LEIMAY Ludus Training Community Class
Dates:
Wed Feb 18, 2015 19:30 - Wed May 06, 2015
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
Led by LEIMAY artistic Director Ximena Garnica and company member Andrea Jones. This is a donation based drop-in class and accessible to everyone. No dance or movement training necessary. This is not a performance oriented class. LEIMAY has been investigating and exploring a variety of exercises which aid in the conditioning of a loose and fluid body. This work can help to relive tension and relax tired muscles. If you spend lots of time in front of a computer, or if you are feeling stiff, or if you want to try a very gentle and soft approach to body conditioning, these classes might be for you! Through these exercises participants gain the opportunity to investigate the following principles: awareness of consciousness, gravity and internal rhythm, strength and body fluidity, internal openness and energy flow.
Dates: Wednesday Nights: Feb 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6
Times: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
PRICE: Classes are donation based, please contribute what you can, nobody will be keeping track of individual donations. But if you are in a position to donate it will be greatly appreciated. Yet online registration is required and you can do so in advance using the widget below or upon arrival.
LEIMAY Works: Open Call for Performers
Dates:
Sat Jan 10, 2015 09:30 - Sun Jan 11, 2015
Location:
Brooklyn ,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
LEIMAY Artistic collaborators Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya seek female and male dancers and/or highly physically-trained performers to join their team for LEIMAY’s 2015 performance season. Committed individuals will take part in the creation of future work and educational programs. Artists with strong classical technique, contemporary dance training, and/or theater artists are encourage to audition. Individuals who are willing to challenge themselves, are open to creating a unique idiosyncratic instinct-rooted yet highly prolific movement, to explore their physical virtuosity and mental adaptability, and are interested in contributing to the development of interdisciplinary performance are encouraged to audition.
Those interested must…
possess strong and versatile physical capabilities and improvisational skills
feel comfortable contributing material towards LEIMAY choreography
be willing to explore and utilize the voice as part of the body
Have an interest in attending the workshops of LEIMAY guest teachers (this includes butoh artists and theater arts akin to the Grotowski tradition)
be comfortable performing completely nude
Reservation Is Required
To request a reservation to the audition-workshop, email a statement of interest, current headshot, resume, and reel (if available) to: assistant@leimay.org. by January 6, 2015. After submitting these items you will be contacted with the full audition details.
Becoming -Corpus Excerpts: http://vimeo.com/89944215
Floating Point Waves Excerpts: http://vimeo.com/55506284
Thresholds Excerpts: https://vimeo.com/106411559
Audition will take the form of a two-day (10 hour) group workshop on January 10 & 11, 2015 from 9:30am-2:30pm at our studio located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (58 Grand Street). Call-backs will take place on January 14 as a 15-20 minute individual interview with the Artistic Directors.
Those interested must…
possess strong and versatile physical capabilities and improvisational skills
feel comfortable contributing material towards LEIMAY choreography
be willing to explore and utilize the voice as part of the body
Have an interest in attending the workshops of LEIMAY guest teachers (this includes butoh artists and theater arts akin to the Grotowski tradition)
be comfortable performing completely nude
Reservation Is Required
To request a reservation to the audition-workshop, email a statement of interest, current headshot, resume, and reel (if available) to: assistant@leimay.org. by January 6, 2015. After submitting these items you will be contacted with the full audition details.
Becoming -Corpus Excerpts: http://vimeo.com/89944215
Floating Point Waves Excerpts: http://vimeo.com/55506284
Thresholds Excerpts: https://vimeo.com/106411559
Audition will take the form of a two-day (10 hour) group workshop on January 10 & 11, 2015 from 9:30am-2:30pm at our studio located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (58 Grand Street). Call-backs will take place on January 14 as a 15-20 minute individual interview with the Artistic Directors.
LEIMAY At Home presents: Becoming, a solo by Mari Osanai
Dates:
Tue Jan 27, 2015 20:00 - Tue Jan 27, 2015
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
Using her open, fluid, and articulate dance style, Japanese dance artist Mari Osanai transforms and shifts states before your eyes in her new solo piece.
60 trillion cells are dancing individually.
Cells are dancing and swimming around in body fluid under the thin soft elastic skin with mixing emotion and intention.
Do they become anything?
They do not become anything.
They just repeat breeding and consumption(disappearing). They never stop. Just keep repeating.
After all, they start to go out from the skin and coming back into the skin again and again until the boundary(skin) disappear.
What(who) am I?
Just a weight of thought is existing.
It is not me.
“She is simply breathtaking, possessing a supple body that seems to have no spine, yet is anchored on a steel spike of consummate control. She is inspired by the natural elements, and her slow, methodical, yet radiantly beautiful explorations of physicality take her dance to a higher plane” – Dance International
Tuesday, January 27th | 8PM
at CAVE home of LEIMAY
60 trillion cells are dancing individually.
Cells are dancing and swimming around in body fluid under the thin soft elastic skin with mixing emotion and intention.
Do they become anything?
They do not become anything.
They just repeat breeding and consumption(disappearing). They never stop. Just keep repeating.
After all, they start to go out from the skin and coming back into the skin again and again until the boundary(skin) disappear.
What(who) am I?
Just a weight of thought is existing.
It is not me.
“She is simply breathtaking, possessing a supple body that seems to have no spine, yet is anchored on a steel spike of consummate control. She is inspired by the natural elements, and her slow, methodical, yet radiantly beautiful explorations of physicality take her dance to a higher plane” – Dance International
Tuesday, January 27th | 8PM
at CAVE home of LEIMAY
LEIMAY Ludus Lab with guest teacher Mari Osanai
Dates:
Wed Jan 28, 2015 18:00 - Sun Feb 08, 2015
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
This LEIMAY Ludus Lab with guest dancer Mari Osanai is divided in three different modules: 1) Introduction to Noguchi Taizo Part One, 2) Noguchi Taizo Part Two, and 3) Movement Creation and Structure. Modules can be taken separately or together. However early registration and discounts are only open to those who plan on taking all the modules.
This LEIMAY Ludus Lab is open to dancers, body-rooted performers, physical actors of all levels, ages, and capabilities. Within the whole duration of this LEIMAY Ludus Lab participants will explore fundamental elements of Noguchi Taizo (Noguchi Gymnastics). During the third module under the guidance of Osanai, participants will work on the creation of short individual and group pieces.
Noguchi Taizo (Noguchi Gymnastics) was created in Japan by Michizo Noguchi (1914-1998) during the same period as butoh was being developed by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. The aim is to develop the uniqueness of each individual movement and to relieve any undue strain. Taizo means ‘gym’ in Japanese, but not in the conventional sense. As Osanai explains, “This technique has nothing to do with the swelling of the muscles nor resistance forces. The body learns to move in a certain way but is loose and fluid. It becomes soft and flexible as it uses its own weight to be moved.”
These modules will allow participants to experience Mari’s unique approach to dance and understanding of Noguchi Taizo, and to discover their own individual and unique approach to movement creation.
Dates: January 28th - February 8th
Detailed Schedule:
Module 1: Introduction to Noguchi Taizo Part 1: Jan 28, 29, 30 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Module 2: Introduction to Noguchi Taizo Part 2: Feb 1, 2, 3 (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Module 3: Creating your own Movement: Feb 5, 6, 7, 8, (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Price: Full course - $580, Module 1 - $198, Module 2 $198, Module 3 $264
Pre-registration is required
Members’ discounts and other discounts valid for online payment only
Use discount code VRN3XE4E for 15% off at check out.
Early registration discount valid thru Nov 15th.
http://leimaymain.cavearts.org/?p=3119
This LEIMAY Ludus Lab is open to dancers, body-rooted performers, physical actors of all levels, ages, and capabilities. Within the whole duration of this LEIMAY Ludus Lab participants will explore fundamental elements of Noguchi Taizo (Noguchi Gymnastics). During the third module under the guidance of Osanai, participants will work on the creation of short individual and group pieces.
Noguchi Taizo (Noguchi Gymnastics) was created in Japan by Michizo Noguchi (1914-1998) during the same period as butoh was being developed by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. The aim is to develop the uniqueness of each individual movement and to relieve any undue strain. Taizo means ‘gym’ in Japanese, but not in the conventional sense. As Osanai explains, “This technique has nothing to do with the swelling of the muscles nor resistance forces. The body learns to move in a certain way but is loose and fluid. It becomes soft and flexible as it uses its own weight to be moved.”
These modules will allow participants to experience Mari’s unique approach to dance and understanding of Noguchi Taizo, and to discover their own individual and unique approach to movement creation.
Dates: January 28th - February 8th
Detailed Schedule:
Module 1: Introduction to Noguchi Taizo Part 1: Jan 28, 29, 30 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Module 2: Introduction to Noguchi Taizo Part 2: Feb 1, 2, 3 (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Module 3: Creating your own Movement: Feb 5, 6, 7, 8, (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Price: Full course - $580, Module 1 - $198, Module 2 $198, Module 3 $264
Pre-registration is required
Members’ discounts and other discounts valid for online payment only
Use discount code VRN3XE4E for 15% off at check out.
Early registration discount valid thru Nov 15th.
http://leimaymain.cavearts.org/?p=3119
LEIMAY Ludus Lab with theater master Mario Biagini
Dates:
Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:00 - Sat Jan 17, 2015
Location:
Brooklyn,
New York
United States of America
United States of America
LEIMAY Ludus Lab with theater master Mario Biagini
Associate Director of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards
This LEIMAY Ludus Lab is open to actors, dancers, body-rooted performers, or anybody interested in exploring the elements of the actor’s craft. Within the whole duration of this LEIMAY Ludus Lab taught by guest director Mario Biagini, participants will explore fundamental elements of the actor’s craft such as organicity, relation, contact, impulse, intention, action and reaction, the relation between process and form, and strive towards an understanding of the difference between movement and action. Under the direction and guidance of Biagini, participants will work on the creation of individual and collective acting scenes, on singing ancient traditional songs, and learn elements of the physical training developed at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards over the past twenty-eight years. These modules will allow participants to approach the basic aspects of practical research at the Workcenter, and to discover their own individual and unique approach to creation. Modules will explore the basic but complex constitutive elements of the actor’s craft:
• Relation: precision / organicity
• Relation: tradition / individual work
• Relation: ritual / drama
• Composed movement and rhythm
• Singing
• Vibration of the voice
• Body resonators and spatial resonance
• Awareness of space and reacting to its constituent elements
• Improvisation: the impulses / the vigilant mind
• Improvisation within a structure
• Search for a precise line and logic of impulses and physical actions: the score
Full Schedule: Monday January 12th-Saturday, January 17th 2015, 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Detailed Schedule:
Module 1: Singing and Organic Behavior: Jan 12, 13, 14, (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Module 2: Physical Training: Jan 15, 16, 17, (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Module 3: Intentional Action – Spontaneity and Structure Jan 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Monday - Saturday afternoons, 3:00PM - 6:00PM
Full Tuition: $756, Module 1 - $240, Module 2 $240, Module 3 $360
Online registration is required. Payment is due at time of registration. Space is limited so we encourage you to register early.
Early registration and special discounts are only open to those who plan on taking all the modules. LEIMAY Members discounts and other discounts valid for online payment only.
Use discount code OS4NG29F for 15% off at check out.
Early registration discount valid thru Nov 15th.
http://leimaymain.cavearts.org/?p=3117
Associate Director of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards
This LEIMAY Ludus Lab is open to actors, dancers, body-rooted performers, or anybody interested in exploring the elements of the actor’s craft. Within the whole duration of this LEIMAY Ludus Lab taught by guest director Mario Biagini, participants will explore fundamental elements of the actor’s craft such as organicity, relation, contact, impulse, intention, action and reaction, the relation between process and form, and strive towards an understanding of the difference between movement and action. Under the direction and guidance of Biagini, participants will work on the creation of individual and collective acting scenes, on singing ancient traditional songs, and learn elements of the physical training developed at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards over the past twenty-eight years. These modules will allow participants to approach the basic aspects of practical research at the Workcenter, and to discover their own individual and unique approach to creation. Modules will explore the basic but complex constitutive elements of the actor’s craft:
• Relation: precision / organicity
• Relation: tradition / individual work
• Relation: ritual / drama
• Composed movement and rhythm
• Singing
• Vibration of the voice
• Body resonators and spatial resonance
• Awareness of space and reacting to its constituent elements
• Improvisation: the impulses / the vigilant mind
• Improvisation within a structure
• Search for a precise line and logic of impulses and physical actions: the score
Full Schedule: Monday January 12th-Saturday, January 17th 2015, 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Detailed Schedule:
Module 1: Singing and Organic Behavior: Jan 12, 13, 14, (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Module 2: Physical Training: Jan 15, 16, 17, (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Module 3: Intentional Action – Spontaneity and Structure Jan 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Monday - Saturday afternoons, 3:00PM - 6:00PM
Full Tuition: $756, Module 1 - $240, Module 2 $240, Module 3 $360
Online registration is required. Payment is due at time of registration. Space is limited so we encourage you to register early.
Early registration and special discounts are only open to those who plan on taking all the modules. LEIMAY Members discounts and other discounts valid for online payment only.
Use discount code OS4NG29F for 15% off at check out.
Early registration discount valid thru Nov 15th.
http://leimaymain.cavearts.org/?p=3117