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About Winlab
The Winter Laboratory (Winlab) is a three week festival centered around week long intensive workshops with leading international artists, supplemented by drop-in activities and associated evening events for a wider audience.
The workshops offer the opportunity to share the practices of international guest artists and for participants to engage and interact with each other within this framework.
Given the stature of these artists / teachers, and the timing during the holiday period, this is an opportunity particularly suited to working professionals.
Winlab 2012 details
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Guide to rates | Previous Winlabs
Winlab Week 1:
26 - 30 November 2012 | Julyen Hamilton | 29.10.12 - Workshop is full, email to go on to the waiting list
Monday Night Improvisation with Kathy Crick: 26 November
| Open to All |
| Monday, 6.30 - 8.30pm |
| £5 or Class Cards valid (free to Julyen workshop participants) |
| Drop in |
| Full
description here. |
Crossing Borders Talk with Julyen Hamilton and Jacky Lansley: 27 November
| Open to all |
| 7-8.30pm |
| £6, £4 concessions/freelance artists (free to Julyen workshop participants) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full
description here. |
Performance: 'THE IMMATERIAL WORLD' by Julyen Hamilton and 'PALACE' by Billie Hanne: 1 December
| Open to all |
| 7pm |
| £10 full price | £8 concessions/freelance dance artists | £5 for all Winlab workshop participants |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full
description here. |
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Winlab Week 2:
3 - 7 December 2012 | Lone Twin | A few places still available, email to book your place now
Performance Project: Knees Up
| Experienced dance artists |
| Monday - Friday, 11am-5pm plus Fri 6.30pm participation in a public sharing |
| £170 Full Price | £120 Freelance Dance Artists| £100 Concession, see below for definitions |
| Booking essential |
| Full description and Lone Twin biography here. |
Monday Night Improvisation with Seke Chimutengwende: 3 December
| Open to All |
| Monday, 6.30 - 8.30pm |
| £5 or Class Cards valid (free to Lone Twin workshop participants) |
| Drop in |
| Full
description and biography here. |
Crossing Borders Talk with Hester Reeve: 4 December
| Open to All |
| 7-8.30pm |
| £6, £4 concessions/freelance artists (free to Lone Twin workshop participants) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full
description here. |
Friday Night Sharing: A Public Presentation by the Winlab Performance Project participants: 7 December
| Open to All |
| 6.30pm |
| Free |
| Drop-in. Bar available before and after.. |
| Full
description here. |
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Winlab Week 3:
8 - 9 December 2012 | Chrysa Parkinson | 29.10.12 - Workshop now full, email to go on to the waiting list
Workshop: Authorship and Practice for Performers
| Experienced dance artists |
| Saturday 11am-6pm, Sunday 11am-5pm |
| £90 Full Price | £70 Freelance | £60 Concession, see below for definitions |
| Only 20 places available. Booking essential |
| Full
description and biography here. |
Performed Lecture by Chrysa Parkinson I Sat 8 December
| Open to all |
| Saturday, 7pm |
| £7 full price | £5 concessions/freelance dance artists/Winlab participants (free to Chyrsa workshop participants) |
| Drop in |
| Full
description here. |
10 - 14 December 2012 | Giovanni Felicioni and Rita Geirola | Workshop now full, email to go on to the waiting list
Workshop: Sustainable Movement Sustainable World - exploring the biodiversity of how persons get vertical and unvertical in a context
| Experienced dance artists |
| Monday - Friday, 11am-5pm |
| £170 Full Price | £120 Freelance | £100 Concession, see below for definitions |
| Booking essential |
| Full
description and Giovanni biography here, Rita biography here. |
Monday Night Improvisation with Sally Dean: 10 December
| Open to all levels of experience |
| Monday, 6.30 - 8.30pm |
| £5 or Class Cards valid (free to Giovanni/Rita workshop participants) |
| Drop in |
| Full
description and biography here. |
Crossing Borders Talk with Siobhan Davies and David Hinton
: 11 December
| Open to all |
| 7-8.30pm |
| £6 full price, £4 concessions/freelance artists (free to Giovanni/Rita workshop participants) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full description here. |
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Guide to rates
| Full-time salaried / funded places |
| Part-time salaried / freelance |
| Students / receiving benefits - proof required |
| Deals |
Join us for two workshops and receive £5 off the total
price, join us for three or more and receive £10 off the total price.
All Winlab workshop participants are able to join the Monday Night improvisation and Tuesday night talks during their week for free. Weekend participants of Chrysa's workshop can attend the performed lecture for free.
Julyen Hamilton performance is £5 for all Winlab participants. |
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Previous Winlabs
Past associated events have included morning warm-ups in different bodywork techniques, evening improvisation classes, discussions, lecture demonstrations and performances. These enable a greater number of artists to take part at a less intensive level and for non-artists to gain insight into artistic process.
Past workshop leaders have included: Steve Paxton, Bebe Miller, Siobhan Davies, Gill Clarke, Simone Forti, Eva Karzcag, Rosemary Lee, Giovanni Felicioni and Kirstie Simson.
Transcriptions of the open Winlab 2006 discussion centred around improvisation with Eva Karzcag, Jane Carr and Kate Brown:
- Watch a clip of Winlab 2007
Duration
4 minute 24 seconds
Filmed by Becky
Edmunds
Artist speaking: Roseanne Spradlin
- Watch a clip of Winlab 2006
Duration
9 minute 41 seconds
Filmed by Becky Edmunds
Performers in Rosemary Lee performance clip: Henrietta Hale and Eddie Nixon.
Projected Images in Eva Karczag performance clip: Chris Crickmay
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