Daniel Orrantia in Potsdam: Exploring the poetical body as an intensive body workshop
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When the body begins to tell: Daniel Orrantia's workshop in Potsdam
On November 7, 2026, Daniel Orrantia from Bogotá invites you to an intensive workshop on the poetic power of the body at the Rechenzentrum Potsdam. Exploring the poetical body focuses on those forms of storytelling that arise beyond spoken words: through presence, movement, silence, gesture, and weight.
Poetics of movement and physical presence
This workshop takes participants out of the familiar order of dialogue. The body becomes narrative material, a stage, and an immediate language. Participants explore how physical impulses can create touching and resonant moments – often where words reach their limits.
The focus is on practical exercises and immediate experiences. Less theoretical explanation, more personal action: The poetic quality arises from attention, reaction, and trust in one's own physical expressiveness.
A literary experience without written lines
The event combines elements of improvisation, performance, and body-oriented storytelling. It is aimed at people interested in language, theater, movement, and creative processes. The genre opens up to an interdisciplinary practice where narrative structures are not only written or spoken but embodied.
The workshop will be conducted in English. Imperfect English is explicitly welcome; translations and collaborative learning are part of the format. In playing with communication and misunderstanding, an open, humorous working atmosphere emerges.
Seven hours for new forms of expression
From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, the workshop offers space for concentration, movement, and in-depth engagement. The intimate atmosphere of the movement space in the Rechenzentrum creates a suitable setting for an author encounter that is not limited to a reading in the classical sense, but makes the body itself experienceable as a poetic archive.
Conclusion: Poetry becomes physically tangible
Visitors can expect a focused, international workshop experience between improvisation, performance, and poetic body work. Those looking to discover new ways of storytelling and sharpen their own presence will experience a day full of movement, attention, and linguistic craftsmanship in Potsdam.
Official channels of Daniel Orrantia:
- Website: https://danielorrantia.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniel_orrantia_/
