"Creating Community-Based Dance Performance in Rushcutters Bay"

Presented by: Marylee Hardenbergh
CMA, BC-D/MT, LICSW Director, Global Site Performance

2 Day In-Person Workshop

Saturday 11 November 2023 / 9.30am to 5.00pm AEDT
Sunday 12 November 2023 / 9.30am to 4.00pm AEDT

12 CPD Points - Category A

Venue
The Studio - Drill Hall, 1C New Beach Road, Darling Point NSW 2027

Join us for 2 days at Sydney’s beautiful Rushcutters Bay and learn how to incorporate dance movement therapy concepts when creating a community-based dance performance.

Community-based dance has a strange and wonderful way of stimulating rippling, healing effects on the community; its therapeutic aspects include:

• inclusivity: welcoming of all bodies and all levels of dance experience;

• expanded self: playfully venturing outside of one’s comfort zone through movement; and

• shared purpose: explored through both group movement and collaborative planning.

This workshop is open to DMTs, DMTs-in-training, Creative Arts and other therapists, dancers, community artists, and anyone interested in the effects of community-based dance on people’s mental health and wellbeing.

During the 2-day workshop, we will create a site-specific performance imbued with therapeutic values such as inclusivity, creativity, and beauty.

Together, we will work through the step-by-step process of investigating the site, creating the movement, planning the event, and presenting the performance.

Exploring movement fundamentals: We’ll begin with a a simple Space Harmony exercise exploring the six basic directions of movement: rising / sinking, opening / closing, and advancing / retreating.

Investigating the site: We’ll explore the site, “listening” with our bodies and allowing sensory impressions to flow into movement improvisation.

Creating movement: We’ll create simple movement sequences and practice weaving them together to create the choreography. We’ll also explore how to adapt and shape the choreography in ways that harmonize the movement with elements of the site.

Planning: We’ll discuss other creative and logistical aspects, such as date selection, publicity, costumes, and music/sound, and also, how this format can be adapted for different sites and groups of varying size.

Performing: The workshop will culminate in the performance on Sunday afternoon, which will take place come rain or shine. Participants are welcome to invite family and friends to attend.

This offering represents teachings that have been distilled over decades of creating site-specific work. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to apply these simple forms and practices in creating performance events in their own communities.

Course Objectives:

1. Learn a basic structure for creating community-based site-specific performances.
2. Identify and articulate the personal therapeutic benefits of participating in a site-specific performance
3. Be able to apply a simple Space Harmony movement exercise for working as a therapist and/or choreographer

Please bring a refillable water bottle! Wear loose-fitting comfortable clothing to dance in, both inside and outside; have appropriate clothing for different kinds of weather. We will rehearse and perform come rain or shine.

About the Presenter

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 

BOOKINGS CLOSE 5.00pm AEDT 
Thursday 9 November 2023

Workshop Enquiries:
Robyn Price
info@dtaa.org.au

0412 585 568

Ticket Enquiries:
Donna Parker
(DTAA Administrator)
admin@dtaa.org.au

0419 531 218

DTAA’s Cancellation Policy:

To qualify for a refund, event cancellations must be made in writing (via email or text to the Workshop or Ticket Enquiry Persons as follows:
7 or more days prior (by 4 November 2023) = 100% refund.
Cancellations made 3 - 6 days prior (by 8 November 2023) = 50% refund.
No refund is due for cancellation received within 48 hours of the event. If there are extenuating circumstances, please email the event contact person. All refunds will be processed no more than 14 days after the event.