From xs4jan at gmx.de Tue May 11 12:06:27 2010 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (J.B.) Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:06:27 +0200 Subject: [CI-Announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?Upcoming_Dance_Workshops_in_Berlin?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_Nita_Little=2C_Pipaluk_Supervova=2C_Jo=E3o_Fiadeiro=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_David_Hatfield=2C_Tomi_Paasonen=2C_Les_gens_d=27Uterpan?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=2C_Barbara_Mahler_etc=2E?= Message-ID: Please forward to friends, collegues and groups, thanks Jan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++ Dear dancers, please have a look at the workshop program: +++ LAST CALL - BOOK ASAP+++ 24.-29.5. Pipaluk Supernova: Find your inner Rockstar http://www.schwelle7.de/Pipaluk.html 31.5-5.6. Nita Little: Articulating Presence http://www.schwelle7.de/Nita%20Little.html +++ WORKSHOPS JUNE - JULY +++ 7.-11.6. Jo?o Fiadeiro: Real Time Composition ->Infos see below 14.-18.6. David Hatfield: The Singing Soul: Improvisational A Cappella ->Infos see below 21.-25.6. Tomi Paasonen: Dancing Screens http://www.schwelle7.de/Tomi%20Paasonen.html 28.6.-4.7. Les gens d'Uterpan: Performance as Reference ->Infos see below 12.-16.7. Barbara Mahler: Klein Technique http://www.schwelle7.de/Barbara%20Mahler.html +++ WORKSHOPS AUGUST - DECEMBER +++ 6.-11.9. Steve Clorfeine: Movement and Space: Improvisation from Inside out ->Infos see below 27.9-1.10. Yumi Fujitani: One's own Energy http://www.schwelle7.de/Yumi%20Fujitani.html 4.-9.10. Sabine Sonnenschein: CI based on Tantra http://www.schwelle7.de/SabineSonnenschein.html 11.-17.10. Adrian Russi: Contact Improvisation http://www.schwelle7.de/Adrian%20Russi.html 29.-31.10. Barbara Dukas: Where the voice inhabits http://www.schwelle7.de/Barbara%20Dukas.html 15.-20.11. Martha Moore: Narrative Assemblage http://www.schwelle7.de/Martha%20Moore.html 22.-26.11. Daniel Lepkoff: Foundations of Improvisation http://www.schwelle7.de/Daniel%20Lepkoff.html 13.-19.12. Julyen Hamilton: Composition http://www.schwelle7.de/Julyen.html FEE: 150 Euro REGISTER: per email to xs4jan at gmx.de VENUE: Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany SLEEPING: We can host up workshop participants basic opportunities to stay overnight. The cost is 10 EUR a night per person. More options: http://www.schwelle7.de/GAESTE.html +++ 7.-11.6. JO?O FIADEIRO: REAL TIME COMPOSITION +++ According to Giorgio Agamben the ?I would prefer not to?? from Bartleby keeps ?possibility suspended between occurrence and non- occurrence, between the capacity to be and the capacity not to be.? This in-betweenness is the ?play-ground? of the Real Time Composition method. Only from ?here? I can recognize and ?capture? that little fragment of reality which will unfold, simultaneously, into the future and into the past. And in it I can find the "remains" of something that was left behind, that which was forgotten (for there is no perfect crime). This "fragment" is what lies between the body and ?the presence of the other in the body?, a permanent escape towards things that are not yet, towards things that might be(come). The main goal of the ?Real Time Composition? method is to put the practician in the position of ?mediator? and ?facilitator? of the events, blocking his temptation to impose himself by means of the will or the ability to manipulate them. His only ?creative act?, should there be any, amounts to the mastery with which he handles the tension, the balance and potential of the material he is dealing with and letting things happen "by themselves" (...they always do). JO?O FIADEIRO see http://www.re- al.org/ +++ 14.-18.6. DAVID HATFIELD: THE SINGING SOUL: IMPROVISATIONAL A CAPPELLA +++ ?Goes to unforeseen destinations of hilarity, weirdness, extraordinary harmony, & transcendence.? The Singing Soul is spontaneous, in-the-moment singing, the unveiling of our very uniqueness in melody, harmony and rhythm...our stories, in words, and beyond them. It?s for those who are ready to let go of "getting it right" and to embrace letting it just happen. Unrehearsed singing evokes the genuine and soulful voice. By turns edgy, hilarious, challenging, and deeply moving, each moment is an original composition that is unrehearsed, precious and irreplaceable. And as fate would have it, it's also profoundly fun! There's no wrong notes and nothing to memorize, just breathe and sing...ahh. This utterly experiential course is a powerful experience of improvised music making and of being alive and present. A wide variety of clearly outlined structures are offered, for the full group, small groups, duets and soloing; each of which generates different experiences and outcomes. Sessions are punctuated with pauses to process our learnings together. Participants will hone the arts of the improviser: deep listening, spontaneous expression, fluid awareness of self and others, working with change, and trusting intuition. You'll strengthen your abilities as a vocal musician in creating melodies and harmonies, laying down vocal percussion grooves and bass lines, and gelling with others in creating freewheeling counterpoint that just begs a soloist - then becoming that too! Experience new roles and genres in your music-making. The synergy of improvisation inspires and empowers as singers discover utterly new terrain vocally, musically, and expressively. DAVID HATFIELD see http://www.davidhatfield.ca +++ 28.6.-4.7. LES GENS D?UTERPAN: PERFORMANCE AS REFERENCE +++ The work Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet (les gens d?Uterpan) develop uses performance as a reference. They use the dancer as a medium to bring he or she towards a broader definition of the performer. Their productions enact excess and provide a critique of scenic and theatrical conventions. Their work is produced and presented in both the fine arts and dance networks. The educational work that the choreographers propose has a direct connection to their X-Event creations but is also open to other experimentation. On this level the work radicalises the person in terms of their presence, their prospective aptitudes as well as their capacity to confront different forms of exhibition. It is approached in the form of successive workshops. The sessions are designed according to the group involved and the physical and contextual levels of experimentation it can attain. The work pays particular attention to the group and to the transgression of space as a vector of innovative confrontation. Each session plays upon an accepted consciousness of the choreographer. This realisation makes the dancer accept to act according to the orders her or she has been given, which shifts the framework and functioning of his or her responsibility as a performer. Participation in the workshops requires a great deal of dedication, audacity and capitulation. It relies on the sensitive and concrete experience of one's body as a physical and social tool. A tool for exploration as well as confrontation. An individual testing of one's limits. LES GENS D'UTERPAN see http://www.lesgensduterpan.com +++ 6.-11.9. STEVE CLORFEINE: MOVEMENT AND SPACE: IMPROVISING FROM THE INSIDE OUT +++ We begin with the powerful tools of expressive movement: stillness, silence and space. From that foundation, we investigate the contrast between the empty space and the qualities that our activities project onto it as we dance, act, and tell stories. Our improvisation practice works with six energies: space, time, kinesthetic, relationship, image, and story. These energies and the dynamics that arise from their interplay inform the choices we make as improvisers - our entrances, exits; beginning, middle, and end. How can we be ourselves in the moment and embody what we want to communicate? How does composition interact with our awareness of the shifting ground of improvisation? We will practice with forms which define and sharpen our relationship to space and to each other: solos, duets, trios, and group work in sound, movement, and text. Our work focuses on being and doing, exploring our natural strengths, doubts, attractions, and inhibitions. "I think of improvisation as fieldwork, an open laboratory for expressive communication; a heightened awareness that develops and shifts with natural grace." STEVE CLORFEINE see http://www.steveclorfeine.com VENUE: Schwelle 7 Uferstra?e 6, backyard, 2. floor 13357 Berlin - Wedding / Germany http://www.schwelle7.de http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=286059761953 Traffic link: U8 Pankstra?e, U9 Osloer Stra?e, U9 Nauener Platz, SB Gesundbrunnen, SB Humboldthain, Bus M27 Brunnenplatz http://maps.google.de/maps?daddr=13357+Berlin,+Uferstr+6