[CI-Announce] WORKSHOP: DAVID ZAMBRANO, Improvisation on stage, April 11-15, 2011, Schwelle7, Berlin/Germany

[J.B.]

DAVID ZAMBRANO: Improvisation on stage
Monday, April 11th - Friday, April 15th, 2011
daily 12 am – 6 pm
Schwelle7, Berlin/Germany


IMPROVISATION ON STAGE

Learning to use one’s life experience, being able to consciously and  
continuously shape one’s energy integrating the body and mind, time  
and space through the practice of dance improvisation, students learn  
to create instant pieces of dance onstage in front of an audience.

The workshop begins with students improvising solos, duets, and small  
groups utilizing the class as an audience. Zambrano pushes the  
students to realize that there is always something more inside and  
that performing is spontaneous. The students are urged to break down  
old habits to search for new possibilities. Change is vital to this  
training as the student is asked to constantly change their vocabulary  
into something new. How do you use your power? How do you redefine  
what you know, turn it on and off to explore something new? The  
student become more flexible as they learn to communicate within their  
bodies, the bodies of fellow performers, and the environment in which  
they are working. Zambrano asks his students to accept everything one  
can imagine, especially the impossible, and to learn to call upon them  
when creating an improvisation.

PARTICIPANT’S PERFORMANCE

David Zambrano and the students of the workshop will perform at  
Schwelle 7 Friday, April 15 th at 8:30 pm


DAVIS ZAMBRANO

„My workshops are very physical. Whoever wants to take it, she/he must  
know that we are moving our thoughts all day.“ (D.Z.)

David Zambrano has been making dance for over 20 years. In his  
pursuits as both a creator and educator, Zambrano has visited 40  
countries, worked with more than 25,000 students, and has performed at  
hundreds of venues across the world. His pieces range from set  
choreography, structured improvisation, and pure improvisation. Born  
in Venezuela, Zambrano spent 15 years in New York, and now lives in  
Amsterdam continuing to perform and teach worldwide. His improvisation  
is committed to art as a cultural exchange developing the creative  
process in a world without borders. Zambrano sees improvisation as an  
art and choreography as a vehicle to further develop his work in  
improvisation.

Zambrano’s pursuits as an improviser, choreographer, and performer  
have been presented all over the world. The most notable examples of  
his original projects of both solo and group work include: Twelve  
Flies Went Out at Noon (2005), Barcelona in 48 Hours (2004), The  
Rabbit Project/Proyecto Conejo (2003), Mandraking (2002), David  
Zambrano InvitesÖ(2000), Acme (1999), Ballroom (1996), Proyecto: Z  
(1994), Red Blink (1994), Agua Fuerte (1993), Cancion de Diente  
(1993), Sabana (1990), Fetiche (1987), and Para Carmen (1984). He also  
founded the Festival de Danza Postmoderna in Venezuela in 1989 and was  
its director until 1993.

Zambrano’s methods in improvisation are influenced by the training he  
teaches around the globe. The most notable method is his Flying Low  
technique which examines the dancer’s relationship to the floor,  
earth, and ground. These techniques are very sought after by  
festivals, dance companies and schools including: Movement Research  
(New York), American Dance Festival (USA and Japan), PARTS (Belgium),  
La Caldera (Spain), Impulstanz Festival (Austria), Wim Vandekeybus/ 
Ultima Vez (Belgium), Sasha Waltz and Guests (Germany), New York Dance  
Intensive (USA), AREA (Spain), The School for New Dance, Development  
(Holland), Dansens Hus (Denmark), Rosas (Belgium), La Anonima Imperial  
(Spain), Danza Abierta (Cuba), Danza Combinatoria (Cuba), Retazos  
(Cuba), Espacio Alterno (Venezuela), Neodanza (Venezuela), Taller de  
Danza Contemporanea de Caracas (Venezuela).

His performance work has been presented at or by: Movement Research  
Presenting Series (USA), Dance Theater Workshop (USA), The Kitchen  
(USA), Festival Aix-en-Provence (France), Tanzwerkstatt Berlin  
(Germany), Tamperen International Theater Festival (Finland),  
Improvisation Festival/New York (USA), Primer Taller Internacional de  
Danza (Cuba), Periferics (Spain), P.S. 122 (USA), CODA (Norway),  
Impulstanz Festival (Austria), Konfrontance (Czech Republic), Danspace  
Project at St. Mark’s Church (USA), the Whitney Museum (USA), Theater  
Frascati (Netherlands), and many others.

Past collaborators include: Jennifer Monson, Sasha Waltz, Mark  
Tompkins, Mat Voorter, Simone Forti, Pooh Kaye, Simone Sandroni, Bill  
T. Jones, Donald Fleming, Jill Becker, Yoshiko Chuma, Ismael Houston- 
Jones, Jordi Cortez, Hisako Horikawa, Frans Poelstra, Palle Dyrval,  
Katie Duck, Michael Moore, Sam Bennett, Robin Holcomb, Yuval Gabay,  
Guy Yarden, Otto Lechner, Max Nagl, Miguel Noya, Johannes Bauer,  
Dietmar Diesner, Joelle Leandro, Michael Vatcher, Nuno Rebelo, Misha  
Mengelberg, Ab Bears, Wilbert De Joode, Tristan Honsinger, Thomas  
Hauert, Mat Voorter.

He has been the recipient of many grants, awards and fellowships as  
well as having served on various panels and juries. They include the  
National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts,  
the Suitcase Fund administered by Dance Theater Workshop with funds by  
the Rockefeller Foundation, the New York State Council for the Arts,  
The Jerome Foundation, and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. Zambrano has  
been a panelist for the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Certamen  
Coreografico de Madrid, and the PARTS school for Contemporary Dance in  
Brussels. As a recognized artist of merit, he was granted special  
residency status by the Dutch government.

http://www.davidzambrano.org


UDDATES: http://www.schwelle7.de/DavidZambrano.html
REGISTRATION: xs4jan (at) gmx.de
PRICE: 200 EUR

SLEEPING:
We can host up workshop participants in our special sleeping cocoons.  
The cost is 10 EUR a night per person.

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Schwelle 7
Uferstraße 6, backyard, left site, 2. floor
13357 Berlin – Wedding (Nähe Uferstudios)
http://www.schwelle7.de
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=286059761953

Schwelle 7 – Cie. Felix Ruckert Berlin e.V.
Artistic & Managing Director: Felix Ruckert
info at felixruckert.de

Trafic 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

  
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