Turning Your Story Into Movement: An Autobiographical Workshop with Megumi Eda

This is the second edition of Turning Your Story Into Movement. Following the successful workshop in September, I’m happy to open this next chapter and continue developing this space together.

Of course, first-timers are very welcome, and those who participated last time will likely want to revise it, so you can go deeper into what you did last time, or take a new approach and go on a journey to create a treasure that is unique to you!

In this workshop titled “Turning Your Story Into Movement: An Autobiographical Workshop”, each participant will use their own story to create a piece. 

You don’t need to be a dancer to join — though dancers are of course are welcome! This workshop is for anyone who wants to reflect on their life, face their own story, or expand their creative approach to performance.

My latest autobiographical solo piece, Fish áɪ lens (2025) at Dock 11, Berlin—created in collaboration with choreographer Shintaro Oue—is a multidisciplinary performance filled with humor, heart, and a touch of whimsy. It explores memory, migration, womanhood, motherhood, and the layered experience of being a body in motion across borders.

The process—intensely creative, vulnerable, and healing—is still fresh in my body.
This workshop grows directly out of that journey and my many years of experience as a dancer.​

After more than 30 years on stages around the world, this is the kind of work I care most about now: raw, honest, playful, and intimate.

I hope you’ll join me. — Megumi Eda