Offering Levity, Supporting Flight
An Intermediate Weekend Workshop with Anne Cooper
February 8, 3:30-8:30pm
& February 9, 3:30-8pm
cost: $120
or register before January 13 for $90 early bird rate!
email info@edamdance.org to reserve your spot
This workshop focuses on rising in to access another's offered loft, weight and structure and on giving/aiming one's weight, both incrementally and in an instant, offering levity to the dance. Developing an interplay with the physical forces present and offered in the dance as a primary interest, we will cultivate lightness, buoyancy, support, playfulness, responsive recovery and mutuality in the dancing. This workshop is for people who have had a continuity of study and practice of contact improvisation, and are interested in exploring a range from the meditative and subtle to athletic, buoyant dancing.
To register e-mail:
info@edamdance.org
Please arrive 15 minutes early the first day to read/sign waiver and make payment (cash or cheque only). Wear comfortable clothes that allow you to slide on a partner or the floor but aren’t too slippery, & no or minimal jewelry. Kneepads are recommended.
Anne Cooper and Kelly McInnes Photo: Chris Randle
Biography
Anne has studied Contact Improvisation and related work with Peter Bingham, Jaci Metivier, Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, Ray Chung, Chris Aiken, Andrew Harwood and others. She has performed with the EDAM company for 25 years, training with Peter Bingham and has taught contact there since 2000 as well as in other locales. She’s presented her own work at a number of Vancouver venues and has danced for companies including Mascall Dance, Chick Snipper, Kinesis and others. She’s performed as an improviser with the EDAM Ensemble, with Jennifer Clarke & a number of musicians, and in Nancy Stark Smith’s ‘Glimpse ‘ research/performance projects in the U.S.