ting an ying 鄞廷安

Body-centred practices with the emphasis on the research in progress and original methodologies. SHARED PRACTICE is an alternative to profi-training for experienced practitioners to refine their work in a committed, playful and supportive environment. The sessions are proposed by each invited artist, span movement research, improvisation, composition, somatic practices, bodily work amongst other distinctive approaches.

June 18/19/21 June 25/26/28

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TOUCH by Anouk van Dijk & Falk Richter (2020-2023, Münchner Kammerspiele) Photo credit ©Koone

TOUCH, Anouk van Dijk & Falk Richter (2020-2023, Münchner Kammerspiele) Photo credit ©Sigrid Reinichs

Time Travellers, Rundfundchor & Shangchi Sun (2022, Berlin) Documentary RBB

RE-COVER, Edan Gorlicki / Inter-Actions (2021-2022) Photo credit ©Lys Y.Seng

Morning Flowers, Emi Miyoshi / SHIBUI Kollectiv, 2020 Photo credit ©Marc Doradzillo

TWOO, choreographic piecein collabration with Robert Bridger, produced by Meimage Dance (2019) Photo credit ©Terry Lin

STORY WATER (2018), Emanuel Gat Photo credit ©Christophe Raynaud de Lage

PRESENCE AND AUTHORSHIP by Melissa Ugolini and TingAn Ying

WHEN: March 03, 2024 10:00-17:00

WHERE: Donaustr 16, 12043 Berlin

REGISTRATION: https://t.ly/BEH0O

WHAT:

A weekend of exploration on Presence and Authorship in a playful, committed and supportive environment.

We consciously break the dominance of any aesthetic. We invite questions and perspectives.

What is presence? What is embodiment? What is authenticity in movements? How to navigate intention when performing? How to build your own set of tools to support sustainability in a creation flow? What is decentralisation in composition? Why and how to reclaim authorship?

WHO:

Melissa Ugolini (@melissa.ugolini)

Born in Italy, Melissa is currently based in Berlin and works as a performer, dance educator and creative internationally. Current and former collaborations include Anouk Van Dijk, Falk Richter, Laurence Yadi, Nicolas Cantillon and Akram Khan amongst others. Melissa joined the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet in 2013 and eventually started a long-term artistic collaboration with the Aakash Odedra Company as performer, rehearsal director and associate artist whilst engaging with several other multi-disciplinary creative partnerships. Melissa shares her movement research and practice through workshops directed both to dance professionals and non-professionals, with a strong focus on the research for authenticity, moving away from unhealthy dynamics deriving from product and goal-oriented approaches.

TingAn Ying (@thistingdances)

Han-Taiwanese performing / multidisciplinary artist, researcher and facilitator. TingAn started off her career in the realm of contemporary dance in 2013 in Germany, followed by the collaborations with Anouk van Dijk, Falk Richter, Emanuel Gat, Club Guy and Roni, Edan Gorlicki/Inter-Actions amongst others, for the original creations and/or international tours. Her practice interweaves between philosophy, dramaturgical analysis, body politics, improvisation, instant composition and physical theatre. She also conducts research projects related to topics in post-colonial studies and intercultural discourses. 

ABOUT : second half : a time-space for movement research. We facilitate sporadic yet recurring dance-body-performance workshops with curated themes in Berlin. Catering for like-minded fellow artists who wish to refine their work through a supportive network. We are determined to foster and normalise a harassment-free and boundary-respecting space in every aspect. We take identity politics seriously, and stand in solidarity with the marginalised voices.

Blue for dance and creation

Purple for words, facilitation and research

2024 : second half : Co-founder and facilitator 2024 “Alternatives Denkmal für Deutschland”, project coordinator/communication 2023 “Zeroth Law” by Gamut Inc, Deutsche Oper, dancer 2023 [Good, night self-learning], research project supported by Dachverband Tanz Deutschland - an experiment on interactive and participatory facilitation practice.

2020-2023 "TOUCH" by Anouk van Dijk & Falk Richter, Münchner Kammerspiele, dancer/performer/co-creator

2022 "Time Traveller", Rundfunkchor, Shangchi Sun, Berlin, Germany, dancer

2019-2022 Inter-Actions Edan Gorlicki, Heidelberg, Germany, dancer/performer/co-creator - collabration with Edan Gorlicki since 2017. performed and co-created What Do We Do (2019), IMPACT (2020), RE-COVER (2020-2022), Lost Bodies (2022)

2022 EXPO Festival, English Theater Berlin, festival assistant 

2021 "The Very Eye" by Cie Tumbleweed, Danse Atelier, Rotterdam, Netherlands, dancer 

2021 Ventriloquism - Let me speak your language, research project supported by Dachverband Tanz Deutschland - interviewing and writing project focusing on dance and performing artists with migrant background

2019 twoo, New Choreographer Project, National Theater, Taipei, Taiwan, choreographer/dancer - a collabration with Robert Bridger focusing on improvisation and instant composition.

2019 "Médée" by David McVicar, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, dancer

2018-2019 "Story Water" by Emanuel Gat, Festival d'Avignon, Frankfurt Lab, dancer and co-creator

2017 "Mechanical Ecstasy" Club Guy and Roni, Groningen, Netherlands, dancer

2017 Joshua Monten Dance Company, Bern, Switzerland, dancer, performer and co-creator - performed pieces Doggy Style, JOY/Freude, and Concert dans le goût théâtral.

2016 Think Big, Staatsoper Hannover, Hannover, Germany, dancer

2016 "SPUR" by Shang Chi Sun, Uferstudio, Company Shangchi Sun, Berlin, Germany, dancer 

2015 Relocated in Berlin, Germany

2015 everyday.bodies - a nomadic journey of contemporary dancers, Impulstanz Festival, Vienna, Austria, research project supported by National Culture and Art Foundation Taiwan

2014 "If I Can Dance", Unframed, Stadttheater Heidelberg, choreographer

2013-2015 Stadttheater Heidelberg, soloist dancer

2013 Relocated in Heidelberg, Germany

2013 Meimage Dance, soloist performer

2012 Project Fulfill Art Space, assistant curator

2012-2013 National Science Council, assistant researcher 

2011 American Dance Festival, scholarship holder from Chinlin Foundation for Culture and Arts

2009-2011 Focus Dance Company, producer

Education: 

Driven by a profound passion for dance, theatre, critical theory, and philosophy, TingAn’s work emphasises plurality, socio-political engagement, and is rooted in decolonial discourses through dance, performance, choreography, research and facilitation.

Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1989, TingAn Ying (she/all pronouns) is a Han-Taiwanese artist, researcher, and facilitator based in Berlin. Her career started off as a professional dancer. Over the past decade, she has established a prolific presence through collaborations with numerous esteemed artists and institutions internationally.

Driven by a profound passion for dance, theatre, philosophy and politics, TingAn’s work emphasises plurality, socio-political engagement, and is rooted in decolonial discourses. She navigates the intersections of body-centred creation and critical reflection. TingAn actively facilitates events for marginalised communities, challenging institutional narratives to foster authentic self-actualisation and confronting internalised western hegemony. 

2013 - Now

Over the past decade, TingAn worked as a dancer and performer in Europe with a global reach. She’s made her notable presence through the collaborations with numerous redeemed artists such as Anouk van Dijk, Falk Richter, Emanuel Gat, Edan Gorlicki/INTER-ACTIONS, Club Guy and Roni amongst others. She’s predominantly served as a co-creator in the original creation processes. She has performed and held residencies at prestigious institutions including Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Münchner Kammerspiele, Frankfurt Lab, deSingel Antwerp, Dansatelier Rotterdam, Uferstudio Berlin, Grand Théâtre de Genève, National Theater Taiwan, and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay.

Parallel to her prolific career as a professional dancer, TingAn consistently conducting thematic research projects with the supports from institutional grants in Germany and Taiwan. i.e. [Good, night-self-learning] (2023) and Ventriloquism: let me speak your language (2021).

Since 2019, TingAn has dedicated herself into developing the original practice, Body and Composition. This exploration delves into subjectivity, body archive, and embodiment, aims to cultivate intuition, and enable practitioners to craft their own methodologies. Body and Composition rejects prescribed physicality. It strongly encourages practitioners to assert their presence and authorship.

In 2024, TingAn co-founded “second half - a time-space for practice, critical reflection, and care” with Melissa Ugolini. The project currently organises sporadic yet recurring movement research sessions, with plans to fully introduce its features to the public this autumn.

Early Career

TingAn studied at Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) from 2006 to 2011, majoring in contemporary dance with extensive physical training in Tai-Chi, Hung Kuen, Beijing Opera, Dai Dance, Butoh, Pendet Balinese dance, and Taiwanese aboriginal dances (Amis & Paiwan). In 2010, she was elected both the most popular dancer and the best female dancer.

Besides her performance achievements, TingAn showed an early interest in academic research, enrolling in master's and PhD courses as an undergraduate. She studied Noh Theater, philosophy, textual analysis, and various Western critical theories. Between 2009 and 2011, she produced for Focus Dance Company, a graduate company from TNUA, curating and organising tours in Indonesia, China, and Taiwan. In 2011, TingAn attended the American Dance Festival with a scholarship from the Chin-Lin Arts Foundation and sojourned in New York. She worked with Mark Haim, Jesse Zaritt, and Ya'ra Moses during this time. Upon returning to Taiwan, she worked for the Taiwan National Science Council from 2011 to 2013 as an assistant researcher on the project "Performing Corporeality within and between Tradition and Modernization," led by Prof. Yatin Lin, Prof. Sal Murgiyanto, and Prof. Chi-Fang Chao.

In 2012, TingAn was the assistant curator for the solo exhibition of the Japanese avant-garde artist group Chim↑Pom at Project Fulfill Art Space, alongside curator Huang Chien-Hung. She also worked as a freelance journalist during this time.