POODLE WITH A MUZZLE. INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR DANCING
Poodle with a Muzzel. Insruction Manual for Dancing is an artistic and editorial research project exploring the relationship between the body, movement, instability and dance.
The body is also an archive—it embraces tremors, pauses, deviations and forms of movement that don’t always conform to the conventions of dance. The workshop starts with a question: what would happen if we stopped correcting movement and began listening to it?
Through exercises, games and instructions, the programme invites participants to experiment with different physical possibilities and discover new ways of relating to their own bodies and to movement. No prior dance experience is needed. The aim is to explore what each body can do, embracing its particular characteristics, limitations, imbalances and ways of moving.
Error and instability are not seen as obstacles to be overcome, but rather as potential starting points for creation. Humour and play are fundamental parts of the practice, serving as tools to overcome shyness, challenge the notion that there’s only one ‘correct’ way to dance, and open the door to other possibilities.
The workshop is based on the book Caniche con Vozal: manual de instrucciones para bailar, a project supported by the Ministry of Equality and developed during a residency at the International University of Andalucía (UNIA). During the activity, Carlota Berzal shares some of the research practices and proposes a collective space to move, try things out, make mistakes, play and start over.
CARLOTA BERZAL (Seville, 1992) is a playwright and artist whose work spans writing, the performing arts and arts education. Since 2014, she’s run the company La Turba, through which she develops projects presented in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Her career includes projects co-produced by Teatros del Canal and collaborations with the Danish company Fix+Foxy. In 2022, she received the Best Actress Award at the Alexandria International Theatre Festival in Egypt. As an author, she won the young-creators' award XVII Premio CREA Sevilla Joven de Dramaturgia and took part in the theatre-writing development programme Laboratorio de Nuevas Dramaturgias run by Donostia Kultura. In addition, several of her texts have been published by the Andalusian Agency for Cultural Institutions.
ADELA ANGULO (Lora del Río, 1991), known as Adela por Dios, is an illustrator from Seville who trained as a family physician but left the medical field to make a living from her art. Si te pierdes, mira dentro, her first book, has already been published in eleven editions. Her projects include the workshop Dibuja mal bien; the creation of the inaugural illustration for the Ministry of Youth and Children; the project Quásares for oncology patients along with ZEMOS98; participation in the programme Sukha, on the RTVE channel La 2; collaboration in Caniche con Vozal through workshops and a book, as well as the creation of a podcast, Honestamiente podcast, with Gema Abad and the design and production of her own stationery.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The workshop is aimed at people over the age of 18 who are interested in dance and movement. No prior experience needed.
REGISTRATION
Registration is open from 21 October to 19 November 2026. To register, please send an email to cgac.pedagoxia@xunta.gal with the following information: first and last name, ID number, email address, and contact phone number.