Professional Development Opportunities @ Dance House

Friday Dance Cocktails

Dance House is bringing together a mix of Creative Labs, Works in Progress and a chance to discuss them all over a special Dance House cocktail.

Creative Labs

Dance House Creative Labs provide practical support for established artists to explore new ideas and methods, as well as creative and career mentoring for emerging artists.

Mon 30 Oct – Fri 3 Nov : Anna Krzystek

In this residency Anna will begin work on STILL, the second in a series of solo pieces that follow on from TEST. STILL exists on a fine line between performance and installation. It explores the openness of an installation whilst still utilizing structural tensions found in theatre and film.

Mon 6 – Fri 10 Nov : Martial Dance

Martial Dance will develop the choreographic base for their next piece ‘Action and Reaction’ and will investigate the idea that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Mon 20 – Fri 24 Nov : Saul Garcia

Saul will explore and develop the foundations of a new framework for approaching dance and digital interactive technology – Post Human Dance. This explores movement and dance by establishing a technological bridge between body and audience user.

Mon27 Nov – Fri 1 Dec : Natasha Gilmore

Dance House’s new Dance Artist in Residence will be working with a number of dance artists and a film maker to develop an idea for a dance film entitled ‘Late’.

Working with a range of people with different life experiences will inform this project in the devising of movement material, script development and experimentation with the filming of dance.

Mon 4 – Fri 8 Dec : Rowan Gillespie

Rowan will be looking at elements from ‘Woman with a Fish’, an ongoing exploration developing from its first public showing in 2004 at WASPS Studios, Glasgow . Created as a solo performance this work relates to a very personal and intimate portrait of one woman; he relationships, desires, emotions and fears.

Mon 11 – Fri 15 Dec : Waterbaby – Linda Payne & Claire Cunningham

In this residency Waterbaby plan to explode the minefield of PC terminology. Linda and Claire will explore: What is a Social Barrier? How does a pair of crutches affect a person’s social interaction? This topic evolved from observations of how people react to disability in a social environment.

Time : 10am-5pm

Venue : CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow , G2

Contact : 0141 332 1490 or info@...

Work in Progress

The Friday at the end of each lab residency will be followed by a ‘Work in Progress’ which will be presented for peer feedback and discussion. These are also open to the public.

Time : 5.00pm

Venue : CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow , G2

Contact : 0141 332 1490 or info@...

Dance House Cocktails

These are also followed by an opportunity to meet others, debate the work and network over a Dance House cocktail at the CCA Bar from 5.30pm onwards.

Time : 5.30pm

Venue: CCA Bar, 350 Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow , G2

Contact: 0141 332 1490 or info@...

Dancers Wanted

Midday – Midnight

Workshops : 16 & 17 Nov

Performance : 18 Nov midday-midnight

A 12 hour performance of Contact Improvisation and study into performance boundaries of time/space/viewers/performers will develop out of a 2 day workshop residency. The residency and performance will be directed by Merav Israel with guest facilitators.

This is open to dancers/performers with experience in Contact Improvisation & Improvisation as a performance form, with the potential to take part in the midday-midnight performance on 18 November.

To take part please send an outline of your movement/performance/CI experience to: karen@...  www.dancehouse.org

Classes

Professional Technique Class

Fridays 22 Sep – 20 Oct : Natasha Gilmore

A dynamic and rhythmic class that draws on release and Limon techniques. The warm up uses both formal exercises and sequences alongside playful tasks that lead to highly physical sequences.

Fridays 27 Oct – 17 Nov : Sari Lievonen

This class merges different styles of contemporary dance techniques with elements of control and awareness deriving from body-mind centring based practices. Being rooted, being aware and exploring the movement experience are essential parts of this class.

Fridays 24 Nov – 8 Dec : Anna Krzystek

Anna will lead a release based technique class informed by her extensive study with Barbara Mahler. Classes aim to support professional dancers in their artistic practice.

After these classes you can join in the Dance House Creative Lab Works-in-Progress at the CCA (5.00pm) followed by a Dance House Cocktail at the CCA Bar (5.30pm).

Time : 3.30-5pm

Cost : £5 per session

Venue: Academy of Theatre Arts, 243 Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow , G2

Contact : 0141 332 1490 or info@...

The True Grit Collective :

Professional Contemporary Class

Block 1 : Mondays 11 Sep – 16 Oct

Block 2 : Begins Mon 30 Oct

True Grit is a collective set up to provide a vibrant, energizing, physically exciting and supportive environment through professional dance classes and the quality of space provided/utilized. Natasha Gilmore will take the first block of classes which allows dancers to strive for, and achieve, individual excellence, risk-taking, physical strength and creative motivation through movement and the company of other professional dancers.

Time : 10-11.30am

Cost : £5

Venue : tbc

Contact : True Grit on 07779 196892 or Dance House on 0141 332 1490 or info@...

Workshops

Music for Dance

A Training Workshop for Musicians & Dancers

Thur 9 Nov & Fri 10 Nov

This course, led by Christopher Benstead, is open to all instrumentalists and singers as well as dance teachers and choreographers. It is a unique opportunity for musicians interested in exploring the richly varied world of contemporary dance, and for dancers who would like to work with live music. This course will focus on the art of dance class accompaniment through practical demonstration, hands on experience and discussion with local dance artists as well as providing a meeting ground for potential future collaborations.

Times : 9 Nov 1-9.30pm & 10 Nov 10am-5pm

Venue : CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street , Glasgow , G2.

To book contact: Dance House on 0141 332 1490 or info@...

For more information on any of the events listed please contact:

Dance House

Maryhill Community Halls

304 Maryhill Road

Glasgow, G20 7YE

t: 0141 332 1490 / m: 07747 742547

e: info@...

w: www.dancehouse.org