Coordination: Maura Baiocchi and Wolfgang Pannek I Taanteatro Companhia, International Ecoperformance Film Festival

Organization: Taanteatro Companhia and International Eco-Performance Film Festival (São Paulo, Brazil)

Content: Led by the creators of the ecoperformance concept, Brazilian choreographer Maura Baiocchi and German director Wolfgang Pannek, the Ecoperformance Online Workshop presents a theoretical and practical approach that seeks to overcome the anthropocentric paradigm of the performing arts: a shift from the AnthropoScene to the SymbioScene. Hans-Thies Lehmann, the theorist of post-dramatic theater, described Baiocchi and Pannek’s work as “radically ‘green’ theater” and “a major research expedition into the field of the relationship between humans and the environment.” The creation of eco-poetic and eco-ethical performative presences and events has shaped the research of Taanteatro Companhia for over thirty years. In four sessions and within the methodological framework of choreographic theatre of tensions (taanteatro), the workshop presents an ecological understanding of the performing arts and imparts sound techniques for their implementation.

Concepts that dance: tension, tension typologies, tension-sphere, dramaturgy of tension, inbetween, pentamusculature or ecorporality, schizopresence, ecoperformance, AnthropoScene, SymbioScene.

Practices: Body Energy Mandala (BEM), [De]Construction of performance based on [trans]personal mythology.

Encounters
Encounter 1 – Choreographic Theater of Tension
Encounter 2 – Creative Processes
Encounter 3 – Ecoperformance as a Concept
Encounter 4 – Ecoperformance as a Practice
Obs: Each encounter is composed of a 90 minutes class and 30 minutes of conversation.

Didactic material (included):
Books and articles
Choreographic theater of tensions: forces & forms. Transcultura, São Paulo/Brazil, 2020.
Ecoperformance Vol. 1. Transcultura, São Paulo/Brazil, 2020.
Videos: selected Taanteatro works

Homework: reading, writing, video

Ecoperformance Online Workshop
Dates: June 6–27, 2026 | Saturdays
Time: 2:00–4:00 p.m. | GMT+1
Number of sessions: 4
Duration/class: 8 hours (120 min./session)
Language: English
Investment: 200,00 Euro
Contact: taanteatro@gmail.com , WhatsApp: +55 11 999095060

Payment:

A) BANK DEPOSIT
Transfer the amount of 200,00 Euro to the following account:
Bank: Noris Bank
Account holder: WOLFGANG PANNEK
Bank code: 431
Account number: 4615977
IBAN: DE 901007 7777 0461 5977 00
SWIFT CODE: NORSDE51XXX

B) PAYPAL
1. Visit the PayPal website or app: www.paypal.com
2. Click “Send & Request” (on the website) or “Pay” (in the app).
3. Enter the email address taanteatro@gmail.com as the recipient.
4. Enter the amount of 200 Euro
5. Indicate the payment reason: Ecoperformance Online Worksop
6. Review the information and choose your payment method (card or balance).
7. Click “Send Payment Now”.
8. Then, send the payment receipt to the following email address: taanteatro@gmail.com

Obs: Once we receive the transfer receipt, we wil send the confirmation of your payment and participation.

BIOS

Maura Baiocchi
Considered “one of the great interpreter-creators of Brazil,” Maura Baiocchi is the founding director of the Taanteatro Company (*1991) and the International Ecoperformance Film Festival (*2021). Creator of taanteatro (choreographic theater of tensions). Pioneer of Butoh dance in Brazil. Master in communication and semiotics from PUC São Paulo with the dissertation “Body and communication in process: the tension principle in the Taanteatro experience.” Creator of more than eighty performances, Baiocchi is the author of the book Butoh Dança Veredas D’Alma (1995), the first book on butoh dance in Portuguese, and co-authored seven volumes on her own research with Wolfgang Pannek, including Choreographic Theater of Tensions: Forces & Forms (2020). Her international career as a Brazilian dancer, choreographer, teacher, and researcher includes countries such as Argentina, Germany, England, France, Belgium, Russia, the United States, Japan, and Mozambique.

Wolfgang Pannek
Originally from Germany and residing in Brazil since 1992, Wolfgang Pannek is an author, actor, and theater and film director. He is also the creator and promoter of artistic and cultural events. He holds a Master of Arts (Philosophy, Literature, and Psychology) from FernUniversität Hagen, Germany. Alongside Maura Baiocchi, he is the director of the Taanteatro Company and the director of the International Ecoperformance Film Festival. Pannek has directed highly acclaimed shows including cARTAUDgrafia (2015), 1001 Plateaus (2017), and On Violence: Fanon (2025), and has produced international projects encompassing performing arts, literature, visual arts, philosophy, and film. He directed film projects and acted in feature films and streaming series (HBO Brazil, TV Globo, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Disney+). With Baiocchi, he is the author of books on taanteatro and has published articles in academic journals in Brazil, Argentina, France, and Germany.

Taanteatro Company
Founded in 1991 in São Paulo, Brazil, by the Brazilian choreographer Maura Baiocchi, the Taanteatro Company is recognized for formulating a comprehensive critique of our civilization (Hans-Thies Lehmann) through the visual quality and gestural refinement (Folha de S. Paulo) of its stagings. The company’s work in the field of performing arts encompasses the development of the concepts and methodology of the choreographic theater of tensions (taanteatro), the creation of shows, performances, films and videos, the production of national and international interdisciplinary projects, and the publication of books and academic articles. Moving between dance, theater, philosophy, literature, ecology, and visual and audiovisual arts, its theater-choreographic repertoire, awarded at the municipal, state, and federal levels, has explored the life and work of artists, poets, and thinkers such as Frida Kahlo, Fernando Pessoa, Antonin Artaud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Comte de L’autréamont, Beckett, Hölderlin, Alberto Chissano, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, and Frantz Fanon. Since 2021, the company has been organizing the International Ecoperformance Film Festival. Currently, the Taanteatro Companhia team is composed of artists from Brazil, Germany, Mozambique, and Argentina.

Location: São Paulo/Centro
Number of participants: 12 (professionals and students of the performing arts)
Selection: via resume, letter of interest, and audition/interview)
Cost allowance: R$500.00/month (upon proof of food and transportation expenses)
Total workload: 144h
Intended audiences: people of all origins, orientations, and ages interested in choreographic theater of tensions and the themes of decoloniality and ancestry. Preferably, Afro-descendant artists, Afro-diasporic migrant and refugee artists, and trans artists.

TEAM

Coordination:
MABALANE JORGE NDLOZY (Mozambican choreographer and dancer)
JANINA ARNAUD (dance artist and educator)
General Coordination: Wolfgang Pannek
Cultural Consultancy on Frantz Fanon/Caribbean: Médrick Varieux
Project “Da Violência: Fanon”, Taanteatro Companhia.
This project was supported by the 36th Edition of the Municipal Dance Promotion Program for the city of São Paulo — Municipal Department of Culture.

Magazine link
The issue features articles, interviews, essays and reports by academics and artists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Poland and Russia:
Wolfgang Pannek, Maura Baiocchi, Frê Arvora, Mateus Scota, Bianca Scliar Cabral Mancini, Kamila Mamadnazarbekova, Joelma Araújo, Marcela Cavallini, Sofia Mussolin, Laura Castro de Araújo, Candice Didonet, Shane Pike, Regilan Deusamar Barbosa Pereira, Juliana Maria Greca, Daniela Kuhn, Julie Dind, Juliana Lima, Raimundo Kleberson de Oliveira Benício, Adriana Rolin, Ana Carolina da Rocha Mundim, Sidnei Puziol Junior, Jarek Lustych, Alexandre Silva Nunes, Eleonora Candelaria Silvestro.

https://revistas.ufg.br/artce/issue/view/2392

Open Call
NUTAAN 2025
Nucleus Taanteatro: training, research and creation
Duration: from March 12 to July 7, 2025
Registration: from February 1 to 24 Here

NUTAAN 2025 is a training, research, creation and performance program in dance. It is part of the project “Da Violência: Fanon”, by Taanteatro Companhia, contemplated by the 36th Edition of the Municipal Program for the Promotion of Dance for the city of São Paulo — Municipal Department of Culture.
For four months, with two weekly meetings in a rehearsal room and four immersive meetings in open spaces (city and nature), dance artists will experience the methodology of the Taanteatro Company founded by choreographer Maura Baiocchi in 1991.
The Group introduces the concepts and practices of ‘taanteatro’ or ‘choreographic theater of tensions’, transmits techniques of traditional African, contemporary and urban dances and debates key ideas of Frantz Fanon’s anti-colonial thought. Based on this program and the thematic triangle of personal mythology, ancestry and contemporary violence, participants will be guided in the creation of solos to be presented publicly at the closing of NUTAAN 2025.

Location: São Paulo/Centro
Number of participants: 12 (professionals and students of the performing arts)
Selection: via resume, letter of interest and audition/interview)
Scholarship for participants: R$500.00/month (500 Brazilian Reais, upon proof of food and transportation expenses)
Total workload: 144h

Intended audiences: people of all origins, orientations and ages interested in choreographic theater of tensions and the themes of decoloniality and ancestry. Preferably, Afro-descendant artists, migrant artists and Afro-diasporic refugees and trans artists.

TEAM
Coordination:

MABALANE JORGE NDLOZY (Mozambican choreographer and dancer)
JANINA ARNAUD (dance artist and educator)
General Coordination: Wolfgang Pannek
Cultural Consultancy on Frantz Fanon/Caribbean: Médrick Varieux
Project “Da Violência: Fanon”, Taanteatro Companhia.
This project was supported by the 36th Edition of the Municipal Dance Promotion Program for the city of São Paulo — Municipal Department of Culture.

The film selection, presented over the five days of the exhibition, from 10 am to 10 pm, in the common area and through four monitors, includes 21 films, made by artists from 19 countries and shown between 2021 and 2024 in the first four editions of the International Ecoperformance Film Festival.

Situated at the intersection of environment, body, ancestry, and memory, these eco[po]etic works, lasting from 3 to 25 minutes, articulate artistic responses to the ecopolitical challenges of the 21st century from distinct geographical, ethnic, cultural, and gender perspectives.

The show’s performance program engages with today’s apocalyptic environmental and war scenarios. The performances, scheduled for October 5th starting at 4 pm, on the main street and on the deck, include Ophelia [Te]ctônica, with Brazilian actress and dancer Mônica Bernardes, and Hamlet em Necropolis, performed by Mozambican dancer Jorge Ndlozy.

ARTISTS
Anunaran Jargalsaikhan, Bima Arya Putra, Candelaria Silvestro, Carmen Cheah, Daniel de Paula, Elena Muchnaya, Eugênio Lima, Farnoosh Abedi, Felicia Konrad, Gabriela Miranda, Gerson Moreno, Henrique Gorga, Inga Chinilina, Jarek Lustych, Johan Haugen, Julie Dind , Junior Romanini, Leandro Navall, Linda Luke, Mabalane Jorge Ndlozy, Martin Fox, Matheus Brant, Mercedes Chanquía-Aguirre, Milla Jung, Mônica Bernardes, Oz Ferreira, Pak Ndjamena, Pedro Olaia, Rolf Gerstlauer, SueKi Yee, Tasha Koleso, Vadim Stein.

Curators: Maura Baiocchi, Mônica Bernardes
Production directors: Wolfgang Pannek, Mônica Bernardes
Executive production: Lídia Arruda – Líria Cultural
Production assistant: Thatiana Moraes
Graphic art: Hiro Okita
Project & Organization: Taanteatro Companhia, CineFestival Internacional de Ecoperformance

SERVICE

Ecoperformance Film Festival Exhibition
October 1 to 5, 2024 – Sesc Pompeia
Rua Clélia, 93 – São Paulo/SP
Free

Film Festival
October 1 to 5, 2024 2024 – 10 am to 10 pm
Location: common area

Ecoperformances
October 5, 2024 – 4 pm to 5 pm
Location: Main Street and deck
Ophélia [Te]ctônica – 4pm
Hamlet in Necropolis – 4:30 pm

The International Ecoperformance Film Festival is an artistic response to the eco-political challenges of the 21st century.

At the intersection of cinema, performing arts, and ecology, the festival promotes films of established and emerging interdisciplinary artists who investigate the tensions between environment, body, and ancestry in natural, urban, and virtual landscapes.

Conceived by the Brazilian choreographer Maura Baiocchi and inaugurated in 2021, the festival achieved global resonance adopting both an online and in-person format. The ongoing festival edition received 770 submissions from 81 countries and 6 continents. The exhibitions showcase 60 short films – categorized as ecopot[h]ics, eco-animations, and eco-documentaries – with a duration of 3 to 25 minutes.

In pursuit of intercontinental presence, the 4th International Ecoperformance Film Festival will occur from May 30 to June 30, 2024, in cinemas, universities, theaters, and culture centers of Brazil, Australia, the US, Romania, and Argentina.

2024 IN-PERSON FESTIVAL VENUES
Cine Satyros Bijou – São Paulo, Brazil – May 30 to June 02
Queensland University of Technology – Brisbane, Australia – May 30 to 31
Brown Arts Institute – Providence, USA – June 4 to 6
Montfleuri sur Mer – Pinamar, Argentina – June 7 to 9
Espacio Tole Tole Teatro – Buenos Aires – June 14 to 16
National Center for Dance Bucharest  – Bucharest – June 11 to 14
Teatro La Luna – Córdoba, Argentina – June 28 and 30

Online Broadcast (starting May 30):

In 2024, the festival juries concede the following awards:

• Best Ecoperformance & Honorable Mentions
• Brown Arts Ecoperformance – IGNITE Selection Awards
• Environmental Dance Prize awarded by Company Christoph Winkler (Berlin, Germany) and the Environmental Dance project.

FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS
Artistic director: Maura Baiocchi
Production director: Wolfgang Pannek
Executive director: Mônica Cristina Moreira Bernardes

CURATORS
Maura Baiocchi
Mônica Cristina Moreira Bernardes

INTERNATIONAL CO-ORGANIZERS
Julie Dind, Rolf Gerstlauer, and Inga Chinilina (Providence), in collaboration with Brown Arts Institute as part of the inaugural Brown Arts IGNITE Series.”Providence, US.
Shane Pike. Brisbane, Australia.
Alina Tofan (Bucharest)
Rodrigo Marco del Pont, Daniel Deybe. Pinamar, Argentina.
Martín Marcou, Gonzalo Pérez. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Victoria Fraticelli. Córdoba, Argentina.

COOPERATING INSTITUTIONS
Cine Satyros Bijou. São Paulo, Brazil.
Queensland University of Technology. Brisbane, Australia.
Brown Arts Institute. Providence, US.
National Center for Dance Bucharest. Bucharest, Argentina.
Montfleury sur Mer. Pinamar, Argentina.
Espacio Tole Tole Teatro. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Teatro La Luna. Córdoba, Argentina.
AHO. The Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Oslo, Norway.
Plastic Arts Performance Collective. Bucharest, Romania.
Macaia Cultural Association. Bucharest, Romania.

FESTIVAL JURY
Alina Tofan. Actress and performer, Romania.
Nabil Chahhed. Actor and director, Tunisia.
Candelaria Silvestro. Painter and performer, Argentina.
Jorge Ndlozy. Dancer, Mozambique.

IGNITE SELECTION JURY
Rolf Gerstlauer. Architect and film director, Switzerland.
Maura Baiocchi. Choreographer, Brazil.

ENVIRONMENTAL DANCE PRIZE JURY
Christoph Winkler Company

The INTERNATIONAL ECOPERFORMANCE FILM FESTIVAL is a Taanteatro Companhia project.

The International Ecoperformance Film Festival is an artistic response to the eco-political challenges of the 21st century.

Situated at the intersection of cinema, performing arts, and ecology, the festival promotes the works of interdisciplinary artists who investigate the tensions between environment, body, and ancestry in natural, urban, and virtual landscapes. Since 2021, the festival exhibited around 150 ecopoet[h]ic short films (3 to 25 min.) created by established and emerging artists from 48 countries.

In 2024, the fourth festival edition will take place in 5 countries:

Cine Satyros Bijou – São Paulo, Brazil – May 30 > June 02
The Granoff Center – Brown University, Providence, EUA – June 04 > 07
Montfleuri sur Mer – Pinamar, Argentina – June 07 > 09
Paris Institute of Critical Thinking – Paris, França – June 08 and 15
Teatro Tole Tole – Buenos Aires, Argentina – June 14 > 16
Plastic Arts Performance Collective – Bucharest, Romania – to be defined

The online version takes place at the festival’s YouTube channel

AWARDS
The jury of the International Ecoperformance Film Festival concedes 3 “Best Ecoperformance” Awards – handcrafted wooden trophies & 3 “Honorable Mentions” – Certificates. These Awards are non-remunerated.
In addition, the festival features the Environmental Dance Price, a creative prize worth 5000 Euros sponsored and awarded by the Christoph Winkler Company  (Berlin, Germany) and the Environmental Dance project.

SUBMISSIONS

December 15, 2023 to March 15, 2024

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
The Festival platforms films about the relationships between the environment, body, memory, and ancestry.
Films will be accepted for two categories: “Eco[po]etics” and “Unpublished Eco[po]etics”.
Production period: 2022 > 2024.
Duration: 3 to 25 minutes.
Films with speech and/or written text must have English subtitles.
Further information and participation terms and conditions can be found in the registration form.

ENTRIES
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FILMFREEWAY

Festival Website
Contato: ecoperformance.art@gmail.com

FESTIVAL TEAM
Artistic director: Maura Baiocchi
Production director: Wolfgang Pannek
Executive director: Mônica Cristina Bernardes

International Coordinators:
Julie Dind, Rolf Gerstlauer, and Inga Chinilina (Providence),in collaboration with Brown Arts Institute as part of the inaugural Brown Arts IGNITE Series.
Rodrigo Marco del Pont, Daniel Deybe (Pinamar)
Martín Marcou, Gonzalo Pérez (Buenos Aires)
Alina Tofan (Bucharest)
Anton Bonnici (Paris)

FESTIVAL ORGANIZER
Taanteatro Companhia

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Curator | WOLFGANG PANNEK
Editor | FLORIANO MARTINS
Assistant Editor | MÁRCIO SIMÕES
Guest artist | CANDELARIA SILVESTRO
Translations | WOLFGANG PANNEK, VADIM NIKTIN
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