Open to all curious bodies and open minds. Improvisation is a sophisticated idiom that requires a training of body and mind – requires that they meet without hesitation in the moment of the dance. This workshop will focus on practising various improvisational dance structures evolved through on-going collaborations and various investigations of performance, composition, spatial design, and movement techniques. It will encourage re-defining and expanding solo/duet vocabulary and allow for experimentation with small to large group dances. Researched material and immediate choices are then applied to the art of instantaneous composition. The classes will emphasise acute physical presence, total spatial alertness, intimate yet versatile movement, personalised performing, clear intention, trusting our instincts and multi dimensional awareness.
Material:
the swarm vs. the anarchist
martial dance
short explosive solos
independent solos to group mind
3 things or less
the 7 R’S
the oppositionel duet
the synchronicity duet
the synchronicity group weave
still moving
solo-interpretation
depth-of-field
