A writing and thinking and moving and making workshop for dancers, led by Claudia La Rocco.

Oh, it’s you again…

Something you might say in lockdown, passing yourself in the mirror. Something you might say when staring at a blank page, pen in hand.

Presenting a writing and making and talking and thinking and being lab; a workshop for people antsy to do some internal roaming.

Over four sessions we’ll be sharing time and space in our different times and different spaces. Thinking about and playing with writing as a physical task—something that travels on and with and through the body. Thinking about how we travel through space and across screens, about where the mind goes that the body cannot, and vice versa. And doing it and talking about it, too.

Well these are some opening thoughts: like all workshops, this will be a group improvisation.

Please wear clothing that you feel good moving and being still in, and have some non-electronic things to write with and on.

This workshop was generously supported by the Besen Family Foundation.

When
Wednesdays & Fridays, 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT
20, 22, 27 & 29 October 2021 (4 sessions)

Cost
$130 AUD + booking fee (inclusive of all 4 sessions )

Book
Please register for this workshop here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-workshop-immediate-surroundings-w-claudia-la-rocco-tickets-184419974107

Access
The class will be live captioned.
Please email estelle@lucyguerininc.com if you have any access needs or requests.

About Claudia La Rocco
Claudia La Rocco’s publications include the selected writings The Best Most Useless Dress (Badlands Unlimited), the pamphlet Quartet (Ugly Duckling Presse), and the novel petit cadeau (published in print, digital, and live editions by The Chocolate Factory theater). With musician/composer Phillip Greenlief she is animals & giraffes, an experiment in multidisciplinary improvisation with an ongoing roster of collaborators that has released the albums July (Edgetone Records) and Landlocked Beach (with Wobbly; Creative Sources). She edited I Don’t Poem: An Anthology of Painters (Off the Park Press) and Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets, the catalogue for Danspace Projectʼs PLATFORM 2015, for which she was guest artist curator. La Rocco’s poetry and prose are widely anthologised; she has also been a columnist for Artforum, a cultural critic for WNYC New York Public Radio, and from 2005-2015 was a critic and reporter for The New York Times. She has received grants and residencies from such organisations as the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation, and Headlands Center for the Arts. She teaches and lectures regularly, at such institutions as Princeton University, the School of Visual Arts, ImpulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, Tokyo’s Dance New Air festival, and Movement Research.

Further Information and Instructions

We want to keep everyone safe and the class flowing! Please read the following requests to help us to achieve this.

• Never used Zoom? Here’s a couple of quick how-to guides:

• Please ensure you are in a suitable and safe space for the class. More info on risk reduction will be provided in the Terms & Conditions section of the registration process and pre-class email.

• Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the class start time, to ensure we can resolve any technical gremlins well before the class starts.

• Technical issue with Zoom? Please write questions in the chat section so we can try to solve it without disturbing others.

• Closed captions will be provided by an automatic transcription software. If you require anything else to make this class series accessible to you please email estelle@lucyguerininc.com at least 48hrs before the first class.

• Any Online Class provided by LGI is not to be recorded—please respect the wishes of the Company and teachers by not recording any content of the session without advanced written permission.

• We hope everyone enjoys and supports one another in enjoying the class experience. Should anyone not do so, or not respect requests made by the Company or teacher, we reserve the right to remove participants from the class.