Choreographic Thinking for Artists with Christopher House

Over 2 days ( Saturday 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Sunday 1:00 – 4:00 pm) Canadian choreographer, performer and educator Christopher House leads a playful weekend workshop that explores the elements of choreographic thinking in relation to all artistic disciplines.

This workshop is for professional and experienced amateur artists making work in forms other than dance (e.g. visual arts, theatre, architecture, theatre, writing, music or cinema) who are curious about the potential of choreographic thinking in their practice and for choreographers working in dialogue with other art forms.

The goal of the workshop is to explore how the elements of choreographic thinking– spatial, temporal and sensory –can enhance a diverse range of creative gestures. We will work together with an optimistic rigour that foregrounds play, risk, pleasure and the generative nature of failure.

Participants must be willing to take turns engaging as performer-collaborators in the work of their peers. As such, it is helpful to have experience in a physical practice (not necessarily dance-based) and an appetite for the pleasures of movement.