All workshops take place Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the studio seven. Studio seven will be available full time on these three days through out the summer course and on Saturday and Sundays 18:00 onwards. Timetables with the teachers are four hours per day on these three days leaving the rest of the hours available in the studio seven for artists students to timetable tutorials, independent sessions and rehearsals.
On the Tuesdays and Thursdays the work is in the studio single in the same building as the studio seven (up stairs) three hours per day. The rest of the time table on these days are available for tutorials with Katie duck, Manuela Tessi, Sylvain Meret and Alfredo Genovesi in another location in Amsterdam.
Sessions will be placed in another location in Amsterdam on the Tuesdays and Thursdays for the musicians to practice outside of the sessions with the dancers. Katie Duck and Alfredo Genovesi accompany these sessions with feedback.
Performances take place every Friday and Saturday and/or Sunday at the studio seven at 21:00 for the exception of Wonderland with Makiko Ito, which takes place at 16:00.
July 18-22 13:00 to17:00 Monday Wednesday Friday 14:00 to 17:00 Tuesday Thursday Katie Duck and Alfredo Genovesi toward music dance performances July 22 and 23 (two groups)
These sessions involve exchanging music and dance educations using improvisation as a location to place the practice. Musicians and dancers exchange languages and aims while Katie and Alfredo introduce discussions about the workings of the body, brain, mind and creativity. Improvisation sessions merge with lecture materials, and individual feedback allowing for time, direction and reflection.
July 25-29 13:00 to 17:00 Monday Wednesday Friday 14:00 to 17:00 Tuesday 18:00 to 21:00 Thursday Makiko Ito toward Wonderland performances July 30 and 31 (two groups)
This process is aimed toward an Improvisation performance group work in the on-going Amsterdam based project “Wonderland”. Wonderland (2006-now) is a performance in which children are invited to actively participate, be stimulated, expand their own curiosity and talent, and create their own world in a playful way. We will study creating performances in real time that include improvisation, interactions with public members and compositions which are formed instantly in front of the public eye. The main theme is how we can share our imaginations and how we can invite others into the space to create together.
August 1-5 13:00 to 17:00 Monday Wednesday Friday 18:00 to 21:00 Tuesday Thursday Sharon Smith toward performances August 5 and 6
We will develop structures and materials and improvise through them. Exploring ‘meanings’ through contextualization, placement and mediation. This will involve a strong focus on collective work, and on ‘solo responsibility’ within the performance of a collective score. We will construct a performance score, working towards a public, ensemble performance at the end of our working week.
August 8-12 13:00 to 17:00 Monday Wednesday Friday 14:00 to 17:00 Tuesday Thursday) Katie Duck and Alfredo Genovesi toward performances August 12 and 13 (two groups)
This workshop will extend on the work done in the first week of the course with an emphasis on the dancers and musicians ability to rehearse and discuss the direction of their work.
August 15-19 10:00 to 12:00 Monday Wednesday Friday 14:00 to 17:00 Thursday Alan McDormitt Feldencrias
Trained at the Feldenkrais International Training Centre in the U.K. from 2003 – 2007 and is a listed member of practitioners with the Feldenkrais. He previously studied at The School For New Dance Development in Amsterdam 1994 - 1996 with Susan Rethorst, Trude Cone, Nancy Stark Smith and Katie Duck among others, earning a Dutch postgraduate diploma in Higher Education. From 1982 -1985. These classes are open to both the dancers and the musicians.
August 15-19 13:00 to 16:00 Monday, Wednesday Friday 14:00 to 17:00 Tuesday Vincent Cacialano
Education and training from the rich heritage of American Modern and Avante- Garde Dance, studying with artists such as Alwin Nikolais, Erick Hawkins, Martha Curtis (Pauline Koner) and Chris Burnside (Bella Lewitsky) and dancing in works by Meg Harper (Cunningham) and Sharon Kinney (Paul Taylor). He holds a Master of Fine Arts (equivalent to a PhD.) in Dance and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University, including Acting and Voice for Stage. Currently he is a Senior Lecturer and Program Leader at The Manchester Metropolitan University (2006). As an instant composer and real time performer he has worked with Magpie Music Dance Company, Duck Projects, Max Factory, Blue Stockings events, and with artists such as Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Kirstie Simpson, David Zambrano, Pauline DeGroot, Benoit Lechambre, Julian Hamilton, Annouk Van Dijk.
August 19-20 performances directed by artist students (two groups)
