exCHANGES: morris / contemporary choreographic project
Monday 30 March to Friday 3 April, 10am to 6pm at Cecil Sharp House in Camden, London
The English Folk Dance and Song Society is developing
a series of professional development projects to create a
dialogue and understanding between traditional English folk
dance forms and other dance forms currently practised
in the UK.
The first of these projects seeks to explore the creative potential of morris dance and its potential as source material in contemporary dance choreography. This one week course will be led by choreographer Kate Flatt and morris practitioner Dr Anthony Allen and will provide choreographers with the opportunity to work with dancers and musicians to experiment with morris dance vocabulary within a contemporary choreographic framework.
Course content will include daily dance class / instruction, choreographic workshops, creative sessions with musicians and dancers, sharing and discussion. The week will conclude with an informal sharing event for a small invited audience.
CHOREOGRAPHERS:
There are places for four choreographers who have a professional track record in choreography and are interested in gaining an understanding of traditional folk dances and exploring how they might use such material in their own choreography. There is no charge for participating in this course.
Choreographers should apply with a current CV, showing at least 3 years of professional choreography for artists and/or for amateurs/students (as long as a fee was received for the work), plus a statement of why they are interested and what they would hope to gain from taking part.
DANCERS:
16 contemporary-trained dancers have now applied to EFDSS to work with four choreographers and four musicians to explore these creative possibilities. There will be a sharing at the end of the week .
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