Thursday & Friday, August 16 & 17, 2018
6:00pm – 9:00pm
55 NE Farragut St. #4 (entrance at front of building, next to North Portland Yoga)
Portland, OR 97211
In this workshop with physical theatre artist and teacher Jordan Rosin, participants will utilize principles from a variety of physical theatre traditions (Butoh Dance in particular) to cultivate an awareness, availability, and responsiveness that will allow them to move and act with intention and impact both onstage and off. Drawing on forms such as yoga, martial arts, acrobatics, clown, contact improvisation, as well as somatic modalities like Alexander Technique and Bartenieff Fundamentals, Jordan will help students tap into universal resonance through engagement with both their dynamic and receptive aspects, expanding both their expressive capacity and the sensitivity necessary to truly be moved by the ‘other’
In this 4-module, weekend workshop with physical theatre artist and teacher Jordan Rosin, participants will utilize principles from a variety of physical theatre traditions to cultivate an awareness, availability, and responsiveness that will allow them to speak, move, and act with resonance in the dynamic space of the stage. Drawing on Butoh Dance, yoga, martial arts, acrobatics, Linklater Voice Technique, as well as somatic modalities like Alexander Technique and Bartenieff Fundamentals, Jordan will help students expand their dynamic, expressive capacity while cultivating the awareness and receptivity necessary to make healthy and sustainable choices in rehearsal and performance.
4 Consecutive Saturdays, 12pm – 2:30pm, May 12 – June 2
at Synapsis Nova, 212 G Street, Suite 102, Eureka, CA 95501
This workshop series is open to complete beginners as well as those with an existing basic practice looking to advance. A pre-existing general level of physical fitness is recommended. Adults and teens welcome, ages 12 and up.
Over the course of the each class, there will be a guided warm-up, demonstrations of skills, and time to explore and practice individual acrobatic maneuvers like rolls, cartwheels, headstand, handstands, back bends, as well as partner skills like counterbalance and lifts. Modifications up and down, as well as progressive drills and hands-on spotting may all be offered for ease or additional challenge.
I’m excited to announce that this summer I will embark upon my first multi-city workshop tour of the USA, visiting major cities on both coasts to teach butoh, yoga, acrobatics, and physical theatre for performing artists and the general public.
The tentative tour schedule is below, but still under development. Therefore if you or someone you know is interested in helping to co-produce or promote a workshop, or in adding a new stop, or in otherwise supporting this endeavor feel free to e-mail me!
Saturday, December 16, 2017
12pm – 3pm (3 hours)
at Synapsis Nova, 212 G Street, Suite 102, Eureka, CA 95501
This workshop is open to complete beginners as well as those with an existing basic practice looking to advance.
Over the course of the 3 hours, there will be a guided warm-up, demonstrations of skills, and plenty of room to explore and practice individual acrobatic maneuvers like rolls, cartwheels, headstand, handstands, back bends, as well as a few partner skills like counterbalance and lifts. Modifications up and down, as well as progressive drills and hands-on spotting may all be offered for ease or additional challenge.
Why America Needs Streb, But Got Diavolo With the recent rise of the dance theatre company Diavolo to popular attention …
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I created these tutorials in my last year as Producing Artistic Director of The Ume Group. Huge thanks to Yokko and Clara Kundin for helping me film them. Enjoy!
