It seems that people are talking about training everywhere I go lately... As someone who trains daily as part of my practice as a dance artist, as a training provider through my work with the Love-In and a new teacher myself, I am asking myself many questions all the time about this very large part of my professional life.
How does training feed me artistically? Am I just going through the motions? How can this part of my practice continue to serve my needs as I inch above 30?
After being introduced to the Axis Syllabus and Countertechnique about 3 years ago, I felt very empowered with lots of new insights about my body as well as the realization that how I think can dramatically change how I work and move. I have been thinking about how we train, why we train and am certain that the training we do directly informs the work that we make and how we make it. I came across a great essay (thank you Andrew Hartley) written by Thomas Hauert, artistic director of ZOO company in Brussels. The essay echoes many of the things I had been thinking about and maybe you too... I stole the title of the essay for the heading of this post. You can read the essay here:
http://www.zoo-thomashauert.be/workshop/thomasforparts/
Please share your thoughts below or join the Love-In for a lively conversation about this very popular topic on December 2nd at 6pm at El Cafecito Espresso Bar at 3 Westmoreland Ave (north of Bloor, one block west of Dovercourt).
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Place for thoughts, inspired by the Swedish Dance History
Last winter we launched our official website, so haven't been actively using the blog to post information about our workshops or events... Please visit our website for information on our training season and other events!
I would like to re-launch the blog as a place for writings, articles, thoughts and rants for the community at large about creative practice, thinking, talking and making dance. While at the Impulstanz Festival in Vienna in 2010, a group of young artists were at the festival, promoting the launch of the second edition of the Swedish Dance History, a free, published document created in collaboration by over 200 authors, makers and doers in the field of dance and choreography. I grabbed my free copy of the very large, silver book at the closing party on the final night of the festival and have been inspired by the idea of a collaboration in collecting thoughts and a process of documenting and sharing. I extend an open invitation to you, to send along your own writings or articles that have inspired you to create an online vault of thoughts to be shared here. Read more about the Swedish Dance History here .
Email us your desired contributions: tolove.in@gmail.com
'The history of dance is initiated through dance, but it is writers that fasten it and its readers that secure it. The Swedish Dance History is dance’s claim on its own history, a history created and authorized by us who create dance and choreography. The Swedish Dance History is a collective effort to realize this history and ultimately to claim the right to our future.'
Watch for words coming soon!
I would like to re-launch the blog as a place for writings, articles, thoughts and rants for the community at large about creative practice, thinking, talking and making dance. While at the Impulstanz Festival in Vienna in 2010, a group of young artists were at the festival, promoting the launch of the second edition of the Swedish Dance History, a free, published document created in collaboration by over 200 authors, makers and doers in the field of dance and choreography. I grabbed my free copy of the very large, silver book at the closing party on the final night of the festival and have been inspired by the idea of a collaboration in collecting thoughts and a process of documenting and sharing. I extend an open invitation to you, to send along your own writings or articles that have inspired you to create an online vault of thoughts to be shared here. Read more about the Swedish Dance History here .
Email us your desired contributions: tolove.in@gmail.com
'The history of dance is initiated through dance, but it is writers that fasten it and its readers that secure it. The Swedish Dance History is dance’s claim on its own history, a history created and authorized by us who create dance and choreography. The Swedish Dance History is a collective effort to realize this history and ultimately to claim the right to our future.'
Watch for words coming soon!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Workshops coming up!!
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| Farley Johansson We have just posted all workshop descriptions for our Winter and Spring workshops for 2012! We have an amazing line up of talented dance artists coming to share their work, movement research and gifts with us. Don't miss it! Visit the Winter/Spring workshop page for all the details on each workshop and the facilitators. Look forward to dancing with you! |
Monday, December 19, 2011
Workshops Winter/Spring 2012!!!
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| Justine Chambers Workshop January 2011, photo by Yoann Malnati |
January 16- 20th Eroca Nicols and Yves Candeau Partnering Workshop
February 6-10th Susanna Hood
March 12-16th Jennifer Dallas
March 26-30th Kira Kirsch Axis Syllabus Workshop
April 2-6th Kelly Keenan Axis Syllabus Workshop
May 7-11th Farley Joahnsson
Full workshop descriptions, instructor bios and registration details will be available soon!
To register for any workshop please email tolove.in@gmail.com
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Up next!! Love-In Workshop with Stephen Thompson
$50/5 classes, $12 to drop-in tolove.in@gmail.com to register!! Full description below. Stephen Thompson’s class attempts, negotiates and passes through techniques and tools to assist movers in awakening for the challenges of the day while maintaining individualism (autonomy), honing physical skill, curiosity, well-being and "being" together. The class is aimed towards movers/performers interested to not only prepare their body to “dance” but to sublimate (through redefining, redirecting and refining) our choices. By observing patterns and recognizing a practice we can shift our perspective, expand our vocabulary and augment who we are and what we do. The dynamic of the class is self-administered with guidance to correlate to the needs of the individual. Fundamental principles are accumulative however each day will offer new material. Stephen Thompson is a dancer/choreographer/ |
Monday, October 10, 2011
Coming Up!! House Workshop with Emily Law!
November 7-11, 10am to 12pm
$50/5 classes or $12 drop-in
Dovercourt House
tolove.in@gmail.com to register
This all style street dance class will explore concepts from house, waacking, popping, contemporary and breaking. Through these dance forms we will practice isolations, grooves , musicality and footwork. The class will be informed by the rich history of street dance and the social and cultural context and movements that influenced these many dance styles. Through the isolation work we will try to liberate varying sections of our bodies to explore new avenues for movement. Each person in the class will be encouraged to investigate their own style and take on the movements shared in class.
To the sounds of some funky tunes we will waack, pop, jack and skate through the space.
Please bring running shoes.
Emily Law was born in Toronto and started dancing while attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts in 2000. She has many passions including contemporary dance, various styles of street dance, and visual art. She is a graduate of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, where she formed two collectives. One with Masuyo Higashide, and Jennifer Lécuyer called cube3 and another called Octamerous. She is also a founding member of the Toronto house dance crew Warehouse Jacks and the street dance/ theatre dance company Gadfly. These past few years Emily has Enjoyed working with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, The Chimera Project, the Parahumans Dance Theatre, Event Horizon Dance, Piotr Biernat and was a resident artists at Sound Travels 2006.
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