Shawngrām Summer Intensive: Processing to Reframe 2023
Schedule
Mon Jun 19 2023 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm
Location
Ananya Dance Theatre | Saint Paul, MN
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This is a two-week intensive that immerses participants in ADT's signature movement aesthetic, YORCHHĀ, and choreographic practice, SHAWNGRĀM. This year's thematic focus takes its inspiration from community processions taking up public space to re-direct our relationships to power and each other!When:
Monday–Friday, June 19-30, 2023, 10am–1pm CDT
Two Community Showings, time TBD
Ways to Participate:
1) In-person at the Shawngrām Institute (Limited Capacity)
2) Remotely, Via Zoom
To apply please complete this google form, http://bit.ly/3RTHcCc
(An application fee of $50 must be received before your application can be processed.)
More Information:
The first half of each session will be dedicated to instruction in Yorchhā, with room for different levels of interpretation depending on participants' familiarity with the form. Whether this is your first experience with Yorchhā or you have been practicing for multiple summers, we will meet you where you are to steer you towards individual excellence. The second half will be dedicated to structured improvisational and choreographic processes. The Intensive will culminate in a choreographic offering with opportunities for live streaming.
Our theme this year is "Processing to Re-frame." We are inspired by the BIPOC organizers of The Uprising and other justice movements who interrupt constructed “normals” and publicly refuse to accept systemic violences. Processions are designed to reveal the potential of movement and dance as a methodology for organizing. Your participation will enrich our work and our commitment to route choreography through justice and community. We hope it will offer us all different provocations about the role of art and dance in civic life and movements for social change.
We are currently exploring an opportunity to offer the culminating performance as part of a procession across city streets in keeping with our theme of "processing to re-frame", and in partnership with leaders from our BIPOC communities.
Yorchhā combines movement principles from Odissi, the traditional Indian dance technique, Chhau, the martial art form from Odisha, and from Vinyasa Yoga. Shawngrām is the creative process for ensemble-based choreography to share a mosaic of stories and emotional landscapes and build justice-based collectivity through movement.
Policies:
• We accept applications on a rolling basis. However, due to the continuing pandemic and to ensure the safety of our community, we have to limit our in-person attendance. Participants will be confirmed on a first-applied first-accepted basis.
• Students attending in-person classes must provide proof of up-to-date Covid-19 vaccination (booster required) and must wear face masks during class.
• All information we receive will remain confidential.
• The Institute is located in an accessible building. We do our best to offer ASL interpretation and audio description to fit participant needs, so please describe your needs to us in your application.
• We will take access needs into consideration in the planning of "processional" performances.
Tuition:
The total fee for this intensive is $650.
A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. If you are awarded a scholarship, you will only pay the $50 application fee.
Applications close on Monday, June 1, 2023. The $50.00, non-refundable deposit will be deducted from the total tuition due.
For questions about Payment:
Contact Hadiya Shire, Operations Manager, at [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
Ananya Dance Theatre, 1197 University Av W,Saint Paul,MN,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
