September – December 2014
professional dance
classes residencies workshops dancebase.co.uk
welcome autumn term 2014 Welcome to the professional programme which this term celebrates the ripeness of years, attitude and thought. For our showcase we have invited the great Angus Balbernie to Edinburgh. Angus has chosen to lead daily sessions in just about everything for just about everyone. Slanted is the name of the residency and the showcase title and even if you can't make the sessions please read his fantastic words. This time we invite you to put yourself and your work forward for our termly showcase. The work can be unfinished, up to 15 minutes max. There’s expenses only and basic lights, but mucho atmos and the ripened fruits of Mr Balbernie will also be there for all to see. Slanted will happen on the 15 of November in Studio 1. Your deadline to be part of it is 15 August. We begin this term with a wonderful Finnish dance artist, Carl Knif. Carl is the first of many exchanges which we are proposing with Nordic partners. Then more proper grown-ups in the house with David Hughes Dance and Errol White, both offering top quality class (as are our many fine guests this Autumn). We have also reinstated the Monday class due to (very excellently demanded) popular request. So please now follow that through and turn up and dance! I confess to being immaturely dizzy with delight about the whole fantastic Autumnal line-up. See you soon and often.
Morag Deyes MBE, Artistic Director morag@dancebase.co.uk
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Feldenkrais with Merav Israel
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FASIC Fitness Assessment and Sports Injuries
Studio space is available to hire out with the regular professional programme at £9 per hour. matt@dancebase.co.uk for availability and prices.
Funding The Creative Scotland Professional Development Fund offers assistance for individual artists working at a professional level in Scotland. 0845 603 6000 / creativescotland.com
Advice Dance Base staff are here to offer support, advice and advocacy to the professional community. Morag Deyes, Artistic Director, curates the residency, festival and showcase programme, and can advise on many areas of professional development and training. Morag is also happy to give feedback during the studio process if requested. Every term we programme an intensive choreographic/creative residency that culminates in an informal open call showcase for works in progress. See page 6. morag@dancebase.co.uk
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Centre@Centre for Sport & Exercise, The University of Edinburgh Offers discounts of up to 25% when quoting Dance Base Professional Offer. 0131 650 2578 / sport.ed.ac.uk
Bill Taylor Sports Injuries Clinic Welcomes dancers and offers a £5 discount on consultations when quoting Dance Base Professional Offer. 0131 332 8698
Health for Life Chiropractic Can help with spine/joint injury treatment and preventative spinal care. Dancers receive 50% off a consultations – quote Dance Base Professional Offer. 0131 477 1728 / healthforlifechiro.co.uk
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classes
"The high quality of training I've received has been the vessel in allowing me to grow, evolve and continue to reach new heights within my own artistic development." Christina Duncan, class participant
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
8 Sep – 1 Dec
9 Sep – 9 Dec
10 Sep – 3 Dec
Start the Week
Company Class
Classical Ballet
9.30 – 11.00 I £4.50
10.00 – 11.30
Monday morning class is back by popular demand. We are delighted to be programming teachers who you have championed in person, by email and social media. So here are your Monday kick-starters, to jettison you into the week.
With Resident Companies Further details of style, class content and required experience can be found in the residency pages.
With Julie Mitchell I Professional Drop In I 9.30 – 11.00 I £4.50 Emphasis on musicality and artistry whilst maintaining a strong and pure technique. A class with a complete vocabulary and joy of dance!
Ripple Arts 2 Sep
Pilates
Guest teachers: Janis Claxton, Jack Webb, Tamsyn Russell, Tess Letham.
Monica De Ioanni 23 & 30 Sep
Please see: dancebase.co.uk/professional/ classes for full teaching schedule.
Ella Rothschild 14 & 21 Oct
With Jeanine Byrne I Level 2 Drop In I 9.30 – 11.00 I £6.50 (£5.50) Pilates is ideal conditioning for dancers who want to improve strength, balance, control, flexibility, breathing and help prevent injury.
Product Dance 28 Oct & 4 Nov
Contemporary Adv/Pro
Marc Brew Company 11 Nov
With Steinvor Palsson I Adv/Pro Drop In I 18.00 – 19.30 I £4.50 Focusing on alignment, breath, clarity of movement and musicality, the class moves from standing exercises for working on technique through movement sequences and jumps that explore space, rhythm and shifting dynamics.
David Hughes Dance 16 Sep
Debbie Watson 7 Oct
Cultured Mongrel 18 & 25 Nov Brigid McCarthy & Skye Reynolds 2 Dec Fuora Dance 9 Dec
Drop-in class Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Buy tickets online, in person or over the phone from one day before the class begins. Course Book in advance for the 13-week term
See the website for details on Company Class teachers.
Course or Drop-in Places are available as a course and as a drop-in class. Musicians William Mowat-Thomson, David Robertson and Barney Strachan
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Class Levels
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Classes marked Professional are suitable for professional dancers, graduate students and others who have undergone intense technical training. Other classes listed on these pages are taught at All Levels or Improvers and are also open to community dancers.
Studio space is available to hire outwith the regular professional programme for individual professional development at £9 per hour. For availability and prices, please contact matt@dancebase.co.uk
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
11 Sep – 11 Dec
12 Sep – 5 Dec
6 Sep – 29 Nov
Company Class
Classical Ballet
Contemporary
10.00 – 11.30
With Vincent Hantam
With Steinvor Palsson
With Resident Companies 10.00 – 11.30 Further details of style, class content and required experience can be found in the residency pages.
Professional
Professional
Drop In I 9.30 – 11.00 I £4.50
Drop In I 11.00 – 13.00 I £5.50
This is a general morning class for professional dancers and dancers with extensive experience of classical ballet. This class will invigorate both your body and your mind and set you up for the day.
This class focuses on placement, breath, core strength and musicality. The emphasis throughout is on finding a strong centre from which to explore movement with ease, efficiency and fluidity.
Carl Knif 4 Sep Errol White 11, 18 & 25 Sep Skye Reynolds & Skye Loneragan 2 Oct Andy Cannon & Natasha Gilmore 9 Oct Jennifer Drotz Ruhn 16 Oct Liminal Dance 23 Oct Lonely Souls 20 Nov
Aerial Hire Professional Aerial Hire is available once an induction has been completed. To book an induction contact Matt on matt@dancebase.co.uk
Friday Freeview Immerse yourself in our free studio showing of the week’s professional resident companies at 16.00 and 17.00. See the calendar on the back page for dates.
Melanie Forbes-Broomes 27 Nov Tess Letham 4 & 11 Dec
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Out of Class Improvisation £5 payable in cash 14 Sep 15.00 – 17.00 12 Oct 16.30 – 18.30 16 Nov 11.00 – 13.00 14 Dec 13.00 – 15.00 5
AUTUMN SHOWCASE
SLANTED SHOWCASE This term’s showcase is the informal result of a residency with the great Angus Balbernie, and gives you the chance to show your work. This can be work which is either in progress, hardly shared or brand new. The call-out will happen when the guest curator has been chosen, which will happen in the week beginning the 18 August. We are experimenting with different ways to curate the first half of these showcases, so here’s how it works this time – if you would like to be our guest curator, please send a CV and email to morag@dancebase.co.uk. Deadline is Friday 15 August. The curation role has no fee attached but you would be mentored by Morag Deyes and it’s is a fascinating insight into your dance community, the programming process and is good professional development.
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ANGUS BALBERNIE RESIDENCY 3 – 14 NOVEMBER
Slanted These two weeks ask about contradictions. About what it is to be older and how our stories and bodies grow and are shared? How they move towards individual ways of “leaning into the light”. I welcome older (and younger) movers, artists interested in working with the contradictions of light and darkness, youth and age, movement and story, music and silence. I'll work with improvisation, development of individuality and performance forms. I've directed around 80 professional pieces around the world over the last 35 years, and still move between directing, performing and teaching; exploring a deep love of wilderness. Several months ago I reached 60. My sister gave me an old notebook, our father's last collected reflections, written when he was 60 and nearing the end of his life. Now 60 myself I'm pulled towards these fragments and how we "collect' our lives, how we move again. I guess I’m a director more than a choreographer, a collector of other people's movements, stories and ideas. Each morning open warm-up will be cranky stuff, exploring how a 60 year old body might move and improvise, drawing from training of Tai Chi in China 40 years ago and 35 years of Anatomical Release and Contact Impro. Soft stuff, breathing, flowing, improvising, looking for some light… To apply: Email a covering letter explain why you would like to participate in Slanted and what you hope to gain from being there, along with your CV and a link of you moving/speaking to ABalbernie@aol.com cc’ing to morag@dancebase.co.uk
Class I Every Morning I 10.00 – 11.00 (Except Fri) I Open Session Warm up 6
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Fundamental Pilates Matwork Training Love Pilates? Enjoy working people? Ever dreamed of becoming a Pilates Teacher? Dance Base is delighted to be hosting a Fundamental Pilates Matwork Teacher Training Programme, taught by Brigid McCarthy. Brigid has certificated the majority of the best Pilates teachers who have passed through Dance Base's doors over the years. This excellent course consists of a 10-day intensive training period followed by a 6-month, self-monitored apprenticeship. For more information on syllabus, criteria for acceptance on the course and the process of certification, please contact Brigid on info@mccarthypilates.co.uk Funding options are available for Pilates training.
Course dates 5 – 9 Jan & 12 –16 Jan 2015 I Cost £1500
Nurturing choreographic talent and producing the work of independent contemporary dance artists and companies in Scotland. Catalyst Dance Management has been developed into a unique resource for the professional dance community in Scotland, contributing vital producing and project management skills to smaller companies and emergent artists. Catalyst lies at the core of Dance Base’s work with professional dance artists, allowing us not only to help companies create new work, but also to help make the sector stronger, more confident and artistically compelling.
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Catalyst
Catalyst seeks to champion and support the development of artists with a flexible and open approach – offering a supportive environment where the conditions are responsive to the needs of the artist. Catalyst also maintain an outlook on the sector as whole, working closely with companies, producing/presenting partners and funders to match and develop audiences for dance in Scotland, and assisting those they help to build connections locally, nationally and internationally. Contact Vicky or Leigh: Vicky@dancebase.co.uk (Director) Leigh@dancebase.co.uk (Producer)
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residencies Programmed by Artistic Director, Morag Deyes Dance Base offers residency opportunities to professional choreographers, companies and individual artists who want to develop their work. We offer two strands of residency to support your needs. EXPLORING Exploring residencies are designed to encourage exploration, research, development and experimentation. There will be the opportunity share findings to peers and Dance Base visitors and to invite and encourage feedback. ARRIVING This residency is offered to a choreographer, company or individual who wishes to take an already-developed idea to the next stage and premiere their work in a theatre or site specific space. ‘My recent residency was an invaluable chance to develop early ideas in an exceptionally well-equipped and supportive environment. Thank you Dance Base!’ Sally Owen, Summer 2014 HOW TO APPLY
RESIDENCY 1 – 5 SEPTEMBER
Carl Knif Company New Work
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We are currently programming for Spring 2015 onwards. Closing date for Spring applications is 17.00 on Fri 12 September 2014. You can access information here dancebase.co.uk/professional/residencies Application for Dream Time residencies can also be made through this form.
I’m taking part in the residency at Dance Base as the artistic director and choreographer for my company Carl Knif Company. My aim is to start the work on my new piece Friends of Dymphna (working title). The subject of the piece is depression and the fragility of the mind. In this piece I will continue my work combining text and movement. The piece will draw its material from both the experiences of the dancers as well as literature touching the subject. Andrew Solomons, The Noonday Demon, An anatomy of depression (Vintage, 2002) will serve as one point of reference. During the residency I will work with different methods of using spoken text. I will also investigate ways of creating text using one’s own experiences and memories as a starting point. In the studio I will continue to develop my methods for creating movement, which are based on the manipulation of breath. The aim is an heightened awareness of the inner an external space.
Company Class Thursday 4 September I 10.00 – 11.30 The themes of the course are approached through set material as well as improvisations.
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RESIDENCY 1 – 5 SEPTEMBER
Ripple Arts Correspond(ance)ing Email Dances is a collaboration between dance-artists (Steinvor Palsson, Debbie Watson, Susan Hay and Audicia Morley, based in Scotland, and Sue Hawksley in Australia) and a musician to undertake a period of research and development. Inspired by Remy Charlip’s Air Mail Dances we will undertake a creative dialogue between Scotland and Australia exploring themes of environment, distance and communication.
Company Class Tuesday 2 September I 10.00 – 11.30 A variety of approaches to movement quality and technique, drawing on Yoga, Chi Gung, Body Mind Centering and contemporary dance.
FREEVIEW I Friday 5 September I 16.00 RESIDENCY 8 – 26 SEPTEMBER
Errol White Company New Work Errol White Company will tour their new work in Autumn this year. The new work, as yet untitled, shall work within a theatrical context whilst undeviating from pure movement. The audience will be compelled to piece together each element of the production to determine their understanding of the overall abstract narrative whilst engaging with the aesthetic quality of the choreography. During this residency the choreographers will give equal attention to the theatricality of the work focusing on the abstract in the characters, setting, and narrative and exploring the relationship between these important elements of the piece through collaboration.
Company Class Thursday 11, 18 & 25 September I 10.00 – 11.30
The principle elements of the class work will focus on skeletal alignment; articulate placement and core stability. Leading the dancers to move fluidly with precision, power and strength facilitating a neutral and controlled understanding of the body’s physicality in performance.
FREEVIEW I Friday 26 September I 17.00 0131 225 5525
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RESIDENCY 15 – 19 SEPTEMBER
David Hughes Dance RIKUD RIKUD was originally created 23 years ago on the dancers of London Contemporary Dance Theatre by choreographers Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal. RIKUD is the Hebrew word for dance. The work explores – in an irreverent and often comic style – the line between performing and preparing to perform. To what extent is there such a division? In autumn 2014 DHD will travel to Israel to work with Liat and Nir to revisit and extend RIKUD. The updated version will premier at the Adama Festival in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel on Wed 8 Oct. This residency will see the company remount the original version in preparation for this project. You can see Darshan Singh Bhullers documentary on the original production here: youtube.com/watch?v=Tdg9lCuKWqc
Company Class Monday 15 September – Friday 19 September I 10.00 – 11.00 The morning will begin with a stretch, leading to gentle exercises and movement across the floor. Class will feature movement from RIKUD and other DHD repertoire.
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FREEVIEW I Friday 19 September I 16.00 RESIDENCY 22 SEPTEMBER – 3 OCTOBER
Monica De Ioanni L ī l ā (the cosmic play)
What makes us to belong to a place? When do we embrace the existence of the Universe?
This residency it will be towards the development of L ī l ā (the cosmic play) a Dance/Live Music/Visual Theatre performance piece. During this residency Monica De Ioanni’s practice focuses on the ritualistic aspect of performance and how to create choreography as a transcendent experience for the performers that can be then shared with the audience. Her exploration will question how Balinese Mask and Circular Ceremony Dance Compositions can inform the dancer/choreographer now. How to re-connect a choreographic development to its ritualistic function of catharsis and expression? Together with musician Marion Kenny, Monica will develop a dancer/musician synergy in devising contemporary live performance.
Company Class Tuesday 23 & 30 September I 10.00 – 11.30
After body-mind approach warm up, we will explore Balinese Mask Dance (Topeng), Jodeg Dance and instant composition practice. This Company class is both for dance and theatre practitioners.
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RESIDENCY 29 SEPTEMBER – 3 OCTOBER
Skye Reynolds and Skye Loneragan Skye & Skye on Skye Skye Loneragan & Skye Reynolds are two artists from live art disciplines, dance and performance/playwriting – who have migrated to Scotland from Australia nearly 15 years ago and share a namesake (the Isle of Skye) that has seen them often confused for each other. Having finally met, Skye & Skye now embark upon an exploration into the intersections of practice from where they wish to write dance poems, look at the political landscape of their other homeland from afar, and flesh out the humour born from mistaken identity.
Company Class Thursday 2 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Looking at what kind of poetry your name might inspire, we take a title and write our own dance poem. Bring a picture of a place that you feel says something about yourself.
Image Credit: Image created by Debbie Watson on www.WordItOut.com
FREEVIEW I Friday 3 October I 17.00 RESIDENCY 6 – 10 OCTOBER
Debbie Watson The F Word The starting point is a dialogue about Feminism: between mothers and daughters; women in their fifties and women in their twenties. The exchanges are taking place outside of the studio and the structure being used is F words. The residency will focus on developing movement inspired and influenced by those exchanges. Utilising the WM|RD Choreographic Thinking Tools and Body Mind Centering explorations, Debbie Watson will split the studio time working alone to develop her own fledgling choreographic ideas; and with other dancers to co-create movement and dance in the hope of finding a meaningful and stimulating resonance for both audience and performer.
Company Class Tuesday 7 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Suitable for intermediate to professional level, the class will focus on BMC approaches to enliven the body’s deep expressive capacity.
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RESIDENCY 6 – 10 OCTOBER
Andy Cannon and Natasha Gilmore Tales of a Grandson Tales of a Grandson is Andy Cannon’s version of the history of Scotland – but this is no straight and dusty history lesson: To help tell this epic tale Andy takes us on a road trip adventure with his granddad to discover Scotland’s past, its myths and curiosities (‘why are the mountains so small?’ just one of his many questions). Accompanying Andy and adding to the Tales will be a cast of dancers, a chorus of grannies and some of Scotland’s finest musicians.
Company Class Thursday 9 October I 10.00 – 11.30
The Dance Base residency week will further Andy and Natasha's explorations on what dance will bring to the story.
Fluidity and dynamic plan using floor work and centre sequences with Barrowland Ballet dancers Jade Adamson and Kai Wen Chuang.
FREEVIEW I Friday 10 October I 17.00
Funded by Creative Scotland Traditional Arts Commission
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RESIDENCY 13 – 24 OCTOBER
Ella Rothschild New Work In this residency I would like to work on the relationship between movement, space and structure. Develop my own language of movement inside the studio and exploring the relationship between one individual movement to a foreign city as an urban space outside of the studio. I'm going to work on a solo that integrate multidisciplinary methods and combine my passions: text, movement, and music.
Company Class Tuesday 14 October & 21 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Contemporary dance. The class tries to stimulate the senses and feelings through work of movement. It contains structured exercises and improvisation.
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RESIDENCY 13 – 17 OCTOBER
Jennifer Drotz Ruhn New Work In the autumn of 2014 Jennifer Drotz Ruhn will be creating a site specific dance film together with a group of four female dancers. Following on from her highly acclaimed work Grandesan – a staged piece exploring matriarchal societies – Jennifer seeks to more deeply investigate the psychological and social impacts these cultures have on their women.
Company Class Thursday 16 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Through the use of improvisation and contact work this class for advanced dancers aims to explore the connection between covering space while still remaining grounded.
FREEVIEW I Friday 17 October I 17.00
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RESIDENCY 20 – 24 OCTOBER
Liminal Dance Lycanthrophy During this process Gemma Williams and Morven Innes will develop their current work, Lycanthropy, under the mentorship of Matthew Hawkins. We wish to research and explore ways of integrating a young cast through their observations, critical feedback and their overall involvement in the development of the piece; with the aim to produce a further developed piece which appeals further to this age group. Lycanthropy follows the story of Little Red Riding Hood, with themes and ideas that still resonate with young people today: family, obedience, rebellion, choosing one’s own path, resourcefulness and self-identity. We are interested in creating an immersive experience for the audience and transport the listener to an imaginary shared space where the story becomes ‘real’ through the combination of sound and movement.
Company Class Thursday 23 October I 10.00 – 11.30 Class will begin with exercises which focus the mind and explore movement possibilities within the body, moving onto themes explored in the residency.
FREEVIEW I Friday 24 October I 17.00 0131 225 5525
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RESIDENCY 27 OCTOBER – 7 NOVEMBER
Product Dance Company No Man’s Land Crossing lines of attack with attitudes, while pirouettes turn into windmills. A playful explore over the lines between classical ballet, and capoeira, contemporary and breaking. This new work with a larger group uses stylistic juxtaposition and a physicality that will draw you in to the spaces between. Away from the safety of the known. Crossing the water as the I Ching would say. No Man’s Land was inspired by the Green Table, a healthy examination of the powers that rule our lands, our spaces.
Company Class Tuesday 28 October & Tuesday 4 November I 10.00 – 11.30 Transforming and weaving ballet and capoeira. Fun brain-body warm ups, through floor barre, to centre, travelling and some partner work.
FREEVIEW I Friday 7 November I 16.00
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RESIDENCY 10 – 21 NOVEMBER
Lonely Souls Disco New Work This is the start of development work on a new piece of dance theatre, temporarily entitled The Bridge. It is an exploration of a brief meeting between two strangers who pass through each other's lives and leave a profound impact on one another. This residency will be joint initiative between Dance Base and Scottish Borders Council's Art Development (Performing Arts Partnership). The week 10 – 14 November will be held at Studio on the Green, Selkirk as part of a Dream Time residency.
Company Class Thursday 20 November I 10.00 – 11.30 Transforming and weaving ballet and capoeira. Fun brain-body warm ups, through floor barre, to centre, travelling and some partner work.
FREEVIEW I Friday 21 October I 17.00
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RESIDENCY 10 – 14 NOVEMBER
Marc Brew Company For Now, I Am Marc Brew Company fuses fierce physicality and tender expression to explore an emotional narrative in dance. Grounded in contemporary technique and classical ballet and drawing on the unique physicality of each performer, Marc Brew’s work with disabled and non-disabled artists is honest, unsentimental and recognizably human.
Company Class Tuesday 11 November I I 10.00 – 11.30 Contemporary release-based technique class using structured improvisation and set material. Marc uses very clear visual imagery, description and demonstrations in his teachings. Class will focus on the continuance of energy and flow, through looking at length, line, placement and adaptation.
FREEVIEW I Friday 14 November I 16.00
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RESIDENCY 17 – 28 NOVEMBER
Cultured Mongrel Dance Theatre The Solo Filter An experiment in collaboration and feedback: Does our response to others' work simply represent the work we wish we had made ourselves? Emma Jayne Park invites three international collaborators with different creative approaches to respond to a new solo work, that she has created and performs, through the act of re-making. Each collaborator is given full creative freedom and works independently in the studio, with Emma taking only the role of dancer as the work is restructured and recreated. This fortnight will host week three and four of the process and as such will result in a different, complete solo being performed each week. To find out more visit: culturedmongreldance.com/the-solo-filter.html
Company Class Tuesday 18 & 25 November I 10.00 – 11.30 Advanced dancers from contemporary dance and hip hop movement backgrounds are invited to explore a highly physical and momentum driven class built from elements of both practices.
FREEVIEW I Friday 28 November I 16.00 0131 225 5525
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RESIDENCY 24 – 28 NOVEMBER
Melanie Forbes-Broomes (V/DA) Melanie is Artistic Director of Various Dance Artists (V/DA) her work is influenced and inspired by social politics and theatrical gestures. Her most recent work Buy This which exposes the absurdities of commodified products has been develop at The Arches Glasgow and through Creative Futures Fellowship (a collaboration between Scotland's dance agencies) where Melanie has also been exploring her movement style. During this residency Melanie will be continuing with her journey in integrating acrobatic, movement and voice focusing on risk and personal limitation. Melanie aims to generate fresh athletics movement material during this process in order to create a new dance work. For more information on V/DA visit: variousdanceartists.co.uk
Company Class Thursday 27 November I 10.00 – 11.30 This class explores and manipulates movement that is derived from acrobatics within a contemporary dance context, creating a symbiosis between the two forms. You do not have to have acrobatic experience to attend this class.
FREEVIEW I Friday 28 November I 17.00
RESIDENCY 1 – 12 DECEMBER
Tess Letham To here Tess Letham will lead this residency as a continuation of exploring possible intentions of performance within a communal journey. Through observing personal characteristics and an awareness of group dynamics, to understand how we collectively and individually feed into our performance material. Once we have discovered the essence of what we wish to communicate, through development of previous discoveries, along with particular concepts that will be added to the process at the time of it happening. We will find ourselves arriving at a point where we have consolidated the objective of this particular journey with a conclusive work to share.
Company Class Thursday 4 & 11 December I 10.00 – 11.30 Flying Low Class. Movement patterns to fly in and out of the earth.
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RESIDENCY 1 – 5 DECEMBER
Brigid McCarthy & Skye Reynolds something together We have a common sense of curiosity and enquiry and we make each other laugh out loud. Every time we see each other’s work, there is a moment of “we should do something together”… And so this is our opportunity to get that started. There will be no showing.
Company Class Tuesday 2 December I 10.00 – 11.30 A team-taught yoga/Pilates warm up followed by some movement improvisations.
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RESIDENCY 8 – 12 DECEMBER
Fuora Dance Project (Federica Esposito & Giulia Montalbano) New Work Fuora Dance Project, led by Federica Esposito and Giulia Montalbano, will develop a new creation inspired by Molly Bloom’s monologue taken from the masterpiece Ulysses by James Joyce. The monologue is a supreme example of the so-called “stream of consciousness” characterised by the lack of punctuation and the traditional structure of the sentence. The chapter is opened with a “Yes” and ends in the same way. It is an affirmation of love, sensuality and life and also, but not less important, of the female creative energy. The idea is to create a piece inspired by the concepts of streams, female energy, smells, gazes, relationship male-female.
Company Class Tuesday 9 December I 10.00 – 11.30 The class will be focused on release technique dealing with the use of weight, strength, off-balance and fluidity.
FREEVIEW I Friday 12 December I 16.00 0131 225 5525
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27–31 OCT
Luminate Week In October, we are proud and delighted to be hosting three FREE and open classes, exclusive to Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing festival. Morag Deyes, Artistic Director of Dance Base will be teaching these fun classes here in our Grassmarket venue. The whole session lasts 90 minutes with a good warm up and cool down. The moves are open and relaxed, based on contemporary dance but will have a few surprises from other dance styles thrown in too! Wear loose comfy clothing and footwear that’s flexible, non-slip socks or bare feet.
Open Classes for all levels Monday 27 October I 15.00 – 16.30 Wednesday 29 October I 15.00 – 16.30 Friday 31 October I 15.00 – 16.30 For more information, please visit the dancebase.co.uk/professional/professional-classes. As these sessions are free, bookings will be made by phone on 0131 225 5525. luminatescotland.org
Sunday 16 November
Workshops
Workshops Behind the Scenes I 12.00 – 12.30 I Free Open to all workshop participants Come along to find out more about Peter Darrell’s 1973 production, full of festive fare and childhood charm. Using images, film and costume designs, we will give you an insight into this wonderful production, including a question and answer session.
Professional workshop I 15.30 – 17.30 I £8 An advanced technique and repertoire-based creative session, taught by a company dancer, where participants will learn elements of choreography from Peter Darrell’s magical production of The Nutcracker.
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Dancers Emerging Bursary Scheme This year’s excellent and experienced mentor Rhiana Laws has chosen two graduate dancers as her mentees for the next year. The bursary for 2014/15 focuses on how to reach hard to reach young people and also looks at work in young offenders’ institutions and with individuals who present challenging behaviours. It’s a tough and rewarding vocation needing real commitment and that truly changes lives in a profound and meaningful way. In fact the Bursary itself changes lives too. ‘DEBS has been a wonderful opportunity for me to continue to grow as a dance artist through experiencing new teachers, approaches and residencies. It has offered me a unique platform to learn, work and become part of the dance community. This has been through valuable mentoring, classes and performance experience which has given me vital experience whilst being in a supportive environment. I feel strongly that my year as 'a DEB' has had a huge impact on my understanding of the role and expectations of a professional dancer and that it has enabled me in gaining a contract with a dance company for next year.’ Esmee Lobley, 2013/14 DEBS
PRO Studio hire Studio space is available to hire outwith the regular professional programme for individual professional development at £9 per hour. For availability and prices, please contact matt@dancebase.co.uk 0131 225 5525
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For further information or to book contact us on 0131 225 5525 or e-mail dance@dancebase.co.uk
FREEVIEWS Immerse yourself in free studio showings of the week’s professional resident companies at 16.00 and 17.00 Afterwards join the companies, meet, discuss, network and wind down into the weekend. See below for date listings.
September Tue 2 Thu 4 Fri 5 Fri 5 Thu 11 Sun 14 Tue 16 Thu 18 Fri 19 Tue 23 Thu 25 Fri 26 Tue 30
10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 17.00 10.00 – 11.30 15.00 – 17.00 10.00 – 11.00 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 17.00 10.00 – 11.30
Ripple Arts Carl Knif Company Ripple Arts Carl Knif Company Errol White Christine Devaney David Hughes Dance Errol White David Hughes Dance Monica de Ioanni Errol White Errol White Monica De Ioanni
Company Class Company Class Freeview Freeview Company Class Out of Class Company Class Company Class Freeview Company Class Company Class Freeview Company Class
p9 p8 p9 p8 p9 p5 p10 p9 p10 p10 p9 p9 p10
10.00 – 11.30 16.00 17.00 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 17.00 16.30 – 18.30 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 17.00 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 17.00 10.00 – 11.30
Skye Reynolds & Skye Loneragan Monica De Ioanni Skye Reynolds & Skye Loneragan Debbie Watson Andy Cannon & Natasha Gilmore Debbie Watson Andy Cannon & Natasha Gilmore Christine Devaney Ella Rothschild Jennifer Drotz Ruhn Jennifer Drotz Ruhn Ella Rothschild Liminal Dance Ella Rothschild Liminal Dance Product Dance
Company Class Freeview Freeview Company Class Company Class Freeview Freeview Out of Class Company Class Company Class Freeview Company Class Company Class Freeview Freeview Company Class
p11 p10 p11 p11 p12 p11 p12 p5 p12 p13 p13 p12 p13 p12 p13 p14
10.00 – 11.30 16.00 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 20.00 11.00 – 13.00 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 17.00
Product Dance Product Dance Marc Brew Marc Brew Angus Balbernie / Slanted Christine Devaney Cultured Mongrel Lonely Souls Disco Lonely Souls Disco Cultured Mongrel Melanie Forbes Broomes Cultured Mongrel Melanie Forbes Broomes
Company Class Freeview Company Class Freeview Showcase Out of Class Company Class Company Class Freeview Company Class Company Class Freeview Freeview
p14 p14 p15 p15 p6 p5 p15 p14 p14 p15 p16 p15 p16
10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 10.00 – 11.30 16.00 17.00 13.00 – 15.00
Brigid McCarthy & Skye Reynolds Tess Letham Federica Esposito & Giulia Montalbano Tess Letham Federica Esposito & Giulia Montalbano Tess Letham Christine Devaney
Company Class Company Class Company Class Company Class Freeview Freeview Out of Class
p17 p16 p17 p16 p17 p16 p5
October Thu 2 Fri 3 Fri 3 Tue 7 Thu 9 Fri 10 Fri 10 Sun 12 Tue 14 Thu 16 Fri 17 Tue 21 Thu 23 Fri 24 Fri 24 Tue 28
November Tue 4 Fri 7 Tue 11 Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Tue 18 Thu 20 Fri 21 Tue 25 Thu 27 Fri 28 Fri 28
December Tue 2 Thu 4 Tue 9 Thu 11 Fri 12 Fri 12 Sun 14
Dance Base is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. Registered in Scotland, Company No: SC145736. Charity No: SC O22512, VAT Registration No: 663852510. Dance Base reserves the right to make any changes deemed necessary. This brochure contains details of the professional programme; for information on general level classes and workshops, please refer to the community programmes. Partnership work with our community projects is welcomed, contact: helen@dancebase.co.uk to arrange this.
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