Pleasure Body is a space of theoretical/perceptive/somatic exploration on pleasure.
It offers itself as a facilitation space for practices and conversations connected to pleasure and rest, looking at the questions and multiple meanings that these words hold.
Pleasure Body questions the language around labours of care situating itself as a critical space towards words like wellness, health, healing.
The question that moves Pleasure Body is:
how would you move if you had everything you needed?
Some of the topics that are addressed in Pleasure Body are:
DATES & TIMES
11.–14.3.2025, 12:30-15:30
Duration: 4 days, 3 hours per day
TO PARTICIPATE
To participate;
as an artist connected to Warehouse9, please send an e-mail to [email protected] to register
as a member of Dansehallerne; book your spot as usual via Dansehallernes webpage.
For all participants;
please send an email to [email protected] briefly stating why you wish to join this space;
Please notify if you cannot be present for the entirety of the scheduled time;
Please let us know if you have any specific needs that we should be aware of;
Please send all information by 04.03.2025.
Spaces are limited and registration is by first come, first serve basis.
CAPACITY
Pleasure Body has a maximum capacity of 15 people, and doesn’t require any professional training or experience in dance to participate. The workshop will be in English. We recommend participating all four days in this workshop.
ACCESSABILITY
Pleasure body is held at Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27 DK-1799 Copenhagen V in Studio 3.
Getting there
Studio 3 is located on the ground floor with step-free access from the main entrance.
Continue straight on towards the changing rooms next to the Foyer. Studio 3 is located at the bottom right corner.
Dansehallerne has an elevator with step-free access to all floors. Accessible and gender-neutral toilets and wardrobes are available on the ground floor.
We kindly ask you to arrive 15 minutes prior to class in time for check-in with the QR code on your ticket.
The workshop is curated and produced in close collaboration with Dansehallerne. Dansehallerne is a national center for dance and choreography.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jasmin has a master’s degree in English and cultural communications from the University of Copenhagen and has worked with several fields within the cultural sphere. She has worked with executing and communicating films, festivals, art fairs, and literature, and has now embarked upon queer performance art at Warehouse9.
Emma (they/she) has been a core member since 2012 and a leading effort in driving organisational development. They have helped shape WH9’s artistic profile, initiated national and international collaborations and consolidated WH9 through fundraising strategies, and insisting on production methods centering care and accessiblility.
In addition, Emma works as an independent curator, e.g. through the curatorial duo osborn&møller, where they have acted as guest curator at the Wellcome Collection (UK) and curated part of City of Women’s 25 year anniversary festival in 2019 (SL). Emma has experience as a freelance producer in the UK, where they worked with artists such as Poppy Jackson, Manuel Vason and SPILL Festival. Emma holds a MA in Theater and Performance from Queen Mary, University of London and a BA (Hons) in Drama, Applied Theatre & Education from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Jørgen Callesen (They/He) is co-founder and co-director of Warehouse9.
For the past 17 years, they have been an integral part of developing Warehouse9 to become a leading organisation for cross-aesthetic queer art, including international festivals and socially engaged projects. He holds a Ph.D. in information & media science from Aarhus University (2005) and has an artistic practice with the performance figure “miss fish”. They have presented solo work in Denmark and internationally since 2002 and work in collaboration with numerous queer artists as well as in lager scale productions.
