Eccentric, Comic and Popular Dance for Actors and Clowns
A Residential course at The Actors Space in Sunny Spain
3 June 2015 @ 16:00 – 9 June 2015 @ 10:00
Cost: €380 – inclusive of tuition, accommodation & meals
Tutor: Dorothy Max Prior
Tel: +44 7752 142526
£280 inclusive of tuition, accommodation & meals
Pay here:
Fancy a week of deft and daft dancing in the beautiful Catalan hills in sunny June? Gorgeous farmhouse, tasty meals – and a great week of dancing delights! A relaxed, fun workshop aimed at professional actors/clowns/dancers – although enthusiastic amateurs with some dance experience very welcome too!
£280 inclusive of tuition, accommodation & meals
Pay here:
Fancy a week of deft and daft dancing in the beautiful Catalan hills in sunny June? Gorgeous farmhouse, tasty meals – and a great week of dancing delights! A relaxed, fun workshop aimed at professional actors/clowns/dancers – although enthusiastic amateurs with some dance experience very welcome too!
From the Music Hall and Variety stages of Europe to American
Vaudeville and the Hollywood heyday of silent film; through the longstanding
Cabaret traditions to contemporary Clown and Postmodern Performance – Eccentric
Dance has manifested in many different ways. An inspirational list of artists –
from Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, and Josephine Baker through to modern
purveyors such as Liz Aggiss, Spymonkey and even Gangnam Style star Psi – have
contributed to the development of the form.
The workshop will look at the many and various possible uses
of comic and popular dance forms in contemporary performance; will investigate
the vaudeville tradition and its applications in modern theatre, performance
and clown; and will explore the potential of eccentric dance in the creation of
comic or grotesque characters.
Course tutor Dorothy Max Prior has over thirty
years experience in the performing arts – from punk-rock drummer to performance
artist; ballroom dance teacher to street arts choreographer and site-specific
theatre-maker. She has an ongoing interest in social dance, vaudeville, and
popular theatre, and endeavours to both honour and usurp those traditions in
her performance work. She is a co-director of The Ragroof Players, working mostly
as choreographer/dance teacher and dramaturg, and also makes her own work under
the name Dorothy’s Shoes
For more about the Actors Space's facilities and location see their website – but NB they are not handling bookings for this course, please contact Aurelius Productions for all enquiries.
For more about the Actors Space's facilities and location see their website – but NB they are not handling bookings for this course, please contact Aurelius Productions for all enquiries.
