Telo ~ Hlas ~ Komunita: JESS CURTIS (US, DE) - Sensing, Dancing

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Telo ~ Hlas ~ Komunita: JESS CURTIS (US, DE) - Sensing, Dancing

Eva Priečková/False Move in collaboration with Barbora Janáková/mimoOs, Telocvičňa - Residency Center for Dance and Nová Cvernovka bring another weekend workshop from the Body - Voice - Community series, which we have been organizing together with mimoOs since 2018.

This workshop is designed and intended to be accessible for people of all physical abilities.

Therefore, this time we invite you to the barrier-free space Atelier Svetlik.

Please contact us with any questions or requests about accessibility: Ev.prieckova@gmail.com

When?

2. a 3. March 2024
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 13.30
Price per weekend: Sliding Scale: 40- 70 euros
Tickets: here

If the prize is for any reason too high, please don t hesitate to write me: eva.prieckova@gmail.com

We will provide coffee, tea and small snacks.

Jess Curtis: Sensing, Dancing

How do our senses inform, support, interrupt and enable the (inter) actions we call dancing?

In this workshop we will work from the most basic building blocks of experience, unpacking sensation, perception, impulse, emotion, attention, reflex, and reaction in order to create more space between them in which to dance in ways that are engaging and satisfying. Layering multiple sensory-motor experiences, we will surf through twisting topologies of flesh and blood to enact perceptual acrobatics that bring us into new dimensions. Creating scores and structures (or not).

We will ask “Is freedom the state of having choices, or a state beyond choosing?” We will look at both possibilities, smash them together to see what kind of messy realities we can construct for ourselves. We will work in sweaty modes of physical engagement where weight, breath, momentum, desire and adrenalin intervene in conceptual structures to create pleasure, satisfaction and a rich range of dancing experiences.

Jess Curtis is an award-winning choreographer and performer committed to an art-making practice informed by experimentation, innovation, critical discourse and social relevance at the intersections of fine art and popular culture.

Jess Curtis/Gravity: creates, produces, and tours original body-based art; educates young professionals, students, and members of the public with physically accessible workshops in cities throughout the US and Europe; nurtures emerging artists through artistic mentorship, professional guidance, and fiscal sponsorship; fosters international exchange through co-productions that mobilize our international network to bring international artists to San Francisco and help San Francisco artists present work abroad.

Curtis is active as a writer, advocate, and community organizer in the field of contemporary dance and performance, and teaches accessible dance, contact improvisation, and interdisciplinary performance workshops in the U.S. and Europe. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of the Arts, Berlin. He holds an MFA in Choreography and a PhD in Performance Studies from the University of California, Davis.