"Falling into Flying"
Workshop
We're really excited that Mary Pearson is up to lead a workshop during DIG!
£20
More details and booking through us: theglasgowjam@gmail.com
Practicing fundamentals of Contact Improvisation with a concentration on blissful falling. Falling off one's own vertical axis, using the air and the floor to experiment with momentum and gravity, and falling into a partner using a shared axis. We will practice 'reading' the changing negative space around our partners, compressing and expanding the space between us as we dance into and out of contact. Tuning into the frequent and natural changes of speed and tone, we will find more dynamic surprises in our dancing.
More about Mary:
Mary Pearson first collided with CI at Oberlin College (USA), where she earned her B.A. in Visual Art while studying dance and performing. A multi-disciplinary performance artist, Mary has trained in physical theatre creation (Kiklos Teatro/IT), classical and contemporary dance, and a variety of improvisation practices, including CI, comedy and voice. Currently, she is touring her solo shows FAILURE (& other opportunities for non-linear success) and The Sand Dog Cometh, and teaching multi-disciplinary improvisation and performance, as ‘FAILURE Lab’. Mary leads CI classes in Liverpool, and has taught CI, Improvisation, Choreography and Performance as a visiting artist at Liverpool Hope and Liverpool John Moore’s Universities. At Ponderosa (DE), she has mentored and taught at P.O.R.C.H summer school (Performance module, 2011-13), was part of the organising team for Ecite2014, and is co-curator of the Con|VERGE interdisciplinary artists' residency.
http://www.theglasgowjam.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/workshop-mary-pearson.html
Places are very limited so do move quickly! Pre-booking is essential.
To book in email us at theglasgowjam@gmail.com.