How Movement Works - Trinity Laban

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the UK Government’s measures to ensure social distancing, How Movement Works 2020 has been cancelled.

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Course Outline

So what is movement anyway? Discover the answers during this week-long choreology intensive.

The course is suitable for practitioners from different backgrounds and disciplines, interested in movement, choreography, acting, performance, and directing or teaching. It will significantly change and improve your creative practice.

Join us on the journey to reveal fascinating insights about what we look at when we watch performance and how expression is controlled, created and communicated.

The week will include

An introduction to innovative and exciting choreological practice
Creating, performing and observing movement
Discussion and dialogue
An exploration of current developments of Rudolf Laban’s movement theories and their specific application to contemporary performing arts disciplines

No previous experience of movement analysis theories is required.

“Fascinating, absorbing and exciting. The choreological understanding will change your professional practice significantly”

(Participant 2016)

Course Details

Dates: Mon 13 – Fri 17 July 2020, 10.00h – 17.30h

Fees

Early Bird Course Fee: £405 (available until 1 Mar)
Trinity Laban Alumni rate: £386
Course Fee after 1 Mar: £464

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Timetable

The 2020 HMW timetable will be available in Feb 2020.

Day 1

10.00 Registration and tour

10.45 Introduction

12.30 Introducing the functional body and the body as instrument and its application in practice

Breaks 12.15, 13.15 and 16.15

End 17.30

Day 2 – Exploring dynamic principles and writing dance

10.00 Creative movement class exploring theme

11.45 Exploring further

14.30 Practical application

Breaks 11.30, 13.15 and 16.15

End 17.30

Day 3 – Exploring body language and relationships

10.00 Creative movement class exploring theme

11.45 Exploring further

14.30 Practical application

16.30 Participant led Library time

Breaks 11.30, 13.15 and 16.15

End 17.30

Day 4 – Exploring space

10.00 Creative movement class exploring theme

11.45 Exploring further

14.30 Practical application

Breaks 11.30, 13.15 and 16.15

End 17.30

Day 5 – Applying our practice

10.00 Creative movement class exploring theme of the week

11.45 Application to our own practice

14.30 Applying the principles – sharing

16.30 Final observations, discussion and evaluations

Breaks 11.30, 13.15 and 16.15

End 17.30

Expect to Move, discuss, observe and share practice.

Teacher Biography – Olga Masleinnikova

Olga Masleinnikova is a choreologist, dance-theatre-movement director, artist coach and teacher. Her practice combines Laban's contemporary developments for performing arts - a discipline called Choreology, psychophysical and somatic practices as well as her research around energy body. She has taught at prestigious institutions including: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Royal Academy of Music, English National Opera for Opera Works, Cambridge University, and internationally in Germany, China, and Switzerland.

Olga's choreographic and collaborative works have been to venues in London, Ghent, Malmo, Dublin, Paris, Chur, Berlin and Reykjavik. Additionally, she has developed Artistic Development Coaching Programme, regularly coaches directors, actors, choreographers and filmmakers and delivers numerous workshops internationally.