CLASH without CRASH – Partnering Workshop

Bruno Catalano

Following Bruno Catalano’s workshop in April 2025, this second installment of CLASH without CRASH provides fresh inputs, new perspectives and additional exercises on how to dance together with one or more partners. It offers participants an opportunity to explore partnering skills in more depth and gain further knowledge in body contact.

A strong focus of the workshop remains on giving and receiving weight while leaning, climbing or jumping, working with counterbalance and lifting with minimal effort in static and off-balance situations. Participants will also learn to jump onto each other as well as to catch and absorb the impact of a jumping body without breaking the flow of the movement. Expect dynamic partnering sequences and lots of fun!

  • Bühne 1
    Tanzhaus Zürich
    Wasserwerkstrasse 127a
    8037 Zürich
  • Wheelchair accessible

  • Wheelchair accessible

  • English
    • The workshop is open to movers of all kinds with a strong physical practice and who are comfortable with physical contact.
    • Insurance is the responsibility of the participants

Sunday, 07.09.2025
Clock 11:00 — 15:00

Photos ©Cristina Crippa

Bruno Catalano

Bruno Catalano is a performer, choreographer, dance teacher and the artistic director of the Zürich-based company PiccoliProduction. He graduated from ArtEZ University of the Arts in 2003 and choreographed for the youth theater group AG Theater Rämibühl in Zurich from 2010-2018. He also collaborated on two operas produced by the Opernverein Zürich and created a piece for the Zurich theatre company Hora. PiccoliProduction has actively contributed to the cultural life of the city of Zürich for the last 15 years, presenting work in Gessnerallee, Rote Fabrik, Tanzhaus Zürich, Helmhaus, Kunstraum Walcheturm among others. In recent years, the company has also produced in an international context such as in Argentina and India. In 2024-2025, Bruno worked as a performing artist in Marina Abramovic’s retrospective at Kunsthaus Zurich. He has been teaching for many years in Switzerland and abroad in academies and dance institutions such as HF Bühnentanz, Tanzhaus Zürich, Espacio LEM, Ecole des Sables, ArtEZ, SEAD, Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance, Danscentrumjette, Iceland University of the Arts Reykjavik, DDDSK Danish National School of Performing Arts.