Summer School
for Stockholm
DANCE MOVEMENT THEATRE
7 DAY COURSE
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STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
21st
Celebration
EVENING DANCE
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HAMILTON HOUSE
BRISTOL - UK
The Flower Drum
2019
4 DAY DANCE INTENSIVE
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CORNWALL
UK
The River That Finds
Us
1 YEAR FOUNDATION COURSE
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CORNWALL
UK
The Sea
(Or The Quince, The Comb & The Water Drum)
Zennor - Cornwall
3 Day Intensive
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Facilitation: Rowan Jacqueline
Drums & Percussion: Kirby & Afra Bell
THE SEA looks to our rhythmic relationship with the Ocean.
This is our first beginning.
Perhaps the deepest root to creation the body can remember.
Accompanied throughout with superb percussion from Kirby and Afra Bell,
we dance for long hours against a mirror of ancient, raw and unfathomable beauty.
The headland of Zennor has an ability to exude a serene sense of peace.
Where the blue, blue ocean thunders against the sheer rusty cliff tops -
it is intense in its wilderness.
Our work is to stay with the pulse, to marry both internal and external landscapes to the beat of the water drum.
This is a dance of immersion into rhythm, expansion and expression -
its regenerative nature waters the creative soul.
PERCUSSION
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Kirby & Afra Bell - THE SEA - 2016
KIRBY & AFRA BELL
OUR PERCUSSIONISTS
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Kirby and Afra have worked alongside Rowan from the beginning of Spiderflower, between us we have a creative relationship that runs from 1999.
As prayerful, powerful drummers with years of experience within African traditions, Kirby and Afra stand among the most talented and proficient percussionists in the UK.
Playing Djembe, Kpanlogo, Bourgarabou, Congas and Bata, as a duo they are Spiderflower's they possess a deep experiential knowledge of this work.
Able to intuit a dancers energy and roll with the stanzas as they happen, Kirby and Afra hold the work beautifully as musicians.​
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WIDE CIRCLES: THE SEA is not held in an 'closed' space. This is about movement, wide circles, expansion, landscape / seascape, so a certain amount of freedom comes with this block of work. It is for those who love the spirit of adventure as we visit various locations outside of Zennor in order to have actual contact with the sea during the course of the weekend. It is a wonderful opportunity to experience the epic beauty of Cornwall.
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FOR MEN & FOR WOMEN: This dance is open to men and to women aged 21 years +
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START TIMES: Participants may arrive from 16.00 to settle. Dance starts at Zennor 18.30.
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FINISH TIMES: Dance closes at 16.00, we finish our time with a feast to complete by 19.00. Participants are free to go from 16.00 if need be.
ACCOMMODATION + OTHER NOTES
ACCOMMODATION: Spiderflower has good connections and sources for accommodation around the area and will be happy to assist participants on booking.
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THE DANCE: Impro based, focused and committed Spiderflower’s dynamic dance form is powerfully grounded in earth and in body.
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THE DRUM: Drums work to the highest standards and are carefully placed musically to shower and support dancers with a delicious melt of bass and melody.
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THE EARTH: We spend time on the land, and with the sea - allowing the body to listen and move into dialogue directly with the natural world.
Elements of earthwork are wove into Spiderflower's form. This means being hands on / feet with the beautiful land and seascape around Zennor.
​REGISTRATION & BOOKING
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Organisers are welcome to contact Spiderflower to arrange dates or to bring this set to your area, provided the environment is appropriate. ​​​
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PRICES​
Set Per Group Size. Please Enquire.
Photography: Mermaid (Main Image) © +gABY+ 2010
