Please note, the following locations have changed from the LPAC Troy Studio to a NEW LOCATION for upcoming Cooper workshops:
Workshops and classes – NEW LOCATIONS
David Zambrano 9/16 – LPAC Frear
nora chipaumire 9/21 – LPAC 3 (small studio)
nora chipaumire 9/23 – Matchbox Tarble Commons
Ziya Azazi 9/28 – LPAC 3 (small studio)
Ziya Azazi 9/30 – Matchbox Tarble Commons
Please mark your calendars!
CLASSES
Flying Low
The technique developed by David focuses mainly on the dancer’s relationship with the floor, earth and ground. Simple movement patterns involve breathing, speed, and the release of energy through the body in order to activate the relationship between centre and periphery and between joints and skin. Exercises will focus on moving in and out of the ground more efficiently by maintaining the state of being centred. Emphasis is placed on the skeletal structure, which will aid to improve physical perception and alertness. The class includes partnering work and movement phrases, which explore the primary laws of physics: cohesion and expansion.
Monday – Thursday, September 14 – 17
4:30 – 6pm each day
Troy Studio, Lang Performing Arts Center
David Zambrano has been a monumental figure in the international dance community for a quarter century, and his passion for cultural exchange continues to influence his work. Zambrano is an ambassador and liaison across many borders, bringing together artists from all over the planet for his projects. He has taught his own approach to dance in more than 60 countries, and has performed at hundreds of venues across the world. His pieces range from set choreography, structured improvisation, and pure improvisation. Born in Venezuela, Zambrano spent 15 years in New York, and now lives in between Amsterdam / Brussels.
http://www.jumatatu.org/center-gravity-rhythm/david-zambrano/
CLASSES
Flying Low
The technique developed by David focuses mainly on the dancer’s relationship with the floor, earth and ground. Simple movement patterns involve breathing, speed, and the release of energy through the body in order to activate the relationship between centre and periphery and between joints and skin. Exercises will focus on moving in and out of the ground more efficiently by maintaining the state of being centred. Emphasis is placed on the skeletal structure, which will aid to improve physical perception and alertness. The class includes partnering work and movement phrases, which explore the primary laws of physics: cohesion and expansion.
Monday – Thursday, September 14 – 17
4:30 – 6pm each day
Troy Studio, Lang Performing Arts Center
David Zambrano has been a monumental figure in the international dance community for a quarter century, and his passion for cultural exchange continues to influence his work. Zambrano is an ambassador and liaison across many borders, bringing together artists from all over the planet for his projects. He has taught his own approach to dance in more than 60 countries, and has performed at hundreds of venues across the world. His pieces range from set choreography, structured improvisation, and pure improvisation. Born in Venezuela, Zambrano spent 15 years in New York, and now lives in between Amsterdam / Brussels.
http://www.jumatatu.org/center-gravity-rhythm/david-zambrano/
Friday
September 25
8PM
followed by a post-show conversation with performers, led by Charmian Wells
Saturday
September 26
8PM
preceded by an artist conversation in Troy Studio with David Zambrano, nora chipaumire, and Ziya Azazi at 6pm, led by Charmian Wells
As part of the 3 week series CENTER, GRAVITY, RHYTHM, taking place from September 12 – October 4, 2015, Swarthmore is excited to bring SOUL PROJECT to campus. The show begins…spontaneously…an extraordinary, unpredictable presentation and experience of being continuously alive. On, like a candle. The music starts and dancers emerge from the audience, moving to a sublime live recording of a “vintage” soul singer – Aretha Franklin, Ike & Tina Turner, Bettye Lavette, Gladys Knight & The Pips – following their own movement quest to embody the dance as deeply and powerfully as the singer reveals the song.
SOUL PROJECT conceived and directed by the legendary David Zambrano, in collaboration with a cast of six remarkable performers from Mozambique, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Korea and Venezuela, simultaneously creates a sense of heightened perception and grounded physicality. Designed to be performed in an open space-a gallery, black box, gymnasium, ballroom, church, large stage, or even outdoors – SOUL PROJECT is a series of virtuosic solos, each lasting the length of a song; but the order of the solos and their location in the space is a function of chance, making each night’s performance unique.
Along with this performance, the college will host a unique series of technique and repertory classes in various dance vocabularies and improvisation methodologies, an informal presentation of performance ideas from the three featured artists, and informal discussions with the campus community around new notions of contemporary performance. All events happening at Swarthmore College are free and open to the public. More details are available online: http://www.jumatatu.org/center-gravity-rhythm
Sponsored by the William J. Cooper Foundaiton, Philadelphia’s FringeArts and Mascher Space Co-Op. Additional classes hosted by Mascher Space Co-Op (information available here: http://www.mascherdance.org/events/) Additional performances of SOUL PROJECT will be in the Philadelphia FringeArts program: http://fringearts.com/event/soul-project/.
Friday
September 25
8PM
followed by a post-show conversation with performers, led by Charmian Wells
Saturday
September 26
8PM
preceded by an artist conversation in Troy Studio with David Zambrano, nora chipaumire, and Ziya Azazi at 6pm, led by Charmian Wells
As part of the 3 week series CENTER, GRAVITY, RHYTHM, taking place from September 12 – October 4, 2015, Swarthmore is excited to bring SOUL PROJECT to campus. The show begins…spontaneously…an extraordinary, unpredictable presentation and experience of being continuously alive. On, like a candle. The music starts and dancers emerge from the audience, moving to a sublime live recording of a “vintage” soul singer – Aretha Franklin, Ike & Tina Turner, Bettye Lavette, Gladys Knight & The Pips – following their own movement quest to embody the dance as deeply and powerfully as the singer reveals the song.
SOUL PROJECT conceived and directed by the legendary David Zambrano, in collaboration with a cast of six remarkable performers from Mozambique, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Korea and Venezuela, simultaneously creates a sense of heightened perception and grounded physicality. Designed to be performed in an open space-a gallery, black box, gymnasium, ballroom, church, large stage, or even outdoors – SOUL PROJECT is a series of virtuosic solos, each lasting the length of a song; but the order of the solos and their location in the space is a function of chance, making each night’s performance unique.
Along with this performance, the college will host a unique series of technique and repertory classes in various dance vocabularies and improvisation methodologies, an informal presentation of performance ideas from the three featured artists, and informal discussions with the campus community around new notions of contemporary performance. All events happening at Swarthmore College are free and open to the public. More details are available online: http://www.jumatatu.org/center-gravity-rhythm
Sponsored by the William J. Cooper Foundaiton, Philadelphia’s FringeArts and Mascher Space Co-Op. Additional classes hosted by Mascher Space Co-Op (information available here: http://www.mascherdance.org/events/) Additional performances of SOUL PROJECT will be in the Philadelphia FringeArts program: http://fringearts.com/event/soul-project/.
AUDITIONS!!! Senior Company is looking for a few good souls for their December production of Wallace Shawn’s AUNT DAN AND LEMON. Auditions are TODAY Wednesday, 9/2 – 7-10PM in the Frear Ensemble Theater. More information is available outside the Theater Department office! Sign up or Show up!
Center, Gravity, Rhythm: Global Forces in Dancemaking
International dance artists David Zambrano, nora chipaumire, and Ziya Azazi will visit Swarthmore College as part of a three-week program, from September 12 – October 4, 2015, which will include a presentation of David Zambrano’s dance performance work, Soul Project, a series of technique and repertory classes in various dance vocabularies and improvisation methodologies, an informal presentation of performance ideas from the three featured artists, and informal discussions with the campus community around new notions of contemporary performance. All events happening at Swarthmore College are free and open to the public. Workshops, classes, and informal presentation will take place in the Troy and Boyer dance studios of Lang Performing Arts Center. Additionally, Swarthmore College has partnered with Philadelphia’s FringeArts and Mascher Space Co-Op in the production of this 3-week program.
More details are available on the college calendar and here: http://www.jumatatu.org/center-gravity-rhythm/
Center, Gravity, Rhythm: Global Forces in Dancemaking
International dance artists David Zambrano, nora chipaumire, and Ziya Azazi will visit Swarthmore College as part of a three-week program, from September 12 – October 4, 2015, which will include a presentation of David Zambrano’s dance performance work, Soul Project, a series of technique and repertory classes in various dance vocabularies and improvisation methodologies, an informal presentation of performance ideas from the three featured artists, and informal discussions with the campus community around new notions of contemporary performance. All events happening at Swarthmore College are free and open to the public. Workshops, classes, and informal presentation will take place in the Troy and Boyer dance studios of Lang Performing Arts Center. Additionally, Swarthmore College has partnered with Philadelphia’s FringeArts and Mascher Space Co-Op in the production of this 3-week program.
More details are available on the college calendar and here: http://www.jumatatu.org/center-gravity-rhythm/
Keep on dancing! Wishing you wonderful summers and first steps into the world beyond Swarthmore!
Keep on dancing! Wishing you wonderful summers and first steps into the world beyond Swarthmore!