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Contact
improvisation workshop with
Et Aussi Dance from South Korea
March 12-14, 2012
Kuala Lumpur
South Korean-based dancers Celine Bacque and Kim Bong Ho of Et
Aussi Dance company will be in Kuala Lumpur to facilitate a contact
improvisation workshop at the Living Arts Dance Studio in Bandar
Kinrara, Puchong. The workshop will run for 3 days from March 12 to
14, 2012
(Monday to Friday), from 10am to 4.30pm daily.
The
workshop will be open to anyone who loves moving and sharing the joy of
dancing. This includes professional dancers, artists, the disabled,
beginners, as well as advanced improvisers.
Date: March 12-14,
2012
Days: Monday to Wednesday
Time: 10am to
4.30pm
Venue: Living Arts Dance Studio
(located in Giant Hypermarket,
Bandar Kinrara, Puchong)
http://living-arts.com.my/maps/
Schedule
Morning technique
classes (2hrs):
Each technique
class is a single journey to open our bodies to different approaches to
contact and to improvisation. Starting with a smooth and calm warm up
to connect us to our basic breathing, we will then build awareness and
listening and utilize exercises to give us skills such as being
centered, accepting gravity, feeling on and off balance, interacting
with the environment, dancing alone, with a partner or with the group
in harmony. We will also work on floor exercises (such as rolling),
falling and supporting, and sliding.
Afternoon scores
and jams (3 hrs):
We will focus on
improvisation scores connected to the main exercises in the morning
class. It would allow us to experience dancing freely by proposition of
instantaneous compositions and direct choreographies on site
(inside/outside). This will enable to us to develop sensitive exchanges
with one another and we will end with an open jam and exchange ideas
via dialogue.
Profiles
ET AUSSI DANCE is a non-profit
organization and an independent dance company directed by Celine Bacque
(France) and Kim Bong Ho (South Korea) that was formed in 2007 and is
based in the Gyeonggi province of South Korea.
The
company’s works and researches are mainly based on contact
improvisation techniques, improvisations, compositions, and
multi-disciplinary arts collaborations. They have given workshops in
countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, France, Italia,
Madagascar, Congo, Switzerland, Chile, Argentina, and Cambodia,
catering them to professional dancers as well as to beginners, advanced
movers, children and the disabled. Their works are a fusion of both
choreographers’ inspirations, approaches and styles between the East
and the West. www.etaussidance.com
CELINE BACQUE is a French
dancer, performer and teacher living in South Korea. She is the
co-director of Et Aussi Dance Company and the co-organizer of the Asian
Improvisation Art Exchange in South Korea. She graduated from the
National Superior Conservatory of Dance of Paris, and was awarded a
grant by the Foreign Minister of France to pursue research on
Contemporary Dance and release technique at the Trisha Brown Dance
Company.
Bacque teaches
dance, contact, and improvisation internationally and develops
collaborative art projects in South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia,
mixing cultural genres and art mediums. She also performs solos
inspired by Korean shamanic dances and contemporary dance as well as
co-choreographs repertory pieces with Kim Bong Ho, some of which were
performed in several Korean international festivals and toured Chile,
Argentina, Japan, Taiwan, Madagascar, France, and Italy – West Pole East, Socrates Falls in Love, Fragment, and Transition.
KIM BONG HO is a co-founder of the Et
Aussi Dance Company, established in 2007. He is active both locally and
internationally, creating works, especially group-based pieces, in
Europe, South America and Asia. He is particularly interested in
contributing to dance education, specifically improvisation, and
expanding networks in Asia.
Kim is the chief
organizer of the Asian Improvisation Art Exchange, a biennial festival
held in Seoul, Korea. It was first convened in 2008, with Japan, Taiwan
and Korea being the principal axis. It then grew with artists from
other countries participating. The exchange became more detailed and
eventually settled on being a research laboratory where the dancers not
only perform together but also discuss and share their thoughts.
Kim began in
theatre in 1994 and switched to dance in 1997. After graduating from
university, he worked with various dance companies. His major works are SaeYaSaeYa, Socrates Falls in Love, Dust, Memory, Transition, and Fragment.
Contact
Improvisation
CONTACT IMPROVISATION is a dance form where the
physical contact between two people provides the starting point for
movement exploration. This is done via active perception to subtle
shifts in weight, balance, and momentum. Contact improvisation
encourages the development of a creative mind, engenders spontaneity
and expands ones physical abilities.
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