about dm/dangerous mouses
DM is a platform for movement practice, training and research set up in 2011 in Amsterdam by Maria Mavridou and Pablo Fontdevila. Since 2015 it is co-led by Astarti Athanasiadou, Yurie Umamoto and Stefania Petroula.
DM was created as a response to a need for regular physical practice and a shared space for research and exchange with peers with the desire for non-hierarchical ways of sharing knowledge.
DM holds regular sessions in Amsterdam, twice a week, all year long, in the form of a 2hrs practice led by one of its 5 core members alternately. The sessions are open for anyone to join.
Next to that DM has been part of SNDO’s physical training program during the period 2014-15 and has been shared in the form of a workshop in various studios and academies in The Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Austria, Italy, Argentina, Korea.
short description of our regular training/practice
DM is an intense physical & mental practice for dancers, movers, actors and anyone interested in bodywork. It addresses release principles, strength, coordination, balance, concentration, spatial awareness and relation to other bodies in a continuous flow. The work uses repetitive patterns and multiple tasks as it builds in intensity and complexity. Each participant investigates the application of principles with their own body. Exercises that activate moving dialogues with partners and games that involve the whole group are introduced throughout the work. DM proposes the challenge of not taking one’s own body for granted, working with awareness throughout the tiredness of an intense practice. The physical intensity stimulates the development of condition, strength, flexibility, coordination and concentration. It also proposes a conjunction of exhaustion and awareness that helps us overcome habits and change patterns of movement and thought.
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