[CI-Announce] Upcoming Dance Workshops in Berlin: Nita Little, Pipaluk Supervova, João Fiadeiro, David Hatfield, Tomi Paasonen, Les gens d'Uterpan, Barbara Mahler etc.

Tue May 11 12:06:27 CEST 2010

Please forward to friends, collegues and groups, thanks Jan
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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.       João 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.     JOÃO 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). JOÃO 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. Itʼs 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
Uferstraße 6, backyard, 2. floor
13357 Berlin - Wedding / Germany
http://www.schwelle7.de
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=286059761953

Traffic link: U8 Pankstraße, U9 Osloer Straße, U9 Nauener Platz, SB  
Gesundbrunnen, SB Humboldthain, Bus M27 Brunnenplatz
http://maps.google.de/maps?daddr=13357+Berlin,+Uferstr+6