Future Flares Festival: Workshop - Contemporary dance and creative reflection

Workshop: Contemporary dance and creative reflection with Dr. Rachel Rimmer-Piekarczyk

Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th January 2025: 10am – 1pm

Public sharing: 1.30pm - 2.00pm

Grosvenor East Performance Studio (1.04)

Split over two sessions, this contemporary dance workshop will simultaneously develop participants’ skills as performers and reflective practitioners, and will lead towards a public sharing of the workshop process.

Engaging in a range of activities that incorporate release-based contemporary dance techniques, somatic practices and dance improvisation, we will explore what happens when reflection arises out of physical dance practice and how the practices of drawing, mark-making and/or writing can be used to capture reflective thinking processes that subsequently feed back into dancing.

Some experience in dance, or a movement-based practice is preferable, but not essential. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can move freely in and bring water.