The Knowing Body is a two-day laboratory led by Portuguese dancer and choreographer Diana Niepce. Through improvisation, movement, observation, and dialogue, participants explore how the body can serve as a source of knowledge, creativity, and new ways of understanding themselves and the world around them.

The laboratory examines how identity, experience, and environment shape the way we move and relate to the world. Participants are invited to engage with movement, perception, and creative practice in encounters with the unknown, both individually and collectively.

Niepce’s artistic practice combines movement research with questions of representation, accessibility, and ethics. The workshop creates space for reflection on how we create, communicate, and interact through movement.

The Knowing Body is intended for dancers and choreographers interested in deepening their engagement with improvisation, creative practice, and choreographic processes. Dancers with disabilities and prior dance experience are especially encouraged to apply.