Date Saturday 12th October
Time 11.00am - 5.00pm (Studio open from 10.30am for warming up)
Venue AMATA, Falmouth University, Studio B
Who? 18yrs + dancers & students, movement adventurers & performers, all those with a willingness to experiment with their bodies & ideas, be generous to others & take the risk of not knowing the steps!
Fee: £10 p/p
/Bookings OPEN email artsdevelopment@hallforcornwall.org.uk
Places are limited, so please book in advance.
Workshop Description
SEMINAR & PHYSICAL WORKSHOP
with Lois Taylor (Dance Centred) & Anne Ekenes (Panta Rei Danseteater)
Question: "How to stay relevant as a creative artist in the area through political and economic changes."
A day where dance & conversation between artists living & working in Cornwall and Norway, converge into improvisation. A chance to reignite your passion for what you do, inspire your practice & find a free flow of ideas and movement. Facilitated & curated by Lois Taylor, independent dance artists & co-director of Dance Centred, & Anne Ekenes, CEO & Artistic Director of Panta Rei Danseteater and dancers.
Lois & Anne have many years of experience in the dance field, they will share insights into their artistic practice & how their projects Physical Postcards and Silence is a result of this.
Participants will share inspirations and responses to being a dance artist today, through vibrant facilitated discussion and an opportunity to move the body freely and explore spontaneous improvisation.
11.00am - 1.00pm Presentations, round-table discussions
Lunch
13.45 - 15.15pm Physical Postcards Workshop - led by Lois Taylor
Break
3.30pm - 5.00pm Group Physical Postcards & final reflections
Physical Postcards, Lois Taylor - Exploring Improvisation in Performance
www.physicalpostcards.co.uk
Building on the Physical Postcards practice of sending messages from the body, the session will offer a delicious warm-up for the body. Through structured improvisation, we will then explore a call & response between our thoughts, our bodies & our observations of each other & texts written & offered, to find an open & free channel of in the moment improvisation. These events are always playful, unexpected & utterly unique.
More about Silence, Panta Rei Danseteater
www.pantareidanseteater.com/en/forestillinger/silence
About Lois & Anne
Lois Taylor
A dance artist who has continued to explore her artistic practice throughout her career, always finding new surprises in it to inspire her. She founded & was Artistic Director & choreographer of an Arts Council regularly funded company for 17 years, before working as a dance lecturer at Falmouth & Plymouth Universities. She is now Co-Director of Dance Centred, runs Midsummer Dance platform & The Breathing Space project. She is a performer & choreographer on a range of artists projects & is recognised for her ability to build bridges for people through her work, leading them into experimental & playful dance practice.
Anne Ekenes
After training and performing in Norway & the UK, Anne moved back to Oslo, Norway & established Panta Rei Danseteater (PRD) in 2000. The company is known for fast-paced, colourful dance theatre performances that are accessible to a wide range of audiences in a variety of theatrical & non-theatrical spaces. PRD has one of the most diverse audiences in Norway & in 2017 the company was nominated for Norwegian Audience Development Prize. The company tours nationally & internationally, building long-term relationships with partners & projects.
Lois Taylor
Silence, Panta Rei Danseteater
Image by Tale Hendnes