On Crip Technique, Knowledge and Expertise

Bodies of Knowledge: Choreographies of Care – A Gathering

A gathering as part of Claire Cunningham’s Einstein Strategic Professorship at HZT Berlin
10.–12.10.2025 / HAU2

With Julia Watts Belser (USA), Eli Clare (USA), Kenny Fries (Berlin) & Sandie Yi (USA), Chiara Bersani (Italy), Dr Aby Watson (Scotland), Raquel Meseguer Zafe & Jamie McCarthy (UK,) Angela Alves & Jeanne Eschert (Berlin), Márcio Kerber Canabarro (Berlin) and Sindri Runudde (Sweden), Fia Neises (Berlin), Claire Cunningham (UK), Kate Brehme (Berlin), Diana Niepce (Portugal), Sandra Noeth (Berlin) and Kate Marsh (UK)

Intended as an alternative format to traditional symposia, this three-day event is part of the “Crip | Choreo | Care” team’s ongoing research at Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin
(HZT).

Via a series of artistic provocations and interventions, invited disabled artists, allies and researchers explore aesthetic, political and philosophical potentialities of crip techniques, knowledge and expertise. Together they focus on their contribution in choreography and dance towards accessible, anti-ableist, crip positive futures – arising from their differing lived experiences, practices and the phenomenology of disability.

The gathering is made up of 6 core artistic offers, along with dedicated sessions for reflection and processing, conversation and exchange. As part of the program Claire Cunningham will be presenting her performance-lecture “4 Legs Good-re/imagined” on Saturday.

The pre-sale starts on 2 September.

Friday, 10.12.2025, 10:00–17:00
Saturday, 11.10.2025, 10:30–20:00
Sunday, 12.10.2025, 10:30–15:00

Following their commitment to access, the HZT team is taking requests for pre-registration until 21st July – prioritising disabled and crip identifying attendees. If you were unable to commit at this time, we will still be able to support your access needs if you register at a later date. For access requirements or any questions please get in touch with Susanne Adam (s.adam@hzt-berlin.de) or call on +49 (0)30 3185 1409 during the regular office hours from 9am to 3pm. Should you call outside of these hours or in case the team is unable to take your call, they will call you back as soon as possible. (Your number can be located on the call list.)

“On Crip Technique, Knowledge and Expertise. Bodies of Knowledge: Choreographies of Care ¬– a Gathering” is realized within the framework of Claire Cunningham’s Einstein Strategy Professorship in “Choreography, Care and Disability Arts” at HZT Berlin, in cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Funded by: Einstein Foundation, Alliance of International Production Houses with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.