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Dancing is Burning
24-27 August, 2026
Every day from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 15:30 to 19:00 (doors open at 10:30, please be on time)
26 hours of the workshop in total
Theatre Pool, Boxhagener Str. 18, 10245, Berlin
Description
True dancing is always burning
This workshop will be led by Liliya Burdinskaya and me, exploring movement, presence and transformation in the space between contemporary dance and butoh. Whether butoh or contemporary dance, true dancing is always burning. But what does that mean? Where do you burn—and how?
This is a question of life itself: how intensely do you feel alive, and how does life burn within you as you dance—each step moving toward death.
In this workshop, we will dive into this inner fire through movement, emotional exploration, dreaming, and metamorphosis. Blending butoh and contemporary dance, Liliya and me invite you to expand your expressive range, deepen your physical awareness, and encounter new states of being.
Join us in an immersive process of transformation—where the body becomes a site of intensity, presence, and continuous becoming.
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About Liliya
Liliya Burdinskaya is a Paris-based choreographer, stage director, writer and performer working internationally across contemporary dance, theatre and opera. She founded the dance centre Bye Bye Ballet and created over twenty works with her company, developing a distinctive approach that merges movement and writing into one language.
Her work has been presented at major festivals and institutions including ImPulsTanz (Vienna), the State Hermitage Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum, and the Diaghilev Festival. She has collaborated with artists such as Teodor Currentzis and appeared alongside figures like Sasha Waltz, Romeo Castellucci and Peter Sellars. She is part of the Biennale de Paris 2026 with her project READANCE.
As a teacher, Liliya works with dancers, actors and non-professionals, helping them build confidence, presence and a strong creative voice. Her classes combine technique, improvisation and composition, alongside unique author-led formats, offering both precision and artistic freedom.
Prices
320€ early bird until 15th of July
360€ normal price
You can either pay the whole sum or 60€ to register [these are not reimbursable] and then the rest in cash on the first day of the workshop.
Register by writing to: sofyashaikut@gmail.com
