WHAT: Practicing Presence Festival
WHEN: MAY 24-26, 2019
WHERE: Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA & Studio4, 25 Main St, Northampton, MA
THREE DAYS OF ADVENTUROUS MOVING AND MAKING.
CONNECTING CONTEMPLATIVE AND SOMATIC PRACTICES WITH
ARTICULATE DANCING IN NORTHAMPTON, MA.
WITH
SCOTTY HARDWIG
SHAYLA-VIE JENKINS
PAUL MATTESON
ANDREA OLSEN
JENNIFER POLINS
PETER SCHMITZ
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY
10AM - NOON INT/ADV CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE MAMMALS MOVING with Scotty Hardwig
1-2PM BOOK READING "By the Light of the Body: The Somatic Senses in the Visual Arts" with Rosalind Driscoll
2:30-4:30PM WORKSHOP DYNAMIC VERTICALITY with Jen Polins
8PM PRACTICING PRESENCE PERFORMANCE featuring new works in progress by Jen Polins,
Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen, Peter Schmitz, and Scotty Hardwig. **AT SCDT/STUDIO4**
SATURDAY
10AM - NOON WORKSHOP INTRICACY IN MOTION with Paul Matteson
1-2PM BOOK READING "Dancing with Merce Cunningham" with Marianne Preger-Simon
2:30-4:30PM WORKSHOP IMPROVISATIONAL COMPOSITION with Peter Schmitz
8PM PRACTICING PRESENCE PERFORMANCE featuring works in progress by Paul Matteson
and Scotty Hardwig. **AT SCDT/STUDIO4**
SUNDAY
10AM - NOON WORKSHOP RE-MEMBERING THE DANCING BODY with Andrea Olsen & Shayla-Vie Jenkins
1-3PM WORKSHOP MAMMALS MAKING with Scotty Hardwig
3-3:30PM CLOSING CIRCLE
SEE CLASS DESCRIPTIONS AND BIOS HERE
