MAKERS

MAKERS, curated by Rob Heaslip, is a Winter Intensive with some of the Scottish dance sector's foremost creative minds.

Taking place at Dance Base Edinburgh across January 4th, 5th & 6th 2023, 9am to 6pm, each day includes a warm-up class led by Steinvor Palsson, followed by two 3-hour workshops.

​Participation is £60 per person for all 3 days.

6 artists, 6 workshops across 3 days.

Jack Webb

Discover your flow, fall, your dancing in between the spaces.

Invite your body and mind to listen and say yes - yes to the rhythms, textures, qualities and sensations that rumble under the surface. Discover the movement language of the in between spaces of flow, fall and of the infinite space that opens up when we move from softness, listening and flow.

Aya Kobayashi

Calligraphy - playing with texture and rhythms.

Inclusivity is at the heart of Aya’s practice, tons of imagery and simple descriptions to guide the group or individuals. We will explore the texture and rhythms of movement borrowing some idea of calligraphy and painting. Appreciating our physical resource and imagination fully, we will play with sense of volume in dances. ​

Farah Saleh

​We will explore together ways to connect, expand and express through the sternum.

The workshop "Connect to expand and express" will explore the sternum's articulations, connections, and movement initiations. We will start from small somatic exercises, then move to bigger and dynamic ones, to finish with a dance phrase that integrates the established connections, while adding physical states to each movement.

Marc Brew

An inclusive dance workshop drawing on his choreographic practice.

From his unique perspective and skill of inclusive practice Marc explores the beauty of difference through movement led exploration, creative tasks and learning set material. Providing the dancers with a new vocabulary that enhances their creativity, Marc redefines expectations of physicality for performers.

Rob Heaslip

Finding internal and external relationships within yourself and with others.

Discover imaginings of how the inner organs can move within yourself, and how focussed exercises might bring creative and precise partnering work. Enjoy moving weight, waiting to move, to be moved and moving others.

Guided partnering exercises.

Solène Weinachter

Working with breath, voice, movement and pondering.

Working with the breath, voice and movement, this workshop share tools and pondering Solène has been working with for the last 12 years. This workshop is addressed to people interested in the body as the medium for creative expression (acting, dancing, performing, choreographing). The class will be lead through guided improvisation tasks and exercises.

Steinvor Palsson

(Warm Up Class) A Cunningham-based class focusing on easeful alignment and movement.

A Cunningham-based technique class with an emphasis on moving with ease, efficiency and clarity. Focusing on alignment, breath and musicality, the class will progress from standing exercises for stability, strength and control, through to travelling movement sequences and jumps that encourage a dynamic use of the space.

Host or Publisher Rob Heaslip