speculating with his/her structure and weight.
A special focus in this phase is the use of our whole body doing the task, not only being limited to our hands and arms. With the help of exercises and games in different constellations, every time changing and adapting to a new partner and universe – we listen, follow and direct the movement as one functioning organism through space.

We get ready to jump, cross, push, pull, avoid, embrace and suspend each other. Another important aspect of our class is the constant change of the level of activity for both roles. We learn how much resistance, power and direction is needed to reach our maximum together by investigating with the given tools, and finally learning fixed Partnering material at the end of each class.

Workshop direction

Originally from Italy, Marion received her dance training at Varium (Spain) and Iwanson International (Germany). Since 2014, Marion has received funding as a choreographer from South Tyrol to create and develop her own work. Marion has been working internationally in several schools, dance companies and festivals as contemporary and partnering teacher. Together with Alan Fuentes Guerra she co-created the Platform Shared Levitation Partnering in 2017. In the frame of the platform several pieces for dance schools and professional companies were created and together they thaught over 120 Shared Levitation Partnering Workshops all over the world.
Marion’s choreographies are a playful connections of highly physical dance, dance theatre, live music as well as video- and photo-installations. Her work has been performed at several international theatres and festivals in Europe, South- and North America, as well as in Asia. Marion has collaborated as a dancer with choreographers and companies such as Francisco Córdova, Stella Zannou, Sonia Rodriguez and Adn-Dialect. As a teacher she worked at B12 festival, Deltebre Dansa, Of Curious Nature, Tanzcompagnie Volkstheater Rostock, Tanz Bielefeld, Tanzcompagnie Braunschweig, Tanz Kassel, Unusual Symptoms, Constanza Macras – Dorky Park, Tanz Gießen, Konzerttheater Heidelberg, Circuit-est, Atlas festival a.o.

The mexican choreographer, dancer and teacher received his education in dance at the academy Sead Salzburg, Austria, studying at the post-graduate program, Bodhi Project, and at the EPDM in Mazatlán, Mexico, receiving his bachelor in contemporary dance. Since 2017, Alan has been based in Berlin and is researching improvisation and theatre, showing a strong connection between physical dance and movement. After graduating, he gathered performing experience from several choreographers and companies, such as Karolin Stächele, Marion Sparber, Ralf Jarochinsky, Christine Gouzelis, Sita Ostheimer, Etienne Gilloteau, Stephanie Felber, Cecilia Lugo, Francisco Córdova and Miguel Mancillas.
As choreographer, Alan created several pieces alone, and in collaboration with Marion Sparber, with performances in several festivals and venues across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Alan has taught his contemporary class „Espacio Continuo“ and Shared Levitation Partnering, together with Marion, in several companies, schools and festivals all over the world: B12 festival, Deltebre Dansa, Marameo, Descalzinha Danza, Tanz Kassel, Bluebox, Tanzfaktur, Tanzcompagnie Rostock, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Stadttheater Bielefeld, Toula Limnaios Company, Summerintensive Portugal, Performact , Diavolo Company a.o.