Waacking Dance Workshop for Youngsters

The international waacking icon and choreographer of “STUCK” Mounia Nassanger gives an insight into the movement language of waacking/whacking and its history on the US West Coast in the 1970s.

The workshop will impart the dance with basics and inspirations.

The workshop is aimed at young people aged 14–20.
No previous dance experience is required to take part.
Participation in our dance workshops is free of charge but only with prior registration by January 20th at: workshop@purple-tanzfestival.de

Sunday 11:00–16:00 h
We offer a lunch buffet for all participants, for which we ask for a contribution of 5 € – please bring cash.

In 2018, Mounia was revealed to the general public thanks to Jean-Paul Gaultier’s touching Fashion Freak Show at the Folies Bergère and Gaspar Noé’s film Climax, which won an award at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. In 2022, she choreographed Aya Nakamura in the music video “SMS” where she appeared and acted as movement director for Kelela. In 2023, she can be seen dancing in Travis Scott’s music video, “MODERN JAM”. An event producer, she organizes under the name of the Waack in Paris.
She was also assistant choreographer on Lancôme’s “Idôle” campaign and has collaborated with brands such as Tommy Jeans (on social media), Jaeger-Le Coultre (for the “Master” campaign). As a model, Mounia Nassangar has embodied the campaigns of Evian x Balmain, “Scandal” by Jean Paul Gaultier and MAC Cosmetics. She lends her face to Erborian, and has paraded for the designer Burc Akyol. In 2023, she founded her own dance company, cie.nassangar, within which she created her poremother choreographic work: STUCK