FREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP: Improvisational Composition

Posted by Editor in Chief on March 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Taught by: Anet Ris-Kelman

When: Tues. March 13, 7:30-10pm

Where: Hipbone Studio, 1847 E. Burnside, #104

For Reservation & information: anetriskelman@comcast.net Introduction is FREE 8 Week Session: Tuesdays March 20-May 8 $120-$160, some scholarships available

To create, to improvise, to perform, you have to enter into the unknown–the Void . . . a place of all possibilities . . . where anything can happen . . .

This workshop develops & expands your unique movement, spoken word & sound vocabulary for improvisation, developing characters, & composition, through the exploration of:

• Heightened receptivity through Radical Sensing and Empathy

• Presence through moment to moment awareness

• Saying yes to what is

• Consciousness of space, timing, dynamics (Laban’s Effort work), gesture and State of Being

• Solo and Ensemble skills

• Comfort in front of an audience

* Joy as the basic creative experience

For dancers, this workshop addresses issue that are often not dealt with in regular dance classes, such as: audience engagement, presence, working with how space ‘reads’, using choreographical elements improvisationally (and vice versa), using Rudolph Laban’s Efforts to develop dynamic range, and maintaining total awareness of self as well as 360 degree awareness of the entire space.

FOR ANYONE WANTING MORE CREATIVITY/OR PERFORMANCE TOOLS IN THEIR LIFE AND ART. APPROPRIATE FOR THE BEGINNING EXPLORER TO THE PROFESSIONAL.

What people are saying about the workshops:

•“This amazing work, that Anet teaches so brilliantly, has informed and benefited everything I have done: as a teacher, workshop facilitator, performer, mindset coach, and entrepreneur. “Can ‘presence’ be taught?” Anet proves that the answer to that question is a resounding yes! This work rocks!”

•“These are invaluable tools for performance that enable greater focus & fresh approaches.”

•“Anet is a wonderfully direct and present teacher and the work is deeply challenging and fun.”

•“This work helped me to be more conscious-in-self rather than self-conscious.”

•“transformative”, “changes your brain-wave patterns”, “direct skill training in how to stay present”, “fun”.

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