ProLab Class / Contextual Studies
Venue] Dance Base Yokohama ( https://dancebase.yokohama/main2/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.
Some participants will be openly recruited from January to March 2023.
The program is open to professional and aspiring professional dance artists.
*Outline of Chihiro Tokai Lecture on 1/26(Thu.) has been updated. (Added on 1/23)
Workshop and Lecture information for February and March has been updated. (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 application is possible.
Overview
Hana Sakai (DaBY guest artist), who has tried her hand at musicals and other non-classical theater and has collaborated with directors and choreographers on many new works, will hold a class in classical ballet, the foundation of her own body use 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.”
Taking an example of a contract that a choreographer/dancer enters into with an organizer, the important clauses will be explained and a case study will be conducted in the latter half of the session, looking at the actual contract.
◆offer
DaBY Peatix
https://dancebaseyokohama.peatix.com/
*Pre-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 on the day before the event.
Please note that once tickets have been purchased, they cannot be cancelled, refunded or changed by the customer.
*In the event of a cancellation, the quantity will be reflected at any time.
◆Profile
◆January 5-7, 2011: Shintaro Hirahara Intensive Workshop
©︎ Kaneko Aiho
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Schedule
January 5(Thu)-7(Sat), 2011 Ended
5th: 10:00 – 14:30
6th: 10:00-14:30
7th: 10:00-18:30 (17:00-17:30 Showing)
*Single sessions are also available, but we recommend that you attend the entire course.
A special workshop by DaBY resident artist Shintaro Hirahara will share dance theater and contact techniques and explore how to connect them to the creative process.
Improvement of dance technique with tactile sensitivity
Application of Theater Techniques with Visual
Discovering Verbal Techniques with Language Using the Linguistic Field
An introspective perspective as a basis for creation that originates from oneself.
Focusing on the above four points, the goal is to make this a time to become able to translate tactile, visual, verbal, and memory into dance with clarity.
Comment from Instructor:
What you will learn on January 5 and 6 is not the facts as researched by various research institutes and consolidated by experts, but rather, it is more viscous and based on personal experiences from personal practice and personal interpretations based on reading various dance literature. We recommend that you attend the workshop with this in mind.
We would like each home to bring some objects or books.
It could be clothes, an instrument you no longer use, a letter you can’t throw away, whatever it is.
And I want you to go and sort out a few memories about it.
I don’t know if it will actually be used for showing, but I would like to start with that as a clue. (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, 2012 Ended
*Public announcement will be made from 1:00 p.m.
Overview
DaBY guest artist Benefit Nakamura will conduct a class on the theme of “Creation.
In the last class on December 1, under the theme of “improvisation,” each participating dancer improvised a self-introduction, and at the end of the class, they gave a presentation and exchanged opinions with the audience.
At the end of the class, there will again be an opportunity for students to present their dances and to review their own dances from others’ perspectives.
Contents
Warming up
Exercise
Creation
◆End】 Jan. 19-21 Sadata Iwabuchi Intensive Workshop
January 19 (Thu) – 21 (Sat), 11:00-13:00, Finished.
*Single sessions are also available, but we recommend that you attend the entire course.
Overview
DaBY resident artist Teita Iwabuchi will conduct an intensive workshop.
In previous workshops by Teita Iwabuchi, the participants trained their body, movement, dance, and consciousness while introducing Iwabuchi’s method “reticular body” and his view of the body “ecstatic body theory,” and also conducted research for new works.
This time, basic physical work and choreography for a new work in creation, “ALIEN MIRROR BALLISM” (March 16-18, 2023, Kichijoji Theater) will be performed.
Contents
Physical Work
Choreography for the new work “ALIEN MIRROR BALLISM
◆End】Chihiro Tokai Lecture on January 26
Thursday, January 26, 11:00 – 13:00, 2012 Ended
Overview
DaBY aims to update the creative environment by applying the concept of fair trade to the word “fair creation” and promoting creative activities in a fair environment. At the event, we hope to share the “Fair Creation Declaration,” which we plan to release, and to have a frank discussion with you about the creative environment for dance, its challenges, and our vision for the future. （Chihiro Tokai)
Subject
People involved in dance
Format
On-site at DaBY/ Online participation is also possible
*Links will be sent to online participants prior to the day of the event.
We ask that all participants keep their screens on so that the exchange of ideas and opinions can proceed smoothly.
◆End】February 2(Thu) / 9(Thu): Yoshiko Oiwa Workshop
Thursday, February 2 / Thursday, February 9, 11:00-13:00
*Only one day application is possible.
Overview
Guest instructor Yoshiko Oiwa, a dancer and craniosacral therapist, will lead a two-week workshop. 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 our 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 a mat and hands-on healing work with a partner.
What to bring: Please think of your own device to lie on your back comfortably on a hard floor for about 30 minutes and bring it with you.
Thursday, February 9
Kata and Kata-less Dance Workshop
The first half of this two-part dance workshop will use kata (yoga, ballet techniques, etc.) to prepare the body for dancing. The first half of the workshop will use Kata (yoga, ballet techniques, etc.) to prepare the body for dancing, and the second half will use craniosacral body awareness to prepare the body for dancing freely, in order to feel muscles, skeleton, spinal fluid, and chi more subtly.
The second half, “Kata No Kata,” is a work in which solo improvisation is practiced from various angles. At the end, a short solo is assembled through improvisation.
Eligibility: 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.
Contents
We will share the latest version of the “Fair Creation Declaration” from DaBY to society, and work to deepen understanding of the Declaration.
