MOVE + SWEAT + PARTNER
NEW DATES!
A two-day workshop with Alex Elliott and Emma Dal Monte for dance artists of all levels and styles.
December 19 + 20, 2023
11am-3pm
At Théâtre Cercle Molière, 340 Boulevard Provencher
(For building accessability info click here https://www.cerclemoliere.com/en/plan-your-visit/accessibility)
Payment is sliding scale – $5-$50 per day.
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About the Workshop:
Alex and Emma will lead a high-intensity physical partnering workshop. “Our time together will begin with a check-in, followed by a movement warm up led by Emma, including weight sharing, to prepare you to learn a duet by Alex. Alex’s choreography is exciting to learn. It involves two people physically affecting each other. It requires cooperation and essential resistance. The result is a series of movements all tied together through action-reaction. We will conclude by sitting in a circle and talking about Agreement Making: How do we work together in rehearsal? How do we work for choreographers? How do we work in a collaborative environment? How do we make sure we get paid? Our goal is for us all to feel energized as we move into our future projects.”
Workshop schedule:
Tuesday, Aug 29
11am-12pm – warm up with Emma
12pm-1pm – partnering choreography with Alex
1pm-1:40pm – lunch
1:40pm-2:40pm – partnering choreography with Alex
2:40pm-3pm – agreement making conversation with Alex
Wednesday, Aug 30
11am-12pm – warm up with Emma
12pm-1pm – partnering choreography with Alex
1pm-1:40pm – lunch
1:40pm-2:40pm – partnering choreography with Alex
2:40pm-3pm – agreement making conversation with Alex
About Alex Elliott:
After performing her own work in New York, Alex Elliott and Hurricane Sandy came face to face. Physically demanding and emotionally charged, her work made it back to her hometown of Winnipeg and beyond. Her dances have been produced in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Halifax. Alex thanks Tedd Robinson for his ecstasy charged commission Logarian Rhapsody. She is the Director of Art Holm, a multidisciplinary performance series in Winnipeg that showcases talented performing artists.
Link to Ellipsis 2.0 teaser by Kayla Jeanson: https://vimeo.com/815535031/d9c36ed4fd
About Emma Dal Monte:
Emma Dal Monte is a Montreal based professional dance artist and teacher originally from Nanaimo, BC. Emma is a graduate of the School of Contemporary Dancers, her training also includes intensives at Arts Umbrella, Modus Operandi, Kaeja d’Dance. She co-produced Bloom during an internship with MascallDance and apprenticed with Sinha Danse in 2018. As a dancer, Emma has worked professionally with @tendance/C.Medina (Vienna), Alexandra Winters, Roberto Mosqueda (León), Le Fils d’Adrien Danse (Quebec City), Jasmine Ellis, Sinha Danse (Montreal), Stephanie Ballard, and MascallDance (Vancouver) Odette Heyn Projects, and was a cast member of WCD’s Verge for three years. Emma has the joy of teaching recreational and pre-professional students of all ages. She was previously on faculty at the School of Contemporary Dancers in their Junior Professional Program and General Program, and was an occasional rehearsal director for their Professional Program. She has recently relocated from Winnipeg to Montreal and is looking forward to furthering her experience as a teacher and interpreter in a new city.
YLDE thanks Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts for their continued funding support.
Cover Image – Neilla Hawley and Justine Erickson in Ellipsis 2.0 and Alex Elliot in CONDUCT. Photos by Leif Norman. Full credits below.
CONDUCT
Alex Elliott – Choreographer + Dancer, Dasha Plett – Composer + Co-Creator, Max Mummery – Lighting Designer, Jillian Groening – Artistic Advisor, Ali Robson – Movement Dramaturge, Brenda McLean – Costume + Set Designer, Claire Sparling – Cutter + Sewer, Leif Norman – Photographer
Ellipsis 2.0
Neilla Hawley – Dancer + Collaborator, Justine Erickson – Dancer + Collaborator, Alex Elliott – Choreographer, Dasha Plett – Composer + Sound Designer, Max Mummery – Lighting Designer, Jillian Groening – Artistic Advisor, Ali Robson – Movement Dramaturge, Brenda McLean – Costume + Set Designer, Claire Sparling – Cutter + Sewer, Leif Norman – Photographer