Youth Dance residency and audition for Retina Youth Dance Company
21, 22, 23 December 2009 College Street Centre, Nottingham For East Midlands dancers from age 15 to 20
Retina Dance Company is searching for the 2010 Retina Youth Dance Company through a Christmas residency and audition led by Filip Van Huffel and Matthew Slater!
As everyone prepares for settling down for Christmas, Retina invites all 15 to 20 year old East Midlands dancers to come and get motivated and inspired instead. For 3 days Retina will lead the group through a dance residency that will culminate in the production of a new performance piece. Within the 3 days Retina will also be searching for the best dancers to be members of the new 2010 Retina Youth Dance Company.
Retina Youth meet in Nottingham on Saturdays and exists to contribute to improving the technical, performance and creative standards of dancers in the East Midlands. The group meet weekly for technique class and rehearsals and occasionally meet for weekend intensives with company members for the creation of new performance pieces. Retina also actively seek performance opportunities for the company as regularly as possible.
The residency is on December 21st and 22nd from 10 to 4pm and 23rd from 10 to 1pm. Cost is £30. The course will be based in College Street Centre, Nottingham. For registration email admin@retinadance.com or call Joanna Smuga-Lumatz on 0115 947 6202 (225)
Places are limited so book now!
Bartenieff Fundamentals Dans.Art workshop in Antwerp
Bartenieff Fundamentals workshop with Natalie Gordon
29 November 2009
24 January 2010
Dans.art is an initiative by Passerelle vzw in partnership with Retina Dance Company, Cultuurcentrum Hasselt and Wisper Gent. Retina's next Dans.art is an intensive workshop opportunity for dancers and choreographers to work with Retina's Laban Bartenieff specialist Natalie Gordon.
Natalie will teach a workshop that utilises Bartenieff Fundamentals as a choreographic tool. Bartenieff Fundamentals are a set of concepts, principles and exercises that focus on internal body connectivity to enable efficiency in movement and finding pathways of flow through the body to aid functionality and attain full bodied, fluid and released movement. Natalie will use these theories for creative choreographic exploration.
Dancers new to Bartenieff and those that wish to deepen their understanding are both welcome.
The courses are for dancers that want to discover more in contemporary dance. Each day costs €29 and runs from 10.00 to 15.00 at ccbe, Antwerp-Berchem.
Dans.Art workshop in Antwerp with Filip Van Huffel
28 March 2010
Filip's workshop consists of an idiosyncratic warm-up focussed on fluidity, breath, continuity and stamina. The class will be followed by taught material, structured improvisation and learning of choreographic devises that can be useful during a choreographic process.
More information and booking contact natalie@retinadance.com
