In collaboration with Visual Artis, Cartographer Deidre Mac Load 'Future Value', is a promenading performance through well-known, and less familiar, public spaces in Portobello.
Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 Sept, starting at 7pm at the Kilns, Bridge Street.
a devised promenading performance co-created with the wonderful participants,, the passing by walkers, runners, trees, plants and the SPACE #Art Walk Porty
Can ensemble work create spaces where people can connect more to their own bodies, to other people and to our environment? Can this create change in society? Holding this question in mind, Monica leads the ensemble dedicated in this site-specific, improvisation performance. The ensemble is be a mix of professional and community dancers, coming together to land and meet.
physical theatre workshops
improvisation, somatics, devised and collective creation practice!
@ St. Margaret House,
Gallery 3 at
151 London Road, EH7 6 AE, Edinburgh
19.00 to 20.30
We will explore site-specific options, so weather permitting we might use outdoor spaces during some classes
Ensemble Performance - Live music and Dance
with the participants of the classes
directed by Monica De Ioanni
8th December 2016
at South Side community Centre, Edinburgh.
This performance is an ensemble work that we develop during the classes.
Photography by Roberto Ricciuti
Temporary suspended
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ALL WELCOME !!!
Looking forward to meeting you!
These classes are open to all: beginners, dance students, performers, both experienced and not in Dance Improvisation.
During the classes we will develop ensemble work that will culminate in a showing date and venue TBC. The participation in the showing is optional
Please watch the video about Monica's teaching clicking the link below:
Utilizing the principles of contact improvisation and body-mind practices, Monica's teaching focuses on areas such as; awareness of the body's organisation and anatomy; connection to the floor, the space and partner's; and sensing the weight and the flow of the breath into the body.
Confidence in receiving and giving (lifting, falling, momentum, suspension, weight, impetus) is built through suggested movement patterns and observing the singular expression of the body in motion
"Since I first started with Monica's dance improvisation classes, I have barely missed one. [..] everyone can be themselves or attempt to find themselves without any judgement. You look into yourself, explore your own moves, open up to the space and its stimuli, and compose your own dance with others.You end up discovering many engaging things that fill you with lots of joy, love, and happiness, and make you acknowledge and appreciate the power of movement and dance."
Angeliki
"Monica’s Dance Improv class is a delightful end to the week! No steps to learn or routines to remember - just an opportunity to move on my own or in partnership, explore my internal and external spaces, and let my creative juices loose. A great way to prepare for the weekend! Monica’s facilitation is gentle, respectful, and exciting, while holding the group in a warm and creative space. There is no other class like this in Edinburgh! "Susan
Site Specific Performance April 2018 - Supported by Dance Base - Edinburgh