In collaboration with the euro-scene Leipzig 2025 festival, we are offering two dance masterclasses with Manuel Roque (Montréal) and Robert Ssempijja (Uganda). The two choreographers will explain how their pieces were created and present their dance technique and artistic practice. This format for encountering two renowned professionals is aimed at both dancers and interested amateurs. We invite you to discover two very different artistic worlds, both physically and mentally.
About the class
In this masterclass, Manuel Roque will share creative tools drawn from his artistic practice and invite participants to delve into excerpts from BangBang and/or Le vent se lève, two pieces featured in the festival program.
Through improvisation exercises, the group will explore a variety of movement systems that allow freedom and singularity, using notions such as grounding, weight, fluidity, vibration, speed and density. The dance practice will place a particular emphasis on attention - to oneself, to the other(s) and to the surrounding environment, encouraging the participants to refine observation and concentration through tools like duration, repetition, curiosity and generosity.
How can we engage in awareness, with as much rigour as fun? How can we constantly renew the pleasure of movement and connections, and share it? Addressing those questions, the workshop will invite participants to deepen their movement awareness while cultivating presence, creativity, and shared physicality.
Date & Time: Sunday, 2 November 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Venue: 4fT - Tanzplattform Leipzig, “Studio 2” | Erich-Zeigner-Allee 64 (Haus E), 04229 Leipzig | GoogleMap | OpenStreetMap
Registration: Registration is confirmed automatically upon payment. Please select one of the prices below. If you qualify for a reduced fee, email proof of eligibility to kontakt@tanzplattform-leipzig.de
Prices: 32 € (regular) | 24 € (reduced*) | 16 € (professional**)
Language: The class is held in English.
Accessibility notice: The studio is located on the first floor and has unfortunately no step-free access. 4fT-Tanzplattform Leipzig is merely a tenant and therefore not authorised to carry out any conversion or renovation work.
*Eligible for reduced admission: pupils, students, trainees, conscripts, BFD/FSJ volunteers, severely disabled, recipients of social assistance or ALG II, Leipzig Pass holders. Proof required at registration.
**Professional: submit at registration one of: KSK-membership certificate, education certificate (<2 years), employment/activity certificate, or Website/Instagram.
About Manuel
Manuel’s creative universe focuses on the contemporary languages breeding, on the meeting of a kinesthesic virtuosity and the research of an upstanding presence. Revolving around the notion of contemporary human condition, his work aims to open consciousness and to propose sensible, poetic and genuine artistic propositions.
Aside to an exciting and diverse career as a performer for dance companies such as Marie Chouinard, Dominique Porte, Sylvain Émard Danse, Fortier Danse-Création, and Daniel Léveillé, Manuel Roque is also choreographer and created RAW-me (2010) and “NE MEURS PAS TOUT DE SUITE, ON NOUS REGARDE (2012) with Lucie Vigneault. In 2013, he founded Cie Manuel Roque and presented PROJECT IN SITU at Montréal’s Place des. Then DATA has been presented at Usine C and at FTA 2014 before an international tour. During the 2014-2015 season, Manuel participated in “Migrant Bodies”, an international research project where he created BLACK MATTER (2015). He also choreographed AURORA for the EDCM Students (2015). And the quartet “4-OR” (2015) was presented by Tangente and Parcours Danse. In 2015, he benefited from a 2 months creative residency at La Fabrik Potsdam, thanks to the financial support form CALQ. (august 2015-oct. 2015). The same year, he was also nominated for BEARER OF HOPE in the annual selection of the prestigious Tanz magazine. The solo, BANG BANG, premiered in Lyon, at FTA 2017 and in Paris at Festival June Event and received the Best Choreography Price from Les Prix de la Danse de Montréal 2017. In 2018 he received the Studio du Québec à Paris, a 6 month residency for research and artistic resourcing offered by CALQ and Cité des Arts à Paris. The solo SIERRANEVADA premiered in 2021 at FTA in Montreal. After the pandemic, BANG BANG is back on the road in a version for 2 dancers (with Nils Levazeux). And the solo THE WIND RISES premiered in Montreal at Théâtre La Chapelle before an international tour in 2025, 2026 and 2027.