Workshop: Percussive Thinking
A refreshing approach to enhancing musicality and embodied awareness!
General information
When
04 October 2026, 10:00 tot 16:00
Where
Danspunt
Price
50 euros (suggestion), 60 euros (support rate), 40 euros (reduced rate)
Movement coach Kobe Proesmans teaches you to no longer view rhythm as an external guide, but as the fundamental source of movement.
This method offers a refreshing framework for enhancing musicality and embodied awareness. The central premise is that listening transforms into movement, with the body functioning as an instrument that responds to pulse, texture, sound and silence. During the sessions, you will explore how abstract structures and associative patterns can be translated into a highly personal spatial phrasing and physical dynamics.
This process helps to shift the focus from mere ‘performance’ to an intuitive and three-dimensional experience of timing. You will be given tools to refine coordination and rhythmic sensitivity, both in individual improvisation and in group interactive sessions. The workshop offers practical guidance to deepen the relationship between sound, space and connection within your own capabilities. By working with concepts such as resistance, surrender and resonance, a greater sense of presence and intention emerges in the language of movement. It is an invitation to discover and break through rigid reflexes, and to stimulate personal creativity by using rhythm as a living mechanism.
For whom?
Kobe Proesmans is a Belgian percussionist, drummer, composer and movement coach. His versatility spans jazz, traditional music, Latin, classical, pop and experimental sound art.
He is a co-founder of groups such as Wawadadakwa, Obatala, El Tattoo del Tigre and The Colorist Orchestra. As a musician, he has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Tony Allen, Zita Swoon, Gabriel Rios, Jef Neve, Raymond van het Groenewoud, Magnus, Bart Peeters, Adamo, Anga Miguel Díaz, Baba Sissoko, Bruno Vansina Orchestra, Arno, Baloji, dEUS ...
Together with drummer Aarich Jespers, he is the founder, composer and arranger of The Colorist Orchestra, an eight-piece pop chamber music collective that has collaborated with international artists such as Sumie Nagano (Sweden), Cibelle (Brazil), Emiliana Torrini (Iceland), Lisa Hannigan (Ireland), Howe Gelb & Pieta Brown (USA) and KODO (Japan).
In addition, Proesmans has created music for theatre and dance productions for, among others, TG Stan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Dimitri Leue, KMSKA, NTGent, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Nat Gras, Iris Bouche, Het Paleis, BRONKS, Tutti Fratelli and Schippers & Van Gucht.
Alongside his artistic practice, Kobe teaches the concept he developed himself, ‘Percussive Thinking’, as a movement coach at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.
Practical information
When?
Sunday, October 4, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where?
Danspunt
Sint-Salvatorstraat 18a
9000 Gent
Language?
English /Dutch
Price?
Danspunt uses a Pay What You Can principle. You choose how much you pay: the suggested contribution, the support rate, or the reduced rate.
- Suggested price: €50
The standard rate suggested by Danspunt. - Support rate: €60
Helps make our offerings accessible to everyone. - Reduced rate: €40
Choose this if a lower contribution makes your participation easier.
Accessibility
- The workshop is physically demanding.
- The workshop is accessible to wheelchair users.
Do you have questions about accessibility for this training? Or are you hesitant to register because you have specific needs that not all organizations can accommodate? Don’t hesitate to contact us – we’ll do our best to find a solution.