Associated Events About Diane Simon Madden Vincenzi Dance
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London Dance International is an annual initiative presented by Chisenhale Dance Space, Greenwich Dance Agency and Independent Dance that aims to provide professional dancers advanced level training opportunities. Over the space of the three weeks Shobana Jeyasingh, Simon Vincenzi and Diane Madden, will lead workshop intensives exploring the movement principles and creative processes that underpin their work. Shobana Jeyasingh Wednesday 1 July – Tuesday 7 July \ 10.00am – 5.00pm At Greenwich Dance Agency Creating Hybrids – Exploring the Choreographic Practice of Shobana Jeyasingh Collaborative creation will be at the root of this workshop, which will involve tasks that seek to tap into the creative potential of the dancer and direct them on a journey to explore movement that feels authentic, not only to themselves, but also to the group. Jeyasingh draws inspiration from life in the metropolis, unmasking collective yet diverse histories; a cacophony of bodies making unusual juxtapositions, which produce both tension and energy, loss and gain. Biography Shobana founded Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company in 1988. She has produced numerous works for the stage, theatre and camera. Her site specific work includes performances created for Greenwich Borough Hall [with a live web cast from Bangalore, India], the cafe at Waterman’s Arts, Brentford, The City Hall, London as well as 2Step for twenty dancers on the steps of St Pauls performed as part of the Olympic Handover in August 08. Her recent commissioned works include Polar Sequences for Random Dance, Triptych for Canasia Festival, Canada, Pop Idle for Ricochet’s Move Me Interactive Dance Booth, City:zen for City Contemporary Dance Company, Hong Kong and Breach for Ballet Black. Shobana has received two Time Out Dance Awards, three Digital Dance awards, and her work Palimpsest was short listed for the Southbank Show Award. She was also a recipient of the London Music and Dance Award. Shobana was awarded an MBE in January 1995 for services to dance. In May 2008 she was named an Asian Woman of Achievement for her contribution to the arts in Britain. Simon Vincenzi Monday 13 July – Friday 17 July \ 10.00am – 5.00pm At Chisenhale Dance Space The physical resonance of the dissociated voice This workshop will look at the performer as ‘a body for translation’ – through the physical acts of seeing, speaking and listening. Working with written texts and recorded soundtracks – the workshop will explore how these mediums can serve as a controlling force inhabiting the body of the performer. This will be achieved by looking at what the performer brings to the act of re-interpretation and what physical ventriloquism might be! The workshop may also include go-go dancing, wild possessions, forensic lip-syncing and an idea of a show happening somewhere else... The work during this week will be varied and at times contradictory – both intense and playful. It will not attempt to arrive at a conclusion but instead open up unexpected possibilities. Some of the ideas explored during this time are part of Simon’s ongoing project Operation Infinity www.operationinfinity.org Biography Simon Vincenzi is a London based theatre director, choreographer and designer. As a designer he has collaborated on projects with Impact Theatre, Lucy Bailey, Marisa Zannotti, The Cholmondeleys and Featherstonehaughs and Rose English. Theatre directing credits include Heartless (ICA) and The Man With The Absurdly Large Penis (Young Vic). In 1995 he formed Bock & Vincenzi with the choreographer and dancer Frank Bock. This project based company has made works for both adult and children audiences that include Three Forest Dances In A Room Of Wood, Being Barely There I Saw You Too and Breathtaking. Simon’s latest work is a collaboration with the fictional theatre company Troupe Mabuse performing The Infinite Pleasures Of The Great Unknown. Diane Madden Monday 20 July – Friday 24 July \ 11.00am – 5.00pm At Siobhan Davies Studios Before and After Trisha Brown Each day will begin with a physical practice establishing connection and articulation through the joints, qualities of weight and powering from the floor. Improvisation will be used extensively to hone time and space perception and integrate it with deepened movement awareness. Phrase material from Locus (1975) and Opal Loop (1980) will be taught to further develop spatial specificity and broaden one’s range of movement qualities. Finally, various compositional tasks will be applied to this movement vocabulary, continuing to use improvisation to become facile with choices and as a means of making the movement one’s own. Trisha Brown on Locus \ ‘I wanted to analyse, graph the immediate space around my body in an attempt to understand my elusive movement style.’ Trisha Brown on Opal Loop \ Composed of movement that is described as ‘Words that begin with ‘S’, sequential, seamless, silky, sensual.’ Biography Diane Madden has been a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company since 1980, acting as Rehearsal Director from 1984–2000. Since then she’s reconstructed Trisha Brown choreography both within the Company and at NYU Tisch, Paris Opera Ballet and Scottish National Ballet. She has developed her approach to dance incorporating anatomically based technique with improvisation, composition and performance skills while teaching at the Trisha Brown Studio as well as at P.A.R.T.S. and TILT/Spazio Danza. She recently performed her third collaboration with composer Iver Findlay and sculptor Peter Warren at Danspace Project/NYC and also appeared there in the work of Vicky Shick. The Princess Grace Foundation has recognized her with two awards, in 1986 and again in 1994 for sustained achievement. She also received a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) in 1989. Costs Places can be booked by calling Greenwich Dance Agency on +44 (0)20 8293 9741 or email [email protected] for further information. Cost \ £120 (£100 conc) Places will be allocated on a strictly first-come, first-served basis. Demand for places is always high, so we strongly advise you book as early as possible. To secure your place please send in your CV with a statement of why you want to do the course and either full payment OR a deposit of 50% of the course price. If you cancel up to two weeks before the course begins, we will refund your deposit, minus an administration fee of £15 providing we can re sell your place. If you cancel less than two weeks before the course, your deposit will not be refunded. Photography and design by iwantdesign.co.uk About Chisenhale Dance Space Chisenhale Dance Space is an organisation committed to innovation, exploration and achievement in dance and movement and works in partnership with artists, the community and other organisations to allow this to happen. For over 25 years Chisenhale Dance Space has been a centre for research and development in movement arts and independent dance. Based in Bow, East London, CDS delivers education and artistic projects throughout the year. Our vision is to enrich the lives of individuals and communities through the exploration and experience of dance. Contact Details 64 – 84 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ +44 (0)20 8981 6617 [email protected] www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk Travelling to Chisenhale Dance Space Tube \ Central Line to Mile End or Bethnal Green, District Line to Mile End Bus \ D6, 8, 277, 339 Access \ We regret that access is by stairs only. Greenwich Dance Agency Greenwich Dance Agency (gDA) is at the forefront of dance development in the UK. The Agency provides a meeting place for professional dance artists and the local community. It produces and promotes a range of activities, including classes, courses workshops, performances and events for local people to participate in and experience dance. In addition it has established a national and international reputation for creating exciting and innovative opportunities for professional artists to develop their skills and extend their practice. Contact Details The Borough Halls Royal Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8RE +44 (0)20 8293 9741 [email protected] www.greenwichdance.org.uk Travelling to Greenwich Dance Agency Train \ From Charing Cross/ London Bridge (4 trains per hour) DLR \ To Greenwich Station Bus \ 129, 177, 180, 188, 199, 286, 386 to Greenwich Car \ Parking Independent Dance at Siobhan Davies Studios Independent Dance is an artist led organisation providing a responsive framework to support, sustain and stimulate dance artists in their ongoing development as creative professionals. ID offers a specialist and coherent year round programme offering opportunities to learn, deepen enquiry, share practice and exchange ideas as part of an interdependent international community. Regular activities include professional morning classes, intensive workshops, laboratories, talks and discussions. ID’s regular programme is based at Siobhan Davies Studios where facilities include beautiful Roof Studio, changing areas and showers, the dancers lounge area and kitchen, where dancers can relax and make use of the free internet service. Siobhan Davies Studios is wheelchair accessible and the ID programme is open to disabled and non-disabled professional dance artists. Contact Details 85 St George’s Road, London, SE1 6ER +44 (0)20 7091 9650 [email protected] www.independentdance.co.uk Travelling to Siobhan Davies Studios Tube \ Northern line to Elephant and Castle Station – 10 minute walk (subway 10 exit for St George’s Road) Bus \ 12, 53, 148, 344, 360, 453 to Elephant and Castle, C10 to Imperial War Museum. Rail \ Mainline \ Waterloo Station – Elephant and Castle (Thameslink) Associated Events as part of London Dance International Launch LDI 2009 This event is for LDI attendees, professional dance artists, workshop leaders and other interested parties to network informally and celebrate the launch of the summer school. Thursday 2 July 6.00pm At Greenwich Dance Agency Going it alone Participants of Shobana Jeyasingh’s intensive will have access to rehearsal space at gDA to work alone or in small groups to further explore ideas generated in the workshop. Followed by an informal sharing/feedback session on the last day. 8, 9, 10 July 10.00am – 5.30pm each day At Greenwich Dance Agency Cost \ Free to workshop participants The body as a translator A conversation with Simon Vincenzi. Thursday 16 July 7.00pm At Chisenhale Dance Space Cost \ £5 on the door Improvisation in Choreography A conversation with Diane Madden on ‘The important role improvisational experience plays in both the creation and performance of set material’. Thursday 23 July 7.00pm At Siobhan Davies Studios Cost \ £5 on the door Halfway Between Before and After Choreographed and Performed by Diane Madden Composer \ Iver Findlay Sculptor \ Peter Warren Saturday 25 July 7.00pm At Siobhan Davies Studios Cost \ £5 on the door Or book in advance by calling Siobhan Davies Studios on +44 (0)20 7091 9650
Transcript of Associated Events About Diane Simon Madden Vincenzi Dance
London Dance International is an annual initiative presented by Chisenhale Dance Space, Greenwich Dance Agency and Independent Dance that aims to provide professional dancers advanced level training opportunities.
Over the space of the three weeks Shobana Jeyasingh, Simon Vincenzi and Diane Madden, will lead workshop intensives exploring the movement principles and creative processes that underpin their work.
Shobana JeyasinghWednesday 1 July – Tuesday 7 July \ 10.00am – 5.00pmAt Greenwich Dance Agency
Creating Hybrids –Exploring the Choreographic Practice of Shobana Jeyasingh
Collaborative creation will be at the root of this workshop, which will involve tasks that seek to tap into the creative potential of the dancer and direct them on a journey to explore movement that feels authentic, not only to themselves, but also to the group. Jeyasingh draws inspiration from life in the metropolis, unmasking collective yet diverse histories; a cacophony of bodies making unusual juxtapositions, which produce both tension and energy, loss and gain.
Biography
Shobana founded Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company in 1988. She has produced numerous works for the stage, theatre and camera. Her site specific work includes performances created for Greenwich Borough Hall [with a live web cast from Bangalore, India], the cafe at Waterman’s Arts, Brentford, The City Hall, London as well as 2Step for twenty dancers on the steps of St Pauls performed as part of the Olympic Handover in August 08. Her recent commissioned works include Polar Sequences for Random Dance, Triptych for Canasia Festival, Canada, Pop Idle for Ricochet’s Move Me Interactive Dance Booth, City:zen for City Contemporary Dance Company, Hong Kong and Breach for Ballet Black.
Shobana has received two Time Out Dance Awards, three Digital Dance awards, and her work Palimpsest was short listed for the Southbank Show Award. She was also a recipient of the London Music and Dance Award. Shobana was awarded an MBE in January 1995 for services to dance. In May 2008 she was named an Asian Woman of Achievement for her contribution to the arts in Britain.
SimonVincenziMonday 13 July– Friday 17 July \ 10.00am – 5.00pm At Chisenhale Dance Space
The physical resonance of the dissociated voice
This workshop will look at the performer as ‘a body for translation’ – through the physical acts of seeing, speaking and listening. Working with written texts and recorded soundtracks – the workshop will explore how these mediums can serve as a controlling force inhabiting the body of the performer. This will be achieved by looking at what the performer brings to the act of re-interpretation and what physical ventriloquism might be! The workshop may also include go-go dancing, wild possessions, forensic lip-syncing and an idea of a show happening somewhere else...
The work during this week will be varied and at times contradictory – both intense and playful. It will not attempt to arrive at a conclusion but instead open up unexpected possibilities. Some of the ideas explored during this time are part of Simon’s ongoing project Operation Infinity www.operationinfinity.org
Biography
Simon Vincenzi is a London based theatre director, choreographer and designer. As a designer he has collaborated on projects with Impact Theatre, Lucy Bailey, Marisa Zannotti, The Cholmondeleys and Featherstonehaughs and Rose English. Theatre directing credits include Heartless (ICA) and The Man With The Absurdly Large Penis (Young Vic). In 1995 he formed Bock & Vincenzi with the choreographer and dancer Frank Bock. This project based company has made works for both adult and children audiences that include Three Forest Dances In A Room Of Wood, Being Barely There I Saw You Too and Breathtaking. Simon’s latest work is a collaboration with the fictional theatre company Troupe Mabuse performing The Infinite Pleasures Of The Great Unknown.
DianeMadden
Monday 20 July– Friday 24 July \ 11.00am – 5.00pm At Siobhan Davies Studios
Before and After Trisha Brown
Each day will begin with a physical practice establishing connection and articulation through the joints, qualities of weight and powering from the floor. Improvisation will be used extensively to hone time and space perception and integrate it with deepened movement awareness. Phrase material from Locus (1975) and Opal Loop (1980) will be taught to further develop spatial specificity and broaden one’s range of movement qualities. Finally, various compositional tasks will be applied to this movement vocabulary, continuing to use improvisation to become facile with choices and as a means of making the movement one’s own.
Trisha Brown on Locus \ ‘I wanted to analyse, graph the immediate space around my body in an attempt to understand my elusive movement style.’ Trisha Brown on Opal Loop \Composed of movement that is described as ‘Words that begin with ‘S’, sequential, seamless, silky, sensual.’
Biography
Diane Madden has been a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company since 1980, acting as Rehearsal Director from 1984–2000. Since then she’s reconstructed Trisha Brown choreography both within the Company and at NYU Tisch, Paris Opera Ballet and Scottish National Ballet. She has developed her approach to dance incorporating anatomically based technique with improvisation, composition and performance skills while teaching at the Trisha Brown Studio as well as at P.A.R.T.S. and TILT/Spazio Danza. She recently performed her third collaboration with composer Iver Findlay and sculptor Peter Warren at Danspace Project/NYC and also appeared there in the work of Vicky Shick. The Princess Grace Foundation has recognized her with two awards, in 1986 and again in 1994 for sustained achievement. She also received a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) in 1989.
CostsPlaces can be booked by calling Greenwich Dance Agency on +44 (0)20 8293 9741 or email [email protected] for further information.
Cost \ £120 (£100 conc)
Places will be allocated on a strictly first-come, first-served basis.
Demand for places is always high, so we strongly advise you book as early as possible. To secure your place please send in your CV with a statement of why you want to do the course and either full payment OR a deposit of 50% of the course price.
If you cancel up to two weeks before the course begins, we will refund your deposit, minus an administration fee of £15 providing we can re sell your place. If you cancel less than two weeks before the course, your deposit will not be refunded.Photography and design by
iwantdesign.co.uk
About
Chisenhale Dance SpaceChisenhale Dance Space is an organisation committed to innovation, exploration and achievement in dance and movement and works in partnership with artists, the community and other organisations to allow this to happen.
For over 25 years Chisenhale Dance Space has been a centre for research and development in movement arts and independent dance. Based in Bow, East London, CDS delivers education and artistic projects throughout the year.
Our vision is to enrich the lives of individuals and communities through the exploration and experience of dance.
Contact Details64 – 84 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ+44 (0)20 8981 6617mail@chisenhaledancespace.co.ukwww.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk
Travelling to Chisenhale Dance SpaceTube \ Central Line to Mile End or Bethnal Green, District Line to Mile EndBus \ D6, 8, 277, 339Access \ We regret that access is by stairs only.
Greenwich Dance AgencyGreenwich Dance Agency (gDA) is at the forefront of dance development in the UK. The Agency provides a meeting place for professional dance artists and the local community. It produces and promotes a range of activities, including classes, courses workshops, performances and events for local people to participate in and experience dance. In addition it has established a national and international reputation for creating exciting and innovative opportunities for professional artists to develop their skills and extend their practice.
Contact DetailsThe Borough HallsRoyal Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8RE+44 (0)20 8293 9741 [email protected] www.greenwichdance.org.uk
Travelling to Greenwich Dance AgencyTrain \ From Charing Cross/ London Bridge (4 trains per hour)DLR \ To Greenwich Station Bus \ 129, 177, 180, 188, 199, 286, 386 to Greenwich Car \ Parking
Independent Dance at Siobhan Davies StudiosIndependent Dance is an artist led organisation providing a responsive framework to support, sustain and stimulate dance artists in their ongoing development as creative professionals.
ID offers a specialist and coherent year round programme offering opportunities to learn, deepen enquiry, share practice and exchange ideas as part of an interdependent international community.
Regular activities include professional morning classes, intensive workshops, laboratories, talks and discussions. ID’s regular programme is based at Siobhan Davies Studios where facilities include beautiful Roof Studio, changing areas and showers, the dancers lounge area and kitchen, where dancers can relax and make use of the free internet service. Siobhan Davies Studios is wheelchair accessible and the ID programme is open to disabled and non-disabled professional dance artists.
Contact Details85 St George’s Road, London, SE1 6ER+44 (0)20 7091 [email protected] www.independentdance.co.uk
Travelling to Siobhan Davies StudiosTube \ Northern line to Elephant and Castle Station – 10 minute walk (subway 10 exit for St George’s Road)Bus \ 12, 53, 148, 344, 360, 453 to Elephant and Castle, C10 to Imperial War Museum.Rail \ Mainline \ Waterloo Station – Elephant and Castle (Thameslink)
Associated Eventsas part of London Dance International
Launch LDI 2009This event is for LDI attendees, professional dance artists, workshop leaders and other interested parties to network informally and celebrate the launch of the summer school.
Thursday 2 July 6.00pmAt Greenwich Dance Agency
Going it aloneParticipants of Shobana Jeyasingh’s intensive will have access to rehearsal space at gDA to work alone or in small groups to further explore ideas generated in the workshop. Followed by an informal sharing/feedback session on the last day.
8, 9, 10 July 10.00am – 5.30pm each dayAt Greenwich Dance AgencyCost \ Free to workshop participants
The body as a translatorA conversation with Simon Vincenzi.
Thursday 16 July 7.00pmAt Chisenhale Dance SpaceCost \ £5 on the door
Improvisation in Choreography
A conversation with Diane Madden on ‘The important role improvisational experience plays in both the creation and performance of set material’.
Thursday 23 July 7.00pm At Siobhan Davies StudiosCost \ £5 on the door
Halfway BetweenBefore and AfterChoreographed and Performedby Diane MaddenComposer \ Iver FindlaySculptor \ Peter Warren
Saturday 25 July 7.00pmAt Siobhan Davies StudiosCost \ £5 on the doorOr book in advance by calling Siobhan Davies Studios on +44 (0)20 7091 9650
