About CONCRETE
CONCRETE is an annual summer intensive in the heart of New York City, in partnership with the La MaMa Theatre, the home of the legendary experimental theatre maker and supporter Ellen Stewart. This intensive explores the hyphenated genre of dance-physical theatre and how these techniques function inside kinesthetic awareness in immersive theatre settings. This proximity research recognizes and interrogates the cultural biases housed inside of nearness and the relationship between spectator and performer.
This modular intensive facilitates career development and connects professional and pre-professional dance artists to current directors and makers inside the US and international physical and immersive theatre scenes.
Transformative, rigorous, and challenging, CONCRETE is meant for professionals and college students 18 years and older. It includes exposure to clowning, partnering, ensemble-devising, voice in movement, material/prop approaches, performer perception in physical space, and interrogating the cultural biases housed inside proximity-based performance.
The culmination of each of each week will apex with a fully immersive production that ensures a ten to twenty performer/spectator ratio.
Full-time tuition includes tickets to a NYC immersive performance.
Limited Housing is available.
Classes operate Monday through Saturday.
No classes will meet on Sunday, June 14th.
June 8th-10: Education 3 days
Monday, June 8
10-1p Morning Class 1. Paul & 2. Dan
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop: History of La MaMa archive visit and discussions
Tuesday, June 9
10-1p Morning Class 1. Dan & 2. Paul
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. Leslie & 2. SBB
Wednesday, June 10
10-1p Morning Class 1. Paul & 2. Dan
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. SBB & 2. Leslie
Performance Rotation 1:
Thursday, June 11
10-1p Morning Class 1. Baye & Asa & 2. Kelly
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. SBB 2. Dan 3. Leslie
Friday, June 12
10-1p Morning Class 1. Baye & Asa & 2. Kelly
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. SBB 2. Dan 3. Leslie
Saturday, June 13 (PERFORMANCE)
10-1p Morning Class 1. Kelly & 2. Baye & Asa
2p-5p Afternoon Showings 1. SBB 2. Dan 3. Leslie
Performance Rotation 2:
Monday, June 15
10-1p Morning Class 1. Kelly & 2. Baye & Asa
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. Leslie 2. SBB 3. Dan
Tuesday, June 16
10-1p Morning Class 1. JoyBoy & 2. Jordan
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. Leslie 2. SBB 3. Dan
Wednesday, June 17 (PERFORMANCE)
10-1p Morning Class 1. JoyBoy & 2. Jordan
2p-5p Afternoon Showings 1. Leslie 2. SBB 3. Dan
Performance Rotation 3:
Thursday, June 18
10-1p Morning Class 1. Jordan & 2. JoyBoy
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. Dan 2. Leslie 3. SBB
Friday, June 19
10-1p Morning Class 1. Jordan & 2. JoyBoy
2p-5p Afternoon Workshop 1. Dan 2. Leslie 3. SBB
Saturday, June 20 (PERFORMANCE)
10-1p Morning 1. Combined Workshop with Hope Youngblood
2-5p Afternoon Showings 1. Dan 2. Leslie 3. SBB