It will take place on Saturday and Sunday 21, 22 of August from 11 to 5 at Coachwerks.
The workshop will be jointly led by Tamar Daly and Rachel Champion, and suitable for all levels of experience.
This two day workshop will focus on developing skills for performance using movement and text, while focusing on working with a partner. A series of exercises will lead to the production of personal movement material and text, which will then be used to create short duets. The partner work will include elements of contact improvisation, and will develop an awareness of the spaces we create and share. In weaving the material together we will explore different approaches to composition, considering harmony and tension in relation to the material, the space and to one another.
Tamar has been making her own work for the stage since 1999, along side performing in the work of other makers of experimental performance. Her work is a blend of dance and theatre, with a more recent focus on new media. Recent productions include the solo work Mademoiselle Y, dance installation work Come and Go by Feet Speak productions, collaborative work Your Face Your Fortune with live artist Sara Popowa, and physical theatre performance A Ship of Fools by Yael Karavan. Before arriving to the U.K three years ago, Tamar worked extensively in France and Israel, collaborating among others with cinematographer Dana Tal, dancer Chloe Hernandez, and working with choreographer Emmanuel Grivet. Her teaching draws on her experience as a performer and is based on her personal ongoing training. It is geared toward a body which is highly 'present' and responsive, and towards a diverse and changeable movement language. Influential teachers include Julyen Hamilton, Meg Stuart, Ohad Naharin, K.J Holmes, Kirstie Simpson and Laurie Booth. She is a graduate of an MA course in dance at the University of Chichester, and currently lives and works in Brighton.
Rachel trained at Dartington College of Arts in Visual Performance. She has been involved in many forms of performance ranging from Site-specific work, Physical Theatre, Contemporary Dance, Visual Art and Improvised Performance. She has brown hair and size 4 feet. Rachel enjoys solitude and company. She likes the smell in the air after rain has fallen. She enjoys finding someone has left a secret note with interesting handwriting. Rachel stores memories like food and often gets to places without remembering the journey. Rachel likes to be liked but not by everyone. She has been a performer with the Karavan ensemble since March 2010, and took in part in A Ship of Fools at the Brighton Fringe Festival. She finds being a fool a rather natural occupation…
Prices and booking details:
£60 Full price, £55 (cons) unemployed and students (with cards), £50 special price for Theatre Arts students (with cards)
(please note places are limited)
To book a place and/or for more info please contact Tamar - tamardaly@hotmail.com
Best Regards,
The Karavan Ensemble
