Winlab Festival 2011

Writing and Improvisation Laboratory | 28 Nov - 2 Dec 2011, 11am-5pm

Andrew Morrish and  Crosby McCloy

This workshop will offer an opportunity to research ways in which the practices of writing and improvisation can inspire each other. We will look at how words arise from movement and movement animates texts. We will use different processes to develop, perform and refine our writing. We will shift between movement, speaking and writing to discover new ways of working towards performance.

Do you enjoy language and want to access it from a new angle? Are you willing to move, speak, and write? Language play will be triggered by various creative situations. We will explore language through movement by activating memory and imagination. Investigate how the power of improvising with words can improve your perception of language and ability to articulate. We will look at elements of space, dynamic, atmosphere and character as ways to elicit movement and writing.

Andrew Morrish - Improviser, and Crosby McCloy - Writer/Performer (CB talk)

Crosby and Andrew will interview each other about their history, practice and current focus in writing and performance.

Crossing Borders
Open to all | 4 Oct - 13 Dec | Tues, 7 – 8.30pm
PAL talks £6 / £4 concession per talk I CB talks £5 / £3 freelance dance artists and concessions per talk

A series of conversations with artists whose particular practice has led them beyond narrow disciplinary boundaries, offering fresh vantage points on artistic practice, ideas and working environment. In partnership with graduate school of LCDS.

This year Crossing Borders includes a series of conversations with distinguished guests from beyond Dance, as part of the ‘Movement and Meaning Lab’ programme produced by PAL and led by Gill Clarke. With generous support from Arts Council England, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Jerwood Charitable Foundation. www.pallabs.org.

To book: 020 7091 9650 / info@independentdance.co.uk