Emily + Bilwa will be teaching several classes in the fall semester 2010 in their new home of Brattleboro, VT. Hope you can drop in…
Movement Improvisation for Performance Tuesday 7:00 – 8:30pm (August 31 – December 14, 2010)
$10/class if registered for semester, $13/class drop-in
In this class, form is a foundation for freedom. We will learn methods for dancers to develop solo and ensemble improvisation for performance. With our bodies we will ask questions like: What role does memory play in improvised decision-making? Can we organize ourselves using our senses rather than our intellects? Why do observers perceive the same event differently? We will experiment with improvised exercises and scores designed by improv pioneers, and consider performative presence and the audience’s experience. This class is intended for intermediate/advanced dancers, but no previous improvisation experience is necessary. The class also features live electronic musical accompaniment.
Location: Luminz Studio, 74 Cotton Mill Hill, 3rd Floor, Brattleboro, Vermont
(802) 254-9200, luminzstudio.com
Beginning Modern Dance Technique Thursday 6:45-8:00pm, September 16, 2010 – January 13, 2011
$165 per semester; $15/drop-in
This class will provide a foundation in contemporary dance technique. It draws from release technique, yoga, Axis Syllabus, experiential anatomy, and contact improvisation. We will learn pathways for moving into and out of the floor, loading and taking weight with the arms, as well as methods for spinning, jumping, rolling, and using breath as a movement generator. Beginning with a complete warm-up and moving through floor exercises, each class will end with a longer phrase that will be revisited over several sessions in order to allow for growth into the movement material. This class is intended for dancers who are new to contemporary technique. It also features live electronic musical accompaniment.
Location: Brattleboro School of Dance, 22 High Street, Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-6884, brattleboroschoolofdance.com
Yoga: Stretch & Strengthen Saturday 10 – 11am, September 18, 2010 – January 16, 2011
$165 per semester; $15/drop-in
This class will provide a rigorous but relaxing yoga practice that focuses on stretching while strengthening. Beginning with pranayama (yogic breathing), moving through a series of vinyasa and standing and balancing poses, and culminating in a full body relaxation, this class will leave you energized and ready to move.
Location: Brattleboro School of Dance, 22 High Street, Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-6884, brattleboroschoolofdance.com
Open-level Movement Improvisation, September 18, 2010 – January 16, 2011 Saturday 12:30 – 1:30pm
$165 per semester; $15/drop-in
This class is based on a series of improvised exercises and scores and will allow students to develop skills for solo and ensemble movement improvisation. We will work with framing, flocking, unison and complex unison, and memory scores. We will also focus on ways to use sound and visuals as inspiration for movement choices. Each class will begin with a guided warm-up. This class is intended for all dancers and no previous improvisation experience is necessary. It also features live electronic musical accompaniment.
Location: Brattleboro School of Dance, 22 High Street, Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-6884, brattleboroschoolofdance.com
The Rashomon Effect improvisation workshop w/ Emily Sweeney and William Bilwa Costa
The Rashomon Effect is an improvisation workshop. It takes its name from Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomôn and is inspired by the storytelling structure used in the film. It can be offered to groups of dancers, groups of musicians, or groups integrating artists from multiple disciplines (dancers, musicians, theatre artists, visual/media artists, writers, etc.).
The exercises and scores taught in The Rashomon Effect explore collaborative memory, reproduction, repetition, and subjectivity. The workshop is concerned with inter-artist and inter-media media translation and cultivates a fruitful environment for learning about other artists and their practices. It is a laboratory that asks participants to examine their own sensory perceptions and how they translate information through their work.
Using improvised scores as its base, The Rashomon Effect examines why observers perceive the same event differently, and how our memories rely on one another. The workshop allows time for close observation and entrance into one another’s material. It encourages participants to draw from movement, sound, theory, and visual material interchangeably, translating forms, phrases, images, and ideas from one artist/medium into another as seamlessly as possible.
Improvised scores and exercises are initiated with the goal of identifying the essence of an event, and how that essence might travel from one medium to another. Spontaneous reproduction and subjective repetition are also part of this work.
We have led Rashomon Effect workshops in the United States and Finland with dancers, musicians, spoken word artists, costume designers, and video artists. Please contact us at perpetual.mvmtsnd [at] gmail [dot] com if you are interested in hosting sessions of The Rashomon Effect.
teaching/workshops
Emily + Bilwa will be teaching several classes in the fall semester 2010 in their new home of Brattleboro, VT. Hope you can drop in…
Movement Improvisation for Performance
Tuesday 7:00 – 8:30pm (August 31 – December 14, 2010)
$10/class if registered for semester, $13/class drop-in
In this class, form is a foundation for freedom. We will learn methods for dancers to develop solo and ensemble improvisation for performance. With our bodies we will ask questions like: What role does memory play in improvised decision-making? Can we organize ourselves using our senses rather than our intellects? Why do observers perceive the same event differently? We will experiment with improvised exercises and scores designed by improv pioneers, and consider performative presence and the audience’s experience. This class is intended for intermediate/advanced dancers, but no previous improvisation experience is necessary. The class also features live electronic musical accompaniment.
Location: Luminz Studio, 74 Cotton Mill Hill, 3rd Floor, Brattleboro, Vermont
(802) 254-9200, luminzstudio.com
Beginning Modern Dance Technique
Thursday 6:45-8:00pm, September 16, 2010 – January 13, 2011
$165 per semester; $15/drop-in
This class will provide a foundation in contemporary dance technique. It draws from release technique, yoga, Axis Syllabus, experiential anatomy, and contact improvisation. We will learn pathways for moving into and out of the floor, loading and taking weight with the arms, as well as methods for spinning, jumping, rolling, and using breath as a movement generator. Beginning with a complete warm-up and moving through floor exercises, each class will end with a longer phrase that will be revisited over several sessions in order to allow for growth into the movement material. This class is intended for dancers who are new to contemporary technique. It also features live electronic musical accompaniment.
Location: Brattleboro School of Dance, 22 High Street, Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-6884, brattleboroschoolofdance.com
Yoga: Stretch & Strengthen
Saturday 10 – 11am, September 18, 2010 – January 16, 2011
$165 per semester; $15/drop-in
This class will provide a rigorous but relaxing yoga practice that focuses on stretching while strengthening. Beginning with pranayama (yogic breathing), moving through a series of vinyasa and standing and balancing poses, and culminating in a full body relaxation, this class will leave you energized and ready to move.
Location: Brattleboro School of Dance, 22 High Street, Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-6884, brattleboroschoolofdance.com
Open-level Movement Improvisation, September 18, 2010 – January 16, 2011
Saturday 12:30 – 1:30pm
$165 per semester; $15/drop-in
This class is based on a series of improvised exercises and scores and will allow students to develop skills for solo and ensemble movement improvisation. We will work with framing, flocking, unison and complex unison, and memory scores. We will also focus on ways to use sound and visuals as inspiration for movement choices. Each class will begin with a guided warm-up. This class is intended for all dancers and no previous improvisation experience is necessary. It also features live electronic musical accompaniment.
Location: Brattleboro School of Dance, 22 High Street, Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-6884, brattleboroschoolofdance.com
The Rashomon Effect
improvisation workshop w/ Emily Sweeney and William Bilwa Costa
The Rashomon Effect is an improvisation workshop. It takes its name from Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomôn and is inspired by the storytelling structure used in the film. It can be offered to groups of dancers, groups of musicians, or groups integrating artists from multiple disciplines (dancers, musicians, theatre artists, visual/media artists, writers, etc.).
The exercises and scores taught in The Rashomon Effect explore collaborative memory, reproduction, repetition, and subjectivity. The workshop is concerned with inter-artist and inter-media media translation and cultivates a fruitful environment for learning about other artists and their practices. It is a laboratory that asks participants to examine their own sensory perceptions and how they translate information through their work.
Using improvised scores as its base, The Rashomon Effect examines why observers perceive the same event differently, and how our memories rely on one another. The workshop allows time for close observation and entrance into one another’s material. It encourages participants to draw from movement, sound, theory, and visual material interchangeably, translating forms, phrases, images, and ideas from one artist/medium into another as seamlessly as possible.
Improvised scores and exercises are initiated with the goal of identifying the essence of an event, and how that essence might travel from one medium to another. Spontaneous reproduction and subjective repetition are also part of this work.
We have led Rashomon Effect workshops in the United States and Finland with dancers, musicians, spoken word artists, costume designers, and video artists. Please contact us at perpetual.mvmtsnd [at] gmail [dot] com if you are interested in hosting sessions of The Rashomon Effect.
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