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Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir
Susan Kozel
Susan Kozel
‘Full Drop into the Body’
A Conversation and Public Discussion
This chapter presents a transcribed conversation and public discussion between Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir and Susan Kozel, held in the context of the ‘Energetic Forces’ research conference at HZT Berlin. It examines Guðjónsdóttir’s choreographic method Full Drop into the Body, which generates performance material from internally produced somatic states. Grounded in myofascial release, visualization, and deep listening, the practice understands fascia as embodied memory shaped by personal and sociopolitical conditioning. By activating connective tissue dynamics, Guðjónsdóttir seeks to cultivate heightened presence, cognitive plasticity, and forms of corporeal resonance between performers and spectators.
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‘Full Drop into the Body’
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A Conversation and Public Discussion
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Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir
Susan Kozel
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| Description |
This chapter presents a transcribed conversation and public discussion between Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir and Susan Kozel, held in the context of the ‘Energetic Forces’ research conference at HZT Berlin. It examines Guðjónsdóttir’s choreographic method Full Drop into the Body, which generates performance material from internally produced somatic states. Grounded in myofascial release, visualization, and deep listening, the practice understands fascia as embodied memory shaped by personal and sociopolitical conditioning. By activating connective tissue dynamics, Guðjónsdóttir seeks to cultivate heightened presence, cognitive plasticity, and forms of corporeal resonance between performers and spectators.
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Berlin
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ICI Berlin Press
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April 28, 2026
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| Subject |
Full Drop into the Body
somatic choreography
myofascial release and fascial memory
hyperstates and affect
embodied resonance and connective tissue
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| Rights |
© by the author(s)
Except for images or otherwise noted, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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en-GB
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131
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149
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| Source |
Performing Embodiment: Choreographies of Affect, Language, and Social Norms, ed. by Alberica Bazzoni and Federica Buongiorno, Cultural Inquiry, 39 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2026), pp. 131–49
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- Huschka, Sabine, and Barbara Gronau, eds, Energy and Forces as Aesthetic Interventions: Politics of Bodily Scenarios (transcript, 2019) <https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839447031>