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Tictac Art Centre
34, Rue Emile Carpentier
1070 Brussels
Belgium

April 27 - 1 May

Jos Baker

Integrated Dance Theatre Practice

Integrated Dance Theatre Practice is an embodied workshop that weaves together dance technique, improvisation, acting, and composition to cultivate expressive, articulate movers and performers. Participants will engage in physical training that emphasizes presence, musicality, and dynamic range, while exploring improvisational tools that deepen responsiveness, imagination, and choice-making.

Acting practices support emotional clarity, intention, and narrative awareness, bridging movement and meaning. Through guided compositional tasks, dancers will experiment with structure, time, space, and collaboration, learning how to shape raw material into performative form. This workshop invites participants to integrate body, voice, and creative agency, fostering a holistic approach to dance theatre practice that is both rigorous and playful.

Photos : © Albert Vidal

Jos Baker's biography

Jos Baker is a choreographer, performer, theatre maker and teacher.
He started his dance training at the age of 7 with Oxford Youth Dance and then continued his formal education first at The Laban Center London and then at PARTS [Performing Arts Research and Training Studios] in Brussels.

Jos worked for Peeping Tom as a dancer, actor and collaborator, principally with the productions 32 Rue Vandenbranden [2009], and A Louer [2011]. Since then he worked briefly for DV8 Physical Theatre on the production of John [2014].

Jos’ creative work includes writing and co-creating Strangers in the Night [2024] with Linus Jansner and Carlo Massari, Ceci n’est pas un fin [2024] Jacky Chan [2023] Put Out the Flame [2019-20] and The Smallest Little Thing [2019] commissioned by The Hong Kong Arts Festival. His solo work includes Know it all [2019], Of no fixed abode [2017] Creature Man Don’Tell Me [2008]. We were youth [2016], Afla [2008], Feedback [2009], We were youth [2016].

On film Jos made several music videos and short films; as a dancer and choreographic assistant to Damien Jalet for Anima [2019], a Thom Yorke project directed by Paul Thomas Andersson. He has also directed the short films The Hole [2021], Shift [2021] and Put Out the Flame [2021]. Other screen work includes; Forgot to live [2013] by Ay Wing, and Let it Roll [2016] by Mustard Gas and Roses directed by Koen Mortier.

He also teaches a wide range of classes and workshops across the globe for professional dancers and dance students.

Upcoming workshops

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Lily Kiara
Skinner Releasing Technique
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Mauricio Cruz
Freeform
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Dynamic Expansion/Moveable Cinema
March 2 - 6
Shannon Cooney
Dynamic Expansion/Moveable Cinema
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March 2 - 6
Florian Vuille
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Discounts*

By reserving in one time 2 or more workshops for the same participant you can get the following discounts:

  • 2 workshops
    10%
  • 3 workshops
    15%
  • 4 or more workshops
    20%
  • 2 same week workshops
    15%

*Discounts only apply for one week or two week workshops. Discounts do not apply for intensive workshops (4 or more weeks).