Practicing Somatics in BeYond
Module _ The liquid, mobile body _ sensual fluids

Here you can find the flyer for the whole project. It is very possible to take individual modules!

Flyer BeYond in Cologne and Berlin

“Moving Agency” is an artistic, research-based, and spiritual exploration.

Moving Agency explores, beyond “action” and “the performative,” choreographic and creative interests based on the body in its state of being

The Moving Agency project is for dancers with a longer path in BeYond or the like.

BeYond- Im Tanz der Gegenwart, is an advanced training program with Wilma in Trogen 2024 – 2026 for graduates of “Tanz der Gegenwart” and for movers and dancers with similar experiences. The training course can be booked as a whole or per module

Moving BeYond is an artistic, exploratory, and spiritual exploration of being in the body / being in the world. We want to move in a way that allows dance to regulate us. To this end, the autonomic nervous system works alongside the somatic nervous system. Sensations, feelings, and humor (vitality) bring us into the flow. It is not knowledge that is validated and strengthened, but embodiment that is practiced.

Module IV is dedicated to the body-mind continuum. Intrinsic movement, integration: Being in motion within the body and in the world,

Flyer PDF

Info will follow soon

Dancing to the music of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio has become a ritual for many. Every year I am delighted that so many people want to dance along. How do you dance to this music? My choreographies and impulses are invitations to listen, where dancing becomes inevitable, simply because Bach invites us to dance. We dance freely and in simple forms. A careful introduction ensures that everyone, with or without dance experience, is welcome.
Early registration is recommended.

Information and registration on the Wislikofen Provost’s website

Dancing to the music of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio has become a ritual for many. Every year I am delighted that so many people want to dance along. How do you dance to this music? My choreographies and impulses are invitations to listen, where dancing becomes inevitable, simply because Bach invites us to dance. We dance freely and in simple forms. A careful introduction ensures that everyone, with or without dance experience, is welcome.
Registrations will only be accepted from February.

Information and registration on the K-e-b website

In 2026, 4 TänzeTanzTage will take place in the Rösslisaal Trogen, where Wilma’s dances will be learned, practiced, danced and deepened:

Monday, March 23
Monday, June 1
Monday, August 31
Monday, December 7

Times are: 10.30 – 16.30
The days can be booked individually. For registrations please contact Sylvia Seifert: sylvia.seifert@sunrise.ch

Flyer TänzeTanzTage 2026

Dancing to the music of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio has become a ritual for many. Every year I am delighted that so many people want to dance along. How do you dance to this music? My choreographies and impulses are invitations to listen, where dancing becomes inevitable, simply because Bach invites us to dance. We dance freely and in simple forms. A careful introduction ensures that everyone, with or without dance experience, is welcome.

Info and registration Antoniushaus Mattli

Tessura organizes the programs licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering, which provide training to become:

– Somatic Movement Educator
– Infant Developmental Movement Educator

From December 19–23, Wilma will be teaching the “Ontogenetics” module in Antwerp

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

Module I _ Developmental Movement (BMC®) _ Inner Witness
January 7, 10:00 a.m. – January 10, 2027, 1:00 p.m.

In the dance research on transformation, the first module adopts the perspective of the horizontal plane : coexistence. Where does “one” end and “the other” begin? When does “something” end and something else begin?
We draw inspiration from “Developmental Movement” (BMC®) and focus on the intelligence of trillions of cells, our coexistence with bacteria, and our connection to the Earth.
In Moving BeYond, we develop—through dance and movement—an “inner witness” to explore and shape “transitions” in an exploratory way.

Moving BeYond is an artistic, exploratory, and spiritual exploration of being in the body and being in the world. The one-year continuing education program “In Transition” consists of four modules and can be booked as a whole or individually.

Information and Registration for the Ludwigsburg Dance and Theater Workshop

Movement has an echo; dance creates fields that extend beyond us. Come, let’s dance with our hearts. The heart is a sensory organ; it calibrates flow and change. Above all, however, the heart is the center of our circulatory system. The vortex of the heart lifts us beyond two-dimensional perception and into the creation of multidimensional spirals. We experience a living pulsation and the breath of the still center.

Wilma’s choreographies, supported by Body-Mind Centering® and BeYond dance improvisation exercises

Information and Registration: Beate Frey, Travel and Dance

Katsugen Undo _ Spontaneous movement, regenerative movement.
Body-Mind Centering® _ a careful guided journey into the landscape of one’s own body.
Dance _ Shaping space and time, solo and ensemble.

The spine extends into the ribs and into the fingers
Take the organs into your hands.

Your feet get their direction from your pelvis.
The center of your navel breathes and radiates.

From Centering to Balancing
—it’s easy to dance into an off-balance position

Tessura organizes the programs licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering, which provide training in:

– Somatic Movement Educator
– Infant Developmental Movement Educator

From February 16–21, Wilma will be teaching the “Ontogenetics” module in Brussels

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

Moving Agency is about agency and the performative. The choreographic and creative focus is somatic in nature.
The Moving Agency project is for dancers with extensive experience at BeYond or similar programs.

Tessura organizes the programs licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering, which provide training in:

– Somatic Movement Educator
– Infant Developmental Movement Educator

From March 11–14, Wilma will be teaching the “Senses & Perceptions” module in The Hague

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

The in-service training course “Ecosomatics – sentient Being in sentient Worlds” introduces a new somatic and artistic practice that aims to deepen our relationship to all living things and strengthen our own actions in the world.

The training program consists of 5 modules spanning the period from 2025 to 2027. This is the fifth module, which focuses on fire. This module can be taken individually or as part of the training program. We are in the process of having this March seminar recognized as educational leave.

The organization is in the hands of the Akademie am Meer on Sylt. Wilma Vesseur is the director. Collaborators are: Lore Machler (activist, young mother, BMC woman and ecologist) and Christoph Schumacher (musician and sound researcher)

Flyer: Module 5—Fire

Complete flyer PDF

Information and registration on the Akademie am Meer website

10th Dance and Music Festival by the Sea

featuring Christian Bollmann, Michael Reimann, Frank Liebscher, Piry Krakow, Ingeborg Lenz-Schikore, Matti Goldsmith, and Wilma Vesseur

Info / Registration

Tessura organizes the programs licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering, which provide training in:

– Somatic Movement Educator
– Infant Developmental Movement Educator
– Practitioner

From April 11–17, Wilma will be teaching the “Breathing & Vocalization” Practitioner module in Brussels

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

The music of a mass leads us into a dance ritual where we keep entering new spaces. Unfamiliar sounds can be disorienting, and we don’t know how to dance. The somatic guidance into the body, on the other hand, is clear and careful. The dance begins to unfold on its own.

Info / Registration

This 2-year project is for dancers who want to move from ‘being in the body’ and who want to grow beyond what seems natural. The project is an in-service training course, but above all has a research character. Seeing and being seen leads beyond the studio work into other and public spaces.

The Available Body: What Must We Let Go Of to Truly Be Present?
In this 7th module, we explore the body’s readiness. Absence and non-action as the foundation for presence?
Research is being conducted on muscle tone in the nervous system, but especially in the muscles. The fascia and fat also promote flow and comfort.

Here you can find the flyer for the whole project. It is very possible to take individual modules!

Flyer BeYond in Cologne and Berlin

Moving Agency is about agency and the performative. The choreographic and creative focus is somatic in nature.
The Moving Agency project is for dancers with extensive experience at BeYond or similar programs.

Module II – The Spine – Standing Up Straight and Bowing
22 May 10, 10:00 a.m. – May 23, 2027, 1:00 p.m.

In the dance research project on change, the second module focuses on the vertical plane : collaboration. How central is the spine? Explorations of “how we perceive and make decisions” lead to research into the development of the spinal cord and the brain. As we explore pre-spinal and spinal movements, we become aware of the space occupied by the back and internal organs. Through the practice of “decentralization,” we delve into the complexity of neuromuscular and fascial networks. This leads to an upright posture and, just as importantly, a multitude of ways to bow.

At Moving BeYond, we develop dance and performance “tools” to explore and shape “transitions” in an exploratory way.

Information and Registration for the Ludwigsburg Dance and Theater Workshop

Tessura organizes the programs licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering, which provide training in:

– Somatic Movement Educator (SME)
– Infant Developmental Movement Educator (IDME)
– Practitioner

From May 28 to June 2, Wilma will be teaching the “Infant Developmental Movement 1A” module.

Summer Dance by the Sea _ Dance, Body-Mind Centering®.

Body and movement explorations that lead into movement improvisation and dance provide the impetus for a relaxing, active week by the sea.
Please note: this annual week is always fully booked!

Summer Week Flyer

Information and Registration for the Academy by the Sea

Tessura organizes the programs licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering, which provide training to become:

– Somatic Movement Educator
– Infant Developmental Movement Educator

From July 24–28, Wilma will be teaching the “Endocrin” module in Brussels

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

Tessura organizes the programs licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering, which train participants to become:

– Somatic Movement Educator
– Infant Developmental Movement Educator

From July 30 to August 6, Wilma will be teaching the “Nervous System” module in Brussels

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

This two-year project is for dancers who wish to move from a place of “being in the body” and who want to go beyond what seems self-evident. The project is considered a continuing education program that can be pursued alongside one’s career, but it is primarily research-oriented. Seeing and being seen extend beyond studio work into broader and public spaces.

Module 8 _ Somatic Performance _ is dedicated to dance that goes beyond performance into listening and sharing

Here you’ll find the flyer for the entire project. It’s certainly possible to take individual modules!

BeYond Flyer in Cologne and Berlin

This two-year project is for dancers who wish to move from a place of “being in the body” and who want to go beyond what seems self-evident. The project is considered a continuing education program that can be pursued alongside one’s career, but it is primarily research-oriented. Seeing and being seen extend beyond studio work into broader and public spaces.

Module 8 _ Somatic Performance _ is dedicated to dance that goes beyond performance into listening and sharing

Here you’ll find the flyer for the entire project. It’s certainly possible to take individual modules!

BeYond Flyer in Cologne and Berlin

Module III – Limbs, Hands, and Feet – Where Worlds Meet
September 7, September 7, 7:00 p.m. – September 12, 2027, 1:00 p.m.

In our research on transformation, the third module adopts the perspective of the lateral level: cooperating, coordinating. Drawing on the embryological development and anatomy of the limbs, we explore the acts of reaching out, giving, and receiving—movements that connect us to our surroundings. Practicing the balance between “yes” and “no,” between surrender and withdrawal, leads to greater authenticity. Bones, muscles, skin, and the senses convey our openness. “BeYond Control” places us in cooperation with the moment.

In Moving BeYond, we develop dance and performance “scores” to explore and shape “transitions” in an exploratory manner.

Information and Registration for the Ludwigsburg Dance and Theater Workshop

Moving Agency is about agency and the performative. The choreographic and creative focus is somatic in nature.
The Moving Agency project is for dancers with extensive experience at BeYond or similar programs.

Module IV – Depth and Surface, Life and Death
December 3, 10:00 a.m. – December 5, 2027, 1:00 p.m.

In the Research on Transformation, the fourth module adopts the perspective of the sagittal plane: co-creation. The transformative power of the endocrine glands inspires us to let go of mind and body states and create new “states and shapes.” Different rhythms of fluids give structure to the movements. Is depth perhaps found on the surface? Absence enables presence. “BeYond Here and Now” expands and intensifies the experience of entering new spaces over time.

Moving BeYond demonstrates respect and consideration for all whose time on Earth is uncertain.

Information and Registration for the Ludwigsburg Dance and Theater Workshop