Presence In Motion - an Improvisation workshop
Sunday May 6 10.30am - 4.30pm St Stephens Centre, St Stephen Street Edinburgh EH3 5AL
Through solo, duo and group improvisations, we will explore fundamental principles of movement that invite functional alignment and dynamic easeful dancing. With a focus on presence in motion, we will work with solo, duo and group improvisations to explore central and peripheral initiation, momentum, and expansion into fluidity, power and pleasure in the moving dancing body.
Return to the Body - a weekend of movement research - the body as creative resource.
Saturday & Sunday June 23 & 24 10.30am - 4.30pm St Stephens Centre, St Stephen Street Edinburgh EH3 5AL
As movement artists our bodies are our primary creative resource and can be potent starting points for the making of dance and movement based performance work. In this workshop I would like to share some of my current and ongoing movement and performance research. By delving deeper into the vast creative resource of the body, we will source not only movement and sensation, but also meaning and metaphor from the resource of our bodies - keeper of mysteries, memories and magical mobile moments!
Janis Claxton is a choreographer, performer & teacher based in Edinburgh. She has performed internationally with companies, and as a solo artist. She has been teaching dance in professional. community and educational settings for over 20 years with her work grounded in her ongoing passion for movement research. Her influences include extensive studies in Erick Hawkins Dance Technique, Contact Improvisation, Martial Arts, Body Percussion, Alexander Technique & other Somatic Therapies. She is a regular guest teacher at the Scottish School Of Contemporary Dance, Dance Academy Arnhem (NL), and teaches many independent workshops for continuing professional development throughout the UK & abroad.
These workshops are for movement based practitioners and students, artists from other forms interested in collaborations with movers, and for community members who foster a professional approach, interest and desire to exploring the moving body.
Costs:
1 day workshop: £35 waged £25 low waged/concession
Weekend workshop: £65 waged £45 low waged/concession
Both workshops: £90 waged £60 low waged/concession
Enquiries:
00 44 (0) 7813 864778 janis@... www.janisclaxton.com (new website coming soon)
Bookings:
Please send a deposit (non-refundable) of half the fee to
Janis Claxton
Flat 5 New Assembly Close
142 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1QQ
Sunday May 6 10.30am - 4.30pm St Stephens Centre, St Stephen Street Edinburgh EH3 5AL
Through solo, duo and group improvisations, we will explore fundamental principles of movement that invite functional alignment and dynamic easeful dancing. With a focus on presence in motion, we will work with solo, duo and group improvisations to explore central and peripheral initiation, momentum, and expansion into fluidity, power and pleasure in the moving dancing body.
Return to the Body - a weekend of movement research - the body as creative resource.
Saturday & Sunday June 23 & 24 10.30am - 4.30pm St Stephens Centre, St Stephen Street Edinburgh EH3 5AL
As movement artists our bodies are our primary creative resource and can be potent starting points for the making of dance and movement based performance work. In this workshop I would like to share some of my current and ongoing movement and performance research. By delving deeper into the vast creative resource of the body, we will source not only movement and sensation, but also meaning and metaphor from the resource of our bodies - keeper of mysteries, memories and magical mobile moments!
Janis Claxton is a choreographer, performer & teacher based in Edinburgh. She has performed internationally with companies, and as a solo artist. She has been teaching dance in professional. community and educational settings for over 20 years with her work grounded in her ongoing passion for movement research. Her influences include extensive studies in Erick Hawkins Dance Technique, Contact Improvisation, Martial Arts, Body Percussion, Alexander Technique & other Somatic Therapies. She is a regular guest teacher at the Scottish School Of Contemporary Dance, Dance Academy Arnhem (NL), and teaches many independent workshops for continuing professional development throughout the UK & abroad.
These workshops are for movement based practitioners and students, artists from other forms interested in collaborations with movers, and for community members who foster a professional approach, interest and desire to exploring the moving body.
Costs:
1 day workshop: £35 waged £25 low waged/concession
Weekend workshop: £65 waged £45 low waged/concession
Both workshops: £90 waged £60 low waged/concession
Enquiries:
00 44 (0) 7813 864778 janis@... www.janisclaxton.com (new website coming soon)
Bookings:
Please send a deposit (non-refundable) of half the fee to
Janis Claxton
Flat 5 New Assembly Close
142 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1QQ
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