Acrobatic Stilt Workshop - Vancouver BC
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Friday, May 1, 2009 - 1:00 PM
Acrobatic Stilt workshop
w/Isabelle Kirouac - Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater
Fri-Sun May 1,2,3
1-4 pm
location TBA, Vancouver BC
Registration..
before April 24 - 75$
after April 24 - 100$
registration deadline: April 27
Beginning-intermediate stilts
This workshop includes warm-ups, training and exercises intended to bring awareness to the movement habits stilts require. At the beginner level we work with proper stilt alignment and gaits, and can move into choreography and transitions to the ground and back. The lifts and falls we do on stilts draw directly upon release technique and Contact Improvisation principles, a partnering movement practice that increase spatial awareness and responsiveness to weight and touch. The pace and the content of this work will be tailored to our participants.
*Stilts are not provided, please bring your own pair and don't forget your kneepads!
Isabelle Kirouac
Born in Quebec, Canada, Isabelle Kirouac is a dancer and physical performer trained in acrobatic stilts, Contact Improvisation, butoh, release technique, improvisation and music. Over the last years, Isabelle has been performing and teaching in the US, Canada, Mexico, Ireland and Scotland with The Carpetbag Physical Theatre, best known for its acrobatic stilt dramas, and collaborating with Body Research, a company crossing the boundaries between theatre, dance, and self-exploration, using the disciplined study of Contact Improvisation as one of its main tools. She has also worked as photograph, web designer and research assistant for États Zumains, a non-profit cultural organization based in Quebec and working in West Africa. Her practice has been imprinted by her dance studies in Canada, USA, Europe with Jay Ruby, Karl Frost, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Diego Pinon, Yoshito Ono, Lin Snelling, Andrew Morrish, Andrew Harwood, Peter Bingham, Karen Nelson (…) as well as her collaborative process with film/installation artists Daichi Saito and Karl Lemieux (Double Negative Collective, Montréal) and the percussionist/improvisor Chris Cogburn (No Idea Festival, Austin TX).
Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater Company
Since 2002, the Carpetbag Brigade has been best known for its acrobatic stilt dramas. The company has evolved the stilt medium to incorporate pioneering new partnering techniques, and draws inspiration from such disparate physical vocabularies as Butoh, Contact Improvisation, release technique, improvisation and circus.
The Carpetbag Brigade's has been presenting work to such diverse venues as the Ford Theater in Hollywood, the Hoopa Indian Reservation, the Lincoln Center's outdoor summer performance series, the InFringIng Dance festival in Nanaimo, Canada, the Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey, Mexico, the Clonmel Junction Festival in Ireland and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
www.carpetbagbrigade.com
w/Isabelle Kirouac - Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater
Fri-Sun May 1,2,3
1-4 pm
location TBA, Vancouver BC
Registration..
before April 24 - 75$
after April 24 - 100$
registration deadline: April 27
Beginning-intermediate stilts
This workshop includes warm-ups, training and exercises intended to bring awareness to the movement habits stilts require. At the beginner level we work with proper stilt alignment and gaits, and can move into choreography and transitions to the ground and back. The lifts and falls we do on stilts draw directly upon release technique and Contact Improvisation principles, a partnering movement practice that increase spatial awareness and responsiveness to weight and touch. The pace and the content of this work will be tailored to our participants.
*Stilts are not provided, please bring your own pair and don't forget your kneepads!
Isabelle Kirouac
Born in Quebec, Canada, Isabelle Kirouac is a dancer and physical performer trained in acrobatic stilts, Contact Improvisation, butoh, release technique, improvisation and music. Over the last years, Isabelle has been performing and teaching in the US, Canada, Mexico, Ireland and Scotland with The Carpetbag Physical Theatre, best known for its acrobatic stilt dramas, and collaborating with Body Research, a company crossing the boundaries between theatre, dance, and self-exploration, using the disciplined study of Contact Improvisation as one of its main tools. She has also worked as photograph, web designer and research assistant for États Zumains, a non-profit cultural organization based in Quebec and working in West Africa. Her practice has been imprinted by her dance studies in Canada, USA, Europe with Jay Ruby, Karl Frost, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Diego Pinon, Yoshito Ono, Lin Snelling, Andrew Morrish, Andrew Harwood, Peter Bingham, Karen Nelson (…) as well as her collaborative process with film/installation artists Daichi Saito and Karl Lemieux (Double Negative Collective, Montréal) and the percussionist/improvisor Chris Cogburn (No Idea Festival, Austin TX).
Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theater Company
Since 2002, the Carpetbag Brigade has been best known for its acrobatic stilt dramas. The company has evolved the stilt medium to incorporate pioneering new partnering techniques, and draws inspiration from such disparate physical vocabularies as Butoh, Contact Improvisation, release technique, improvisation and circus.
The Carpetbag Brigade's has been presenting work to such diverse venues as the Ford Theater in Hollywood, the Hoopa Indian Reservation, the Lincoln Center's outdoor summer performance series, the InFringIng Dance festival in Nanaimo, Canada, the Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey, Mexico, the Clonmel Junction Festival in Ireland and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
www.carpetbagbrigade.com
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