Dancehouse

Development

Our research program supports and values untethered investigation into new ways of working, the exchange of ideas, the creation of new networks and engagement in debate and critical discourse. We deliver a training program for all levels, consisting of regular public dance classes, professional training intensives, and workshops and mentoring programs by leading national and international practitioners.

Research

Our Research Programs nurture rigorous discourse and wide-ranging innovative choreographic practices.

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Training

Dancehouse provides vital opportunities for continued physical examinations across a variety of dance forms and practices.

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THE TOUCH OF THE OTHER | TAKAO KAWAGUCHI

29 February 2020 - 01 March 2020

Touch of the Other is a workshop with public outcome led by Takao Kawaguchi exploring the aesthetics, erotics, and politics of male-male sex in public restrooms, known to their users as "tearooms."

 
MORTAL MATERIALS: WRITERS' WORKSHOP WITH CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

02 March 2020 - 06 March 2020

A writing/making/thinking/talking lab for artists and writers interested in spending fifteen hours' worth of their non-renewable resources so as to explore collectively shaped questions and speculations.

 
CHOREOGRAPHY AS WRITING: HOTBED WORKSHOP WITH METTE EDVARDSEN

07 March 2020 - 08 March 2020

For professional choreographers. Exploring Mette Edvardsen's recent works and methodologies, developed using language as material and looking into the relationship between writing and speaking, between language and voice. 

 
1 NOTE 2 MOVEMENTS 3 WORDS: COMPOSITION WORKSHOP WITH MATTEO FARGION

14 March 2020 - 15 March 2020

A 2 day composition workshop focussing on what happens when ideas and techniques which come from music are translated into movement, and vice versa.

 
SWIMMING WITH THE CHAOS | ROSALIND CRISP

28 March 2020 - 01 April 2020

Australian dancer-choreographer Rosalind Crisp will share her dance tools and choreographic sources. These are an evolving field of practical and concrete tools to generate movement and negotiate histories present in the body. 

 

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