Masterclass with Simon Wehrli

Upon actuality

Departing from physical tasks this class explores what it means to be fully in the present moment. Working on awareness of time and space the participants access different movement qualities and start like this to act upon actuality. The invisible becomes visible and imagination becomes reality.
Simon’s work is combining movement, music and performance and is living from a high degree of spontaneity.

Simon Wehrli (1983, Winterthur – Switzerland)
After a short and successful music career as a drummer and violinist he studied physical theatre at Scuola Teatro Dimitri (CH) and contemporary dance at Laban School in London (UK). Since 2009 he has been touring intensively through Europe, Africa and the USA as part of the Swiss-based movement theatre collective Spettatori and the dance-improvisation project 50collective. As dancer musician and actor he collaborated with choreographers in London (Lizzi Kew-Ross), New York (Judith Sanchéz-Ruìz) and Brussels (David Zambrano). In 2010 he was selected to participate in “50 days of flying low and passing through Costa Rica” led by David Zambrano. Solo creations include amongst others: “übernüt” (2011, in the frame of 12Min.Max. at Tanzhaus Zürich, CH), “Irgendwo zwischendrin bin ich dann wohl verloren gegenagen” (2012, Alte Fabrik Rapperswil, CH), “Greatest Hits” (2013, Tanzhaus Zurich).
Together with Jasmina Krizaj and in co-production with the festival passe ton Bach d’abord 2013 Toulouse he created the performance “False entries”. Also in 2013 he performs in the new creation of Il Collettivo Spettatori and he danced in “Tierras enamoradas” by David Zambrano at Garage 29 Brussels (B).
2014 he will tour “Greatest Hits” and perform in the new piece by Cristina Planas Leitão & Jasmina Krizaj (Premiere: Hellerau Dresden). Simon also teaches dance technique and improvisation in various places.