Dance Training | Improvisation | Dance Making

This intensive workshop for dancers, musicians, actors, performance artists, or movers of any kind will explore three components of a comprehensive dance experience: training, improvisation, and dance making.

The Workshop will end with a performance at the Mark Morris Dance Center, Robert W. Cole Studio, on June 28, 2019 at 5:30pm, featuring dance works developed by the participants during the course, and excerpts of DanceAction’s repertory.

Workshop: June 24 to June 28, 2019 from 1 to 4pm | Howard Hodgkin Studio

Rehearsal & Performance: June 27 & June 28, from 4 to 7pm | Howard Hodgkin Studio & Robert W. Cole Studio

Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY)

Tuition: Early Bird Registration $175 (until June 10) | From June 11 to June 23 $200

Teaching Artist: Carmen Caceres

Assistant: Thomas Gunderson Bond, Aviya Hernstadt, Nicole Rae Jones, and Laura Orfanelli

Guest Teachers: Mary Madsen & Sarah Chien

The dance training practice will allow participants to access a unique combination of movement languages and styles that will broaden their physical ability as well as their versatility as movement artists.

By progressively navigating different improvisation activities, participants will gain awareness towards the people they are moving with; they will experience clarity and ease in decision-making scenarios, and will develop a sense of alertness and strong presence in spontaneous situations. They will also integrate the concept of “Yes and!” within the group practice of dance improvisation and enhance their listening skills in dance.

Lastly, a portion of the class will be focused on dance making exercises where participants will have the opportunity to discover dance composition tools and their practicality by learning excerpts from the DA repertory. These choreographic tools, as well as the improvisation strategies, will be applied in the making of a dance that participants will perform at the culmination of the workshop.

For more information visit 

https://www.carmencaceres.com/workshop