Inhabiting Dancing Workshop by Prashant More

What is Beautiful Dancing? What is your dancing about? What do you do when you dance? Why do you move the way you move? What is performance? May 24th to 27th (Tue-Fri) 6.30 - 9.00pm Rs. 2000 Rs. 600 (drop-in) Rs. 1200 (professional artists and students) OPEN TO ALL. The questions arise from how nowadays our society sees dance/dance movements. The impact of the commercial world and Dance reality shows has changed society’s perceptions towards dance/dance movement in the past few years. Now we have a clear distinction between what is dance and what is not dance? Also Dancers/movers from Indian Classical forms, Ballet, bollywood or hip hop have a clear structure of movement - of “What Is WHAT? And what is DANCE?” However from Prashant's experience, understanding and observation in contemporary dance, whatever action we do, is considered 'MOVEMENT' or 'DANCE'. We are standing still, for example; we are in the process of inhaling and exhaling and that’s movement from our body. And for him that’s "Dance". He have been interested in how the emergence of this way of doing/being changes the way a dancer or performer perceives and responds to action around them, and how this, in turn, creates a charged space, which is perceptible to both the person doing and to those watching. In Butoh Dancing it says, "It’s not what you express but it's what you experience." In INHABITING DANCING you will learn about the process of dancing/making. The workshop will provide different frames of work, sequences/tasks/methods through which you will be invited to practice and expand your awareness of what your interests relating to movement or physical performance are, how you make choices and how you navigate your process of work with the transformation of movement and the building of deep dance vocabularies that derives from a conscious stepping out of your comfort zone. The workshop will unfold through two chapters, First chapter of consists of warm up, including body work, floor work, influenced from disciplines and principles like Yoga, QuiGong, Martial arts etc to build a common energy. Sequences inspired from contemporary dance technique, release technique, Hip Hop, martial arts such as Kalaripayattu and capoeira. Introduction to Flying low. The next step will be holding on to a chosen lead of investigation, to inhabit it for a stretched length of time. Choreographic task to explore in various ways, which will give an input in your own choreographic work also developing one's own movement language through somatic task, improvisation understanding space, your body and control and exchange of body weight with Contact Improvisation. Although very physical there are also moments to shift focus and pay attention to the body by releasing using massage and relaxing exercise. Workshop will follow a clear structure never breaking the flow systematically guiding one from beginning to the end. Getting out of our set mind or our comfort zone, and entering into your own authentic, natural movement language, new forms, through different dynamics, time and space but also at the same time holding on to your strong base of previous practice and forms. About the Facilitator: Prashant More is a Contemporary performing artist, choreographer and dance teacher from Pune, India. He started dancing at a very early age. From 2008 he started his journey as a freelance performer. He took formal training in Bharatnatyam Urban/street Dance and Contemporary dance and was involved in hip-hop culture events, state competitions, cultural performances and Dance productions. In 2012 he completed diploma in movement arts and light design with distinction at Attakkalari centre for movement arts in Bangalore, India. Later he started working as a repertory dancer and a Dance instructor. He was involved in company's performances and productions, and taught community in India and Europe. From 2014, he has been travelling to Europe for performances and studies to earn more knowledge in contemporary Dance/Art and choreography. He participated in a Choreographic Intensive course in Amsterdam. Experimental Physical Performative in Berlin. An Interdisciplinary project in Bali, Indonesia. And Hong Kong international choreography festival. Currently, he is in the process of teaching and choregraphy. He is also researching on various movement languages and practicing in developing his own movement vocabulary.