The freedom of an intense body language

workshop on dance creation and on materials from IOVIODIO
with Gabriella Maiorino and dancers from the company

Part of the Cycle of workshops, a collaboration between Gabriella Maiorino and Talile23-25 april
6 hours per day

The first 3 hours are dedicated to the study of material that gabriella uses as research tools
(different patterns of research/materials on the floor and in couples; the use of the space around the body, the use of the weight and the consistencies of the body; the sound of the dance, the action/the gesture/the movement; the inner poetic, the flow of emotions in motion; excerpts of choreographic material from IOVIODIO).

The second 3 hours are dedicated to work on short (max 7 minutes) solo's and duets, as own creations of the students. You are welcome to bring material that you already worked during the previous cycle's meetings on in other contexts.
Elements of this part of the workshop will be:

-Creating material without (own)censorship;
-focusing why we want to communicate;
-underlining specific texture of the bodies, and of the atmosphere we want to create
-the rythm of the creation
-"rules and non rules"
-how to work on the magnetic presence of the performer
-how do we talk with each other about our starting creations

In the summer (after the summer) there'll be a last meeting of the cycle of workshop where 3 choreographers will lead the students to finalize their small creations to present them, in an informal surronding, in front of an audience. Read more about the cycle here >

Dates and times:

23-04-2010 13h00 till 19h00
24-04-2010 13h00 till 19h00
25-04-2010 13h00 till 19h00

For info and registration: info@gabriellamaiorino.net

Fee: 1 day=40 euro , 2 days=75 euro, 3 days=100 euro

More info about Gabriella:

Gabriella Maiorino, born in Torino (IT), 1971.

Gabriella Maiorino works as a dancer, choreographer, performer and teacher since 1998.
In 2002 she has graduated in the School for New Dance Development of Amsterdam.
Gabriella has in her background, beyond a deep and wide formation as a dancer and choreographer, through ballet, modern, contact improvisation, release, composition, a university path in Philosophy and a formation in classical music, gymnastic (artistic and acrobatic) and athletics.

In collaboration with Danswerkplaats Amsterdam (DWA) and different other European partners (Dansateliers Rotterdam, Amsterdams Fonds voor de kunst, Interplay for Torinodanza, Junge Hunde network, Danslanb, deVIR-CAPA from Portugal, Rosas/P.A.R.T.S Summer Studios & more), Gabriella created the pieces: Terra! (2002), Crash (2003), Stab (2004), Anarchistas (2005) - which has also been part of the first Dansclick tour - ZOO (2006-08) , Trilogia del Desiderio (2008-09) : Prayers, Kunikuli, Underground and IOVIODIO (2010)

Additional, in collaboration with ARTEZ and program MIXED EMOTIONS, Frascati theatre, Stalker teatro and other venues Gabriella created the dance projects: Scarti, Cruel, Tripodi and Love_about .
She also collaborated with other choreographers (Leine & Roebana, Bob Foltz among others) in the project Moving Log.

Gabriella has won the Junge Hunde European network Award with Anarchistas and the Aerowaves Award in London with ZOO and received very positive critics by numerous different newspapers in Europe.

Her work as dancer, choreographer and teacher has been invited in festivals, theatres and centres for residencies in many European countries and cities as Marseille, Chinon, Paris, Lisbon, Cagliari, Oslo, Ravenna, Torino, Bologna, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, London, Palermo, Bruxelles, Milan, Den Haag, Bari, Frankfurt, Poland, Rome, Murcia, Florence, Faro, Orvieto, Biella, Amsterdam (in most of the theatres, locations and festivals) and more than 25 schouwbourgen through all Holland.

Gabriella is actively involved in organizing collective initiatives of independent choreographers like the CYCLE of WORKSHOPS in The Art LABORATORY and the Choreographers Meetings in Amsterdam.

Presently she is part of DANSLAB research initiative in Den Haag, for the years 2010 and 2011.
Gabriella's work is recognized as strong, forceful and spirited, anti-formal, physical, new and deeply thrilling.