ABOUT

we organise and facilitate sporadic yet recurring events – SHARED PRACTICE for movement research sessions, workshops on a variety of topics, and SUPPORT provides services for hire on a fair fee to accompany you in the process of creating and/or writing applications.

this is a constant work in progress.

get in touch and share your thoughts, questions and proposals with us.

we are committed to search and forage for ways to create new possibilities of communication and exchange.

people

TingAn Ying

Trained in contemporary dance, improvisation, instant composition, philosophy and critical theory, TingAn dances, facilitates, coordinates and writes. TingAn's movement practice concentrates on reassembling and creating compositional methodologies. The recent topics revolves around the science of subjectivity.

As the cofounder of :second half:, collaboratively TingAn is in charge of the conceptualisation and writing for the project. She also offers dramaturgical support and consultation for application. At the moment she's working on her latest research project, which probes into the correlation between dramaturgy and pseudohistory.

Born in Taiwan, TingAn Ying is an artist and facilitator based in Berlin. Work predominantly as a professional dancer for the last decade. Notable collaborations for original creations with artists such as Anouk Van Dijk, Falk Richter, Emanuel Gat, Club Guy and Roni, Edan Gorlicki/Inter-Actions amongst others.

© Diana Nahirniak

Melissa Ugolini

Melissa’s interest lies in unfolding methodologies that help us achieve sustainable creativity and honesty in human interactions through movement.
She cultivates a strong interest in pedagogy, sociology and human anatomy

Born in Italy, Melissa works internationally as a performer, dance educator and creative.
Current and former collaborations include Anouk Van Dijk, Falk Richter, Laurence Yadi, Nicolas Cantillon and Akram Khan, amongst others.
In 2013 she joined the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet and eventually started a long-term collaboration with choreographer Aakash Odedra whilst engaging with several other creative international partnerships.

© Fabiola Schiavulli

what we do

Shared Practice

Movement Research sessions

Body-centred practices with 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 individual approaches.

Workshops

Thematic Training & further education in collective settings

What are the creative and pragmatic ways to cope with day-to-day reality as a freelance artist? :second half: WORKSHOP collects info and tools, and shares them in the framework of collective learning.

Hands-on workshop led by guest speakers with expertise in different fields. (e.g. communication, stress-management, orientation, non-violent communication, diversity management, etc.)

Rendezvous

Outreach, Network, Community

Cross-disciplinarity is not only a hype to us.

RENDEZVOUS, where ideas intersect.

Support

Services for Hire on Various Scales

The costs and stacks seem high when doing everything alone.
We provide services for hire on all different scales, from a drop-in meeting, to mid-/long- term collaboration.

Price and arrangement vary depending on individual agreements.

Translation (English - German - Italian - Traditional Chinese - Turkish)

Proofread (English, David Pallant)

Dramaturgy (TingAn)

Orientation (Melissa)

Psychological support (Fernando Balsera)

Friends

Community building and Resource Integration

A pluralistic network with strong attempts to bypass the monopolised institution.