History
Group Motion is one of Philadelphia's longest running contemporary dance organizations supporting a locally, nationally and internationally-respected dance company. Group Motion began in Philadelphia in 1968 as a contemporary modern dance organization, pioneering the art form of multi-media dance theater. Originally founded in Berlin in 1962 by Brigitta Herrmann, Hellmut Gottschild and Katharina Sehnert as a chamber dance company evolving from the Mary Wigman School of Dance, Gruppe Motion Berlin was one of very few modern dance companies in Germany at the time, performing throughout the country and Europe.
Specialties
The Group Motion Workshop is a resource for creative and authentic expression through dance, music and movement. It offers a space for communication which is spontaneous, deep and direct, allowing for new channels for creative potential to open. The Group Motion Workshop celebrates the language of movement as a language that anyone can speak and understand.It creates a ritual space for building and celebrating community.