Festival Masterclass: Groove As A Somatic Practice
with Jonathan Pattiwael

Groove as a Somatic Practice
the moving body is approached as a living archive of personal and cultural memory. We will investigate rhythm, gesture and groove as it shapes the body and acts as glue to the living body. Drawing from Jonathan "JayWAN" Pattiwael's extensive 20+ year embodied research in Hip-Hop, Breaking, House and Contemporary somatic practice, dancers engage in structured freestyle scores to weave between memory and culturo-rhythmic codes. Polyrhythm, tactile sensing, bounces and rocks are remixed through vernacular and contemporary forms to access embodied narratives in momentum and flow. This workshop will culminate in an exhilarating manifestation of athletic, cultural dialogue.

About Jonathan/Organi City:

Organi City is a dance-theatre collective founded by Indonesian-American choreographer Jonathan “JayWAN” Pattiwael, a bohemian adventurer weaving an ancestral tapestry of movement. JayWAN’s artistic destiny merges a celebrated Indonesian performance lineage with the raw power of global Hip-Hop. Their practice “remixes” breaking, house, and indigenous forms with contemporary theatre to investigate embodied knowledge from marginalized communities, transforming the stage into a ritual ground for physical excavation and emotional endurance. Through works like a void of mournings, Organi City fosters vital sociopolitical dialogue, challenging hierarchies and exploring the layered griefs and joys of the human condition.