For more than 30 years I have been designing and organizing in-service training courses and workshops in dance, Body-Mind Centering® and performance. SubsTanz – Atelier für Tanz in Trogen CH has various events in its own organization. Otherwise, I am also happy to be invited by other institutions.

The range of training programs is listed below. All workshops can be found on the agenda.

Time leads beYond

Somatics for dance and performance practices an approach that leads into the intelligence of one’s own body. Moving body anatomy and physics become a living experience. In the abundance of possibilities, tools are invited to transform the dilemma of ‘here and now’ into a unique moment. The improvisers find a choreographic voice. Not-knowing is encouraged, space for the new is created. Dance calibrates change. Performance becomes when ‘seeing and being seen’ is a gift of wonder.

Dancers and movers who want to open up to this new BeYond work are welcome. Also for individual modules.

There are currently 2 training projects underway:
– Practicing Somatic Performance at the Tanz- und Theaterwerkstatt Ludwigsburg
– BeYond Somatic Performance in Cologne / Berlin

Both trajects have a somatic as well as a creative focus.

 

The next modules

The available Body

What do you have to leave behind to really be there?
In this module we look at the readiness of the body. We explore how changes in tone bring us into presence. The power of ‘absence’ is used.
The tone in the nervous system, but especially in the muscles, is explored. Fascia and fat bring flow and comfort.
This module lasts almost a week and takes place in the Rosslisaal Trogen CH
Tue. August 5, 20h – Sun. August 10, 13h / Trogen CH

Flyer Ludwigsburg

The (Not-) Knowing Body

(Not) knowing: When we relax the brain, allow ourselves not to know, we are not so much practicing indifference, but surrendering to a deeper knowing.
Movement practice and touch work that engages the autonomic nervous system leads to release and resilience and trust.
Tue. 18. August, 10h – Sun. 23. August, 13h / Cologne Delbrück DE

Flyer Cologne/Berlin

NB the seminar costs are flexible and accommodating if there is a need.

The extra-occupational series Ecosomatics – sentient Being in sentient Worlds takes place in Klappholttal on Sylt. It is organized by the Akademie am Meer.
The 5 module weeks in 2025 – 2027 can be booked individually or as a complete training course

Flyer Sept.-Oct. week 2026

Ecosomatics – sentient Being in sentientWorlds confronts the present and prepares for what is to come by rooting us back into our sensual body.

Ecosomatics – sentient Being in sentient Worlds introduces a new somatic and artistic practice that aims to strengthen one’s own actions in the world and open up paths for profound change. EcoSomatics is for people who

– want to become even more familiar with your own body
– want to explore the relationship between the body and the living environment
– to find orientation in uncertainty
– and to try out new ways of being together and in intimacy with the world around us

Director: Wilma Vesseur, Collaboration: Laura Machler, Musician: Christoph Schumacher

Further information in the complete flyer

‘Moving BeYond’ is the collective name for further workshops in Practicing Somatics and Performance
The following options are available in Trogen in 2026

Moving BeYond Dance of the Present
Flyer

Moving Agency
Moving Agency is about ‘working’ and ‘performing’. Choreographic, creative interest, anchored in the body, connects interior and exterior spaces, one’s own and others, micro and macro spaces. Agency, the ability to act, the vocal aspects that lead to change are researched and developed.

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

 

Dance: the most natural and resilient way of being and moving.

My workshops, which are offered in many places, have different focuses: in the dance room or outdoors, body-oriented, BMC®-based, dance- and music-oriented or performative. The emphasis is described in the respective announcements.

Content-related, musical and body-related impulses create inner and outer dance spaces. Parameters in improvisational scores keep us interested both solo and together. Awareness in the ensemble is a choreographic principle in its own right that needs to be explored. Sometimes I lead my own choreographies to explore dance or musical forms.

We don’t always know what is beautiful or right for the moment, and suddenly it’s there. Sensuality brings us into connection. Everything that brings us into relationship tirelessly co-creates: Space, time, gravity, suspension as well as other bodies and other perspectives.

The B minor mass Dancing

With an integrative approach of dance, dance improvisation and bodywork, we immerse ourselves in the music of J.S. Bach. Space and time will be played with and used to bring the senses of hearing and movement into a dialog to create dance. We will also be surprised by the contrast with other, especially contemporary mass settings.
No dance prerequisites are required. Just a willingness to experiment and a desire to expand the way we hear, sound and move

Fri. May 22 – Sun. May 24 at Heiligkreuztal Monastery

 

In company, listening to the intelligence of your cellular universe

As a dancer, Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner and IDME, Infant Developmental Movement Educator, I accompany adults, babies and toddlers in individual sessions. The desire for coaching can be mental, physical, dance, artistic or completely different motivations.

Body-Mind Centering® can be translated as body-mind centering. The BMC® work sets healing processes in motion, supports the path to development and offers a very sound basis for dance and somatic performance. Body-Mind Centering® was developed by Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, USA and has been used intensively by dancers and therapists as an approach in somatics for 50 years.

The practice of Body-Mind Centering® involves sensing and embodying different body structures and systems (muscular, skeletal, organ, endocrine glandular, nervous and fluid systems). The body reveals itself as a holistic world. Movement developments, both ontogenetic (early childhood development) and phylogenetic (evolutionary) are recalled. This serves as a guideline to catch up on movement options, to learn new ones or to make something possible that seems difficult.

Your own needs and concerns form the starting point for a coaching session.

Infant Developmental Movement Education (IDME) is based on the methods and applications of Body-Mind Centering®.
This approach is respectful and mindful for both child and caregiver. Movement development means that movement and touch set certain developmental steps in motion. The aim is to find the stimuli and support that the child needs at the time. Every child is different and shows its own way of being from an early age. Our guideline is to meet and accompany the child in what it is practising and not to force anything.
Parents and caregivers are invited to observe, accompany and participate in their child’s movement development.

Parents / caregivers and children from 0 months to 3 years are welcome!

Liminal means: no longer this, not yet that. No longer here, not yet there.
The biggest liminal projects are birth and death, the first years of life and the last phases before passing on. In between, there are an infinite number of liminal periods in which we come and go and change.
My soul has found the dance in the broadest sense in order to become more and more familiar with impermanence. It has been able to recognize in it the power to create and the appreciation of development. I meet you in this attitude. As a space-holder, I offer what seems harmonious to us: listening, silence, movement, touch, song, conversation.

These liminal projects are about dedicating yourself to the unknown and becoming more familiar with not-knowing. This can be in individual sessions, a solo work by you that I accompany, or a joint artistic project. The format is defined on the basis of spatial and temporal coordinates.

A liminal project is concluded with a concentration that initiates a new phase. This can be a documentary or a performance. It can be dance, visual, written, spoken, sung, large or small, according to your own ideas. Publicly perceived only by the two of us, or by those you want to communicate with.

The Rössli in Trogen CH offers guest accommodation and space for movement and provides a performance venue.

2026

22. - 24. May

The B minor mass Dancing

Heiligkreuztal Monastery [ DE ]

Dancing to the music of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor?

Wilma’s impulses for movement open up a completely new and refreshing approach to this music, which may or may not be familiar to you. There will be choreographic instructions and dance scores that invite you to improvise and interpret them yourself. Space and time will be played with and used to bring our senses of hearing and movement into a dialog and to create dance.

Information and registration on the website of keb-Biberach and Saulgau

01. June

DanceDanceDay

Rösslisaal [ CH ]

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

05. - 07. June

Wilma’s choreographies

Rösslisaal Trogen [ CH ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

Film project.

I am in the process of filming my dances. If you are interested in taking part, please contact me.

13. - 20. June

Dancing by the sea, open dance week

Academy by the sea, Sylt [ DE ] full

SummerDance by the Sea _ Dance, Body-Mind Centering®, Improvisation

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!

The flyer / Info and registration Akademie am Meer

25. June

Infodag Tessura, Body-Mind Centering@

The Hague [ NL ]

Informatiedag over de modulen en programma’s die Tessura BeNeLux in Nederland en België verzorgt

Flyer

26. June

Dans, BMC®, Katsugen Undo in The Hague

The Hague [ NL ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

Voor geïnteresseerden in Somatic Movement en Dans!

Flyer

03. - 08. July

Summer week Trogen

Trogen [ CH ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

Summer week in Trogen [ CH ]
The space in between _ touch and movement
Everyone is welcome!

Flyer summer week 26

10. - 29. July

International Body-Mind® Centering Program Bruxelles

Brussels [ BE ]

In 2024, vzw Tessura was founded by Eva Maes, Christian Meier, Tamara Milla Vigo and Wilma Vesseur. In the summer of 2025, Tessura launched the Somatic Movement Education Program licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering.

Summer module Tessura 2026:
From July 10 – 6, Wilma will be teaching the course: Fluid System
From July 19 – 29, the course: Muscle System

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

04. - 09. August

Practicing Somatic Performance _ 7th module, the Present, Available Body

Trogen [ CH ]

Practicing Somatic Performance _ Dance of the Present

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 do we have to let go of in order to really be there?
In this 7th module, we look at the readiness of the body. We explore how changes in tone bring us into presence. The power of ‘absence’ is used.
The tone in the nervous system, but above all in the muscles, is explored. Fascia and fat bring flow and comfort.

This module lasts almost a week and takes place in the Rosslisaal Trogen CH

A cooperation between the Tanz- und Theaterwerkstatt in Ludwigsburg [ DE ] and SubsTanz in Trogen [ CH ].
It is very possible to attend a single module.

Only 1 free place left!

Flyer PDF
Info and registration at TTW

10. - 16. August

Moving Agency II

Trogen [ CH ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

Moving Agency is an artistic, exploratory and spiritual exploration. This somatic performance project deepens being in the body and at the same time being in the world.

This year is about ‘working’ and ‘performing’. Choreographic, creative interest, anchored in the body, connects interior and exterior spaces, one’s own and others, micro and macro spaces. Agency, the ability to act, the vocal aspects that lead to change are researched and developed.

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

18. - 23. August

BeYond in Cologne _ Summer week

Cologne [ DE ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

MOVING BEYOND
PRACTICING SOMATICS FOR DANCE & PERFORMANCE

This week we will focus on the wisdom of the body: movement practice and touch work that strengthens the autonomic nervous system, resulting in release and resilience. Being in the body allows us to create the dance in the moment. When we relax the brain, allowing ourselves not to know, we are not so much practicing indifference, but surrendering to a deeper knowing.

The project is aimed at dancers and movers who want to go BeYond – beyond the obvious.

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

Flyer module summer week in Cologne

Flyer BeYond in Cologne and Berlin

(NB discount on the course costs is possible)

27. - 30. August

The new dance labyrinth

Flözlingen near Rottweil [ DE ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

The new dance labyrinth goes beyond the 2-dimensional labyrinth designed on the floor and follows the multidimensionality in body, mind, time and space. Vortex movements, as we find them in the heart, in the bones and in the fascial system, lead into pulsation, into the dynamics of the spiral and into the plumb line of stillness.

Wilma’s choreographies, Body-Mind Centering® (embryology), Sacred Geometry

Flyer The New Dance Labyrinth26

31. August

DanceDanceDay

Rösslisaal [ CH ]

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

04. - 07. September

International Body-Mind Centering® Program Life Nuova I

Tuscania [ I ]

From September 4 – 7, Wilma will be assisting in the ‘Senses & Perceptions’ module

SME / Start IDME program in Tuscania [ Italy ]

LifeNuova-Link

26. - 03. October

Ecosomatics _ Dance and bodywork _ EARTH

Academy by the Sea, Sylt [ DE ]

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 is spread over 5 modules in the period 2025 – 2027. This module is the fourth with the topic Earth. This module can be taken individually or as part of the training. 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 for the September week in 2026

Complete flyer PDF

Information and registration on the Akademie am Meer website

05. - 12. October

International Body-Mind® Centering Program The Hague [ NL ]

The Hague [ NL ]

In 2024, vzw Tessura was founded by Eva Maes, Christian Meier, Tamara Milla Vigo and Wilma Vesseur. In the summer of 2025, Tessura launched the Somatic Movement Education Program licensed by the School for Body-Mind Centering.

Autumn module Tessura 2026:
From October 5 – 12, Wilma will be teaching the course:
Basic Neurocellular Patterns
in The Hague

Body-Mind Centering® Program

Tessura

17. - 20. October

BeYond in Berlin

Dock 11 Eden, Berlin [ DE ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

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

29. - 01. November

Moving Agency III

Trogen [ CH ]

Moving Agency is an artistic, exploratory and spiritual exploration. This somatic performance project deepens being in the body and at the same time being in the world.

This year is about ‘working’ and ‘performing’. Choreographic, creative interest, anchored in the body, connects interior and exterior spaces, one’s own and others, micro and macro spaces. Agency, the ability to act, the vocal aspects that lead to change are researched and developed.

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

 

12. - 15. November

Moving BeYond in contemporary dance – Integration

Trogen [ CH ]

Anfrage / Anmeldung

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 also spiritual examination of being in the body / being in the world. We want to move in such a way that the dance regulates us. The autonomic nervous system supports the voluntary nervous system. Sensing, feeling and humor (juice) bring us into flow. Not knowledge is validated and strengthened, embodiment is practiced.

Module IV is dedicated to the integration of the systemic in the body-mind continuum – a dance in which inclusivity finds its expression.

Flyer PDF

20. - 22. November

Dancing on Lake Maggiore

Cannero Riviera

Info will follow soon

28. - 29. November

The Danced Christmas Oratorio

Propstei Wislikofen [ CH ]

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

04. - 06. December

The Danced Christmas Oratorio

Heiligkreuztal Monastery [ DE ]

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

07. December

DanceDanceDay

Rösslisaal [ CH ]

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

12. - 13. December

The Danced Christmas Oratorio

Mattli, Morschach [ CH ]

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