The Performance Intensive is a ten-day immersion into embodied practice-a space to inhabit time differently, to listen through the body, and to explore performance as a living form of research. Led by artist and scholar Dr. Raegan Truax, the intensive invites participants to work with the body as material, archive, and compass-a site of knowledge that connects presence, place, and imagination. Set in the mountain landscape of Centro Negra, AADK Spain’s headquarters in Blanca (Murcia), the programme offers a unique context for slowing down, shedding routine, and cultivating attention. Each day unfolds through guided collective sessions and individual explorations. Participants begin with the essentials of nourishment and sensory awareness, tuning to the rhythms of their own bodies and the surrounding environment. As the process evolves, focus shifts toward identity, relation, and duration-how we move, rest, witness, and are witnessed. Working with movement, stillness, and time as material, participants learn to build a sustainable creative practice capable of adapting to diverse spaces and ecologies. Afternoon sessions allow for reflection, writing, and one-on-one mentoring with Dr. Truax, supporting both open-ended research and the development of specific performance works.
