Introduction workshop Kinetic Awareness® by Thomas Körtvélyessy

10 April 2015 CLOUD

Thursday 2 May 10.30 -13:00, € 15,- with reservation, otherwise €20,-

What will we do?
This workshop will give you an introduction to the unique ways of working with Kinetic Awarness®, a technique developed by the late pioneer Elaine Summers which is based on your individual perception of your unique bodymind in relation to movement.

The accent of this workshop will be on

relaxation and grounding
moving slowly and gently
working with hollow rubber balls, which can increase your range of action very literally

Guided by the teacher, you will find out how YOU can and would like to move, from minimum to maximum. We usually work on the ground, lying down or sitting. All exercises in this first phase will be done very slowly, and you can largely do them in your own time.

As a result, you can get a very direct and clear experience of yourself as a mover, with an often surprisingly deep level of relaxation and calm, feeling more liberated towards your own ways of moving.
(In later phases we work on moving more than one body part at the same time, explore speed and tension levels, and interaction with other movers)

Something for you?
This workshop is made to be open for anyone who is interested to try, no matter your level of experience. The process is structured in a way that is safe and guided. People who are already studying a form of movement or dance, can get very valuable depth and understanding towards your own practice.

If you are recovering from an injury, then this workshop can be very helpful for you. The teacher will never ask you to go beyond what feels safe or to move through pain. If in doubt, feel free to contact Thomas in advance info@kineticawareness.nl or give him a call at 06-27493972.

What will you need?
Please bring two large blankets for yourself, one to put underneath, one to cover yourself. This is important to prevent cooling down, as we move very slowly in the beginning, over a long period of time.
Please wear (warm) clothing that will not hinder or limit your movement, and which makes you feel comfortable. Socks and sweaters, even caps covering your head, are all advisable for the beginning, to keep you warm and cozy as you explore the rich and infinite details of your body, moving one part of your body at a time …

Reservations:
To reserve a space for yourself, please transfer your contribution of €15.- to NL66 INGB 0007 6809 41 with the statement “CLOUD workshop KA”, before April 22nd. If for whatever reason the workshop should have to be cancelled, your contribution will be back on your account by April 27th.

If we have enough reservations in advance you can also simply drop-in. The drop-in contribution is €20,-
In order to have a satisfying degree of personal attention, the maximum number of people is limited to 15, including experienced movers.

About the teacher
Thomas Körtvélyessy got a BA-equivalent (HBO) of teaching dance at codarts, Rotterdam en later his MA choreography at ArtEZ Danceacademy. From 1993 he worked closely with Elaine Summers, until her death in 2014. He is now a certified Master Teacher of Kinetic Awarness® who is authorized to train other people to become teachers.

Questions?
E-mail Thomas at info@kineticawareness.nl or give him a call at 06 27493972
You can also take a look at the website of the Kinetic Awareness® Center or at the Dutch-language website http://kineticawareness.nl.

Date: Saturday 2 May
Time: 10:30 – 13:00
Costs: € 15,- with reservation, otherwise €20,-
Min. number of participants: 5 max. 15

zaterdag 2 mei, 10:30-13:00, €15,- met reservering andres €20,-

Wat gaan we doen?
Deze workshop geeft je een introductie over de werkwijze van Kinetic Awareness®, een unieke benadering van beweging met je eigen waarneming als leiddraad. Onder begeleiding van de docent kun je op een zeer veilige en verantwoorde manier verkennen wat je eigen lichaam in staat is om te doen.

We werken daarbij in begin op de grond, meestal liggend, soms zittend.
Alle oefeningen worden langzaam en ontspannen uitgevoerd, en in je eigen tempo.

Het accent zal zijn op

ontspannen, aarden
langzaam en zacht bewegen
werken met holle rubberballen, waardoor je actieradius soms letterlijk zal worden vergroot

Het resultaat is vaak een veel intensievere beleving van je eigen lijf, ongekend diepe ontspanning en kalmte, meer bewegingsvrijheid, met minder pijn, beter weten wat je aan het doen bent als je beweegt.
(In latere fases werk je aan meer dan één lichaamsdeel tegelijk, snelheid en spanning, en je bewegen met een anderen)

Voor wie:
De workshop is toegankelijk voor iedereen die zich aangesproken voelt en interesse heeft, ongeacht ervaring of achtergrond. Mensen die al dans en beweging beoefenen, kunnen hier extra voordeel halen door de gerichte en aandachtige verdieping in hun eigen lijf en mogelijkheden.

Heb je een niet-acute blessure, en ben je in staat om daar deels zelfstandig aan te werken, dan kun je in deze workshop juist veel aandacht besteden aan het genezingsproces. De docent zal je nooit vragen om verder te gaan dan wat voor jezelf veilig voelt, en nimmer buiten je eigen grensen.

Wat heb je nodig?
Neem twee grote dekens mee voor jezelf, een eronder en een erboven.
Dit is belangrijk om afkoeling te voorkomen i.v.m. het zeer langzame tempo in het begin.
Verder is het goed als je makkelijk zittende kleding draagt, die je beweging naar alle richtingen niet belemmert, of je bloedsomloop zou kunnen afknellen.

Reserveren
Maak je bijdrage van €15,- over vóór 29 april (Internationale Dag van de Dans!) naar rekening nr. NL66 INGB 0007 6809 41 met de vermelding “CLOUD workshop KA”.
Mocht de workshop om welke reden dan ook niet door kunnen gaan, wordt je reservering uiterlijk 3 mei weer teruggestort. Bij minimaal 5 reserveringen kan de workshop doorgaan.
Je kunt ook gewoon langskomen zonder te reserveren. Dan betaal je een los tarief van €20,-

Vragen?
Kijk op de website http://kineticawareness.nl of bel 06-27493972

Over de docent
Thomas Körtvélyessy deed zijn studie docent dans bij codarts, Rotterdam en later de Masters choreografie bij Dansacademie Arnhem / ArtEZ. Van 1993 tot aan haar overlijden 2014 werkte hij nauw samen met de oprichter van Kinetic Awareness®, Elaine Summers en was zij zijn mentor.

Datum: zaterdag 2 mei
Tijd: 10:30 – 13:00
Bijdrage: € 15,- met reservering, €20,- zonder reservering
Minimaal 5, maximaal 15 deelnemers

CLOUD

Workshop | VITESSE performance workshop | Valentina Lacmanović

10 April 2015 CLOUD

Unfortunately the performance workshop VITESSE has been cancelled. Therefore we would like to inform you with another workshop by Valentina Lacmanovic in Amsterdam.

Saturday 20 June 11:00-18:00
Price: €80 if registered before 10 June – €95 after 10 June
STUDIO SINGEL, Eerste Nassaustraat 7, Amsterdam
Info and registration: spiraalworkshop@gmail.com

About SPIRAAL
SPIRAAL is an original, contemporary approach to the creative process through whirling practice.

This edition of Spiraal workshop is dedicated to TIME. Apart from intense work on sustained spinning and spiraling, fear and abandon, disorientation and body/mind (dis)connection, we shall observe the nonlinear possibilities of reading the time, its spiraling qualities and the shifted perception of it in trance-like states.

The build-up is inspired by techniques of breathing, internal martial arts and organic approach to body and mind motion.

An introduction to ritualistic elements in contemporary performance is given through structured improvisations.

OPEN LEVEL
SPIRAAL workshop is suitable for any person engaged in corporal practice (dancers, performers, actors, martial arts or yoga practitioners… both amateurs and professionals).

About Valentina Lacmanović
Valentina Lacmanović is a performance artist with background in acting (studied at CNSAD (French National Academy of Dramatic Arts) and dance (studied classical and contemporary techniques in Croatia, France, Spain, Turkey, India, and the Netherlands). She also possesses a Master degree in Philosophy (Université Paris VIII).Fluent in five languages, Valentina was always attracted to variety of cultures and had been introduced to Arab-Berber, North Indian music and dance and has always practiced martial arts. From 2001 onwards, her work has been focused on creating solo and collaborative performances inspired by rituals and female expression in dances of trance. Nowadays she works and lives between Amsterdam, Zagreb and Paris. Her main focus is the creation of contemporary performances and video installations inspired by philosophical reflection on ritual practices and transformative performance acts. She continues her research on convergences and divergences between contemporary visions of performance and enacting of ancient rituals.
www.valentinalacmanovic.com

CANCELLED
Performance Workshop VITESSE

VITESSE is a workshop that focuses mainly on timing – extreme speed and slow motion as well as making choices within an open structure. It is a two-days training by Valentina Lacmanović ending in public presentation of the work-in-progress.

VITESSE is a training that challenges the participants to dive into extreme tempos without losing presence or focus, and to keep the “point zero” of inner calm within the pressure of decision-making. The goal is to find out how to deal with the notion of time in condensed, performance-like situations and sharpen the body /mind response to intuition.

Program of the training

warm – up inspired by internal martial arts and breathing techniques
testing the individual limits within extreme tempos during simple but physically and mentally challenging exercises
understanding structure and finding freedom within the precise tasks
building awareness of the functions of the mind within decision-making process and responses of the body to it
brief theoretical insight into the notion of Time through the evolution of performance art

Dates: Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 May 2015
Time: 14:00 – 18:00
Costs: € 30 euros for one day training  € 50 for both days
Level: for anyone engaged in regular dance/movement practice

REGISTRATION
Please register before 12th of May by mail to cloud.danslab@gmail.com

Payment details will be provided by mail, and registration confirmed when payment arrived on bank account of CLOUD/Danslab

OPEN DOORS for audience: 17th of May at 18:30
Price: donation

Partners

New Partnership with SMartNL

17 March 2015 CLOUD

We are getting on track with CLOUD’s financial plans. And we’re proud to announce the support of the amazing SMartNL in the sustainability of CLOUD.

SMartNL is a platform that helps administrative/business tasks for artists and projects; especially designed for our context. It is a non-profit organisation that offers solutions and services for artists and creative professionals who work by the project. Their primary goal is to strengthen artists and creative workers’ autonomy and to foster sustainable creative careers. To achieve this, they provide tools and services that deal with the complexity of creative projects and allow us to manage creative projects and collaborations.

Everything they do is based on needs of professionals, simplifying the day-to-day professional life, freeing time for creativity. Whether the user is VAT registered or not, has a legal entity, works on its own or in a collective, our services are catered especially for the creative world.

As an active participant in the social economy they reinvest all profits they make. This makes them able to minimize costs, to constantly keep improving the service and to create an additional benefit based on the principle of pooling.

As part of an European collaboration, they are able to provide an essential contribution to help creative professionals to establish themselves throughout Europe.

(www.smart-nl.org)

Many thanks to Jette Schneider!

CLOUD

Performance ‘Melchior, the passion of a red star’ by Billie Hanne

10 March 2015 CLOUD

Sunday 29 March, 19:30, €8,-

“You are stupid!”, we told the watchman. We stole his key and locked him in eternal sleep.
There he bathed and looked younger than we could ever be.
Melchior did not disapprove, but busied himself with the World elsewhere.
“What can I do?”, he said. And we too saw he was better off taking care of his plants and horses, of his dahlias and sea star collection.I remember one of us pointing at the waves until they became transparent and we entered a new day.

MELCHIOR is a piece danced from the occurrence of a specific event in ancient times that is unimportant now, but in which we, the dancers, have taken part. The space in which new action is being produced is here and now and lightly threaded by the facts of common history, rather than the burden of it. The action itself is sharp and precise, a direct implication of the action that precedes. Words are spoken occasionally and reveal a poetry of place and moment, of brevity and ephemeral gravity before they are let go off and disappear.

Dance: Dezso Virag, Johnny Schoofs, Ilse van Haastrecht, Billie Hanne
Direction: Billie Hanne

CLOUD, CLOUD Club, Korzo, Residents

Residency Antonin Comestaz

10 March 2015 CLOUD

30 March – 10 April

Performance 24 May 19:30 Read more
See Facebook event
Host CLOUD Club 6th edition – Saturday 4 April, 20:00 Read more

Choreographer Antonin Comestaz will work with dancers Jefta Tanate & Inés Belda Nácher, exploring the spontaneous reactions of two different entities who find themselves in presence of each other in confined space, by mistake or hazard, against there will. One task will be to define the protagonists (which wont necessarily be “Human”) through there physicality and personality. Then, what situations will arise from the encounter? Which behavior will they adopt? Aggression? Affection? Mimic? Will they be able to tame each other? Antonin proposes a reflection on the mechanisms of the mind in presence of “the other”, the unknown.

Antonin Comestaz

Antonin Comestaz (1980) is a French dancer, choreographer and multidisciplinary artist based in The Hague (NL). He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School and went on to dance with companies including Paris Opera, The Hamburg Ballet, T.T.M (Tanz Theater München), Ballet Mainz, and Scapino Ballet. During his tenure at these companies, Antonin has worked with renowned choreographers, such as John Neumeier, Marco Goecke, Rui Horta, Carolin Carlson, Ed Wubbe, and Jacopo Godani among others. Antonin’s artistic career has been forged by his ability to constantly explore and redefine boundaries in the various fields of dance, from ballet to neo-classic, modern and improvisation.

Antonin began choreographing in 2006. His works have since won a number of awards and nominations, such as for “Hand in Hand” (Nominated at The international internet dance festival SideBySide-net 2006), “Flesh and Blood” (Nominated at The International Choreography Competition Hannover 2008), “She” (1st prize for interpretation, 3rd prize for choreography, as well as Audience Prize at the Stuttgart Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival 2010).

Since 2013 the primary focus of Antonin’s work has been freelance choreography. That year marked the creation of his landmark cross-genre piece, “Out of the Grey”, commissioned by Korzo Productions in The Hague. It has since been performed in various festivals across Europe, and was selected to be part of 2014 Priority Companies by Aerowaves. His second venture in collaboration with Korzo was the 2014 creation, “Plastic Junkies”.

Antonin possesses a passion for drawing and music and has composed music for most of his pieces to date. His works often revel in the absurd & darkly comic expressions of everyday life and humanity, using his playful, quirky and highly engaging choreographic style.

CLOUD

Residency Keren Rosenberg ‘The Never Dry Land’

9 March 2015 CLOUD

The Never Dry Land

Tuesday March 10th – Friday March 14th

OPEN TRAINING Classes from Tuesday March 10th till Friday March 10th, 10:30 – 12:00
See Facebook event see below for more information
Presentation on Friday March 14th, 17:00 See Facebook event

“It is the dark, inaccessible part of our personality, what little we know of it we have learned from our study of the Dream work and of the construction of neurotic symptoms, we call it a chaos, a cauldron full of seething excitations… It is filled with energy reaching it from the instincts, but it has no organization, produces no collective will, but only a striving to bring about the satisfaction of the instinctual needs subject to the observance of the pleasure principle.”
(Sigmund Freud, 1933, New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis)

For many years, ever since I was a high school student I was fascinated with the theories of Freud. Actually more than the theory as a whole, there was one word that had lingered with me from his personality Theory – This word is ID

According to Freud It not only strives to fulfill our most basic urges, many of which are tied directly to survival, it also provides all of the energy necessary to drive personality.

For the sake of this short residency I would like to investigate the various shades of passion as a means of observing and reflecting on Freud’s ID theory.

I find this strong and barley controllable emotion a great trigger point to take a deep look into our beings and the engine that drives us.

I am curios in experiencing what kind of physical properties can passion push out?
What is that dark place that Frued has been talking about?
How dealing with these ideas effects the environment we move in?

OPEN TRAINING CLASSES
Tuesday March 10th till Friday March 10th, 10:30 – 12:00
Throughout the week I will be conducting morning classes, these classes will help us set the tone for the rest of the day’s exploration. Classes are open to everyone who is interested in moving his/her body, playing with imagery, sensation and physicality.

These classes are open for dancers and non dancers
Costs: €7,- per class
See Facebook event

CLOUD

Workshop and Research Lab by Wilma Vesseur and Marchel Ruygrok (r-o-o-m)

15 February 2015 CLOUD

Workshop: The sensation of movement
Saturday 14 March, 11:00-18:00, €60,- (incl. lunch)

The sensation of movement is shifting. Shifting induces change within the space of the body or your body in relation to something else. We research change of weight, work on fluid movements and amaze ourselves about three-dimensionality of a gesture. A dance is also learned by moving yourself into it. Let us explore and enjoy in how that actually happens

By Wilma Vesseur and Body-Mind Centering®

Registration: SubsTanz@bluewin.ch
www.SubsTanz.ch

Research lab r-o-o-m
Sunday 15 March, 10:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00, 16:00-18:00

r-o-o-m investigates the reciprocal influence of space, physicality and movement and challenges those. r-o-o-m’s ensemble- and solo work is being developed through improvisation. r-o-om is a collaboration between Marchel Ruygrok (architect) en Wilma Vesseur (dance)

Registration not necessary
More informatino: SubsTanz@bluewin.ch
www.SubsTanz.ch

CLOUD

Afro Contemporary Workshop Simone Heijloo

12 February 2015 CLOUD

Sunday 22 February, 14:00 – 16:00
Price: €20
Please register by sending an e-mail to simoneheijloo85@gmail.com
See FB event

In this workshop you can experience the mulitiple colours of the African and contemporary dance and develop your technique in this unique dance style!

With Simone Heijloo you will work with different excercises in African traditional dance, contemporary dance, Technique Acogny (African Contemporary dance), yoga and body work-out. In this way you will have a total expericience of African Contemporary dance and a good work out for your body! After we work step by step on a choreography to DANCE and have FUN! :)

SIMONE HEIJLOO BIOGRAPHY
Dance inspired Simone Heijloo already when she was really young. When she was four years old she started dancing classical ballet, jazz and modern dance. Now Simone works as a dancer, teacher, dance therapist and movement coach.

After her study dance- and movement therapy at Hogeschool Zuyd, Simone studied at the teaching department at Codarts (Dance academy of Rotterdam) to expand her passion for dance. Here she found out African contemporary and traditional dance and leaves to Senegal in 2009. At l’Ecole des Sables she followed the stage ‘A new step’, conducted by Germaine Acogny. Since then she loves African dance and started following many internships including Ayaovi Kokousse, Youssouf Koumbassa, Anani Dodji Sanouvi, Nadia Beugre, Dobet Gnahore, Vincent Harisdo, Merlin Nyakam.

In 2011 Simone took the big step and followed the formation in African contemporary and traditional dance at l’Ecole de Danse Irène Tassembédo (EDIT), conducted by Irène Tassembédo in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. After this formation Simone started working on different dance projects in Africa, mainly in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. In March 2014 she joined the festival MASA (Marché des Arts Africaine) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Now Simone is teaching African Contemporary dance in Amsterdam and around and works as a dancer and teacher on different dance projects in the Netherlands and Africa.

CLOUD

Residency Léa Canu Ginoux

10 February 2015 CLOUD

TOTEM – a research on Laughing
by choreographer Léa Canu Ginoux in collaboration with composer-sound adviser Sharon Renee Stewart

Wednesday February 25th – Friday March 6th

OPEN TRAINING from Thursday February 26th till Wednesday March 4th
see below for more information
Lunar Dance ritual in Den Haag in Transitie on Thursday March 5th, 19:30 Read more
Open rehearsal on Friday March 6th, 11:00-13:00

“TOTEM”, is thought as a double bill evening with Lea Canu Ginoux and Marjorie D’Amora, who are both co-directors of MEAARI with Geneviève Sorin. They have decided to work on a common thematic “freedom through constraint”, each of them making a solo of around 30min. The project is produced by their company MEAARI, co-produced by theatre de la Joliette Minoterie (Marseille) where they will have the première on 10th December 2015.

How the constraint of an unusual duration of laughter can lead towards freedom? Or how to open up laughter through a body research? How to commit to the main subject of this research: explore the states & qualities variations of laughing? (Sound states, body states, spiritual states). Lea wants to consider its construction like a composition sounds piece through a choreographical Open Form Composition.

OPEN TRAINING

Breath deeply, dance healthily, move & laugh gorgeously

Thursday 27 February, 10:30 – 12:00
Monday 2 March, 9:30 – 11:00
Tuesday 3 March, 9:30 – 11:00
Wednesday 4 March, 9:30 – 11:00

Costs: €7,- per training class
See FB event

We will navigate between “Body Motion Awareness-Listening”, rhythm & laughing practice. Through formal and experiential body training, we will focus on:
– a structural and organic connection of forms
– the dialectic between the body’s inside and outside input
– experiencing energy in its multiple layers

Furthermore, by exploring the breath as the source that leads the body’s motion, we will gradually reach an engaged physicality in a complete awareness. We’ll travel and investigate a freeing dance through centering movement, energetic flow, economic effort, succession, direction, clarity and creativity. The floor, as our partner, will be a tool to enter, awaken and develop the body’s intelligence : its organization, strength, flexibility, accuracy and honesty.

Sharing some paths of my research on laughing, we will give attention to our inner connection to its physicality, gently exploring ways for releasing our deepest laughter.

Body Motion Awareness-Listening practice is a playground for each person to stimulate his/her own movement and creativity while deepening the understanding of the body/spirit construction and its ‘natural’ technique or organicity.

BIOGRAPHY LEA CANU GINOUX
Born in Marseille, Lea’s intentions and acts have been guided by that cosmopolitan port’s particular qualities : its infinite horizon and it’s appeal for traveling, the unknown, the other. She multiplies her experiences of artistic and cultural exchange, from her performer’s voice and her choreographer’s song. Performer/dancer, she has worked with diverse companies : Subito Presto (dance-visual art, France), Melk prod Marco Berrettini (dance-theatre, Switzerland), PØST Emilie Gallier (dance-installation, France/Netherlands), the Danshuis Station Zuid ( Tilburg, Netherlands) for the chadian humanitarian choreographer Taigue Hamed.

Léa is sharing her artistic work across Europe in Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Prague, Iceland (Nordic House) and Africa (International Choreographical Encounters). She recently was nominated with her piece “Echoing Perception” at “1/4 de la jeune création” by Théâtre Nono (Marseille).

Today, she is associated choreographer at MEAARI and collaborate with Cahin-Caha (Marseille). Creation and interdisciplinarity are the major axes of her artistic path, which she essentially situates at the crossroads of various artistic fields, privileging notions of collaboration at the heart of her approach. She willingly convokes composers, visual artists, actors, dramaturgs, singers, inviting them to share creative projects and to confront their different practices and points of view. A strong artistic personality appears, with a certain sense of audacity, engagement, mixing delicate sensitivity and powerful concentration.

CLOUD

Residency ‘Space in between’ by Cassidy Carbine

16 January 2015 CLOUD

January 13th – February 4th

Keep yourself updated on our website or Facebook about their workshops in which they share their research.

Improvisation #2
Sunday February 1st, 16:00 – 18:00 See FB event

Improvisation #1
Sunday January 25th, 15:00 – 18:00 See FB event

Costs: donations for the studio rent or feedback at the end of the session (preferred!)

With an interdisciplinary collective Cassidy Carbine examines the question “how can we communicate (our perception of) space and time through the human body?” They are interested in the latent, complex and alternant aspects of reality. Motivated to reach beyond the obvious. “With the prism that is our research, we uncover the colors hidden within white light.”

Cassidy is a freelance dance artist based in Rotterdam motivated by the question: why do we move and how do we share this experience with others, our collective selves, and the spectator?
Some statements of Cassidy on her research process:

“The perception of space and time is a uniting factor for our realities. While we inhabit the same space, our perceptions create our individual experiences.”

“I choose to work with a variety of artist to further understand difference in individual realities. By working with different artistic approaches we can explore the topic from many directions, utilizing each artist’s background and potential in the creative process.”

“A previous creative research I conducted explored how artistic minds explored movement: dancers and non-dancers. The next step is to create together, in an aim to communicate perception and experience.”

http://ccarbine.hotglue.me

http://cassidycarbine.blogspot.com

CLOUD

Residency Bridget Fiske & Stephanie Pan

16 January 2015 CLOUD

February 9th – 13th

Morning movement warm-up: Thursday February 12, 10:30 -12:00
Presentation: Friday 13 February, 14:00 (registration required)
see for more information below

Bridget Fiske will be working intensively in CLOUD with multi-disciplinary artist and musician Stephanie Pan, investigating the potentials between voice, body and other sound/ music in choreographic process. Bridget will be testing new devising processes that will contribute to later stages of her Moving Dance Forward project.

This research project is less about working from an idea for a new work, but about having several points of departure that demand the development of diversity in process and approaches. This approach consequently supports Bridget to question her creative methodologies and philosophies as well as creating ‘signature’ outcomes. This project is ultimately about Bridget experimenting across a breadth of thought to become clearer in: her artistic interests, her communicative interests, and the processes that lead her to the creation of strong artistic content.

Photographer Matt Kowalczuk

BRIDGET FISKE is a British/ Australian dance artist (performer, choreographer, facilitator), currently based in Manchester, England. Bridget has recently been selected as one of the four inaugural Moving Dance Forward Associate artists. Commissioned by the Moving Dance Forward Associates scheme: a consortium supporting dance artists resident in the North West of England led by Dance Manchester and MDI in partnership with the Unity Theatre, Contact, The Lowry and University of Salford.

As part of this scheme Bridget’s personalised development and research project involves developing her processes for ensemble choreography. The multi-disciplinary nature of Bridget’s practice means that she is interested in her choreographic work asking questions relevant to practice in theatre, ﬁlm, interactive media and music contexts. Therefore the ensemble work she investigates will involve artists with an interdisciplinary history/ skill base.

photographer Takis Papazoglou

STEPHANIE PAN is a singer and multi-instrumentalist, performance artist, and maker based in The Hague, specializing in experimental music, new music, and experimental theater. Her work is rooted in the search for pure communication; finding contact with the audience stripped of expectations and distractions, which speaks beyond the conventional limitations and constructs of language. Her work is visceral, passionate and intense, often exploring the limits of the voice and body. Stephanie has performed extensively throughout the US and Europe. She holds a Masters in Theatre from DasArts (AHK), BA from UC Berkeley in Music and Applied Mathematics, and First Phase Diploma, with distinction, in Classical Singing from The Royal Conservatory, The Hague.

CLASS INFORMATION
Thursday February 12, 10:30 to 12:00
Bridget will deliver a morning movement warm-up and training session appropriate for professional performers of several disciplines (dancers, physical theatre and performance artists). The session will be about preparing the body for creative work whilst involving training that offers development in alignment, openness and strength.

PRESENTATION INFORMATION (registration required)
Friday February 13, 14:00
At the end of their week long residency at CLOUD Bridget and Stephanie will share very early stage processes and outcomes developed during this time. This very early stage research is a part of meta – new choreographic research projects by Bridget Fiske. Commissioned by the Moving Dance Forward Associates scheme: a consortium supporting dance artists resident in the North West of England led by Dance Manchester and MDI in partnership with the Unity Theatre, Contact, The Lowry and University of Salford.
Registration by mail: fazle_s@hotmail.com

Commissioned by the Moving Dance Forward Associates scheme: a
consortium supporting dance artists resident in the North West of
England led by Dance Manchester and MDI in partnership with the Unity Theatre, Contact, The Lowry and University of Salford.