SO MANY DETAILS…

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Rigorous movement training and delicate energy practices from butoh dance and noguchi taiso’s water body are drawn together with sorvillo’s associative image-sourcing, improvisation and compositional practices to lay the groundwork for our embodied, visual and intellectual research on the nature of time (quantum physics/capitalism/lingering...) Butoh, for me, is an erasure, and, an expansion.  The body (absenced a quotidian “self”) is an open location, an intersection where the world passes through you (no longer you). This work is a practice towards vibrant attention, absolute presence, and a transformation of the material of the body.  In my practice I have shifted away from the external aesthetics of butoh to focus here.

PERFORMANCE LAB: Building on practices and materials from the one-day workshop and six-week training, performance lab participants will create short works presented on June 3 & 4. While our research centers on embodied practice, presentations created individually or in small groups may take the form of text, visual image, sonic material, video, sculpture etc. Lab meets Sundays 4-6pm with additional research/rehearsal/creation time as decided by the working groups.

PARTICIPATION: Welcome adult movement practitioners from any style/background as well as artists, musicians, writers and other humans who want to engage embodied practices. Please note that the studio is up a flight of stairs on the second floor. Participation in Six-Week Training is required to join Performance Lab.

REGISTRATION:
Available through Shawl-Anderson. LINK coming soon!
One-Day Workshop, Sunday February 26th, 4-7pm: $65 ($55 by 2/12)
Six-Week Training, Sundays March 26th-April 30th, 4-6pm: $225 ($200 by 3/5)
Performance Lab, Sundays May 7-28th, 4-6pm: $135 ($120 by 4/16)
(Lab includes additional rehearsal times and June 3 & 4 performances)

Earliest Bird Discount! Pre-Pay for ALL by 2/12: $350

Scholarships: Through the support of a City of Berkeley Civic Arts Grant, BIPOC students can receive a full or partial scholarship. Please use the following scholarship codes at checkout:
Full Scholarship Code: Repair100
Partial Scholarship Code: Repair50 (pay 50% of any class fees)

Caretaker Stipends:  Also supported by the City of Berkeley Civic Arts Grant, if you are a solo caretaker of someone dependent on you, a small caretaker stipend may make it more possible to join class.  Please contact Paige directly.