SCDT presents:
AN ELEPHANT IN THE CLOUDS:
EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNICATION THROUGH MOVEMENT
A 6 class series in September and October 2024 offered by Daniel Lepkoff.
click here or on photo to view an artist statement video essay.
We focus on:
- STILLNESS
- OBSERVATION
- RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT
leading us, as 'dancers', to experience being a transmitter of questions rather than the maker of images.
In the last two classes we will invite the public to view a showing of our experiments, creating an event that supports the viewer to move their attention, and find and feel their own images.
For those who came to Daniel's classes last spring this series will be a continuation and deepening of the same material.
DETAILS:
A 6 week series: Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 PM
September 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23
BOMBYX CENTER FOR ARTS AND EQUITY
130 Pine Street, Florence MA
Please spread the word to anyone who may be interested and may not receive this email. Thanks.
CLASS FEES:
SIGN UP FOR THE SERIES TODAY or PAY AT THE DOOR.
| Photo by: Sakura Shimada Sao Paolo, Brazil (2012) |
DANIEL LEPKOFF is a dancer, performer, writer, and teacher known for bringing the process of living movement into the studio and onto the stage. During the early 1970s and into the mid-1980s, he played a central role in the development of both Release Technique with Mary Fulkerson and Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton.
Over the course of more than five decades, he has looked closely at the interweaving of sensation, perception, and action arising in the body's ever-present interactions with its environment and has developed dance techniques for bringing this material into the body and onto the stage.
As a teacher he is known for his continual invention of original techniques, making direct contact with information, and pursuing questions together with students.
He is one of the founders of Movement Research in NYC. He works internationally and lives on a piece of land in Vermont