Co-led by musician, writer Simon Rose and dancer, choreographer Ingo Reulecke, this unique workshop is open for musicians, dancers and other artists. Past participants have included professional dancers and musicians, as well as artists working across disciplines and those simply curious to explore.
The Workshop
- Through improvisation in action we explore: The dancers’ and musicians’ bodies in shared space: How does our embodied knowledge affect improvisation practices in both dance and music.
- Awareness and listening: How does the enacted practice of listening and awareness help develop composing in the course of performance (improvisation) in music, dance and elsewhere?
- Improvisation is essentially social – we create together (sympoiesis): How can this relationality be nurtured in practice? And how is collaboration understood in the interdisciplinary context
- Improvisation as performance: Is there a difference between improvisation in the workshop and public performance? How is improvisation’s significant relationship to performance understood?
- Taken together, these questions lead us to consider improvisation as both a being part of and creating of environment. And while these are big questions, the process doesn’t lose sight of the importance of simplicity, playfulness and inclusion and in this way we develop our practice.
Workshop participants have the opportunity to perform in the new series The Imaginary Museum that evening . This is by no means mandatory, but rather an opportunity to explore ideas and collaborations and further develop practice through public performances.
References:
Relational Improvisation. Music, dance and contemporary art. Simon Rose 2024. (Routledge)
Radikale Echtzeit. Tanz, Musik, Sprache als Moment-Komposition. Ingo Reulecke und Heike Gäßler 2021. (HZT)
The Lived Experience of Improvisation: in Music, Learning and Life. Simon Rose 2017. (Intellect/Chicago)
