Frédéric Gies is a dancer and choreographer based in Sweden. They present their works nationally and internationally in various contexts, including dance venues, music festivals and museums. Oscillating between clockwork composition and the intensities and chaos generated by dancing bodies surrendering to the desires and forces that traverse them, their dance pieces bring to the forefront the capacity of dance to speak without having to demonstrate anything. Drawing from their former training in ballet, their encounter with specific trends of contemporary dance, their dance floor experiences in techno clubs and raves and their study of somatic practices, they approaches form as possibilities rather than constraints.
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zürich moves! Forever Imbricated: Technosomatics
Frédéric Gies
Technosomatics is a movement practice developed by Frédéric Gies who shares it in various workshop formats. It consists of a collective and individual exploration of the endocrine glands (the major chemical system of our body) and the chakras (energy centers) through club dancing to techno music – as well as the opposite: an exploration of club dancing while embodying the endocrine glands and the chakras. It is practiced mostly with eyes closed, in a pitch-dark room. It emphasizes the experiential body and explores alternative maps, which both match and deviate from the mainstream scientific map of the body. As a form of meditation in movement, it explores trancelike states of consciousness and acknowledges the healing potential of the act of dancing. It also approaches club dance as a tool for self-discovery and for expanding the range of our perceptions.
Frédéric Gies
