Patricia Carolin Mai

[K]OME TOGETHER

Are you passionate about movement and dance? 
Do you want to physically experience dance and not just watch it?
This is the right place for you!

This dance class takes place outside in the open air at the Kampnagel Summer Festival. The musicians and sound artists Fanis Gioles and Elman Mecid accompany this live edition with  various percussion instruments.

[K] ome together means moving together and experiencing your own body while dancing. This inclusive dance class is aimed at people of all ages and especially invites blind and visually impaired people to dance, as the workshop is based on acoustic communication. You don't need any previous knowledge to participate. Whether sitting or standing, slowly or quickly, with the entire body or individual body parts - the focus is on the individuality of each body.
 
Time Plan
12:00 arrival, getting ready
12:30-14:00 dance class, with breaks

The distance and hygiene rules for infection prevention are observed:
- Registration via the webshop
- The dance class takes place outdoors. You don't need a negative test.
- Each participant gets a place marked on the floor. The mask can be removed at this point.
- The number of participants is limited to 20 people.

Documentation:
The dance class is documented with photos and video. A free dance video will be released on the online platform Vimeo - see previous dance classes online below. No close-ups are made at individual participants. The focus is on the entire setting and on Patricia Carolin Mai and the musicians. By participating, you agree to the documentation.

^{artistic direction, dance & choreography: Patricia Carolin Mai
videographic conception, dop, editing: Seda Kaçak
live music & composition: Elman Mecid, Fanis Gioles
editing: Steffen Hildebrandt
choreographic collaboration: Lotta Timm & Julika Schlegel
scientific support & project coordination: Britta Lübke
dance outreach: Kirsten Bremehr
production management: Jessica Buchholz
distribution & communication: Lisa Lotte Giebel & Patrick Rump} 

Patricia Carolin Mai

Patricia Carolin Mai is a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of MAI:COMPANY. She studied dance at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and performance studies at the University of Hamburg. Since 2015, she has been producing dance pieces at Kampnagel and K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg, which have been performed internationally in countries including Belgium, France, Italy, Israel and Korea. Her artistic work in intergenerational and participatory contexts explores movement as a somatic and empowering practice and examines bodies in extreme states. Since 2019, she has been conducting research on soft skills in dance education as part of the EU project ‘Empowering Dance’ and works as a lecturer and mentor both in Germany and abroad. In 2025, she founded MAI:COMPANY – Hamburg’s first cross-generational dance company. From 2026 to 2028, she is deepening her work on community, participation and physical diversity with MAI:COMPANY as part of the City-State-Federal project ‘An Artistic Practice of Expansion’.

^{(Status: 2026)}

http://www.patricia-carolin-mai.de/