Interdisciplinary Arts Lab 2024
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Friday & Saturday, August 9 & 10, 2024 Movement Research 122 Cultural Center, 150 1st Avenue, 2nd floor, NYC Come investigate and experience ways that movement, sound, image, and performance can inform human culture. With multiple workshops each day, teaching artists who have just engaged in a 5-day International Interdisciplinary Artists Consortium (IIAC) Residency join with participants from around the world to create an embodied dialogue at the intersection of modalities—contemporary dance, improvisation, voice, sound, visual art, social rituals, walking practices, and more. Open to all backgrounds and experiences. Facilitated by Peter Sciscioli (Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, NY) Join us for a free (with RSVP) Roundtable Discussion Friday, August 9, 7pm-8:30pm Teaching artists will share insights and discoveries from the IIAC Residency taking place August 4-8, 2024 at WildHeart in upstate New York, including devising methods for knowledge generation and exchange and innovative structures that support equanimity, transparency and advocacy within marginalized and international communities. Sliding scale $30-$15/workshop |
2024 teaching artists*
Esther Baker-Tarpaga (Philadelphia, PA) Nicholson Billey (New York, NY) Pascal Buyse (Brussels, Belgium) Neva Cockrell (Wallkill, New York) Lacina Coulibaly (New Haven, CT/Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) Martín Lanz Landázuri (Mexico City, Mexico) Arely Landeros (Mexico City, Mexico) Paulina Ruiz-Carballido (Paris, France/Oaxaca, Mexico) Raphael Sacks (Wallkill, New York) Zornitsa Stoyanova (Sofia, Bulgaria) bios and workshop descriptions below *teachers and schedule subject to change |
Covid-19 Safety Protocols
- Masks are optional for all in-person classes, workshops, and events. MR can provide KN95 masks or surgical masks to those who prefer to remain masked for the duration of the class, workshop, or event.
- Please note that a specific class, workshop, or event may have additional or different COVID-19 protocols. These will be communicated on that class, workshop, or event’s individual webpage.
- Please respect others’ decisions to take care of their own bodies.
2024 Teachers and workshop descriptions
Day 1:
Naturing Improvising
with Esther Baker-Tarpaga
Friday, August 9, 2:00-4:00pm
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A physical warm up with music
Connecting with the others and the space, land, inside and outside
Archives in our body
Memories of movement while listening in the present
You can dance You can draw
Holding/flowing with our created community container
Material making
This workshop will take place both indoors and outdoors.
Esther Baker-Tarpaga (MA, MFA UCLA) is a choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, parent, educator, and massage therapist. She co-organizes projects that are multidisciplinary, site-responsive, and collectively derived. She recently performed at NJafane Festival and La Ville En Mouv’ement in Dakar, Senegal. She organized an Earthday event in West Philly with Painted Bride with dance, line drumming, storytelling, free massages, and a litter pick-up. She is co-founder of Propelled Animals, an interdisciplinary arts collective and recipients of a MAP Grant and USAI Fund. She is an incubated artist at Headlong Philadelphia and currently an Adjunct Faculty at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance.
www.propelledanimals.org | Instagram | www.madronemassage.com | Instagram | www.thinkingdance.net | www.inquirer.com
with Esther Baker-Tarpaga
Friday, August 9, 2:00-4:00pm
Register Here
A physical warm up with music
Connecting with the others and the space, land, inside and outside
Archives in our body
Memories of movement while listening in the present
You can dance You can draw
Holding/flowing with our created community container
Material making
This workshop will take place both indoors and outdoors.
Esther Baker-Tarpaga (MA, MFA UCLA) is a choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, parent, educator, and massage therapist. She co-organizes projects that are multidisciplinary, site-responsive, and collectively derived. She recently performed at NJafane Festival and La Ville En Mouv’ement in Dakar, Senegal. She organized an Earthday event in West Philly with Painted Bride with dance, line drumming, storytelling, free massages, and a litter pick-up. She is co-founder of Propelled Animals, an interdisciplinary arts collective and recipients of a MAP Grant and USAI Fund. She is an incubated artist at Headlong Philadelphia and currently an Adjunct Faculty at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance.
www.propelledanimals.org | Instagram | www.madronemassage.com | Instagram | www.thinkingdance.net | www.inquirer.com
Society-Critical Performance Through Reenactment
with Pascal Buyse
Friday, August 9, 2:00pm-4:00pm
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During this workshop we will explore ways to convert real (political) events and the thoughts and feelings they evoke into movement and how they manifest in the body. We will start with exercises to loosen the body and build confidence within the group. How can we visualize personal emotions and thoughts through the body? We do this with attention to subtlety and nuance. From this exploration we will develop movement patterns and analyze the temporal and spatial choices. By meeting through touch, shared fictions and energetic exchanges, the goal is to playfully embrace risk and discover the bliss of vulnerability.
Pascal Buyse is a Belgian theater artist who identifies as queer and works at BRONKS in Brussels, dedicated to young audiences. With a belief in the importance of creativity and inclusivity, Pascal views theater as a platform for conversations and self expression. By engaging with children, teenagers and adults in Brussels he encourages them to share their stories and make their voices heard. Beyond the stage he advocates for LGBTQ+ rights using art to promote equality and diversity. Through experimental approaches to physical theater Pascal challenges traditional forms of communication by focusing on body language and visual impact. His work blends dance, theater and social issues while addressing emotions and social justice themes. Pascal’s creative process often delves into identity struggles, assimilation dilemmas and the essence of individuality—prompting his audience to reflect on our society.
www.pascalbuyse.com
with Pascal Buyse
Friday, August 9, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Register Here
During this workshop we will explore ways to convert real (political) events and the thoughts and feelings they evoke into movement and how they manifest in the body. We will start with exercises to loosen the body and build confidence within the group. How can we visualize personal emotions and thoughts through the body? We do this with attention to subtlety and nuance. From this exploration we will develop movement patterns and analyze the temporal and spatial choices. By meeting through touch, shared fictions and energetic exchanges, the goal is to playfully embrace risk and discover the bliss of vulnerability.
Pascal Buyse is a Belgian theater artist who identifies as queer and works at BRONKS in Brussels, dedicated to young audiences. With a belief in the importance of creativity and inclusivity, Pascal views theater as a platform for conversations and self expression. By engaging with children, teenagers and adults in Brussels he encourages them to share their stories and make their voices heard. Beyond the stage he advocates for LGBTQ+ rights using art to promote equality and diversity. Through experimental approaches to physical theater Pascal challenges traditional forms of communication by focusing on body language and visual impact. His work blends dance, theater and social issues while addressing emotions and social justice themes. Pascal’s creative process often delves into identity struggles, assimilation dilemmas and the essence of individuality—prompting his audience to reflect on our society.
www.pascalbuyse.com
Thinking Body, Dancing Mind: an embodied approach to dance and voice in improvisation
with Zornitsa Stoyanova
Friday, August 9, 4:30pm-6:30pm
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Join Zornitsa in a playful exploration of movement and voice through the lens of honesty. Working from our senses and noticing all that we are including our voice, Zornitsa will lead us toward trusting our instincts, recognizing patterns, and moving with curiosity, pleasure, and desire. This practice, which she calls “Brutal Honesty,” has been developed in conversation with the work of Deborah Hay and Jeanine Durning. During the workshop, we will also explore non-stop talking and dancing as well as “emergent poetics” and “emergent metaphor”; ultimately, working towards integrating all aspects of ourselves and noticing our ability to compose and make choices in the here and now.
Zornitsa Stoyanova has been creating and performing improvisation for the stage for the last 20 years. She wears many hats - a performance artist, writer, video designer, photographer, installation artist, mother, organizer, and teacher. Her work centers around feminist ideas, power dynamics, and personal stories. Based between Bulgaria and the U.S., she founded BodyMeld, an organization that produces her work and supports other independent choreographers. Having graduated from Bennington College, her lineage is New England dance and she continues to develop and expand on methods learned from Susan Sgorbati, Deborah Hay, Jeanine Durning, and others. Currently Zornitsa is pursuing a joint master's degree in Choreography at Codarts & Fontys Universities in the Netherlands. Since living in Bulgaria, she tries to understand how the post-communist-brutalism in her DNA interacts with her American artistic sensibilities. www.bodymeld.org | Facebook | Instagram and Instagram | Vimeo | Youtube and Youtube | www.danceinforma.com
with Zornitsa Stoyanova
Friday, August 9, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Register Here
Join Zornitsa in a playful exploration of movement and voice through the lens of honesty. Working from our senses and noticing all that we are including our voice, Zornitsa will lead us toward trusting our instincts, recognizing patterns, and moving with curiosity, pleasure, and desire. This practice, which she calls “Brutal Honesty,” has been developed in conversation with the work of Deborah Hay and Jeanine Durning. During the workshop, we will also explore non-stop talking and dancing as well as “emergent poetics” and “emergent metaphor”; ultimately, working towards integrating all aspects of ourselves and noticing our ability to compose and make choices in the here and now.
Zornitsa Stoyanova has been creating and performing improvisation for the stage for the last 20 years. She wears many hats - a performance artist, writer, video designer, photographer, installation artist, mother, organizer, and teacher. Her work centers around feminist ideas, power dynamics, and personal stories. Based between Bulgaria and the U.S., she founded BodyMeld, an organization that produces her work and supports other independent choreographers. Having graduated from Bennington College, her lineage is New England dance and she continues to develop and expand on methods learned from Susan Sgorbati, Deborah Hay, Jeanine Durning, and others. Currently Zornitsa is pursuing a joint master's degree in Choreography at Codarts & Fontys Universities in the Netherlands. Since living in Bulgaria, she tries to understand how the post-communist-brutalism in her DNA interacts with her American artistic sensibilities. www.bodymeld.org | Facebook | Instagram and Instagram | Vimeo | Youtube and Youtube | www.danceinforma.com
Resonancia
with Martín Lanz Landázuri
Friday, August 9, 4:30pm-6:30pm
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We will address the experience of inhabiting a space by creating interaction dynamics through movement, listening and architecture. These practices will help us transfer and transform information from one form to another, generating materials to discover a different space that allows us to have a new experience of both the body and the environment. Participants will be in contact with various surfaces and materials, please bring appropriate clothing and footwear for this (see this link). This workshop will take place outdoors.
Interdisciplinary performance artist and arts manager Martín Lanz Landázuri's work has been developed either through creating pieces or organizing events, thought collaborations, and exchanges. A combination and approach to the body and movement via sound, color, architecture, or science. A.I.R of Movement Research 2009, with a journey permeated by many different cultural engagements and interactions that create emergencies that get embodied in his identity and sometimes in others. Martín's work and laboratory experiences have taken him to NYC, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay...and back to Mexico. YouTube
with Martín Lanz Landázuri
Friday, August 9, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Register Here
We will address the experience of inhabiting a space by creating interaction dynamics through movement, listening and architecture. These practices will help us transfer and transform information from one form to another, generating materials to discover a different space that allows us to have a new experience of both the body and the environment. Participants will be in contact with various surfaces and materials, please bring appropriate clothing and footwear for this (see this link). This workshop will take place outdoors.
Interdisciplinary performance artist and arts manager Martín Lanz Landázuri's work has been developed either through creating pieces or organizing events, thought collaborations, and exchanges. A combination and approach to the body and movement via sound, color, architecture, or science. A.I.R of Movement Research 2009, with a journey permeated by many different cultural engagements and interactions that create emergencies that get embodied in his identity and sometimes in others. Martín's work and laboratory experiences have taken him to NYC, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay...and back to Mexico. YouTube
Day 2:
I N I O (Heart): a choreographic and somatic workshop
with Paulina Ruiz Carballido
Saturday, August 10, 10:00am-12:00pm
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I N I O is a word in Tnu’u Dau (a variant of Mixtec, a language spoken in the Mixteca alta in the state of Oaxaca in southern México) that means "heart". This workshop is an open space to dive into our body-sound-landscape based on somatic work inspired by Body-Mind Centering®*. I N I O invites participants to move and express themselves to experiment with our dynamic embodied anatomy and body systems through sensory and sensitive experiences. We will be working with eyes closed, eyes opened, moving from the pericardium and heart, breath and voice, using touch and different types of listening.
I N I O propose a time and space to dance and sing in interdependence with the rivers and oceans dancing inside and surrounding our bodies, between our bones, our organs, our membranes, inside our cells and our joints. At the end of the workshop, we will have an open studio, a polyphonic and poetic performance with choreographic and somatic scores trying to answer the question: How can we create community together?
* Body-Mind Centering® and BMC® are registered service marks of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, used with permission.
Paulina Ruiz Carballido is a dancer and choreographer interested in creating spaces of experimentation to reveal the interactions, confrontations and resonances of a body-voice in becoming, of a becoming world. She creates choreographic projects in which she weaves connections based on ancestry and mythology, attempting to decolonize knowledge from the body in resonance with community, the dancing voice, landscape, poetry and nature. She collaborates, resonates and intervenes as a choreographic artist, dancer and teacher in different projects, contexts and constellations of artists to sow other possibilities of cohabitation, peace, support and trust. Her choreographic, transmission, research and screendance work has been presented in festivals in Latin America, USA, Canada and Europe. Since July 2024, Paulina is a certified Body-Mind Centering® - Somatic Movement Educator® from the School SOMA (France). www.paulinaruizcarballido.com | www.collectifvidda.com
with Paulina Ruiz Carballido
Saturday, August 10, 10:00am-12:00pm
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I N I O is a word in Tnu’u Dau (a variant of Mixtec, a language spoken in the Mixteca alta in the state of Oaxaca in southern México) that means "heart". This workshop is an open space to dive into our body-sound-landscape based on somatic work inspired by Body-Mind Centering®*. I N I O invites participants to move and express themselves to experiment with our dynamic embodied anatomy and body systems through sensory and sensitive experiences. We will be working with eyes closed, eyes opened, moving from the pericardium and heart, breath and voice, using touch and different types of listening.
I N I O propose a time and space to dance and sing in interdependence with the rivers and oceans dancing inside and surrounding our bodies, between our bones, our organs, our membranes, inside our cells and our joints. At the end of the workshop, we will have an open studio, a polyphonic and poetic performance with choreographic and somatic scores trying to answer the question: How can we create community together?
* Body-Mind Centering® and BMC® are registered service marks of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, used with permission.
Paulina Ruiz Carballido is a dancer and choreographer interested in creating spaces of experimentation to reveal the interactions, confrontations and resonances of a body-voice in becoming, of a becoming world. She creates choreographic projects in which she weaves connections based on ancestry and mythology, attempting to decolonize knowledge from the body in resonance with community, the dancing voice, landscape, poetry and nature. She collaborates, resonates and intervenes as a choreographic artist, dancer and teacher in different projects, contexts and constellations of artists to sow other possibilities of cohabitation, peace, support and trust. Her choreographic, transmission, research and screendance work has been presented in festivals in Latin America, USA, Canada and Europe. Since July 2024, Paulina is a certified Body-Mind Centering® - Somatic Movement Educator® from the School SOMA (France). www.paulinaruizcarballido.com | www.collectifvidda.com
Honesty and Confusion in the Body
with Raphael Sacks
Saturday, August 10, 10:00am-12:00pm
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This approach to the creative process uplifts Confusion as a source of honesty, humility and humanity, and a wellspring for creating new performances. Instead of inflated ego and polarized righteousness, Raphael (Raffles) Sacks will create space for not knowing, bewilderment, and also the silliness that comes from straight up confusion. We will be moving, writing, and sounding, to sketch new choreographies, characters, stories and songs. Raffles' approach to the creative process leaves you self-directed, non-prescriptive, exploring movement in a way that makes use of all the technique you've got, and stays fully accessible for all bodies.
Raphael (Raffles) Sacks is a singer, dancer and theatermaker, born and raised in NYC.
Co-Director of www.LoomEnsemble.com (2010) Co-Founder of www.WildHeartCenter.art (2022)
Internationally, they've performed with the English National Opera in London; Loom Ensemble’s annual performance season in Dubai, three summers with Theater Slava in Stockholm, and with the Art Monastery Project at dozens of venues in Italy, Belgium, Sweden and Berlin. NYC highlights include Lincoln Center with Urban Research Theatre, New York Philharmonic with Constellation Chor, BAM with Meredith Monk, and La MaMa with Loom.
www.raphaelsacks.com | Facebook
with Raphael Sacks
Saturday, August 10, 10:00am-12:00pm
Register Here
This approach to the creative process uplifts Confusion as a source of honesty, humility and humanity, and a wellspring for creating new performances. Instead of inflated ego and polarized righteousness, Raphael (Raffles) Sacks will create space for not knowing, bewilderment, and also the silliness that comes from straight up confusion. We will be moving, writing, and sounding, to sketch new choreographies, characters, stories and songs. Raffles' approach to the creative process leaves you self-directed, non-prescriptive, exploring movement in a way that makes use of all the technique you've got, and stays fully accessible for all bodies.
Raphael (Raffles) Sacks is a singer, dancer and theatermaker, born and raised in NYC.
Co-Director of www.LoomEnsemble.com (2010) Co-Founder of www.WildHeartCenter.art (2022)
Internationally, they've performed with the English National Opera in London; Loom Ensemble’s annual performance season in Dubai, three summers with Theater Slava in Stockholm, and with the Art Monastery Project at dozens of venues in Italy, Belgium, Sweden and Berlin. NYC highlights include Lincoln Center with Urban Research Theatre, New York Philharmonic with Constellation Chor, BAM with Meredith Monk, and La MaMa with Loom.
www.raphaelsacks.com | Facebook
Spontaneously Creating through Movement and Voice
with Neva Cockrell
Saturday, August 10, 1:30-3:30pm
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We will explore what happens when we allow authentic expression out as movement and voice. We will start moving and sounding from our personal experience of what’s alive in the moment. Then we will share improvised movement / sound solos building on the warm-up. This will lead us into ensemble work - first through guided exercises and then into structured improvisation. We will conclude by creating a semi-structured group movement and sound piece composed of solos and group work. All experiences with movement and voice are welcome, there will be options to modify any movement or sound to fit your body.
Neva Cockrell (she/her) is a professional dancer and interdisciplinary artist. She danced with Pilobolus from 2016-2019 and as Dance Captain 2017-2019, touring to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, China, Mexico, Israel, Dubai, and the U.S. She is also a writer/director/choreographer who uses dance-theater as a tool for social change. In 2010 she co-founded Loom Ensemble, which has toured across the US, Europe, and the United Arab Emirates for 14 years. She is the co-founder and co-director of WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment practice, where she now lives and works in the Hudson Valley, NY. www.loomensemble.com | www.wildheartcenter.art | Facebook | Instagram
with Neva Cockrell
Saturday, August 10, 1:30-3:30pm
Register Here
We will explore what happens when we allow authentic expression out as movement and voice. We will start moving and sounding from our personal experience of what’s alive in the moment. Then we will share improvised movement / sound solos building on the warm-up. This will lead us into ensemble work - first through guided exercises and then into structured improvisation. We will conclude by creating a semi-structured group movement and sound piece composed of solos and group work. All experiences with movement and voice are welcome, there will be options to modify any movement or sound to fit your body.
Neva Cockrell (she/her) is a professional dancer and interdisciplinary artist. She danced with Pilobolus from 2016-2019 and as Dance Captain 2017-2019, touring to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, China, Mexico, Israel, Dubai, and the U.S. She is also a writer/director/choreographer who uses dance-theater as a tool for social change. In 2010 she co-founded Loom Ensemble, which has toured across the US, Europe, and the United Arab Emirates for 14 years. She is the co-founder and co-director of WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment practice, where she now lives and works in the Hudson Valley, NY. www.loomensemble.com | www.wildheartcenter.art | Facebook | Instagram
Imperfect Relationality
with Nicholson Billey
Saturday, August 10, 1:30pm-3:30pm
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Imperfect Relationality is a non-clinical performance-making workshop that weaves the everydayness of Native Relationality with elements from the drama therapeutic method of Developmental Transformations to explore and create relational-based performance content. As an experiential offering, Imperfect Relationality aspires to engage the self and what surrounds the self through an imperfect, simple, and less linear connectivity and to (re)generate an elemental, supportive, creative, and imperfect remembrance of the self, others, the collective, and our surroundings. For our imperfect performance-making experience, we will access our connectivity from our interior to the exterior and from the exterior to our interior through improvised sound, movement, and words, witnessing, and simple documentation of those experiences through sketching or writing.
Nicholson (Nic) Billey is of the Chahta and Mvskoke People of Oklahoma and is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. While obtaining a MFA in performance studies, Nic began to present his solo performance work that utilizes various poly-focal fundamentals from everydayness Native American experiences with aspects from drama therapy. Nic also holds an MA in drama therapy. www.nicholsonbilley.com | Instagram
with Nicholson Billey
Saturday, August 10, 1:30pm-3:30pm
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Imperfect Relationality is a non-clinical performance-making workshop that weaves the everydayness of Native Relationality with elements from the drama therapeutic method of Developmental Transformations to explore and create relational-based performance content. As an experiential offering, Imperfect Relationality aspires to engage the self and what surrounds the self through an imperfect, simple, and less linear connectivity and to (re)generate an elemental, supportive, creative, and imperfect remembrance of the self, others, the collective, and our surroundings. For our imperfect performance-making experience, we will access our connectivity from our interior to the exterior and from the exterior to our interior through improvised sound, movement, and words, witnessing, and simple documentation of those experiences through sketching or writing.
Nicholson (Nic) Billey is of the Chahta and Mvskoke People of Oklahoma and is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. While obtaining a MFA in performance studies, Nic began to present his solo performance work that utilizes various poly-focal fundamentals from everydayness Native American experiences with aspects from drama therapy. Nic also holds an MA in drama therapy. www.nicholsonbilley.com | Instagram
A Love Letter to Self and Place
with Arely Landeros
Saturday, August 10, 4:00pm-6:00pm
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From a sensorial experience in the studio we sway to an urban exploration walking through the East Village neighborhood, wandering and feeling the connections between ourselves and the atmosphere of the space. To research the performative possibilities of the intimate self, emotions and the public sphere, we will compose an embodied letter to self and place.
All bodies are welcome. Bring your cellphone with enough memory space and full battery- it's needed for the practice. Also bring what you may need to explore the outdoors by foot (sportswear and a small back pack with water, sunscreen, sunglasses, a snack, etc).
Arely Landeros (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist. Her work explores the experience of communality through participative art and collaborative situations. Arely holds a degree in Social Psychology with experience in field work with vulnerable populations in the north border of México. She is currently working as cultural promoter and art mediator for museums and organizations in Mexico City, and Academic Curator of Laboratorio: Condensación, an encounter for artistic interdisciplinary experimentation and its relational context. Her current project, Micrópolis, a nomadic laboratory for psyco-geography and performative arts, is supported by the Secretariat of Culture of México. She has been a member of the International Interdisciplinary Artist Consortium since 2017. Vimeo | Instagram
with Arely Landeros
Saturday, August 10, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Register Here
From a sensorial experience in the studio we sway to an urban exploration walking through the East Village neighborhood, wandering and feeling the connections between ourselves and the atmosphere of the space. To research the performative possibilities of the intimate self, emotions and the public sphere, we will compose an embodied letter to self and place.
All bodies are welcome. Bring your cellphone with enough memory space and full battery- it's needed for the practice. Also bring what you may need to explore the outdoors by foot (sportswear and a small back pack with water, sunscreen, sunglasses, a snack, etc).
Arely Landeros (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist. Her work explores the experience of communality through participative art and collaborative situations. Arely holds a degree in Social Psychology with experience in field work with vulnerable populations in the north border of México. She is currently working as cultural promoter and art mediator for museums and organizations in Mexico City, and Academic Curator of Laboratorio: Condensación, an encounter for artistic interdisciplinary experimentation and its relational context. Her current project, Micrópolis, a nomadic laboratory for psyco-geography and performative arts, is supported by the Secretariat of Culture of México. She has been a member of the International Interdisciplinary Artist Consortium since 2017. Vimeo | Instagram
In Search of the Subtle Body
with Lacina Coulibaly
Saturday, August 10, 4:00pm-6:00pm
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In this immersive experience, we will explore the vibrant cultural heritage of West African Dance, delving into its underlying principles, profound philosophy, and the transformative power it exudes. Led by experienced instructor, Lacina Coulibaly, this session will focus on his ongoing research known as Sigini. Sigini is a comprehensive approach rooted in the fundamental principles of dance in Sub-Saharan Africa, encompassing the semantic, somatic, and pedagogical aspects of dance creation. By embracing sensations and allowing oneself to simply be, we are reminded of the importance of developing a delicate awareness of our bodies and movements. This process of self-discovery remains continuous, requiring consistency, patience, and an unwavering willingness to explore and experiment. These elements are pivotal in cultivating deeper body awareness and connection as a mover...
Lacina Coulibaly's career as a professional dancer is deeply rooted in traditional African dances, which he has merged with contemporary influences to create a unique choreographic expression. Originally from Bukina Faso, Lacina was a member of urban Dodo groups and later joined Les Bourgeons. In 1990, he became part of the traditional dance company Kongo Bâ, and three years later, began studying contemporary dance with choreographer Lassann Congo. In 1995, Lacina co-founded Cie Kongo Bâ Teria with Souleymane Badolo and Ousseni Sako. Their creations have toured the world and won international awards. Since 2007, Lacina has conducted performance projects and taught at several universities, including Brown, Sarah Lawrence, and Barnard College. He has danced with international dance companies such as Salia ni Seydou, Faso Danse Theatre, and Urban Bush Women. He has also collaborated with Emily Coates, Kota Yamakazi, Daria Fain and Nora Chipaumire (as assistant choreographer for Dark Swan). Lacina's work, Until the Lion Tells the Story, premiered at NY LiveArts in Spring 2024. "Riveting presence in quiet command of the space" - New York Times. Currently, Lacina is the artistic director of Hakili Sigi and on the faculty at Yale University. Instagram
with Lacina Coulibaly
Saturday, August 10, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Register Here
In this immersive experience, we will explore the vibrant cultural heritage of West African Dance, delving into its underlying principles, profound philosophy, and the transformative power it exudes. Led by experienced instructor, Lacina Coulibaly, this session will focus on his ongoing research known as Sigini. Sigini is a comprehensive approach rooted in the fundamental principles of dance in Sub-Saharan Africa, encompassing the semantic, somatic, and pedagogical aspects of dance creation. By embracing sensations and allowing oneself to simply be, we are reminded of the importance of developing a delicate awareness of our bodies and movements. This process of self-discovery remains continuous, requiring consistency, patience, and an unwavering willingness to explore and experiment. These elements are pivotal in cultivating deeper body awareness and connection as a mover...
Lacina Coulibaly's career as a professional dancer is deeply rooted in traditional African dances, which he has merged with contemporary influences to create a unique choreographic expression. Originally from Bukina Faso, Lacina was a member of urban Dodo groups and later joined Les Bourgeons. In 1990, he became part of the traditional dance company Kongo Bâ, and three years later, began studying contemporary dance with choreographer Lassann Congo. In 1995, Lacina co-founded Cie Kongo Bâ Teria with Souleymane Badolo and Ousseni Sako. Their creations have toured the world and won international awards. Since 2007, Lacina has conducted performance projects and taught at several universities, including Brown, Sarah Lawrence, and Barnard College. He has danced with international dance companies such as Salia ni Seydou, Faso Danse Theatre, and Urban Bush Women. He has also collaborated with Emily Coates, Kota Yamakazi, Daria Fain and Nora Chipaumire (as assistant choreographer for Dark Swan). Lacina's work, Until the Lion Tells the Story, premiered at NY LiveArts in Spring 2024. "Riveting presence in quiet command of the space" - New York Times. Currently, Lacina is the artistic director of Hakili Sigi and on the faculty at Yale University. Instagram
Peter Sciscioli (Facilitator) is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary performer, creator, educator, and producer whose work encompasses dance, music, theater, and film. Since 1997 he has been creating performance works through a choreographic lens with a wide variety of collaborators for concert, site-specific, and theater venues around the world. In 2008, he created Peter Sciscioli Performance Projects, and in 2012 founded the International Interdisciplinary Artists Consortium (IIAC), a network of artists and producers working across disciplines and cultures. As a performer, he has worked extensively with Meredith Monk, Jane Comfort, and Daria Faïn, and appeared in work by Jonathan Bepler/Matthew Barney, Ping Chong, DD Dorvillier, Susan Marshall, and Philip Glass/Mary Zimmerman, among others. Peter has taught his approach to Voice as Movement in countries from Mexico to Bulgaria, co-initiated The Sounding Body workshop series at Movement Research (MR) in New York, and offers private lessons and coachings. Peter has been honored to receive support from MR’s GPS/Global Practice Sharing program to attend meetings with partners in Eastern Europe and the Caucuses, and to help bring several artists from the region to the U.S. to participate in the IIAC residency and Interdisciplinary Arts Lab.
www.petersciscioli.com | Facebook | Instagram
www.petersciscioli.com | Facebook | Instagram
Images information:
1. A composite image of all of the teachers for the 2024 Interdisciplinary Arts Lab.
2. A close-up portrait of Esther Baker-Tarpaga wearing a red sparkly dress with a bouquet of yellow flowers poking out of the top. She is smiling softly at the camera. Behind her is a chalkboard with blurred lettering. Photo by Karla Conrad.
3. A portrait of Pascal Buyse, wearing a black t-shirt and sweatpants, hands on his hips and smiling against an LED screen with two figures on it posing theatrically. Photo courtesy of the artist.
4. Neva Cockrell, wearing a reddish cowel neck jumpsuit, bending down with arms outstretched, fingertips touching thumbs. Photo courtesy of the artist.
5. Martín Lanz Landázuri, wearing a black shirt with white vertical stripes, stands looking to one side, against a blackboard with white horizontal stripes. Photo courtesy of the artist.
6. A portrait of Paulina Ruiz Carballido wearing a long white shirt, open at the neck, leaning against a pale yellow wall, looking to the side and smiling. Photo by Luna Arboleda.
7. Raphael Sacks, perched on their hands on the floor, their back arched with feet in the air. Photo by Matt Danas.
8. Zornitsa Stoyanova sitting on her hip on the floor, her right hand extended in a gesture holding her first and middle fingers together, thumb apart. Photo courtesy of the artist.
9. Nic Billey in a black v-neck t-shirt and jeans stands with arms outstretched, reaching back, with his face open to the sky. Photo by Erik McGregor.
10. A close-up portrait of Arely Landeros wearing a brightly colored shirt, hands folded over her left knee. Looking at the camera with a serious expression and purple lips. Photo by Natalia Luna.
11 Lacina Coulibaly, bending down with one foot behind him, his hands folded on top of one another in an open position. Photo by Anna M. Maynard.
12. Portrait of Peter Sciscioli wearing glasses and a blue casual shirt and smiling vividly at the camera. Photo by Barbara Dietl.
1. A composite image of all of the teachers for the 2024 Interdisciplinary Arts Lab.
2. A close-up portrait of Esther Baker-Tarpaga wearing a red sparkly dress with a bouquet of yellow flowers poking out of the top. She is smiling softly at the camera. Behind her is a chalkboard with blurred lettering. Photo by Karla Conrad.
3. A portrait of Pascal Buyse, wearing a black t-shirt and sweatpants, hands on his hips and smiling against an LED screen with two figures on it posing theatrically. Photo courtesy of the artist.
4. Neva Cockrell, wearing a reddish cowel neck jumpsuit, bending down with arms outstretched, fingertips touching thumbs. Photo courtesy of the artist.
5. Martín Lanz Landázuri, wearing a black shirt with white vertical stripes, stands looking to one side, against a blackboard with white horizontal stripes. Photo courtesy of the artist.
6. A portrait of Paulina Ruiz Carballido wearing a long white shirt, open at the neck, leaning against a pale yellow wall, looking to the side and smiling. Photo by Luna Arboleda.
7. Raphael Sacks, perched on their hands on the floor, their back arched with feet in the air. Photo by Matt Danas.
8. Zornitsa Stoyanova sitting on her hip on the floor, her right hand extended in a gesture holding her first and middle fingers together, thumb apart. Photo courtesy of the artist.
9. Nic Billey in a black v-neck t-shirt and jeans stands with arms outstretched, reaching back, with his face open to the sky. Photo by Erik McGregor.
10. A close-up portrait of Arely Landeros wearing a brightly colored shirt, hands folded over her left knee. Looking at the camera with a serious expression and purple lips. Photo by Natalia Luna.
11 Lacina Coulibaly, bending down with one foot behind him, his hands folded on top of one another in an open position. Photo by Anna M. Maynard.
12. Portrait of Peter Sciscioli wearing glasses and a blue casual shirt and smiling vividly at the camera. Photo by Barbara Dietl.