Solo Performance Commissioning Project
About next year's Project
| Location | Findhorn, Scotland |
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| Time | Wednesday 27 August - Friday 5 September 2008 |
| Price | Commission fee (to include one meal per day) £900 |
| More details | Travel to and from Findhorn and accommodation are additional |
ID is delighted to continue its working relationship with pioneering and award winnning choreographer Deborah Hay by producing this, the fifth UK SPCP, in collaboration with Bodysurf Scotland. The project is located in the focused rural setting of Findhorn in the North of Scotland and is a unique opportunity for mature professional performers to work with this renowned experimental artist over 10 days.
What is it?
With the Solo Performance Commissioning Project all participating artists commission the same solo dance choreographed by Deborah Hay. Hay rarely demonstrates solutions to the choreography. Rather, she conveys her concepts through directives that each performer translates individually into movement in his/her unique way. As part of the process, the artist is bound to the material through meditation-like exercises that are applied throughout the choreographed dance.
Deborah Hay's orientation to dance is activated by attention to practices of performance. In an intense learning environment she challenges the experienced performerwith movement concepts that trigger multiple levels of perception at once. She choreographs the world 'between' moments, where movement proclivity plays second fiddle to exercised inquiry.
In the latter half of the SPCP, each artist is personally coached in his/her performance of the dance, with everyone present. Ultimately the solo is adapted by each performer through a period of practice that extends into the months following the project.
To apply for the Deborah Hay SPCP project, simply email to register your interest and then return your application form.