Performance Intensive with Raegan Truax – second round.

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.

The Performance Intensive is not about producing a finished piece, but about rediscovering the body as a generative field of possibility-a way of thinking and creating through sensation, vulnerability, and endurance. Days are structured yet fluid; meals, walks, and conversations become part of the artistic process. The natural surroundings of Blanca-its river, cliffs, and desert-like terrain offer a living landscape for exploration.

Dr. Truax’s durational works-spanning from 13-hour to 76-day performances-have been presented at The New Museum (New York), ZK/U Berlin, and Centre Pompidou (Paris). Her teaching bridges art, ecology, and the politics of presence, creating a space where creative risk meets deep embodiment.

The Performance Intensive welcomes artists, researchers, and anyone seeking to (re)connect with their body as a generative force for creation and reflection.

Duration:
• January 4-13, 2026

Accommodation:

Private apartment, private room in shared house or shared room.

Fees and support:

1250 euros for individual apartment with their own kitchen and bathroom. 975 euros for a room in a shared house with shared kitchen and bathroom. 800 euros for a shared room in a shared house.

Included:
Welcome dinner, daily workshops, lunches, studio access, mentoring with Raegan Truax, curatorial visit by AADK Spain, and documentation (photo & video).