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Movement Intensive in Compositional Improvisation

June 19-25, 2011

Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

This week-long intensive balances in-depth individual exploration with rigorous practice in spontaneous ensemble dance-making. Fresh perceptions and new choices are set in motion daily through provoking, open-ended questions. Each kinesthetic- conceptual proposition acts as an entrance point for the mover and composer, a window into authenticity, connection, depth, and range. Of particular interest here is THE EMERGING: compositional languages and modes of perceiving and engaging that are in-progress, unfolding, as-yet-unseen.

Throughout the week, the artistic integrity of one’s voice is sharpened in conversation with the whole and a dialogue emerges as individual aesthetics meet, interact, and expand. As time allows, group discussions contribute to conscious integration of the experiential and the conceptual. Even here, moving into words is an invitation to discover, to uncover diverse perspectives, spark the imagination, and to notice the aesthetic and poetic effect of our compositional choices.

•    faculty led morning and afternoon sessions with live music
•    open laboratory time for individual and collaborative projects
•    informal showings of faculty and participants work
•    collaborative sessions with live music and installation art

http://www.fandm.edu/dance/improvisation

Begin the New Year improvising with the Architects

in sunny Tucson, AZ- January 6-9, 2011!

This 4 day intensive balances in-depth individual exploration with rigorous practice in spontaneous ensemble dance-making. Fresh perceptions and new choices are set in motion daily through provoking, open-ended questions. Each kinesthetic conceptual proposition acts as an entrance point for the mover and composer, a window into authenticity, connection, depth, and range. Of particular interest here is THE EMERGING: compositional languages and modes of perceiving and engaging that are in-progress, unfolding, as-yet-unseen.

Throughout the intensive, the artistic integrity of one’s voice is sharpened in conversation with the whole and a dialogue emerges as individual aesthetics meet, interact, and expand. As time allows, group discussions contribute to conscious integration of the experiential and the conceptual. Even here, moving into words is an invitation to discover, to uncover diverse perspectives, spark the imagination, and to notice the aesthetic and poetic effect of our compositional choices.

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Limited to 25 participants. Previous experience with improvisation is necessary. Mature dancers are encouraged to investigate the workshop. All participants share a curiosity about improvisation as performing art and as composition. With a willingness to invite the unknown, we practice first hand rigorous research in the field, together with artists who teach, perform and apply improvisation in their professional creative work.

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All workshops and events take place in the beautiful studios of the ZUZI! Dance Theatre in downtown Tucson. Out of town participants are housed in the funky and comfortable Roadrunner Hostel and Inn, walking distance away from the theater and lively 4th Ave, home to many cafes, restaurants, bars and boutiques.

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Tuition: $300
Housing: $17-$34 a night, at downtown hostel.
Limited scholarships are available. Please inquire for details.

APPLICATION:
Please respond briefly to the following questions, in addition to providing a short resume of dance experience.

1. What do you find most challenging about improvisation?

2. How do you imagine this workshop might support your interest in improvisation?

Application and non-refundable deposit of $50 due by Dec. 17, 2010.
**Send deposit of $50 to:
New Articulations
PO box 43423
Tucson, AZ 85733

**E-mail application to Katherine Ferrier
katherine@katherineferrier.net



We consider the politics

of a collectively organized group

who teaches collaboratively

and creates performance work

improvisationally

and non-hierarchically

to be an important

and ongoing

artistic and social

statement.

photo by Kshistow Krijijanowsky

photo by Stephen Aubuchon

The Architects perform with Michael Chorney in Epiphany Dance Experiment’s Fall 2009 Dance Series

November 1, 2009
Epiphany Episcopal Chicago
201 South Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL

for more info, check out www.epiphanydance.blogspot.com

We’ll be teaching a master class, as part of the Dance Series. Come on out if you are in the area!

Cultivate awareness as an entry point to movement improvisation and discover how composition emerges from an attuned group. This workshop balances in-depth solo exploration with rigorous practice in spontaneous ensemble dance-making. Fresh perceptions and new choices are set in motion through provocative open-ended questions; each kinesthetic/conceptual proposition creates windows into authenticity, connection, depth, and range.
www.architectsdance.org

REGISTER NOW!
Please contact: furyuayajp@gmail.com or 312-330-4171

This project is part of a weekend of workshops supported by Epiphany Episcopal Chicago. Register for all three workshops and receive a discount.
*Jennifer Monson on Sat, Oct 31, 2009, 2-5 pm @ OuterSpace &
*Like You Mean It on Sun, Nov 1, 2009, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm @ Epiphany Episcopal Chicago
More information at: http://epiphanydance.blogspot.com/

***Come for the workshop and stay for the performance
IMPROV EVOLUTION vol. 2 at Epiphany Episcopal Chicago. Sunday, November 1 at 6pm.