Winter Laboratory (Winlab)
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About Winlab
The Winter Laboratory (Winlab) is a two to 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.
- Watch a clip of Winlab 2007
Duration
4 minute 24 seconds
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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
Winlab details
Week 1 | Week 2 | Winlab Weekend | Week 3 | Guide to rates | Previous Winlabs
Winlab Week 1: 30 November - 4 December 2009
Morning Class with Lucia Walker
| Experienced Dance artists |
| Monday - Friday, 11am-1pm |
| £25 |
| Booking essential |
| Full
description here |
Afternoon Workshop with Tere O'Connor
| Experienced Dance artists |
| Monday - Friday, 2-5pm |
| £95, £65, £55 |
| Booking essential |
| Full
description here |
Monday Night Improvisation with Lucia Walker: 30 November
| All |
| 6.30-8.30pm |
| £5 |
| Drop-in |
| Full
description here |
Tuesday Night Talk with Tere O'Connor: 1 December
| All |
| 7-8.30pm |
| £5, £3 concessions/freelance artists (free to Tere
O'Connor workshop participants) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full
description here |
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Winlab Week 2: 7 - 11 December 2009
Workshop with Lisa Nelson
| Experienced dance artists |
| Monday - Friday, 10am-1pm |
| £95, £65, £55 |
| Booking essential |
| Full
description here |
Tuesday Night Talk with Lisa Nelson: 8 December
| All |
| 7-8.30pm |
| £5, £3 concessions/freelance artists (free to Lisa
Nelson workshop participants) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full
description here |
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Winlab Performance: Saturday 12 December 2009
Saturday Night Performance
| The UK premiere of GO a duet with Lisa Nelson and
Scott Smith |
| 7.30pm |
| £8, £6, £5 (Participants of Lisa Nelson workshop,
£5) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full
description here |
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Winlab Week 3: 14 - 18 December 2009
Workshop with Kirstie Simson and Le Quan Ninh
| Experienced dance artists |
| Monday - Friday, 10am-1pm |
| £95, £65, £55 |
| Booking essential |
| Full
description here |
Research Lab with Kirstie Simson and Le Quan Ninh
| Experienced dance artists |
| Monday & Friday 2.30-5.30pm, Tuesday-Thursday 2.30-7.30pm |
| £65 |
| Application to participate to be sent to fiona@independentdance.co.uk,
deadline 23 October. |
| Full
description here |
Evening informal music and dance sharings: 15 - 17 December
| All |
| 6.30-7.15pm |
| £2 (free to morning workshop participants) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after |
| Full
description here |
Winlab Performance: Friday 18 December 2009
Friday Night Performance and Discussion
| To bring the Winlab Festival 2009 to a close we have
programmed this evening of composed Music and Dance Improvisations
with Kirstie Simson, Le Quan Ninh and guests. The performance will
be followed by a discussion with Kirstie and Ninh, facilitated by
Researcher/Performer Simon Ellis on Improvisation as a Performance
Practice. |
| 7.30pm |
| £8, £6, £5 (Participants of Kirstie and NInh's
workshop, £5) |
| Drop-in or book in advance. Bar available before and after. |
| Full
description here |
Guide to rates
| Funded Full-time salaried / funded places |
| Part-time salaried / freelance |
| Students / receiving benefits - proof required |
| |
Book for more than one workshop and receive £5 off the total
price |
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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.
Recent 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:
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