Dates] January 29 (Sat.) & 30 (Sun.)
[Venue] Dance Base Yokohama
[Instructors] DaBY Residence Artists Saori Hara / Taichi Yamagata
[Application] https://anddancetech-1.peatix.com

 

& Dance Tech” is an ongoing series of genre-less workshops for dancers, curated by DaBY choreographer in residence Saori Hala.

Each workshop, with a different instructor and theme, will explore techniques for dancers to interpret and incorporate the complex media surrounding dance expression, such as words, space, and music, into their own expression.

The first half of Vol. 1 is Taichi Yamagata’s “Words and Dance: Direction of Words and Body. Dance works in which speech is performed on stage are no longer rare in Japan. This class is for those who want to challenge or further hone their skills in handling words as dancers.

The second half of the program is “Dance with Space, Dance with Place” by Saori Hara. Hara, who has been continuously performing site-specific works, will share methods for creating a relationship between space and the body. This class is for those interested in creating works in special non-theatrical spaces and improvisation methods.

◆Target / Schedule
1) For 1st~4th year university students: No prior performance experience is necessary. (1) For college students (1~4 years old): No prior performance experience is necessary.
Saturday, 1/29
12:00- ” Words and Dance : The Direction of Words and the Direction of the Body ” Lecturer: Taichi Yamagata
16:00- “Space and Dance: Dancing with Place” Lecturer: Saori Hara

(2) For professional dancers: Dance artists looking for new perspectives for choreography, direction, and improvisation.
1/30(Sun.)
12:00- ” Words and Dance : The Direction of Words and the Direction of the Body ” Lecturer: Taichi Yamagata
16:00- “Space and Dance: Dancing with Place” Lecturer: Saori Hara


◆Program Outline
Words and Dance: Words and Dance: The Direction of Words and the Direction of the Body” Instructor: Taichi Yamagata
The seen happening on the stage. How does being seen and seeing on stage affect the body? How does seeing and being seen on stage affect our bodies? How is our body different on the stage from the way it is in everyday life? Become others. Becoming others, or trying to become others. In this process, there are many hints for deeper observation of your own body. Consciously bring up on stage the unconscious and attractive body of everyday life. Not sensitively, but more concretely. I hope this workshop will be an opportunity for you to encounter your own body again while having fun. Please feel free to participate. (Taichi Yamagata)

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Writing utensils
Comfortable clothes
Shoes for indoor use

“Dance with Space Dance with Place” Instructor: Saori Hara
You will learn how to create a va-performance piece using “Design of Situation”, a method developed by Saori Hara herself. First, she will share how to observe the relationship between the body and space, inspired by the concept of “affordance” taken from ecopsychology, and then translate it into concrete movement ideas.

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Writing utensils
Comfortable clothes


◆Rates
(1) For 1st~4th year university students
Each program 500 yen (tax included)
Entrance fee: 1,000 yen (tax included)

(2) For Professionals
Each program 2,500 yen (tax included)
Entrance fee: 4,000 yen (tax included)

◆Venue
Dance Base Yokohama (https://dancebase.yokohama/access)
KITANAKA BRICK&WHITE BRICK North 3F
5-57-2, Kitanaka-dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Directly connected to “Yokohama Kitanaka Knot”, Exit 2a, Bashamichi Station, Minatomirai Line

◆Register at
Saturday, January 8, 18:00-
Please register through the Peatix page ( https://anddancetech-1.peatix.com).
*Pre-registration as a DaBY member is required to apply for tickets. Please register here ( https://dancebase.yokohama/members).


◆Artist Profile
Taichi Yamagata

Born in Yokohama in 1979. Actor, director, choreographer, dancer, and novelist. He joined the theater company “chelfitsch” as an actor in 2001 and has performed in almost all of its productions since then until “Ground and Floor” in 2013, leading chelfitsch as a core member. Studied under dancer Natsuko Tezuka, and started her own company “Office Mountain” in 2015. An actor on stage. He aims for dancers to actively launch their own works.

Saori Hala
Choreographer, dancer, artist, and choreographer in residence at DaBY

Based in several cities including Berlin, Tokyo, and Yokohama, Saori Hala creates performances and choreographic works on the theme of space, body, and bodily belonging. With a background in design and ecopsychology, as well as her own experience of living with natural disasters since childhood, she continues to conduct movement research focusing on “the body moved by the environment”. He is involved in a wide variety of activities, including music, fashion, and other cultural scenes. Recent collaborations, appearances, and choreography include Nosei Otani, Mami Kakudo, Tomomi Oda, Tomoyo Harada, Shuta Hasunuma, U-zhaan, NIKE, BLESS, Onitsuka Tiger, and Shiseido.

In 2020, she won the 9th El Sur Foundation New Artist Award in the contemporary dance category. She holds an MFA in Design from Tokyo University of the Arts and an MFA in Solo Performance from the Department of Dance at the University of the Arts Berlin.

saorihala.com

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