A NORPA Makers Hub Workshop
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
As dancers and performers, how do we shift between movement as an internal experience to performing movement for audience? Seeking to deepen our physical, cerebral and embodied understandings of the ways in which contemporary dance practice and Body-MindCentering® mutually inform each other, this two-day workshop intensive will involve:
- Exchanging between solo practice, partnered explorations and moving as a collective
- Exploring impulse derived from internal and external stimuli
- Practising improvised composition – sharpening compositional responsiveness relative to time, space and the other bodies and attuning pathways for making articulate choices
- Practising and honing slow motion movement as a means of gathering information, increasing capacity for hyper attention and zooming in/zooming out.
WORKSHOP GENRE
Contemporary dance and Body-Mind Centering®
WHO IS IT FOR?
Experienced and emerging physical performers and movers aged 18+
WHEN
19 & 20 October 10am-4pm
ABOUT JENNI LARGE & NOA ROTEM
Jenni Large
Jenni is based in Lutruwita/Tasmania and works as a dancer, teacher and award-winning choreographer across so-called Australia. Driven by the personal, political and transformative forces of embodiment, Jenni’s dancing practice incorporates objects and apparatus, endeavouring to meld experimental with entertaining. Alongside her contemporary dance sensibilities, Jenni is physically informed by Body-Mind Centering ® , yoga, pole/erotic dance, gymnastics and fitness culture. Conceptually, her body of work seeks to subvert relational narratives and analyse socio-political themes that impact women. Jenni has performed extensively throughout Australia and internationally with artists and companies including; Tasdance, Dancenorth, Legs On The Wall, GUTS Dance, SA Opera/Leigh Warren and Ashleigh Musk. She has presented her choreographic work at festivals and venues including; Mona Foma, Ten Days On The Island, Ohm Festival Brisbane Powerhouse, Dancehouse and Carriage Works both as an independent artist and through commissions from Sydney Dance Company, Australasian Dance Collective and the Keir Choreographic Award. Last year, Jenni was honoured to receive a Chloe Munro Fellowship and participate in Asia Link’s Singapore Arts Now exchange as a creative associate with Tasdance.
Noa Rotem
Noa is a director, performer, somatic movement educator and facilitator. She has worked and trained extensively in Australia and overseas as a freelance artist and with companies such as The Human Theatre, The Danger Ensemble, Little Dove Theatre Art and the SITI Company (NYC). She is a graduate of the Soma School of Body-Mind Centering ® (Paris), HaKvutzah School of Dance (Tel Aviv), the University of Sydney and of the Actor’s College. She is also a co-founder of Mullumbimby’s own MaKom Collective. Noa has taught widely at a range of international professional companies (eg. Metta Theatre, Manila, Queensland Ballet) tertiary institutions (eg. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, QUT, University of Asia & The Pacific), secondary schools and youth companies. Noa's training includes Dance Improvisation, Body-Mind Centering®, The Viewpoints, The Suzuki Method of Actor Training, Contemporary dance, Authentic Movement, The Morris Technique, Butoh, Gaga, Contact Improvisation, Practical Aesthetics, The Meisner Technique, and Yoga.
