Artistic director Katie Duck, Music director Alfredo Genovesi, Advisor for the course artists Manuela Tessi, Administration Lee Miri, Teaching staff Katie Duck, Sylvain Meret, Makiko Ito, Sharon Smith, Agustin Bellucsi, Paul Estabrook, Vincent Cacalano and Alan McDermott, Video document Ilaria Honsinger. The sessions, projects and workshops take place at the studio seven Amsterdam.
The improvisation summer course 2010 is designed so that artists can place their attention on the practice of improvisation within their dance or music studies or as a part of their professional work. Emphasis is placed on the practice of improvisation as a means to develop performance presence, composition skills, group collaboration and the integration of performance mediums.
Content
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• One week of improvisation sessions with direction.
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• Five performance projects with five-day rehearsal processes and two performances for each project. Groups will be created out of the 20 course artists so that artists perform and/or do production work for one of the performances. Production work includes lighting, video mixing, sound, stage management.
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• Two workshops. Dance performance by Agustin Belluschi from Spain and Feldenkrais + Dance by Vincent Cacalano and Alan McDormitt from England
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• Two weeks of tutorials with Katie Duck and Manuela Tessi advising Internet presence, individual networking and the course artists performances.
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• Two-week process for the course artist’s performances. Studio space allotted for rehearsals and advice from the staff involved with the course.
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• A Workshops series offered outside of the course hours with a half price fee for all artists attending the course.
Katie Duck will be accepting 18 dancers and 2 musicians.
For detailed information about the improvisation course content go to course description and agenda