Dear Wicklow County Council,
Thank you for supporting us with a bursary this spring to continue developing our work and our technique. Because of you, we've been able to take on two new and incredibly talented professional dancers - Kathleen Doherty and Ailish Claffey - to engage in studio research with us and on a new project at The Courthouse Arts Centre, http://www.tinahely-courthouse.ie/ in May. By supporting us in this way, you are not only providing the space and time for three professionals to collaborate, develop and expand as artists, you are highlighting the importance of contemporary dance in rural Ireland and enabling dance communities to grow.
You make us feel all warm and fluffy inside.
Alicia, Laurie & Rachel
Friday, April 8, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Teen Dance Day at Riverbank
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| Our Teen Dance Day at Riverbank Arts Centre was a huge success! The participants amazed me with their creativity and energy. By day's end they had taken part in a technique class, learned the expandance approach to improvisation, choreographed their own movement phrases, created a dance piece, contributed to their own tech rehearsal, and performed their own work on the Riverbank stage! WELL DONE to you all and a big THANK YOU to Riverbank Arts Centre for their continued support. -Alicia |
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Teen Dance Day this Sunday 13th March
We're back with a high-energy contemporary dance & performance workshop for TEENS at Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge, County Kildare this Sunday 13th March.
Dance technique, choreography, and performance all in one day! Over the course of the workshop participants will choreograph a dance and get a chance to perform their choreography on the Riverbank stage for family and friends.
All levels welcome - this workshop is nearly full, quick book book! Plus, we were in the Leinster Leader yesterday so those last couple of spots will most likely fill up fast.
Family and friends please join us at 5:45pm for a showing of a piece created by the participants over the course of the day.
When: Sunday March 13th
Time: 10am to 6pm
Cost: 20 euro
Bookings: Ring 045 448 330 or http://www.riverbank.ie/workshops/expandance-teen-dance-day
Note: Wear comfortable loose fitting clothing & bring a packed lunch.
Check out the below photos of past workshops!
See you on Sunday! Thanks to Riverbank Arts Centre for their support of this, and our other workshops.
- Alicia
Dance technique, choreography, and performance all in one day! Over the course of the workshop participants will choreograph a dance and get a chance to perform their choreography on the Riverbank stage for family and friends.
All levels welcome - this workshop is nearly full, quick book book! Plus, we were in the Leinster Leader yesterday so those last couple of spots will most likely fill up fast.
Family and friends please join us at 5:45pm for a showing of a piece created by the participants over the course of the day.
When: Sunday March 13th
Time: 10am to 6pm
Cost: 20 euro
Bookings: Ring 045 448 330 or http://www.riverbank.ie/workshops/expandance-teen-dance-day
Note: Wear comfortable loose fitting clothing & bring a packed lunch.
Check out the below photos of past workshops!
- Alicia
Monday, March 7, 2011
Rock Om - the final rehearsal shots
Our performance of Rock Om at Bushwick Starr yesterday went wonderfully. Thank you to the fabulous dancers - Krista Racho-Jansen, Hunt Parr, Clare Cook, Erica Frankel, and Megan Kennedy. Thanks to Damon at Bushwick Starr, to Sarah Lowndes and Chloe Bass at Arts in Bushwick / SITE Fest, and to all the lovely people who braved the rain and came to see the show.
We'll have video up on YouTube / Vimeo soon, but for now - here are a few rehearsal shots taken down the street at Anna Sperber's studio just an hour before we went on stage. - Rachel
We'll have video up on YouTube / Vimeo soon, but for now - here are a few rehearsal shots taken down the street at Anna Sperber's studio just an hour before we went on stage. - Rachel
Friday, March 4, 2011
Rock Om Technical rehearsal this morning
Some pictures from Bushwick Starr this morning. Thanks to Damon for helping us create some great lights. Looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Rock Om rehearsal shots from the Center for Performance Research, Bushwick
We perform Rock Om this Sunday March 6th as part of SITE Fest at Bushwick Starr, Brooklyn at 5pm. Donation at the door is $5. Seating capacity is limited - it's an intimate, black box theatre. See you there!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Spring Workshop Series for adults this March!
Adults let's get moving....to Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge, Co. Kildare!
Did you dance as a child? Always wanted to be on stage? Want to keep fit?
Then come join us! Learn contemporary dance technique, methods to develop choreography and re-ignite your creativity all in a relaxed and social environment.
Throughout the series you'll gain physical fitness, flexibility, strength, balance, and co-ordination. All levels welcome and no experience necessary, all exercises can be adapted to suit your physical ability.
Bring your creativity and a desire to move!
When: Wed 9th March / Wed 16th March / Wed 23rd March / Wed 30th March
Where: Riverbank Arts Centre Main Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
For Whom: Adults over 18
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Cost: €15 per class (Series of 4 classes only €40)
Suggested Attire: Comfortable loose fitted clothing
Suggested Attire: Comfortable loose fitted clothing
Bookings:
or ring the Box Office on 045 448327
For further information or queries on the series contact Alicia@expandance.com
Note: On street parking available
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
ROCKIN' your OM - Next NYC performance March 6th!
To all you New Yorkers, this is your chance to get rocked by Rachel's newest piece!
If you missed us at Webster Hall in November, Rock Om is back, this time performed as part of SITE Fest 2011, a featured event of Armory Arts Week.
Choreography: Rachel Wynne & expandance
Performance: Clare Cook, Hunt Parr, Erica Frankel, Megan Kennedy, Krista Racho-Jansen.
When: Sunday, March 6 · 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Where: Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street
Brooklyn, NY
(A bit far for us Irish residents, but we hope to feel the ROCK from across the pond!)
L train to Jefferson St
Tickets at the door, $5 suggested donation
Late-comers will not be admitted.
SITE Fest is a 2 day arts festival in Bushwick. For info on the other performances, installations, and exhibits during SITE Fest, follow them on Twitter or check the website.
Twit twit twit! @artsinbushwick @expandance #sitefest11
http://artsinbushwick.org/
Tickets at the door, $5 suggested donation
Late-comers will not be admitted.
SITE Fest is a 2 day arts festival in Bushwick. For info on the other performances, installations, and exhibits during SITE Fest, follow them on Twitter or check the website.
Twit twit twit! @artsinbushwick @expandance #sitefest11
http://artsinbushwick.org/
Check it out!
- Alicia
Friday, February 4, 2011
In Retrospect...NACHMO 2011
Every day in January I choreographed new material as the expandance member taking part in the New York initiative NACHMO! this year.
January was a busy month overall. The commitment to 31 days of creating new material was a huge undertaking for me on top of my general work load of daily practice (meditation and improvisation), teaching, completing proposals and applications, planning new programmes for our community dance initiatives, and general administration. The biggest challenge of the month was not finding studio space or organizing rehearsal schedules for other dancers, but was just having the energy to get creative and moving. But, I’m proud to say I DID IT! Most days I was able to work in our Wicklow studios and other days I choreographed where I could; in the shower, on our front porch, or with my son while he ate his lunch choreographing a ‘finger’ dance, which was just that, my fingers dancing while my body sat calm and still beside my son.
At the start of the month I had posed certain questions for myself:
January was a busy month overall. The commitment to 31 days of creating new material was a huge undertaking for me on top of my general work load of daily practice (meditation and improvisation), teaching, completing proposals and applications, planning new programmes for our community dance initiatives, and general administration. The biggest challenge of the month was not finding studio space or organizing rehearsal schedules for other dancers, but was just having the energy to get creative and moving. But, I’m proud to say I DID IT! Most days I was able to work in our Wicklow studios and other days I choreographed where I could; in the shower, on our front porch, or with my son while he ate his lunch choreographing a ‘finger’ dance, which was just that, my fingers dancing while my body sat calm and still beside my son.
At the start of the month I had posed certain questions for myself:
- How do I feel when movement phrases change from set choreography to improvisation; when I move from ‘knowing’ to ‘not knowing’ ?
- Can an audience member distinguish between when a dancer is dancing set choreography or improvisation?
- How do the dynamics, timing, and spacing of the movement series change when I’m dancing set choreography as a posed to improvisation?
NACHMO! presented an opportunity, a gift in the new year, a little nudge up the stairs into the studio. As I look back on the month, I realise I’ve only just begun this research and that these are ongoing questions for me as a dancer and for us as a company. Throughout 2011 I hope to research these questions more. Below is a short clip of set choreography and improvisation developed over the course of the month.
- Alicia
- Alicia
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