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Week 2 PRACTICES: Claudia Lavista
BODY-TERRITORY [Cultural Exchange/Mexico]
January 14-18, 1:30-3:30pm
The body is a territory of encounter, dialogue, discovery, relationship.
We are territories to inhabit, we inhabit the other and together we form a platform, a mirror and a sustenance. During this practice, the members of the workshop will experience some of the body research that CL has developed over the last 25 years as part of her artistic and pedagogical vision.
Various dynamics will be explored in relation to the concept of “Practicing Body” and “Expressive Body”. Working from the flow and control of energy in floor work, through the use of principles such as: accumulation, expansion, sense of trajectory, multi-directional use of space, circularity and sense of community.
During the session a series of Japanese Haikus are used as a creative impulse of various improvisations; as well as exercises of free stroke on paper, related to the expression of the body through various means, in this case poetry and drawing.
The main focus is on the development of a present and integrated body configuration that invites a deep understanding of the individual and social body, strengthening the use of intuition, perception and connection. The movement is approached from the action as a generator of a body-territory.
Claudia Lavista – Dancer, choreographer, teacher and manager of diverse projects, she has received several National Dance Awards both as choreographer and performer. Since 1992 she co-directs Delfos contemporary dance company. CL has created more than 50 choreographic works that have been presented in four continents. She is the founder and co-leader of the Mazatlán Professional Dance School, considered as one of the most prestigious dance conservatories in Latin America. Since 2010, she is faculty member of the Bates Dance Festival. In 2008 she joined the National System of Art Creators and in 2011 the University of Chicago awarded him a Mellon Fellowship. Her videodance “Entre paredes de agua” wins the Donna et Cinema Award for the Best Video Creation in Spain 2012. She continuously gives master classes and workshops and creates work with several organizations around the world. Since 2012 she directs the Platform for choreographic creation “Interactions, bodies in dialogue”. She is interested in collaborative, community and interdisciplinary projects.
January 14-18, 1:30-3:30pm
1 Practices Workshop – $125 | 4 Practices for $450 | 8 for $800 | 12 for $1100 | 13 for $1150
Pricing for 1 Day Weekend Workshops: $65
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Photo by Lois Greenfield: Claudia Lavista