Simon Mayer

Simon Mayer, born 1984 in Austria, is a choreographer, musician, and performer. He studied at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School and at the PARTS. in Brussels and was a member of the Vienna State Opera Ballet. As a musician and singer, Simon founded and played in several bands (Rising Halfmoon, C.O.P.), released audio performances of his stage productions and creates his own music. As a dancer, choreographer and musician, he has been involved in productions by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas (De Song), Wim Vandekeybus and Zita Swoon. His choreographic repertoire includes solos, duets, group pieces, as well as socially engaged and immersive events – his pieces are performed internationally.

Me-Party: “Being moved by what I need”
First we celebrate ourselves. We start with self-care through our artistic practices, work with the question: “Dear body, what do you need right now / What would you like to teach me?“ and let ourselves be moved by it. Like this we invite the states of Being Moved (flow states) and discover how they support our artistic process and well-being. After that we enter the state of Being Moved by the power of celebration and the reconnection to joy through our artistic practices. We will share traditional ways of celebration and invent our own We-care-Party. And we dive into the performer-facilitator training – sharing ways of using our performance training within participatory and immersive projects, to host spaces in the context of cerebration. All the process serves to create artistic/dance material. How can our movements of celebration and well-being become our choreography?”