Audition May 29th

WORKSHOP AUDITION

London Audition Date: May 29^th 6pm – 8pm

One Audition Workshop: Two projects – we will be holding auditions for two up-coming projects

Light Steps & The trip Project on May 29th!!!!

The audition workshop is suitable for dancers with professional training of 3 years or more and/ or three years of professional experience.

Please book a place by emailing your CV to info@dancingstrong.com

1) Audition for LIGHT STEPS

Adesola Akinleye/DancingStrong will be holding a workshop audition for a new children’s production Light Steps. The aim of the workshop is to select dancers to be part of the paid creation and performance of the work.

The work will be created in June & July, with two performances in August.

Existing trip Pool dancers will be given priority booking for this project www.dancingstrong.com

2) ALSO AUDITION for The trip Project.

The trip Project is an opportunity for Freelance professional dancers. As a member of the pool you will be invited to residencies with choreographers across the year. Trip provides opportunities for:

Networking - showing choreographers how you work and what you bring to the rehearsal situation, and becoming familiar with the creative process of different choreographers.

Continuing professional development – to work in company style setting and hone techniques for working with a range of artists and choreographers.

Employment opportunities: to be in on the ground floor for the creation of new work. Employment might include working as a dancer but also in other roles such as choreographers assistant on funded projects.

Membership: Membership in the trip dancer pool is dependent on audition (next audition is May 29^th).

Read more http://www.adesola@dancingstrong.com/trip.html

Residency with Leroy Dias Dos Santos, April 22nd 2pm-6pm

We are very excited to have guest artist Leroy Dias Dos Santos hold a one day residency this April. Trip dancers please email info@dancingstrong.com to register. See you there!

April residency - Watch this space.

We have an April residency coming up with Leroy. We are really excited to be working with him. We are finalising dates so keep April 22-24 in your diary. We will confirm days and times in the next couple of days. Look forward to seeing you all.

Film excerpt of our summer 2013 project in Margate

Click here for film: Reflections in Dance on Dan Graham's Pavilion

Reflections in Dance on Dan Graham’s Pavilion was commissioned by Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate in June 2013 as part of Love Architecture Week. Responding to the Museum’s Summer exhibit of Dan Graham’s Two Cubes, One Rotated 45, Adesola Akinleye explores the relationship between architecture and those who inhabit it. In creating a dance work for Dan Graham’s pavilion she was especially interested in how the pavilion investigates the act of seeing oneself reflected and at the same time watching others beyond the glass.

The choreography uses the reflected body to explore the multilayers of the Self’s, discursive identity: the many bodies we inhabit as we move from situation to situation. Adesola is interested in how place, and how we are ‘witnessed’ in place (re)creates our sense of our physical Self.

The choreography interrogates the relationship between the ephemeral body and the physical body. Adesola took this as a focus using the phrase “I see myself in you when…’ as a choreographic idea.

Adesola’s choreography asks the audience to witness the sensation of being present in ones own reflections: asking the audience to witness the sensation of seeing through the many reflections of Dan Graham’s installation.

This short film shows an excerpt of the work.

trip project: October residency

Saturday October 5th is our next residency 11am to 3pm. We will have guest choreographer Michael Tulloch sharing his work and process. (Kenzi Irelands workshop is being rescheduled.) We are really excited to be working with Michael who is in the process of creating some work for performance later in the year....more soon... see you Saturday

About Michael Tulloch
Michael interest in dance begun at the age of 13 years old during, which he attended my local community dance classes. Michael specializes in many techniques Contemporary, African, Street and Bollywood. His has worked extensively in the dance industry as a freelance dancer.

trip project: September residency with Helen

The trip project had a great residency with Helen Kindred in September. Here are some photos: