Professionnels

::Summer School 2010

Classes summary

2011 SCHEDULE

Classe de maître avec Irene Dowd/Dynamic Trunk and Foot Dance

When: Monday to Friday from 9 :15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.; and from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Description: The purpose of this course is to provide strategies for enhancing articulation at the hip joints both for stability of weight bearing limb and mobility of gesturing limb. Participants will learn “Dynamic Trunk and Foot Dance”, a warm-up choreography that involves dynamic stabilization of the pelvis, actions of the foot in coordination with ankle, knee and hip, and rotation of the hip joint through all the spatial dimensions. In the process of practicing this choreographed material, students will be introduced to the anatomical potential of the lower spine, pelvis, hip joints, ankles and feet.

• Professionnels de la danse (9 h 15 à 10 h 15)

Classes techniques II (3 weeks)
With Bernard Martin 

When: Monday to Friday from 12 :30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Description : Every morning, Bernard Martin will teach a ballet class tailored to his own daily needs as a contemporary dancer. This class is a combination of technical exercises accumulated over the years that were inspired by great masters such as Lawrence Rhodes, Mark Morris and George Balanchine.

• Professionnels de la danse (à la carte seulement)

Classes techniques III (1 week)
With Jamie Wright  

When: Monday to Friday from 10 :30 a.m. to noon
Description: Jamie's contemporary class stands at the crossroads between Cunningham, Limon and release techniques. Drawing on elements of space, weight and momentum, the dancer discovers a dynamic, active alignment, while developing spatial awareness, precise placement and increased range of motion and mobility. Technically rigorous, the class seeks to increase strength in the dancer while also teaching how to use that strength efficiently without overworking muscularly.

The class progresses through a variety of standing exercises, floorwork and travelling jumps, to finally culminate in a choreographic combination designed to increase the dancer's capacity to integrate learned movement principles with new interpretive possibilities.

• Professionnels de la danse (en forfait et à la carte)

Master class with Irene Dowd/Horizons

When: Monday to Friday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Description: The purpose of this course is to refine the expressive and functional usage of our extremities with reference to self, ground and other people. Participants will learn “Horizons” a warm-up choreography that involves extravagant variations in the relationships between hands and eyes. Students will be introduced to the anatomical potential of the arms, hands, head and upper spine. Together, we will explore adaptable strategies for communicating the dramatic intent behind the specific gestures being performed.

• Professionnels de la danse (en forfait seulement)

Laboratoire d’interprétation III/Répertoire Édouard Lock
(1 semaine: du 26 au 30 juillet)
With Bernard Martin 

When: Monday to Friday from 3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Description: Bernard Martin will share complex dance sequences with 3rd year students that were specifically created for him by Édouard Lock for the shows Amélia and Amjad from the repertoire of La La La Human Steps. This workshop will mainly enable them to understand how to combine speed and precision.

• Professionnels de la danse (en forfait seulement)

Classes techniques II (3 weeks)
With Bernard Martin 

When: Monday to Friday from 12 :30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Every morning, Bernard Martin will teach a ballet class tailored to his own daily needs as a contemporary dancer. This class is a combination of technical exercises accumulated over the years that were inspired by great masters such as Lawrence Rhodes, Mark Morris and George Balanchine.

• Professionnels de la danse (à la carte seulement)

Classes techniques III/Le corps en chute (2 weeks)
With Dana Gingras

When: Monday to Friday from 10 :15 a.m. to noon
Description: The classes are presented as a series of kinetic explorations combining skills and practices of rolling, releasing, giving and supporting weight. Drawn from various systems that aim to establish connections that develop a freedom and efficiency of movement and simultaneously awaken the senses. Special attention will be paid to increase the functional capacity and articulation of the spine. Participants will investigate the fluid pathways and transitions inherent in falling and recovery with emphasis on the initiation of movement and the use of momentum and gravity as a means to full-bodied, dynamic and risky dancing.

• Professionnels de la danse (en forfait et à la carte)

Laboratoire d’interprétation/ Thèse biographique
With Bernard Martin 

When: Monday to Friday from 1:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Description: With the help of 3rd-year students, Bernard Martin will lead a creative laboratory that will aim to describe his 18-year dance career with major choreographers. By giving voice to his body, he would like to determine whether a personal language can emerge from all of these influences, experiences and bodily memories.

• Professionnels de la danse (en forfait seulement)