MAKING TRACKS 2009: DANCE-MAKING IN APD
Making Tracks is designed for participants with at least 3 years’ dance experience or professional experience in any dance style. Classes will focus on context, technique and presentation All traditional classes will be accompanied by live drumming.
The full Making Tracks 2009 programme is available for £200 for the week. A £50 deposit is required to secure a place for the full week’s programme. A performance/sharing of the work will take place at the end of the week to an invited audience.
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MAKING TRACKS PROFESSIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Making Tracks is a one-week Professional Summer School in African Peoples Dance & Music for intermediate dance students and professionals. Immerse yourself in African and Caribbean dance with additional classes in Dance Fusion and Street/Hip-Hop.
TESTIMONIALS FROM PARTICIPANTS OF MAKING TRACKS 2008:
“ It was a fantastic experience, Amazing. I loved it and I am seriously considering my next steps as an artist”
“I hope the IRIE! summer school goes from strength to strength; it is an amazing experience to complete a professional summer school in APD.
“ It has inspired me. I now will focus on private lessons and dance troupes.
I will [be] incorporating it into my music with drama”.
“It has broadened my experience of Caribbean dance considerably and given me a lot more confidence and provided me with many ideas to allow me to start developing my own choreography”.
“This course has opened my eyes and body to a whole new kind of movement. I’m hoping to incorporate these into my pieces and classes”.
MASTER CLASSES
In order to provide dance practitioners with a unique programme of professional development dance training within APD, IRIE! has hand-picked some of the finest tutors in the field based in the UK.
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS
The course will explore a variety of traditional and contemporary dance music styles, investigating basic influences through the teaching of authentic movement that will be used to develop material for performance and delivery.
Recommended 1 x day or a series of 1.5 hours workshops