The two-part workshop with dancers of the UK’s Candoco Dance Company is an opportunity for participants with different life and professional experience to get involved in a practical and creative approach to movement and dance.
The first part of the workshop will be an opportunity to connect with ourselves, our bodies and each other, and to establish an accessible and tailored way of working together. Disabled dancers Joel Brown and Anna Seymour will guide participants through creative searches, and will also support the incarnation and manifestation of the established scenario. Both of these activities will refer to the current repertoire of the British ensemble and draw on the well-established Candoco integration practice.
In the second part of the workshop, participants will delve a little deeper into movement practices and consider how they can support and enrich their own movement or professional practice. There will also be an opportunity to hear from the dancers about their direct experiences and work strategies.
The workshop is suitable for disabled and non-disabled dance enthusiasts and professionals. Prior dance experience is not necessary, but it is important to attend both parts of the workshop.
Date: March 28, 2022:
1st part: 10:00 - 13:00
break: 13:00 - 17:00
2nd part: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Registration:
Register via the online form below to participate in the event: https://bit.ly/Candoco-warsztaty
Venue:
Theater Institute Zbigniew Raszewski
ul. Jazdów 1, Warsaw
- Participation in the workshop is free.
- The number of places is limited.
- The order of applications decides.
- We will not provide food for participants.
Language:
Workshops will be conducted in English and English sign language. We will provide translation into Polish and Polish sign language.
Workshop organizers: Teatr 21 / Center for Inclusive Art
▪ The event is organized in cooperation with the British Council as part of the Europe Beyond Access project.
▪ Partner: Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego
▪ The program of Teatr 21 / Inclusive Art Center is co-financed by the Capital City of Warsaw Warsaw.
Leaders:
▪ ANNA SEYMOUR
After completing her BA in Dance from Deakin University, Anna worked as a freelance dance artist, actress, teacher and producer. She is a proud deaf woman and communicates in Auslan, BSL and English. Her passion is her community, culture and language.
As a dancer, Anna has worked with many ensembles and choreographers such as Ballet Lab, KAGE and Stephanie Lake, as well as creating her own choreographies (Distraction Society, SPIN, Mini SPIN and Skin). Anna is also the co-founder of The Delta Project, a Melbourne-based dance collective of deaf and hearing performers.
Anna worked as a producer assistant at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2019 and is regularly involved as a panel presenter and teacher of movement workshops in Deaf and Artistic environments.
Anna describes herself as follows: Anna has dark brown, curly hair reaching down to her shoulders, with bangs, brown eyes, fair skin with freckles, a nose ring, and a slight build.
▪ JOEL BROWN
Joel Brown is a dancer, singer and songwriter originally from the United States. He joined Candoco in 2015 for Alexander Whitley's Beheld. As part of the team, Joel has done the work of many amazing choreographers, including Arlene Phillips for the duo "You and I Know", Yasmeen Godder and Trisha Brown.
Before joining Candoco, Joel studied music at the University of Utah from 2008 to 2011, and from 2011 to 2014 he made numerous US and international tours with Brown-Rice Productions and the AXIS Dance Company. He has collaborated with choreographers such as Yvonne Rainer, Marc Brew, Victoria Marks and Graham Brown.
As a freelance artist, Joel created the duo "111" in collaboration with Eve Mutso, former director of the Scottish Ballet. The show "111" was highly appreciated by critics at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe festival.
In 2013, he was nominated for the Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in the field of performance.
Candoco Dance Company
Candoco Dance Company combines the mainstream with experiment, creates unique performances and educational events. Candoco celebrates different ways of seeing, being and creating art and is one of the leaders of the contemporary discussion on dance and disability.
The ensemble, founded in 1991 by Celeste Dandeker-Arnold OBE and Adam Benjamin, collaborates with the most famous choreographers and artists. We create performative works that are presented at prestigious venues and festivals in the UK and internationally.
About the Europe Beyond Access project
Europe Beyond Access (EBA) is the largest transnational art and disability program. The project is co-financed by the European Union's "Creative Europe" program.
The key partners of the consortium are the British Council (Great Britain), Onassis Cultural Center (Greece), Holland Dance Festival (Netherlands), Kampnagel (Germany), Per.Art (Serbia), Skånes Dansteater (Sweden), Oriente Occidente (Italy).
The Europe Beyond Access project supports female artists and artists with disabilities in overcoming a number of barriers in the performing arts sector and helps to make their careers international. The aim of the project activities is also to create and strengthen an international network of cultural organizations willing to present the works of female and male artists with disabilities and to attract them to European audiences.
Details of the project are available at www.EuropeBeyondAccess.com