Workshop : Andrew De Lotbinière Harwood – Compositional Awareness

Objective

This workshop will focus on several specific areas of research in solo improvisation, ensemble work, and contact improvisation. Through perception, imagination, principles of design, and sustained attention, we will consider how a global spacial awareness and a sustained compositional sense can support our efforts to connect, find meaning in our dancing, and engage in innovative possibilities for individual and collective improvisation. This work is viewed not only as a method of creative expression but also as a way to develop our creative capacity to collaborate and build a community that maintains space for each individual.

Content

We will begin with a period of personal awareness through various somatic practices, sensory adjustments, and explorations of the dynamics, textures, and subtleties of touch. Each session serves to create containers for focused inquiry, encouraging each participant to engage in the dynamics of self-care and empathy for others. Our time together will be dedicated to enhancing and developing our physical, perceptual, and imaginative capacities. Each session will be punctuated by different dance scores to help us focus our attention and collaboratively create a harmonious work, while also broadening our compositional perspective. Lots of time will be spent dancing during this workshop.

𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: English & French

📷 Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood