All workshops are held at the WHEELER ARTS COMMUNITY located on Sanders Street, in DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS
If you are interested in leading a workshop in your area of artistic expertise you must be a FULL PARTICIPANT in the Indy Convergence.
Please contact us at indyconvergence@gmail.com if you are interested.
ANYONE is welcome to attend all community workshops!
2010 Workshops
Unless noted with a (*) all workshops are held at the Wheeler Arts Community Theater in Fountain Square (1035 Sanders Street Indpls, IN). Starred workshops will be held at Progressions Dance Studio (7410 Madison Ave Indpls, IN). All workshops are free.
Wednesday March 17, 2010
8:00pm-10:00pm – The Audience, What?!
Explore new and classical methods of creating short original performance pieces. Participants will be challenged to cultivate an evolving question-asking strategy in their personal artistic development and collaboratively apply those investigations to a new topical work. Local artist Julie Mauro will lead this workshop.
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Saturday March 20,2010
10:00am-11:30am - Contact Improvisation
This workshop will introduce the basics of moving while following, mimicking or supporting another person(s) movement. Contact improvisation involves the use of weight, gravity, and our bodies’ natural pathways and mechanics. Dancers Caitlin Swihart and Ashley Benninghoff will lead this workshop.
12:00pm-1:15pm - Stepping out of your field
Come explore new approaches to being creative outside of your area of expertise. Through creative interaction, participants will discuss what it means to bring something meaningful to an unfamiliar discipline. Butler alum, Joshua Morris (currently living in New York City) will lead this workshop.
*4:00pm-5:00pm - Martha Graham Technique for Actors: application of Graham for physical theater
Roberta Wong will lead a workshop in applying the methods Martha Graham’s innovative, inspiring work to theater. Roberta teaches dance throughout Indianapolis and central Indiana.
*5:15-6:45 – Sound Improvisation and Meditative Drumming
Local artists Ellen Denham and Ryan Anderson will lead participants in a series of improvised vocal and instrumental exercises. Participants will explore how one person’s rhythm and energy can affect another. This workshop will also include a guided drum meditation led by Ryan Anderson.
7:15-9:45 – Sustainable Theater Techniques, Part I
(refreshments will be served) CalArts professor and executive director of the Center for Sustainable Practices in the Arts, Ian Garrett, will lead a two-part lecture series on sustainability in the arts industry, or simply put “how to start greening your theater”. Ian also speaks internationally on this important topic and brings a fresh, open perspective to creating environmentally responsible art of all kinds.
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Sunday March 21, 2010
9:30-11:15 – Moving Toward Peace
This is an introductory class for students, families and adults. It will explore creative movement and non-verbal communication as a means of conflict resolution. San Francisco dancer, choreographer and teacher Erica Rose Jeffrey will lead this workshop.( first 30 minutes will be a movement warm-up)
*2:30-4:00 - Dance and Drumming
Jaclyn Virgin will take participants through an exciting class incorporating dance and drumming. All lovers of dance and drumming of any age welcome. Jaclyn teaches and dances extensively throughout the Indianapolis area.
4:30-6:30 – Sustainable Theater, Part II
This will be a continuation of Ian Garrett’s discussion from Saturday evening. Feel free to attend even if you cannot make it to Part I of this workshop.
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Tuesday March 23, 1010
5:00-6:30 – Mind Body Connection
How can you embody different mental destructive/confusing/distorted/alienated states? Does body language play a part in this? Can a physical state develop into a mental state? Come explore these questions through discussion and movement with participant Jenna Dillon. Jenna currently resides in Chicago and works with Thodos Dance Chicago.
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Wednesday March 24, 2010
6:30-8:00 – Marketing in the arts
A presentation/discussion centered on the marketing of a project, theater or arts company. Sara Bashor has worked extensively with the Rubicon Theater in addition to others across the country. She brings a unique perspective on arts marketing having been both on and off stage throughout her career. (refreshments will be served)
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Other Indy Convergence Events
Morning classes:
All classes are “pay-what-you-can”, held at the Wheeler Arts Community Theater in Fountain Square and begin at 9:30am
Tuesday March 16 - Pilates mat class with Caitlin Swihart
Wednesday March 17 – Yoga with Jaclyn Virgin
Thursday March 18 – TBA
Friday March 19 – Pilates mat class with Caitlin Swihart
Monday March 22 – Movement class (instructor TBA)
Tuesday March 23 – Yoga with Jaclyn Virgin
Wednesday March 24 – Movement class with Ashley Benninghoff
Thursday March 25 – Yoga or movement (instructor TBA)
Friday March 26 - BEGINS at 10am Yoga or movement (instructor TBA)
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Open Lab Performance
(no charge)
Friday March 26, 2010 at 6:30pm, Wheeler Arts Community Theater 1035 Sanders St.
Indy Convergence artists will show projects created over a ten-day period. Each work will be introduced by the director/choreographer and presented as a work-in-progress.
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