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A line dance is a choreographed dance in which a group of people follows a repeating sequence of steps while arranged in lines or rows. Many cultures have their own take on line dances, but in this workshop we will begin with the Electric Slide—a line dance popularized in the US in the 1980s and still danced at gatherings and celebrations today.
Starting from the deceptively simple score of the Electric Slide (four steps to the right, four to the left, four back, two forward–two back, quarter pivot change, repeat), participants will explore the full range of possibilities within the form. What begins as an almost trance-like dance gradually unfolds into a rigorous study of duration, variation, and movement vocabulary.
Working in real time within the structure that line dances provide, the workshop will then deviate from this base form, opening up space for exploration and introducing increasingly complex line dances from the past, present, and imagined futures.
2 hours
Tunis
Registration deadline
30-09-2025
Objectives :
- Explore the artistic and cultural significance of line dancing.
- Experiment with repetition, rhythm, and variation in movement.
- Investigate how choreographic structures can evolve into improvisation and experimentation.
- Expand participants’ understanding of duration and vocabulary in collective dance practices.
Format
- Practical movement workshop with collective exercises.
- Exploration of line dances ranging from the Electric Slide to more complex forms.
- Space for improvisation, variation, and embodied research.
Eligibility Criteria
This workshop is open to dancers, choreographers, performers, and anyone interested in movement-based research and collective dance practices.
Number of participants : 15 - 20.
Speakers / Trainers
Jeremy Nedd
Jeremy Nedd is a choreographer and performer born in Brooklyn (New York). He currently resides inBasel, Switzerland. Nedd has had engagements at the Semperoper in Dresden (2010-2012) and Ballett Basel (2012-2016). He is associated with the Schauspielhaus Zürich as a guest performer, where hehas collaborated with Trajal Harrell. Nedd has realised and presented his previous productions at the Kaserne Basel, ROXY Birsfelden, Arsenic - centre des art scénique contemporain (Lausanne), Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and Münchner Kammerspiele, among others. In 2023, Jeremy Nedd received the Swiss Performing Arts Awards.