MOON FOOL

I have seen MOON FOOL ( the last two shows) yesterday in LABAN with Anna-Helena McLean, Christopher Sivertsen, Peter Reynolds interesting work and good meeting afterward - after one year or more

FROM THE HEART

Choreographed and performed by Anusha Subramanyam Rich Mix, Bethnal Green, London

This choreographic work challenges notions of normal and abnormal, and draws inspiration from choreographer Anusha Subramanyam's therapy work with people with physical and mental challenges. The work presents a range of raw and sincere dances and uses the emotive and gestural grammar of bharatanatyam and combines it with movement that is both contemporary and classical.

Unfortunately this combination didn’t bring an interesting effect. The “contemporary” movement in confrontation with “classical” went weak and not complete, handicapped. The traditional forms/ code are so strong and eternal, that send you to another reality, world, perception. Is like to put symbol and everyday life movements together…

Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals

What:

Bartenieff Fundamentals is an approach to movement training that deals with patterning connections in the body, according to principles of efficient functioning, within a context which encourages personal expression and full psychophysical involvement.

The goal of BF is to facilitate the lively interplay of inner connectivity for efficient body functioning with outer expressivity. We work with the concepts of inner-outer, stability-mobility, function-expression and exertion-recuperation.

Exploring BF utilizes the entire framework of Laban Movement Analysis: Body, Effort, Shape, Space.

BF is incredibly supportive to anyone regardless of level of experience or profession/leisure activities. This work is particularly applicable and useful to dancers, actors and musicians as it bridges working functionally to moving expressively.

BF practice will lead into further explorations as the sessions progress. Participants are encouraged to bring questions and areas of their own practice they wish to explore which we can workshop in a safe, laboratory environment. For example, improvisation, partner work, handling objects/instruments, character development.

Who:

Dancers, actors, musicians, performers, body-work practitioners, and those curious about Laban/Bartenieff's work are encouraged to attend

Alexandra Baybutt

www.alexandrabaybutt.co.uk

www.firstpersontheatre.co.uk

She is young, but she knows what she is doing.