Performance Intensive
The Still Moon Arts Society, in cooperation with the Windermere Community Schools Team, is running a Performance Intensive camp in August 2010. Now in it’s 5th year the Performance Intensive will be held
August 16- 27th
Mark the Dates!
9:30 am – 2:30 pm Monday – Friday
Community show: Friday August 27th 1pm
Location: Windermere Secondary School Fine Arts Wing
Three 75 minute classes with professional artists in different disciplines each day.
Performance Intensive graduates are featured in the finale of the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Saturday September 25th.
*On Week 2 the advanced stilt class will be offered as a professional development class for emerging stilt dancers and will be taught by Isabelle Kirouac.
Costs:
$400 for two weeks (3 classes per day)
$250 for one week (3 classes per day)
$175 for two weeks (1 class per day)
$175 for one week (2 classes per day)
$100 for one week (1 class per day) [ie. Professional Development]
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To register please send the completed application form and deposit to the Still Moon Arts Society mailing address:
Still Moon Arts Society
3153 East 20th Ave.
Vancouver BC
V5M 2V4
or contact us via email at community.stillmoon@gmail.com
2010 Faculty
Isabelle Kirouac
Born in Quebec, Canada, Isabelle Kirouac is a dancer and physical performer trained in acrobatic stilts, Contact Improvisation, butoh, release technique, improvisation and music. Over the last years, Isabelle has been performing and teaching in the US, Canada, Mexico, Ireland and Scotland with The Carpetbag Physical Theatre, best known for its acrobatic stilt dramas, and collaborating with Body Research, a company crossing the boundaries between theatre, dance, and self-exploration, using the disciplined study of Contact Improvisation as one of its main tools. Her practice has been imprinted by her studies in Canada, USA, Europe with Jay Ruby, Karl Frost, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Diego Pinon, Martine Viale, Lin Snelling, Andrew Morrish, Andrew Harwood, Peter Bingham, Karen Nelson (…) as well as her collaborative process with film/installation artists Daichi Saito and Karl Lemieux (Double Negative Collective) and the percussionist Chris Cogburn.
ACROBATIC STILT WORKSHOP
This workshop includes warm-ups, training and exercises intended to bring awareness to the movement habits stilts require. We work with proper stilt alignment and gaits, and can move into choreography and transitions to the ground and back. The lifts and falls we do on stilts draw directly upon release technique and Contact Improvisation principles, a partnering movement practice that increase spatial awareness and responsiveness to weight and touch. We will integrate Contact Improvisation into acrobatic stilt work, with an eye towards presence and performance application. Exercises for falling gracefully, effortlessly and safely to the ground will be taught along with a focus on partner work and physical theater techniques. The pace and the content of this work will be tailored to our participants.
Jennifer Norquist
This art and costume workshop includes designing and creating a costume or puppet from the participants own ideas and then developing the characters that we have created. We will be using a variety of skills including drawing, sewing and performance. Participants will be led through a process where they will be inspired and supported to realize their own creative vision, work together and build new skills.
Jennifer has been a dedicated artist her whole life and has developed a passion for working with community for co-creative art production. Her main focuses over the past ten years has been puppetry, mosaics, costumes and interactive performance. She has participated in many arts festivals, public and private art projects and has taught many workshops. She has a returned to Emily Carr University of Art and Design after a long hiatus and is currently in her grad year.
Ariel Anderson – Hoop, Poi and Flags
Ariel has been exploring performance art for the past 8 years, having found her favorite channel for outgoing creative expression. She has been dancing since she could walk, and has dabbled in many different movement arts throughout her life, including mixed martial arts, belly dance, ecstatic dance and yoga. Ariel found her passion in practicing hoop dance, object manipulation, and intimate interaction with the elements. She has performed at many local events and festivals such as the Moon Festival and the Vancouver International Folk Fest.
Inspired by life in a creative community she continues to cultivate her skills and share her joy. The Skill Toys workshop will be an exploration of hoops, mini hoops, flags and poi. Participants will have the opportunity to build and expand skill sets in these areas while finding the flow and the fun in playing with these tools. Everything from the basics, to flow and dance, to tricky tricks and silliness will be touched on in this workshop. The lessons will be catered to each class and individual depending on the need. Be prepared for some exciting new breakthroughs in your practice!
