Bridging the gap between training and doing.

EDAP1 - May 9-13 Michael Trent and Jacob Zimmer with Kelly Keenan
Performers make the work: a workshop in creation strategies ...details

EDAP2 - May 16-20 Ame Henderson/Public Recordings
Composition and conceptual strategies. ...details

Eligibility and Requirements

EDAP2011 is open to dancers, choreographers and other interested artists* who have completed or are in the final year of their post-secondary training or equivalent.

All participants should have a capacity or curiosity for: collaboration, creative processes, cross-disciplinary approaches, generosity of spirit, risk taking and a willingness to confront assumptions.

*Please note there will be significant physical work during the two weeks. A strong physical practice is recommended.

Fees and Registration:

$350/week (see below for fee breakdown)

Applications must include:
- A letter of interest in the program including which programs and Blocks you are interested in.
- A CV with previous training and experience

Please note that applicants may be contacted for an interview.
Send all applications and inquiries to edap [at] dancemakers.org.

DETAILS:

EDAP1 - May 9-13 Michael Trent and Jacob Zimmer with Kelly Keenan

These days, many dance and theatre artists are doing some version of collaborative creation - creating work out of improvisation and with the investment and input from performers.

Every process can be different and there is little training for being a performer in such work. What are some of the skills, experiences and values that performers can bring to the studio?

Dancemakers Artistic Director Michael Trent and dramartuge and Small Wooden Shoe director Jacob Zimmer lead a five-day workshop
for emerging performers in composition, led-colloboration and creation.

Strategies drawn from Trent and Zimmer's contemporary dance and theatre practices - including tactics and training from the Viewpoints, Anne Bogart, Jonathon Burrows and others.

Block 1 $75
10-11:30 Morning Class - Axis Syllabus with Kelly Keenan
Falling Matters. Considering falling as the basic premise in locomotion, these classes will propose logical and complex patterns to generate, harness and recycle energy. Dynamic floor and standing material will be offered drawing attention to the acquisition of biomechanical principles ranging from reception and propulsion, chronology of supports, weight distribution, rhythm and coordination, breath and so on.

Block 2 $325
12:00 - 1:30 Strategies in Creation
Viewpoints inspired improvisation/creation strategies. The Viewpoints is a vocabulary for improvisation that grew out of postmodern dance. First articulated by Mary Overlie and then expanded by Anne Bogart, the Viewpoints develop group awareness, articulate choices and bold visions.

2:30-5:30 Creation Work - Working as performer/collaborators in a creation process led by Trent and Zimmer that will result in a short showing on the Friday afternoon.

$350 for the week (save $50)

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EDAP2 - May 16-20
Ame Henderson/Public Recordings
Ame Henderson and some of her closest collaborators invite participants to join a collaborative creation process, sharing composition and conceptual strategies and using these to create performance material and relational situations between participants.

BLOCK 1: Warm-up
10:00-11:30 $75
An eclectic range of training, including Open Source Forms, Body Mind Centering, Mind Body/Muscle Bones, releasing techniques and Material for the Spine, will inform our practice: you'll be encouraged to find your own way to work and evolve the material to prepare your body for the day. Our aim is to find ways to become more efficient, grounded, released and activated. By dropping deep into the body and awakening the back and the core, this class encourages its participants towards states of connectedness and deep listening.

BLOCK 2: Crossing the Line
12:00-1:30 $125
The company will introduce the practice of crossing the line, a collectively authored emerging group composition technique. We will explore the practice as a method for training perception, building collaborative relationships, and developing critical articulations of ourselves as performers.

BLOCK 3: Master classes with company members
2:30-5:30 $200
– Text: voice and invention with Katie Ewald
– Integrated and collaborative design practices with
Ame Henderson and Trevor Schwellnus
– Practice remix: talking, writing, moving
Ame Henderson, Brendan Jensen and Bee Pallomina

Critical approaches to composition and dramaturgy through direct studio facilitation, conversation and debate. Please bring personal work at some stage of development and be prepared to offer this material in a group setting. Bring a notebook!

$350 for the week (save $50)

SCHEDULE NOTES:
All blocks can be attended separately.
No drop-ins for afternoon sessions.
(Participants must sign up for all 5 days)

 

 

Bios

Ame Henderson lives and works in Toronto. A performer and choreographer, she is the artistic director of Public Recordings. She completed her dance training at Concordia University in Montreal and holds an MFA in Choreography from the Theaterschool at the Amsterdam School for the Arts (AHK). Her works Blue**Disco (2002), memories and statements (2004), Manual for Incidence (2005), /Dance/Songs/ (2006), Open Field Study (all together now) (2007), It was a nice party (Dancemakers, 2008) and relay (2010) have been presented in France, The Netherlands, Italy, Croatia and across Canada.  The duet The Most Together We’ve Ever Been (2009) with Matija Ferlin was presented by Dancemakers in 2010.  Ame has developed work in residence at Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Le Groupe (Ottawa), Studio 303 (Montreal) and Tangente (Montreal) as part of Clash, a choreographic research project directed by Lynda Gaudreau.

Michael Trent

Jacob Zimmer