Hi all,

up for some movement this June? Join CPR in two exciting contemporary
dance workshops!

*PRECISION CONTACT* WITH JESS CURTIS & MARIA FRANCESCA SCARONI

9 June
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
£40 / £20
The Foundry, CPR

Contact Improvisation is an improvisational dance form utilizing
physical principles such as touch, momentum, gravity, friction,
resistance, counterbalance, lifting and falling. Primarily practiced
as a duet form, it trains the senses and reflexes towards nuanced
communication through touch, and the playful interaction of weight and
momentum in space. The dancers work at the speed of reflex, tuned to
the speed of falling.

PRECISION CONTACT is a skills-based workshop for movers who want to
increase the awareness and precision in their dance. Participants
will address and practice 1) sustaining a clear point or points of
contact, 2) the modulation of speed and pressure, 3) control during
inversion, supporting and riding, 4) sensitivity to the floor, and 5)
integration of multiple foci.

JESS CURTIS (USA) is the choreographer and director of San Francisco
based dance company Jess Curtis/Gravity. His work transcends
interdisciplinary boundaries, integrating contemporary dance,
performance, improvisation, aerial acrobatics, music and physically
and culturally diverse collaborators.

MARIA FRANCESCA SCARONI (Italy) is a performer and teacher whose work
with Manuela Bondavalli Danza (Italy) has rooted her dance practice in
release-based contemporary techniques and Contact Improvisation. She
joined Jess Curtis/Gravity in 2004.

*Contemporary African Dance* with Francis Angol

16 & 17 June
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
£80 / £40
The Foundry, CPR

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DANCE is a two-day workshop that introduces
African dance from a contemporary perspective. It draws from the main
African dance forms—Ghanaian, Ivorian, Nigerian, Senegalese and South
African—as the basis of its movement and dance vocabulary—as well as
Contemporary, Caribbean and Jazz dance styles. Participants will learn
a unique yet accessible articulation of African dance, one that is
rooted in the traditional but informed by present forms.

FRANCIS ANGOL (UK) is an established choreographer, performer and
tutor of Contemporary African Dance. He is currently the Artistic
Director of Movement Angol and Director of Dance at Islington Arts
Factory (North London). Francis has been guest artist in residence in
many countries including Jamaica and Nigeria, and his choreographic
work has been performed to packed audiences at Sadler's Wells (London).

To register or enquire, please call (0) 1970 622 133 or email
cprwww@....

cheers!
KC
Marketing Assistant
Centre For Performance Research (CPR)
www.thecpr.org.uk
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