{"id":376,"date":"2021-09-09T12:48:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T12:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:53:59","slug":"tanz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/tanz","title":{"rendered":"Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large tw-md-hidden tw-lg-hidden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-1568x2195.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2256e7f1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Expression through movement is an integral part of Merle's language.<br>Merle works in the field of dance, choreography, and performance.<br><br>At the age of four, Merle began preparatory training in classical ballet. Since then, they have been inseparably connected to dance. Through regular further training, participation in classes and workshops both in Germany and abroad, and across various styles, they continue to develop their own dance language and work as a freelance artist in numerous artistic projects.<br><br>Merle\u2019s love for collaborative artistic projects and group work is also reflected in their work both in Germany and abroad, where they have worked with people\u2014adults and children\u2014in a wide variety of roles.<br><br>When they began teaching at the age of 15, they quickly realized that this not only brings Merle great joy, but also the people with whom they share their passion.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large tw-sm-hidden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-1568x2195.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20-08-Merle-Falk-Tanz_09\u00a9Caroline-Prange-scaled.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-03627597 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/kontakt\/\">Get in touch now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ccd0d1\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\">Dance projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide tw-cols-card tw-cols-card-shadow tw-stretched-media is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d0b3c9c8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"la lune le soleil\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBxK9ezzyrc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">La Lune \u2013 Le Soleil<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An audiovisual experience\nby Merle Thordis and Tim Pohr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This performance is an exploration of the world through sensual perception; the world which surrounds and touches us; the world with which we make contact; the world to which we relate; the world from which we distance ourselves, the world in which we try to orient ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Intimacy, inner reflection, honesty, longing, vulnerability, courage and will.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00c9TUDE I\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4qbSLkMYSs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">\u00c9TUDE I<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">#NoHouseless<br>No house Less! \u2013 A gala in honor of all threatened left alternative project houses, initiatives, open spaces, trailer villages and clubs, Februar 2020<br><br>16.02.2020 Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin<br>Concept\/ Music\/ Dance by Johanna Lucia, Sophia Sarmento, Merle Thordis<br><br>Performance by Sofia Sarmiento, Johanna Lucia and me.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide tw-cols-card tw-cols-card-shadow tw-stretched-media is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d0b3c9c8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deconditioning\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7vinKLDrX68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Deconditioning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Extracts from a project of Merle Thordis<br>created in the context of the OpenCall Udk 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lebende T\u00e4tigkeit- Sinneswahrnehmung\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pevr7T-v34E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Perceptions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Perceptions, forms of thinking, backgrounds of knowledge, deconditioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Dance: Merle Thordis<br>Music: Luca Aaron (Thanks!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der Ausdruck durch Bewegung ist fester Bestandteil in Merles Sprache.Merle arbeitet im Bereich Tanz, Choreografie und Performance. Bereits mit vier Jahren erhielt Merle vorbereitenden Unterricht zum Klassischen Ballett. Seither ist xier untrennbar mit dem Tanzen verbunden. Durch regelm\u00e4\u00dfige Fortbildungen, Teilnahme an Unterrichtsstunden und Teilnahme an Workshops im In- und Ausland sowie in unterschiedlichen Stilen arbeitet&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/tanz\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dance<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tw-header-transparent-light.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":931,"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merle-thordis.com\/englisch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}