Rachael Lincoln at Diavolo in iDfest This Weekend!!!

TWO (improvisation) – with Rachael Lincoln

      2-day Workshop, All Skill Levels

Sat Jan 21, 400-700pm @ Diavolo Dance Theatre

Sun Jan 22, 400-700pm @ Diavolo Dance Theatre

In this class we will work improvisationally in duets, dancing with, performing for, and witnessing each other in order to identify and encourage the particular physical language of each partnership. We will try on several idioms and then focus on excavating the details within one partnership to create and eventually set or score a phrase, working towards finding specificity in each mini-duet sequence.

Also Starting this Week!  

DIAVOLO TECHNIQUE AND SET PIECES – with  Jones Welsh

      4-day Workshop, Intermediate/Advanced Skill Level

Tue Jan 19, 900-1100am @ Diavolo Dance Theatre

Thur Jan 24, 900-1100am @ Diavolo Dance Theatre

Tue Jan 26, 900-1100am @ Diavolo Dance Theatre

Thur Jan 31, 900-1100am @ Diavolo Dance Theatre

Associate Artistic Director Jones Welsh will be teaching Diavolo classes starting with a 4 part workshop in Set Piece Choreography. The class will include a rigorous warm-up integrating elements of yoga, gymnastics, and dance. Then we will approach the body as an extension of yourself, which can change shape and extend to include other objects as extensions of yourself.  (Just as you know exactly where the container of a car is as soon as you sit behind the wheel.)  We will then move into an exploration of different Diavolo set pieces, playing with potential and meaning, and develop short pieces of theatrical choreography based on your own movement discoveries. 

Diavolo Dance Theatre, L.A.s renowned touring dance company—combining elements of Dance, Acrobatics, Architecture, Flying and Catching. Diavolo uses unique set pieces to integrate with the company’s signature movement style.

Improv Dance & Music Performances This Weekend!!!

Open Gate Theatre in collaboration with Not Man Apart

Presents

LA Improv Dance Festival Artists with the Live Music of

Slumgum and Open Gate Ensemble

Saturday, January 14, 800pm @ Moose Lodge

357 W Arden Ave

Glendale CA 91203

Live Musicians from Open Gate partner with artists from the LA Improv Dance Festival to host two fun evenings of inventive improvisational scores and performances.

Also Coming Up…

LA Improv Dance Festival Weekend Workshops!

January 14 & 15, 10-1230pm: Niamh Condron -Voice of Body

January 21 & 22, 1-5pm: Rachael Lincoln – Two (creating duets)

January 28 & 29, 1-5pm: John Farmanesh-Bocca – Body Electric

Starting this weekend Featuring Nimah Condron!!!

Niamh is Artistic Director of This Torsion Dance Theatre based in Dublin, Ireland, she is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and Yogi teaching through the practices of dance improvisation, Alexander technique, Body Mind Centering and Yoga.  Workshop will investigate the innate language of expression through moving.

See more information, artist bios, workshop descriptions, and registration at: www.idfest.org

Weekend Workshops take place at the Diavolo Dance Theatre Space

616 Moulton Ave/Los Angeles, CA 90031 . (in Brewery Arts Complex Downtown)

(PLEASE CHECK CALENDAR FOR SPACE CHANGES)

Registration Now For iDfest 2012!!!

8th Annual LA Improv Dance Festival

(iDfest 2012) www.idfest.org 

January 11-29, 2012

Movement Improvisation for Actors, Dancers, and Collaborators

 

The iDfest is a workshop series spread throughout the month of January in sunny Los Angeles, California. This festival is an exploration and celebration of improvisational movement styles and alternative dance techniques; featuring Contact Improvisation, ensemble movement, and the performance integration of body, sound, voice, and object.

This year’s featured artists are:

Ruth Zaporah – Action Theatre (Santa Fe, NM)
Niamh Condron – Voice of Body (Dublin, Ireland)
Rachael Lincoln – Creating Duets (San Francisco)
John Farmanesh-Bocca – The Body Electric (Los Angeles)
Jones Welsh – Diavolo Technique with Set Pieces (Los Angeles)

See more information, artist bios, workshop descriptions, and registration at: www.idfest.org

Most workshops take place at the Diavolo Dance Theatre Space 

EXCEPT FOR RUTH ZAPORAH'S INTENSIVE WHICH IS ALSO AT THE MOOSE LODGE!!!

Diavolo: 616 Moulton Ave/Los Angeles, CA 90031 . (in Brewery Arts Complex Downtown)

Moose Lodge: 357 W Arden Ave/Glendale CA 91203

(PLEASE CHECK CALENDAR FOR SPACE CHANGES)

Click below for:

REGISTRATION

Online Calendar

Instructor Bios

Workshop Descriptions

Printable Registration Form

Map of Diavolo Space at The Brewery

Help with iDfest Housing & Apply for Workstudy!

Hello LA Residents!

Not Man Apart is looking for a few Artist Accomodations still for the LA Improv Dance Festival Jan 11-15, 2012. Please let us know if you are able and willing to offer a more private home stay or a hotel donation for our visiting out of town guests.  Westside preferred or proximity to the Diavolo Dance Theatre Space Downtown.  We can offer a tax deductible receipt for those willing to offer a place to stay, and possibly a small stipend.  Contact Jones as soon as you can 818-618-4772 or Jones@NotManApart.com

Also, if you would like to apply for workstudy for this year's iDfest, please email a resume and letter of introduction explaining your financial need and interest in the workshops to admin@NotManApart.com

Thanks!!! 

Set Piece Workshop with Diavolo Company Class

DANCING ON SETS AND STRUCTURES WITH JONES WELSH

Diavolo Dance Theatre and the LA Improv Dance Festival offer a new Winter program:

Diavolo Company Class

Tuesdays & Thursdays 9-11am Starting January 19, 2012

Instructors: Associate Artistic Director Jones Welsh & Diavolo Company Members

Come play with us, Diavolo Style!  L.A.s renowned touring dance company Diavolo Dance Theatre invites the dance community to join company class every Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 9-11am.  Taught by Associate Artistic Director Jones Welsh and a rotating roster of company members and alumni.  Class always includes a rigorous physical warm-up followed by dance phrase work, partnering, acrobatics, yoga, improvisation, catching and flying, and other technique elements that are key to Diavolo signature movement style, which incorporates large moving set pieces.  All are invited to come, move, and learn more about how Diavolo works. Classes start January 19th with a 4-part Sets and Structures Workshop with Jones Welsh, see www.idfest.org for festival calendar and prices.  All classes at Diavolo Dance Theatre Space, 616 Moulton Avenue, Downtown LA, 90031, in the Brewery Arts Complex off North Main and the I-5.  For more info: call Ilona at Diavolo 323-225-4290 or email Jones at jones@diavolo.org