Get Weird With Wrestling – Qspace workshop

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Get Weird With Wrestling – Qspace workshop

December 3 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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The Spectacular Body: A Weekly Exploration of Queer Wrestling and Camp Performance

Welcome to a weekly laboratory in Warehouse9’s Qspace, where we explore the wrestling ring as a site of radical theatricality. When we step into the arena of hyper-expressive movement, the body becomes a canvas for our wildest imaginations. Inspired by the rich history of camp performance, melodrama, and physical comedy, this workshop invites you to discover and create spectacular alter-egos—personas that open up new spaces for collective joy, intimacy, and community play.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Time: Thursdays, 18:30–20:30 (please arrive 10 minutes early)

Meeting point: Warehouse9, Rosenlunds Allé 5 (Baghuset), 2720 Vanløse

Who can join?: Open to all bodies, fitness levels, and identities. No prior wrestling or acting experience is required. Strictly 18+

Language: English (or Danish/English depending on the group).

What to bring: Please wear comfortable clothing that you can easily move in, a water bottle, and a clean pair of indoor shoes (trainers/sneakers) to protect the floor.

How to join: Sign up via the button at the top of the page

Throughout the weekly sessions, we will:

Master the art of gravity and the spectacular fall: Falling is not just a necessity; it is a grand narrative gesture. We will break down the physical techniques of the “bump,” learning how to distribute impact safely across the body, land with confidence, and transform a sudden drop into a moment of breathtaking theatrical suspense.

Embody the mechanics of physical illusion: We will practice safe, foundational stage combat and wrestling movements. You will learn the geometry of the ring, how to share weight safely with a partner, and how to execute stylized, high-energy movements with total control and bodily awareness.

Master the sensory language of “the sell”: How does a body communicate impact through pure theater? We will dissect the timing, rhythm, and exaggerated gestures needed to make a fictional collision look hilariously high-stakes, turning a simple reaction into a grand narrative moment.

Draw inspiration from archetypes and storylines: From the tragic, over-the-top heroes of classic soap operas to the chaotic brilliance of comedic wildcards, we will learn how to build fictional backstories and larger-than-life personas.

Explore materials, gestures, and sensations: How can a sequin, a dramatic pause, a grand entrance, or an exaggerated gasp become a sanctuary for expression? Participants are encouraged to build, discover, and experiment with physical presence and creative costuming.

Take part in vocal and character exercises: We will pause to play with the microphone, practicing the art of theatrical trash-talking and crowd work rooted entirely in comedy, imagination, and playful energy.

These sessions are an open invitation to see physical performance with new eyes. Come as you are, and together we can create vibrant, joyful pauses within our everyday realities.

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS

KFWS works with sensory, physical, and participatory performance unfolding within queer community spaces. Their practice explores how temporary characters and spectacular narratives emerge through encounters between chaos, imagination, and the body. Drawing inspiration from theatrical wrestling, camp aesthetics, and collaborative play, they create situations where people and movement collectively reimagine performance anew—allowing relational and fluid identities space to evolve.

A central point of departure in this work is a care for collective joy and creative freedom—using the ring not as a site of ego, but as an aesthetic foundation for laughter and community.

Questions? For more info you can write [email protected].

Access Information

Warehouse9 has level free entrance to the space and a gender neutral accessible toilet that can be accessed via a certified stairlift.

All events at Warehouse9 are considered “relaxed”. We operate with a safer space policy and ask that you orientate yourself upon entry to the space.

Warehouse9 is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and The City of Copenhagen.

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Date:

December 3

Time:

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Series:

Get Weird With Wrestling

Event Tags:community, performance, qspace, wrestling

Organisers

Warehouse9

Københavns Forening for Wrestling og Scenekunst

Venue

Warehouse9

Rosenlunds Allé 5, Baghuset

Copenhagen,

2720

Denmark

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Ali Cedroni

Technician

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Ali Cedroni (She/Her) has been involved in nearly every industry involving sound, from recording studios, to film sets, to video games, to concerts and theater.
After studying Audio Arts and Acoustics at Columbia College Chicago in 2016, she left the US and became heavily involved in the DIY music and queer art scenes in Scandinavia, expanding her skills to lights and performing music herself.

Sarah Wegeberg

Producer & communications

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Sarah Wegeberg (she/they) is the producer and head of communications at Warehouse9.

Sarah has an MA in Theatre- and performance studies from University of Copenhagen (2023), with a focus on queer dramaturgy, performance ontologies, and communications. She has worked with several queer theatre and performance groups, across both independent and larger institutional contexts.

At Warehouse9, Sarah produces multidisciplinary art and community projects that connect artists and communities across disciplines and traditions.

Kasper Daugaard Poulsen

Chairperson of Warehouse9's board of directors

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Dancer, performer and choreographer.
Educated dancer from the Amsterdam School of the Arts in 2002. Kasper works in a wide variety and mix of formats and genres such as dance, performance, text-based theatre, music drama, installation work, video art, site-specific work, and works for children and young audiences, both on a national and international basis.
He served as member of the Danish Arts Council, The Committee for Performing Arts as well as The Committee for Music Drama (2014-17), and as member of Aarhus City Arts Council (2018-21).
Member of the board of Aarhus Theatre and chairman of SCENATET –ensemble for art and music.
Member of the Horsens Theatre Festival curating group 2026-29. Board graduate from Aarhus Business Academy 2026.

Jasmin Ingemansen

Communications manager

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Jasmin has a master’s degree in English and cultural communications from the University of Copenhagen and has worked with several fields within the cultural sphere. She has worked with executing and communicating films, festivals, art fairs, and literature, and has now embarked upon queer performance art at Warehouse9.

Emma Castro Møller

Co-Director

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Emma (they/she) has been a core member since 2012 and a leading effort in driving organisational development. They have helped shape WH9’s artistic profile, initiated national and international collaborations and consolidated WH9 through fundraising strategies, and insisting on production methods centering care and accessiblility.
In addition, Emma works as an independent curator, e.g. through the curatorial duo osborn&møller, where they have acted as guest curator at the Wellcome Collection (UK) and curated part of City of Women’s 25 year anniversary festival in 2019 (SL). Emma has experience as a freelance producer in the UK, where they worked with artists such as Poppy Jackson, Manuel Vason and SPILL Festival. Emma holds a MA in Theater and Performance from Queen Mary, University of London and a BA (Hons) in Drama, Applied Theatre & Education from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Jørgen Callesen

Artistic Director

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Jørgen Callesen (They/He) is co-founder and artistic director of Warehouse9.
For the past 19 years, they have been an integral part of developing Warehouse9 to become a leading organisation for cross-aesthetic queer art, including international festivals and socially engaged projects. He holds a Ph.D. in information & media science from Aarhus University (2005) and has an artistic practice with the performance figure “miss fish”. They have presented solo work in Denmark and internationally since 2002 and work in collaboration with numerous queer artists as well as in lager scale productions.

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