A dynamic conversation between Movement and Sound Design
When: Workshop: October 13–17 (5 full days + rehearsal for performance). Performance: October 18
Times: 11:00-16:00, on Wednesday from 10:00-18:00
Where: Katapult, Wilhelminenhofstraße 91, 12459 Berlin (Studio 2)
Teachers: Jennifer Cohen & Noam Helfer
Soma & Sonus is an immersive, multi-day intensive exploring the body as an instrument of resonance and creation. Through improvisation, voice work, and movement research, we dive into deep listening, physical expression, and the raw, tactile experience of voice in motion.
What is this workshop?
An experiential exploration of the interplay between Body & Movement, Sound & Voice. We’ll refine our movement skills while heightening our sensitivity to sound and music as an essential part of artistic expression.
Strengthening this connection transforms not only our technique but also the depth of our creative process.
Blending vocal yoga, traditional Hatha postures, breathwork, and vocal warm-ups with movement techniques drawn from Release, Contact Improvisation, and Floor Work, Soma & Sonos expands your movement vocabulary and deepens your artistic exploration.
What You’ll Get from the Soma & Sonus Intensive?
✔ 5 days of continuous practice & research – refining technique, improvisation, and interdisciplinary creation
✔ One-on-one mentoring sessions – personalized artistic guidance
✔ Collaborative group work – exploring ensemble dynamics and real-time composition
✔ Digital workbook – professional concepts, practical methodologies, and creative scores from the intensive
✔ Final performance – featuring solo and group-supported works
✔ Professional video documentation – high-quality footage of your solo and performance for your portfolio
Who is it for?
Circus artists, dancers, performers, musicians, and sound designers – seeking to expand their artistic tools, refine their technique, and push creative boundaries. Required level: Intermediate
Available Spots: 8 spots for movement-based acts (solos or duets)
4 spots for musician
About the Creators
Jennifer Cohen and Noam are partners in both life and creation. Jennifer is a contemporary circus artist, choreographer, and creator, while Noam is a soundtrack designer, musician, and experience designer. Together, they bring their combined expertise in movement, sound design, and performance to create unique interdisciplinary workshops. Their collaborative work spans both Israel and the world, where they have co-created projects blending contemporary circus, dance, and vocal practices. Soma & Sonos is the culmination of their shared creative journey, inviting participants to explore the body as an instrument of expression and to expand their artistic boundaries in a supportive and transformative environment.
Jennifer Cohen
Contemporary poetic performer, Circus artist, Creator and Choreographer.
Jenny is exploring life and the physical-mental body as a tool of individual and collective healing process. She uses different circus disciplines for expressing her inner world and artistic perspective. Her stage experience is wide and dynamic, and includes personal creation projects alongside performances around the world.
In her personal development and research, Jenny combines dynamic effortless technique, synced relaxed breath work, and deep listening to the changing body center points.
She performes with the companies Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Plume and many more.
Instagram / Youtube / Email / Shi.Kun
Noam Helfer
Musical Entrepreneur, Sound artist, Singer, and an Artistic Experience Designer. His artistic ventures are very dynamic, but can be narrowed down to 3 main channels of creation:
- A vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist. In his recording studio he collaborates and releases music under the monikers – Helfer and Age is a Box. He works with various colorful artists such as Kamila, Oren Lavie, Roy Avital – Garden City Movement, Totemo, Idil Meśe and many more.
- He composes soundtracks for many world-known Choreographers (Sharon Friedman, Fresco, Vertigo, Lior Tavori, Daniel Elnuma and many more).
- He curates, directs and produces multi-disciplinary conceptual art events under the name “Capsula”.
Spotify (Age is a Box) – > Spotify (Helfer) -> Instagram -> Facebook ->
Official Website -> Youtube -> Shi.Kun
Prices:
350 early bird (until Sep. 13th)
300 for returning birds (until Sep. 13th)
450 for late birds
