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LABvoarte Inclusive Workshop Voice, movement and stillness in improvisation Adam Benjamin | UK 6 to 8 July 2023
An inclusive workshop that moves from simple accessible scores into complex and layered improvisations using voice, movement and stillness.
The workshop encourages informed choice-making, directed by individual interest, and leads toward a refined and flexible use of the senses. Valuing the spaces between as well as inside our encounters; exploring the edges of what we know - and dancing on occasion into the unknown. The workshop is respectful of individual needs for space, for rest and for challenge and is open to professional and community dancers.
Adam Benjamin is a prolific improviser, award winning choreographer, teacher, published author and painter who has inspired generations of dance artists, he teaches with humour and patience.
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Dates >> July 6, 7 and 8th Schedule >> 10am to 5pm [6 daily hours | 18 hour of training] Target Audience >> Performative Arts Community (dancers, choreographers, actors), professionals and students
WORKSHOP FEE - 180€ EARLY BIRD - 150€ [For submissions until June 9th]
DEADLINE for submissions - 3 July 2023
PAYMENT
The workshop reservation will only be considered valid after payment of the total amount and after sending the respective proof of payment to producao@voarte.com.
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ADAM BENJAMIN
Adam is an award-winning choreographer, author, teacher, and one of the pioneers of inclusive dance. He was joint founder and artistic director of CandoCo Dance Company (1990 – 98) and founded Tshwaragano Dance Company, the first South African dance company integrated on both racial and disability lines. His seminal text Making an Entrance, first published by Routledge in 2002 was updated in 2022 in its 2nd edition.
A founder member of the improvisational ensemble Five Men Dancing, he has choreographed for communities and professional companies around the world. He has been an Associate Artist at The Place, a Wingate Scholar, a Rayne Choreographic Fellow, recipient of an Arts Council International Artist Fellowship. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2013 and was amongst the first choreographers to receive the award of Change Maker from the South Bank Centre in 2015.
Director of The Dancers’ Forest initiative aimed at encouraging environmental responsibility within the dance sector.
Observations: workshop will be given in english, translated to portuguese language |
