Scott Wells workshops

2 workshops with Scott Wells(USA)!!!

in September - in Dansens Hus

1. Advanced Workshop - For Professional Movers

6-9th September 2010, every day: 12-17.00

price: 800kr when paying before 15th August, after 1000kr

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2. All Levels Weekend Workshop - For All

10-12th September 2010, fri: 18-21.00, sat: 10-17.00, sun: 10-15.00

price: 600kr when paying before 15th August, after 800kr

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"Wells has a dizzying abundance of pure dance-making talent" San Francisco Examiner

“An electrifying style of contact improvisation” San Francisco Weekly

In 1981 Scott he discovered the pleasure of contact improvisation shortly after becoming obsessed with the struggles of modern dance. He stuck with both and currently directs a company in San Francisco and tours annually to Europe.

In 2009 and 2005 Scott Wells received San Francisco’s most prestigious choreography award: The Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Choreography. In 2005 he was selected by “Dance Magazine as one of the 25 To Watch”. He has created works for skateboarders, boxers, actors and in 2010 for ballerinas with contact improvisors. Scott has trained extensively in contemporary dance and the Alexander technique. He has an MFA in dance (the highest academic degree for dance).

Flying ≠ Jumping

Lose your head to fly contact improvisation: Flight patterns, Fluid Acrobatics and Pure Contact

We will work for clear, satisfying contact improvisation in which pleasure is the first teacher. We will practice flying, catching, landing, fluid acrobatics, deft maneuvers. For the acrobatics in particular everyone will work at their own level and will learn best by building group safety and trust--I think everyone will do something they never expected. We will practice integrating the flying and acrobatics into the contact flow. That is: aerial interactions that increase the contact. Jumping ≠ Flying because jumping is is a muscular action, whereas flying is a joint nervous system based and is affected greatly by emotions and attitude.

The Performance Jam

I'd like to create an atmosphere that has more intention and group focus than a jam,

but less stringent than a formal performance. We'll develop our ensemble work and gain performance skills and resources. Contact Improvisation will be an element of our practice, an element to mix with soloing, ensemble and compositional work.

Scott’s style of contact is athletic and emphasizes freedom of movement, flying, fluid acrobatics (easy to advanced), safety, precision, pleasure and technique. What students often like best in Scott's classes is the variance between the meditative, listening, slow and sensual dancing and the fun, playful, very physical dancing. And students appreciate how the scary or advanced moves are safe, relaxed and made possible.

1) Connecting with yourself, using body sensations or images as they come up or the stories in your head. Noticing impulses to move--being able to feel your impulses, and pick which ones to follow.

2) Connecting with others (Ensemble), Awareness of others in the group. For example, f your working with levels, can you track the others’ levels as you move. Mirroring or copying others is one of our skills for this.

3) What is interesting to watch? Connecting with the watchers (audience). Do you sense what is interesting for them to see? Do you sense what place onstage will be psychologically dynamic OR make the picture of what is happening see-able. This is composition.

Video info: SW&D 1 minute trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h1-LQ0Dufo

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