MeM#1 —6) Gehen

MeM#1 —6) Gehen. (Andrea Keiz. Alemania.) 2:14 min. from Movimiento en Movimiento on Vimeo.

Gehen. (Andrea Keiz. Germany.) 2:14 min.

“Gehen” is a result of a performative project happening from 2011 to 2012 in Berlin. The project was a proposal by “Bergrecherche” a collaboration of several Berlin based artists (Katja Münker, Ingo Reulecke, Andrea Keiz, Klaus Janek, Claudia Tomasi). We walked according to the seasons along a small River in Berlin called Panke together with our guests. Each of the 4 walk lasts about 2.5 to 3 hours. Out of far more than 1000 photos of all different objects, landscapes, people. I finally decided that the feet are the most telling through all the series. Rhythm, direction and diversity.

Direction: Andrea Keiz

Choreography: Bergrecherche

Performers: Bergrecherche e invitados

Photography, Editing and Production: Andrea Keiz

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Photograph by Joao Henriques

ANDREA KEIZ

While finishing her studies as a biologist in Göttingen Andrea Keiz started an education as a teacher for dance improvisation. Through that she got involved in Contact Improvisation as well as in other improvisational work, release based technique and bodywork. After a few years of working in different constellations in different countries, she started to work with video as a tool to relate to movement. In 1995 she moved to Berlin.

Since 2000 she is working in the field of video documentation of contemporary dance in Berlin. She is doing documentation of festivals, live video work in performance as well as artistic video work.

Most recent collaboration with Berlin based artist like Eva-Meyer Keller, Christina Ciupke, Begum Ercyas, Martin Nachbar and Jochen Roller.

She did the video documentation for an educational book “Tanztechniken 2010” and is currently documenting the actual project funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes: Tanzfond Erbe.

Besides filming, she is also editing, advising students in documentation, offering workshops in video//dance and perception..

A few of her works can be found on vimeo.com as well as included in websites of other artists