ProLab Class / Contextual Studies
Venue] Dance Base Yokohama ( https://dancebase.yokohama/access )
[Application] DaBY Peatix ( https://dancebaseyokohama.peatix.com/ )
The DaBY Dancer Registration Program, launched in April 2022, offers weekly classes (Classes) and lectures (Contextual Studies) for dancers in residence.
The program is partially open to participants from January to March 2023.
The program is open to professional and aspiring professional dance artists.
Updated information about Chihiro Tokai Lecture on 1/26(Thu.): (Added on 1/23) (Added on 1/23)
*Updated information on workshops/lectures in February and March. (Added on 1/26)
Schedule
| Thursday, January 5 – Saturday, January 7 | Shintaro Hirahara Intensive Workshop |
| Thursday, January 12 | Benefit Nakamura Workshop |
| Thursday, January 19 – Saturday, January 21 | Teita Iwabuchi Intensive Workshop |
| Thursday, January 26 | Chihiro Tokai Lecture |
| Thursday, February 2 | Yoshiko Oiwa Workshop |
| Thursday, February 9 | Yoshiko Oiwa Workshop |
| Thursday, February 23 | Chihiro Tokai Lecture |
| Thursday, March 16 | Hana Sakai Workshop |
| Thursday, March 23 | Hana Sakai Workshop |
| Thursday, March 23 | Chihiro Tokai Lecture |
◆March 16 (Thu) / 23 (Thu) Hana Sakai Workshop
©︎Naoshi HATORI
Thursday, March 16 / Thursday, March 23, 11:00-13:00
*Only one day registration is available
Overview｜
Hana Sakai (DaBY guest artist), who has tried her hand at musicals and other non-classical theater, and has collaborated with many directors and choreographers on new works, will hold a classical She will hold a ballet class, which is the basis of her own body usage and expression.
Contents｜
・Ballet class
*Pointe is not required.
Please wear clothes that show the lines of your body easily.
◆March 23 (Thu) Chihiro Tokai Lecture
Thursday, March 23, 14:00-16:00
Overview｜
Contextual Studies (lecture) by Chihiro Tokai, DaBY Legal Advisor.
Contents｜
“Contract Negotiation Tips for Dancers”
The lecture will explain important clauses of contracts that choreographers and dancers conclude with organizers, and in the latter half of the lecture, case studies will be conducted by looking at actual contracts.
◆offer
DaBY Peatix
https://dancebaseyokohama.peatix.com/
*Prior registration as a DaBY member is required to apply for tickets.
If you choose to pay at a convenience store, please complete the transfer by 24:00 the day before the event.
Please note that once tickets have been purchased, they cannot be cancelled, refunded or changed for any reason.
*In the event of cancellation, the quantity will be reflected at any time.
◆Profile
◆January 5-7, 2011: Shintaro Hirahara Intensive Workshop
©︎ Kaneko Aiho
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Dates｜
January 5(Thu.)-7(Sat.) Ended
5th: 10:00-14:30
6th: 10:00-14:30
7th: 10:00-18:30 (17:00-17:30 Showing)
*You can take a single class, but we recommend taking the whole class.
In this special workshop by DaBY resident artist Shintaro Hirahara, he will share dance theater and contact techniques and explore how to connect them to his creative work.
The workshop will focus on the following four points:
– Improvement of dance technique with sensitivity to touch – Application of theater technique with sight
– Discovery of verbal technique with language using the language field
– Introspective perspective as a basis for creation derived from oneself
Focusing on the above four points, the workshop aims to help participants to be able to translate tactile, visual, verbal and memory senses into dance with clarity. The purpose of this workshop is to help participants to become able to translate tactile, visual, verbal, and memory into dance with clarity.
Comments from the instructor:
What you will learn on January 5 and 6 is not so much facts researched by various institutions and aggregated by experts, but rather a more viscous and viscous experience based on personal practice, reading various dance literature, and personal interpretation. We recommend that you attend the workshop with this in mind.
We would like you to bring something or a book from your own home.
It could be a piece of clothing, an instrument you no longer use, a letter you can’t throw away, or anything else.
And then, we would like you to organize your memories about it.
I don’t know if this will actually be used in the showings, but I would like to start with that as a starting point. (Hirahara)
Contents
Thursday, January 5, 10:00-14:30
Warm-up using theater games, contact basics
Classroom lecture for explanation and application
Friday, January 6, 10:00 – 14:30
Combined dance theater and contact techniques
Classroom lecture for explanation and application
Creation
January 7 (Sat.)
10:00-17:00: Warm-up + Creation (including break)
17:00-17:30: Showing
17:30-18:30: Feedback
What to bring and what to wear
Objects or Books
On January 7, we recommend that you wear as light clothing as possible for showing, and that you can easily put on and take off your clothes in public.
◆End] January 12, Nakamura Benefit Workshop
Thursday, January 12, 10:00-13:30 Ended
*Public presentation available from 13:00
Overview｜
A class on the theme of “Creation” will be held by DaBY guest artist, Benefit Nakamura.
In the previous class on December 1, under the theme of “improvisation,” each participating dancer improvised a self-introduction and gave a presentation at the end of the class, exchanging opinions with the audience.
At the end of the class, each dancer will have an opportunity to make a presentation and to review his/her own dance from the viewpoint of others.
Contents｜
・Warming up
・Exercise
・Creation
◆End】 Jan. 19-21 Sadata Iwabuchi Intensive Workshop
January 19 (Thursday) – 21 (Saturday), 11:00-13:00 Ended
You can take a one-shot class, but we recommend you to take the class as a whole.
Overview｜
DaBY resident artist Teita Iwabuchi will conduct an intensive workshop.
In previous workshops by Teita Iwabuchi, participants have been trained in body, movement, dance, and consciousness while being introduced to Iwabuchi’s method “reticular body” and his view of the body “ecstatic body theory,” and have also conducted research for a new work.
This time, basic physical work and choreography for the new piece “ALIEN MIRROR BALLISM” (March 16-18, 2023, Kichijoji Theater) will be conducted.
Contents｜
・Body work
・Choreography of the new work “ALIEN MIRROR BALLISM
◆End】Chihiro Tokai Lecture on January 26
Thursday, January 26, 11:00-13:00 Ended
Overview｜
DaBY aims to update the creative environment by promoting creative activities in a fair environment under the word “Fair Creation,” which is based on the concept of fair trade. On the day of the event, we will share the “Fair Creation Declaration,” which is scheduled to be released, and hope to provide an opportunity for a frank discussion with everyone about the creative environment for dance, the challenges associated with it, and our vision for the future. (Chihiro Tokai)
Target｜
People involved in dance
Format｜
On-site at DaBY/ Online participation is also possible
* A link will be sent to online participants by the day of the event.
We will send a link to online participants by the day of the event.
◆End】February 2(Thu) / 9(Thu): Yoshiko Oiwa Workshop
Thursday, February 2 / Thursday, February 9, 11:00-13:00
*Only one day registration is available
Overview｜
The workshop will be held over two weeks with guest instructor Yoshiko Oiwa, a dancer and craniosacral therapist. The first week will be “Self-Healing” and the second week will be “Kata and No Kata” focusing on yoga and instant composition (solo improvisation).
Thursday, February 2
Healing Workshop
We will analyze the mechanisms of the body and mind, based on the experience and knowledge gained from craniosacral and Noguchi Seitai, regarding the regeneration of an imbalanced body. It is not only the body that dances, but also the presence of more than just the body, a proposal that will lead to the realization of what really strikes one’s heart for the dancers who perform. Participants will do self-healing work on the mat and hands-on healing work with a partner.
What to bring: Please plan and prepare your own device to lie comfortably on your back on a hard floor for 30 minutes.
Thursday, February 9
Kata and Kata-less Dance Workshop
This two-part dance workshop will use kata (yoga, ballet techniques, etc.) in the first half to create a dancing body. The first half of the workshop uses kata (yoga, ballet techniques, etc.) to prepare the body to dance freely, using craniosacral body awareness to more delicately feel muscles, skeletal structure, spinal fluid, and chi.
The second half, “Kata No Kata” is a work to practice solo improvisation from different angles. Finally, we will improvise a short solo.
Target: Students who have been exploring the body for at least 3 years.
◆Ended】February 23 (Thu) Chihiro Tokai Lecture
Thursday, February 23, 11:00-13:00
Overview｜
Contextual Studies (lecture) by Chihiro Tokai, DaBY Legal Advisor will be held.
Contents｜
The latest version of the “Fair Creation Declaration”, which DaBY is sending to society, will be shared, and participants will work to deepen their understanding of the Declaration.
