WORKSHOPS 2019

WORKSHOPS

REGISTRATION IS 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE CLASS. LIMITED SPACES ON A FIRST COME BASIS. FOR INQUIRIES CALL +91 8017463292.

photo: Elisendra Foutarnau/Martin Pilliponski Braier

MARTIN PILIPONSKY BRAIER [Argentina] | 29th-31st July

Dancing with the invisible

Blending his background in architectures and dance, Martin teaches how the possibilities of spaces in which we live can transform dance and life itself. Sustained by a practice in deep listening to oneself and the environment that contains us, he shares his practice through teaching and performance to students and audiences all over the world.

The class is aimed at all people interested in movement and physicality, professionals or amateurs, with or without experience including actors, dancers and performers. Above all it is for people who seek to expand their physical awareness as an art practice within their different contexts. The work seeks to awaken, warm and empower the senses through simple exercises of spatial connection. Leaving and descending to the ground to train the connection of our center with the periphery. Group dynamics to keep us alert. Participants will focus on the use of the hands to spatially write their movement, the spine as the motor for displacement and the feet as the support and contact with the earth. Breathing as their vital internal-spatial connection with others and with space. The recognition of weight and by consequence the force of gravity.

Dancers will practice ways of using touch, and at the same time being touched. They will seek a deep listening within themselves and with the others. They will focus on the internal gaze seeking to soften any tension, discomfort and blockage; to move, improvise freely and create scores of physical thought in groups, trios, duets and solos.

Timings: 10-11:45am
Venue: Sparsh Studio for Performing Arts
Fees: 400 INR per class, 1100 INR for 3 classes

HÉLA FATTOUMI [France] | 1st-3rd August

Contemporary Dance

Héla Fattoumi has been a choreographer and a dancer since the early 90s. She was co-director of the Centre Chorégraphique National of Caen/Basse-Normandie in 2004 and she continued her shared approach to work with strong social and societal components. In 2015, she was named the co-director of the Centre chorégraphique national de Franche-Comté in Belfort, where she is developing their VIADANSE project.

From their encounters with otherness, Hela Fattoumi and Éric Lamoureux’s artistic journey developed a longstanding relationship to the Other and to the notion of alterity. Whilst establishing, and then directing for 10 years the ‘Danses d’ailleurs’ festival in Caen, which explored and invited various emerging dance scenes from the global South, she constantly based her own work on geopolitical issues; first and foremost with the Arab World (Wasla, La Mada’a, Manta, Lost in Burqa, Masculines) as well as the intercontinental project ‘Just to dance’, with performers from France, Japan and Congo-Brazzaville. Therefore, in keeping with these commitments and regular exchanges, Héla will share her contemporary dance’s approach with Indian participants, trying to build an experience based on improvisations and rhythms.

Timings: 2-5pm
Venue: Alka Jalan Foundation
Fees: 1500 INR for 3 classes.
All participants must attend the 3 sessions.

Laura Keynon [UK] | 2nd August

World Dances

Learn the basics of flamenco, Latin and belly dancing technique for body posture, arms, turns, shawl, vale and fan. Laura’s workshop is open to all and aims to improve stamina through precise and simple movement patterns. The principles of her class are influenced by the diversity of traditional forms, which are often brought into contemporary dance. Laura will be teaching how to improvise using different emotions and rhythms and how to combine physical strength with elegant movements.

Timings: 11AM-1PM
Venue: Alka Jalan Foundation
Fees: 400 INR

TOMMASO PETROLO [UK] | 4th August

Contemporary Dance

Tommaso has been developing through the years a very personal and unique quality of movement which represents the peculiarity of his practice.
The classes are structured incorporating both technical and improvisational elements guiding the dancers through an efficient and functional warm up, the second half is based on choreographic composition, He requires the dancers to be able to quickly access a very intricate and musical language that breaks out of the movement codification dance imposes on our bodies in order to give it complete freedom and expressivity.
Originally from Rome, Tommaso graduated at Balletto di Roma and after a few years he moved to NY to complete his studies in contemporary dance at Peridance Capezio Center. In NYC Tommaso joined Peridance Contemporary Dance Company under the direction of Igal Perry. He has worked with choreographers such as Sidra Bell, Francesca Harper (Forsythe), Charlotta Hofverholm (DV8), Manuel Vignoulle (Cedar Lake), Gregory Dolbashian (The Ensemble), Alexis Convento. Tommaso moved to the UK in 2016 and currently works with Van Huynh Dance Company. He has also worked with Tavaziva Dance and Rob Heaslip Dance Company. He is a active teacher delivering in renown institutes in UK, across Europe, U.S.A., Latin America, India and China.

Timings: 10AM-12PM
Venue: Kolkata Centre for Creativity
Fees: 400 INR

Parth Bhardwaj [India] | 4th August

Spirals & Energy Flow

This workshop works towards finding a deeper connection between breath, spine and finding continuous energy flow. Spirals, floor work, Physical sensations, fall & recovery, speed, dynamism & precision are explored via structured movement phrases. Classes are fundamentally physical, borrowing information from individual movement practice, multiple contemporary techniques and martial art.
Parth Bharadwaj has been a professional contemporary dancer since 2008. His initial training was in kathak and classical ballet. He graduated with distinction in the diploma program in Movement and Mixed Media Arts at the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts’, Bangalore. Since 2009, he has been an active part of the repertory company at Attakkalari, Bangalore. He has been a part of Attakkalari’s recent works such as ‘Meidhwani’ and ‘Aadharachakra’ and has performed and collaborated on them on an international platform. In 2012, Parth also collaborated with Yola Yolifianti (an Indonesian choreographer), for a piece titled ‘Being Salma’ which premiered at Facetes 2012 in Bangalore. In 2016, he collaborated with the Nicole Seiler company, Lausanne, Switzerland, for a piece titled ‘Isshh(k)’, to be premiered at the Arsenic Centre for Contemporary Dance at Lausanne, Switzerland. He has also been conducting education and outreach work in the area of contemporary dance in India and abroad since 2011.

Timings: 2-4PM
Venue: Kolkata Centre for Creativity
Fees: 400 INR

Gabrielle Revlock [USA] | 5th August

Contact Improvisation

In this workshop we will explore how touch and weigh-sharing and can be used to create spontaneous compositions. Participants will be asked to work with both open and closed eyes as we tune our ability to listen and see through our skin, muscle and bones. Guidance and scores will be introduced around what it means to be fully present in your own dance, your personal desires and needs, while respecting your partners and the group as a whole. Bring your curiosity, compassion and the desire to play. Open to beginner and experienced practitioners alike.

Gabrielle Revlock is a dancer/choreographer/teacher based in Philadelphia and New York. In her work she explores complicated but relatable interpersonal relationships, developed through meticulous character study and improvisational structures. A practitioner of contact improv since 2003, Revlock has studied with Nancy Stark Smith, Tim O’Donnell, David Brick, KJ Holmes, Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, and Kathleen Hermesdorf among others and is a facilitator for the Brooklyn Contact Jam.