Workshop for Professionals

 

NAO Project - Nuovi Autori Oggi

With the contribution of: Fondazione Cariplo
Partner: Lifework Association
Supported by: GAI - Associazione per il Circuito dei Giovani Artisti Italiani and Comune di Milano
In collaboration with: Associazione Sinapsi and Proscaenium

7-9 May 2010 - Workshop with David Hernandez

Friday 7 May 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Saturday 8 May 2010 from 11am to 6pm
At DiD Studio - via Procaccini 4 - Milan (Italy)

Sunday 9 May 2010 from 10:30am to 5.30pm
At Lifework Center - Via Enrico Fermi 615 - 21027 Ispra (VA - Italy)

Only for NAO selected artists

"My class is dealing mainly with the notion of weight, creating a dialogue with gravity. Through this class, I'm searching as well to make visible the volume and the multy-layeres of the body in relation to its environment. By visiting different levels of energy and dynamics , I'm developing exercises to awaken the posture conscience, and through choreographic phrases and improvisation tasks, I'm looking to « warm-up » an '‘internal momentum' which generates fluidity in movements and amplifying the presence of the body in space " - David Hernandez

Workshop is open to intermediate and advanced dancers

David Hernandez was born in Miami where he studied dance at New World School of the Arts. He moved to New York and worked as an apprentice for the Trisha Brown dance company. He left the U.S.A. and moved to Europe with Meg Stuart to help her start Damaged Goods in Belgium. After leaving the company he return to build his own work in Brussels under the name Edwardvzw. In the late 90s David directed the Performance Education Program (PEP) in Leuven. He teaches regularly at PARTS and he is working with different companies among Anouk van Dijk Company (N), as a dancer, educator and co-director with LaborGras (G) for the multimedia production "I, Myself and Me again" and as assistant choreographer with Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker and Rosas productions "D’un Soir Un Jour", "Penture", "La Monnaie happening", "Keeping Still" and "Zeitung".

25-27 June 2010 - Workshop with Ted Stoffer

Friday 25 June 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Saturday 26 June 2010 from 11am to 6pm
At DiD Studio - via Procaccini 4 - Milan (Italy)

Sunday 27 June 2010 from 10:30am to 5.30pm
At Centro Lifework - Via Enrico Fermi 615 - 21027 Ispra (VA - Italy)

Only for NAO selected artists

The class is taught in three parts. Warm up: informed by yoga practice. Centering and Isolation: informed by principles of Tai-chi, Tango and tools Ted Stoffer has developed throughout his career as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. This part of the class offers different techniques to bring awareness to moving as an integrated whole and in isolated parts. These techniques are used to generate movement and challenge dancers to search outside their habitual movement patterns. Combination: Participants are given a structure in which to apply the information they've learnt. They are encouraged to create and sustain a physical ambiance inside defined parameters. Awareness is brought to group dynamics and the beginning basis of instant composition is established.

Workshop is open to intermediate and advanced dancers

Ted Stoffer came into contemporary dance via gymnastics, jazz and classical ballet. Since coming to Europe in 1990 he has danced for: Les Ballets C de la B, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Rambert Dance Company, Scapino Ballet and various freelance choreographers. Since 1995 he has taught companies, conducted workshops and mentored professional choreographers and dancers, from Japan to Montreal and Sweden to Istanbul. In 1997, he formed Aphasia Dance Company so he could experiment with different collaborations and creative processes. He has produced projects ranging from audience interactive installations – dance theater- film and strict movement based productions. He has also received commissions by companies in Sweden and the Dominican Republic. His last project, Aphasiadisiac was co-produced by Les Ballets C de la B and his current production, Rencontres des Imbéciles, co-created with Sayaka Kaiwa, premiers May 22, 2010 at the Brighton Festival.

LIFEWORK CENTER c/o STUDIO DANZA ISPRA
Via E. Fermi 615 - 21027 Ispra (Varese) - Italy

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