Workshops

Monday 2 & Tuesday 3 July

Workshop Lisbeth Gruwez / Marina Kaptijn

Teacher: Marina Kaptijn (Jan Fabre Teaching Group) & Lisbeth Gruwez ( Voetvolk/BE)

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Workshop "Voetvolk""

taught by Lisbeth Gruwez & Marina Kaptijn

In this workshop you will be working with themes and movement patterns taken from the piece “which Lisbet Gruwez will be performaing at Julidans festival 2012 on 4 & 5 July (www.julidans.com).

In “It’s going to get worse and worse, my friend” Lisbeth dances the trance of that ecstatic speechifying . In the process she takes advantage of fragments from a speech by the ultraconservative American televangelist Jimmy Swaggart.

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6 , 7, 8 July 2012

Workshop with Ann Van den Broek

Teacher: Ann van den Broek

In this workshop the focus will be on motivation en intention from which a movement can originate. You will work with different dance phrases from Ann’s work, with concentration on dynamic changes, imagination, rhythm, emotional expression, next to the timing during interpretation and presentation. You also will be given assignments and will play with Ann’s vocabulary.

Special offer:

articipants of the HJS / Julidans Festival workshops will receive a discount pass, and receive 50 % discount on Julidans' performances at Stadsschouwburg and Bellevue Theater

(for 1 person, only on the day of the performance after 18:00 hours, with a minimum of € 10,-, and unless sold out) It is not possible to make reservations.

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2 - 6 July 2012 (5 days)

Workshop with Kathleen Hermesdorf

Teacher: Kathleen Hermesdorf

GUT MOTIVES (an alternative 'technique' class)

A general unified theory of the act of motion from internal impulse to external expression, utilizing a hybrid of forms to encourage deep awareness and understanding of the body. Motivated from the gut (center & viscera), requiring guts (courage & instinct) and translating to 'good' & 'possession', the practice is a progression of energy cultivation, hands-on instigation, somatic improvisation, technical experiments and methods of falling, flying & inversion, culminating in dynamic, 3-dimensional phrase work. An intimate and animated arena for physical and artistic exploration, cultivating sensate virtuosity, kinetic efficiency and interactive intelligence.

Workshop

The space between & trajectories of touch (CONTACT IS MAGIC)

There is space between everything. Within this space lies infinite potential, tangible energy and a connection to the mystery, the invisible, the ineffable. We bridge the space between bodies with touch. Touch is exponentially transformational, sending trajectories into sensation, physics, emotion, memory, imagination, action, etc. Practice occupying and engaging space and touch within the science/playground of trust/risk and stream of consciousness/spontaneous composition that is Contact Improvisation and discover/create magic in the moment.

At the end of the workshop an informal showing will be given.

Special offer:

Participants of the HJS / Julidans Festival workshops will receive a discount pass, and receive 50 % discount on Julidans' performances at Stadsschouwburg and Bellevue Theater

(for 1 person, only on the day of the performance after 18:00 hours, with a minimum of € 10,-, and unless sold out) It is not possible to make reservations.

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Monday 2 - Friday 6 July

Workshop Kylian repertory

Teacher: Karine Guizzo

In this 5 day workshop excerpts from different pieces of the great choreographer Jiri Kylian will be taught. Karine Guizzo, who worked with NDT and Kylian for 17 years, will guide the students in capturing the qualities of this extraordinary choreographer’s style. Solos from his piece Falling Angels will be taught, as well as others. An informal showing will be given at the end of the workshop.

Special offer:

Participants of the HJS / Julidans Festival workshops will receive a discount pass, and receive 50 % discount on Julidans' performances at Stadsschouwburg and Bellevue Theater

(for 1 person, only on the day of the performance after 18:00 hours, with a minimum of € 10,-, and unless sold out) It is not possible to make reservations.

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Monday 2 - Friday 6 July

Workshop Maurice Causey

Teacher: Maurice Causey

The choreographer Maurice Causey will create a piece on the dancers during this 5 day workshop. Causey, who danced in classical companies and with William Forsythe before working as balletmaster of Netherlands Dance Theater from 2004-2010, is considered a new choreographic talent. He has recently been commissioned by both European and American companies to choreograph pieces. His own style combines elements of classical/neoclassical technique with clear composition and often a humorous touch.

At the end of the workshop an informal showing will be given

Special offer:

Participants of the HJS / Julidans Festival workshops will receive a discount pass, and receive 50 % discount on Julidans' performances at Stadsschouwburg and Bellevue Theater

(for 1 person, only on the day of the performance after 18:00 hours, with a minimum of € 10,-, and unless sold out) It is not possible to make reservations.

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9, 10 & 11 July

Workshop Emio Greco I PC / Vincente Colomes

Teacher: Vincent Colomes

Classes & workshop. This workshop includes the open class in the morning!
Class time: 11:15 – 12:45
Workshop: 13:15 – 15:45

The workshop Double Skin / Double Mind represents the basis of Emio Greco | PC’s creative work. This workshop through the years has developed a very clear structure in which participants are challenged to explore their own creativity by learning new ways of dealing with their bodies. Breathing, Jumping, Expanding, Reducing and Transfer are the words that describe the main parts of the workshop, in which body and mind cooperate to achieve a physical metamorphosis, melting the form of the movement with its intention.

Utmost concentration, extreme effort and physical exhaustion play important roles in the work of Emio Greco| PC. By moving on the boundaries of the achievable, the dancers lose control over the image of the movement. They find themselves in a state that not only transcends the social body, but also, in a sense, the private. Because of the organic development of the movement repertoire, the dancer cannot conceal himself by using decorative variations; he is forced to concentrate on how the movement comes into being and what differs each time it is made. The trancelike quality thus created can only be generated by a consciously agitating dancer and a highly lucid articulation of the body.

Fundamental to the choreographic work of EG | PC is the regaining of the body. The training that Greco and Scholten use is significant here. Using intense and lengthy breathing exercises as part of their ‘back to the body’ approach, the dancer is confronted with the specificity of the private body, the body as repository for countless influences: personal histories, psychological complexities, social frameworks, cultural-political reflexes, and so on. An awareness of the resonance in one’s own body is developed, to perceive oneself and to start to perceive the world around through the body.

The process set in motion by this training is described as a withdrawal, an inner reflection. It is made impossible for the dancer to explore solely the external form or to only make his body available (altruistically, noncommittally) for one use or the other. First, the diversity and instability of one’s own instrument, the body, must be investigated. Initially this can be disconcerting, but this preparation can actually empower the dancer to deal with the specifics in the body and to employ them, instead of being unconsciously regulated by them or covering them up.

Fransien van der Putt, air# Let’s suppose the Academy is a place for artists…

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Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 July

Workshop with Mauro Astolfi

Teacher: Mauro Astolfi

In this workshop Mauro will take a number of choreographic combinations from his pieces and teach them to the dancers. His works requires versatility in style and technique and a smooth flow of movement in both individual dancing and partnering. These qualities will be emphasized during the workshop, which will culminate in a series of sequences including also partnerwork.

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9 - 13 July

Workshop with Manuel Ronda / Shadow Partnering

Teacher: Manuel Ronda

Movement conceived as a necessity, as a theatrical act, rather than a form.
We will work to discover the many layers involved in partner-work situations like depending on another body, trusting it, controlling and caring for it, giving and receiving impulses, how to approach an outside body. Directing weight, learning how to make good use of it, going around it.

Being the shadow of one an other.

Being there.

Being there and weighing 100 tons.

Travelling without moving.

Fighting without fighting.

This contemporary dance workshop is open to actors, dancers and circus people who are interested in voice/movement.

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Monday 16 - Friday 20 July

Workshop Graham Repertory

Teacher: Miki Orihara

In this 5-day workshop excerpts from the pieces of this legendary choreographer will be taught by Miki Orihara, a principal dancer of the company for more than 20 years.

"Graham technique is sometimes mistaken as only a rigorous dance training. In this Class/Repertory workshop, I hope that dancers will find and explore the beauty of organic movement and their artistic self.
The class will give you the understanding of alignment and use of body and space, and passage of the energy. Using the knowledge of Graham Technique, Repertory will explore the meaning of the movement, which comes out from your own body, the inner monologue." -Miki Orihara

At the end of the workshop an informal showing will be given.

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Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 July

Workshop Itzik Galili / Rep. & Partnerwork

Teacher: Helena Volkov, Leonardo Centi

Repertory and Partnering in the Choreographies of Itzik Galili

Taught by: Helena Volkov & Leonardo Centi

Known for its unique style of movement and daring, flowing partnerwork, the choreography of Itzik Galili is a an exhilarating challenge. In this workshop, taught by two of his most prominent dancers (who also set his work on companies) a number of excerpts from Galili’s pieces will be staught. Dancers will learn about the dynamics and movement quality inherent in the choreography of Itzik Galili, one of the most important choreographers on the international dance scene today.

Itzik Galili has built an oeuvre of more than 60 works and has created for and worked with international companies such as: Bale da Cidade de Sao Paulo, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Batsheva Dance Company, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich, Cisne Negro, Diversions Dance Company, Dutch National Ballet, Gulbenkian Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Nederlands Dans Theater II, Norrdans, Royal Finnish Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Scapino Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet.

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16 - 20 July

Workshop with Marijke Eliasberg

Teacher: Marijke Eliasberg

Class description:

Combining European and modern techniques with a contemporary flavor, Marijke's movement language and style of teaching allows dancers to explore and own their individual voice and develop expressive power of pure emotion and physicality. Focusing on the transition and extension of every move, combined with strength, timing and clarity, dancers are encouraged to make the movement material work for themselves, be creative, take chances, and dance to their fullest!

Workshop description:

The workshop combines TNSP repertory with newly developed material, to create a unique new choreography. This opportunity aims to push dancers to their next level and to challenge and encourage artistic growth.

At the end of the workshop an informal showing will be given.

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Monday 23 - Friday 27 July

Workshop Balanchine Repertory

Teacher: Charles Anderson

In this 5 day workshop excerpts from pieces of George Balanchine will be taught by former New York City Ballet dancer (and current director of Company C), Charles Anderson. Attention will be paid to the characteristic musicality and dynamics of the Balanchine style.

At the end of the workshop an informal showing will be given.

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Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 July

Workshop with Nina Wollny / anoukvandijkdc

Teacher: Nina Wollny

The Countertechnique by Anouk van Dijk is a system to help the dancer think about the dancing body. In Countertechnique dancers learn to move fluid, bigger and more spatially, and become strong and flexible at the same time. They loose their fear to take risks and become fast in changing directions, also on unexpected moments. Their focus in training goes to the process itself incorporating information into action. In a Countertechnique class dancers are encouraged to be pro-active in discovering connections and finding solutions, to be less concerned with judging themselves and to learn to work in a - mentally and physically – healthy manner.

The workshop will start with a Countertechnique warm up in which everyday a tool of Countertechnique is introduced and explored physically. Then the dancers will work with movement material and tasks of the anoukvandijk dc repertoire and get to further investigate how the tools of Countertechnique can inform the creative moving body.

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12,13,14 July

Classical Variations

Teacher: Katarina Wester

In this 3 day workshop variations from the classical repertoire will taught and then worked on intensely. The extraordinary teacher, balletmistress, and coach Katarina Wester will help the dancers bring out the best in their technique and expression. The workshop includes a daily ballet technique class taught by Ms. Wester beforehand.

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8, 9 , 10 May 2012

Repertory workshop Alonzo King's (Lines Contemporary Ballet in San Francisco)

Teacher: Carmen Rozestraten

Alonzo King's (Lines Contemporary Ballet in San Francisco) works are often described as 'poetry in motion', Characterized by a blend of sensuality with ballet technique, musicality, speed and linear beauty, the works are a pleasure to dance as well as to watch. In this workshop Carmen Rozestraten, for years a leading dancer and then teacher with King's company, will teach excerpts from his pieces and work on their quality with the dancers. Rozestraten, an excellent coach and regular HJS teacher, taught the very successful workshop last year about interpreting choreography and will use the same principles in this one.

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