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The Call of The Wild
A workshop in improvisation & movement research with Janis Claxton
Exploring the body as creative resource
Sunday June 22
10.30am - 4.30pm St Stephens Centre
St Stephen Street Edinburgh EH3 5AL
In this workshop I would like to share some of my current and ongoing movement research based around explorations of the animal within all moving bodies.
By delving deeper into the vast creative resource of the body, we will source not only movement and sensation, but also meaning and metaphor, exploring gesture,
A workshop in improvisation & movement research with Janis Claxton
Exploring the body as creative resource
Sunday June 22
10.30am - 4.30pm St Stephens Centre
St Stephen Street Edinburgh EH3 5AL
In this workshop I would like to share some of my current and ongoing movement research based around explorations of the animal within all moving bodies.
By delving deeper into the vast creative resource of the body, we will source not only movement and sensation, but also meaning and metaphor, exploring gesture,
presence, instinct & connectivity with self & other through improvisation. The day will include some Contact Improvisation and hands on body work.
Janis Claxton(Aus/UK) is a choreographer, performer and 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 and other Somatic Therapies.
She is Artistic Director of Janis Claxton Dance, an Associate Lecturer at the Scottish School Of Contemporary Dance, a regular guest teacher at Dance Academy Arnhem (NL), and teaches
Janis Claxton(Aus/UK) is a choreographer, performer and 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 and other Somatic Therapies.
She is Artistic Director of Janis Claxton Dance, an Associate Lecturer at the Scottish School Of Contemporary Dance, a regular guest teacher at Dance Academy Arnhem (NL), and teaches
many independent workshops for continuing professional development throughout the UK and abroad.
This workshop is 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.
Cost:
£30 waged. £25 low waged/concession. £20 Full time students
Enquiries & Bookings:
www.janisclaxton.com
Bookings & pre-payment essential.
Please contact Janis for details;
07813864778 janis@...
This workshop is 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.
Cost:
£30 waged. £25 low waged/concession. £20 Full time students
Enquiries & Bookings:
www.janisclaxton.com
Bookings & pre-payment essential.
Please contact Janis for details;
07813864778 janis@...
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