Facilitators
Womanhood is wrought with contradictions: object and caregiver, victim and survivor.
WomanEwer, a female-led multidisciplinary project, connects women through the arts, supporting survivors of sexual abuse. Only for women, this is a safe space to explore movement, sound, and conversation, all around the complexities of womanhood.
Together with UK-based artists Laura Kenyon (France) and Sara Maurizi (Italy), participants will recreate the latest performance J’ai Un Bleu // I Have A Bruise: a one hour piece based on real experiences of the dancers performing it. This nine day residency for trained dancers culminates in a group performance at BIC.
Residency Timings:
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Creative Lab
Training:
Every morning, the residency will start with contemporary dance training. Laura leads through breath work, guided improvisation, crossings, floor work and handstand training. Students are encouraged to open up creatively from different parts of the body, using energy to connect and share the space with others.
Technique:
After a break for lunch, every afternoon will be dedicated to research, creation and group conversation. Over the past four years, Laura has developed a tool box of guided improvisations, company repertoire and creative tasks using art work, images, vocal as well as visual scores, poems and other creative writings. Drawing from the process of creating J’ai Un Bleu, participants are encouraged to share their own experiences and express themselves with freedom.
This nine day residency has limited capacity and will culminate in a performance at the BIC Auditorium. Please register your interest only if you are committed to the entire residency and performance. Participants will be selected based on responses to the RSVP form, and will receive an email confirming a spot.
The last date for application to the Residency is Sun, Jun 7 at 7pm.
Read more about the Open Call
More about WomanEwer: https://www.laurakenyon.net/womanewer-about
More about ‘J’ai Un Bleu’: https://www.laurakenyon.net/womanewer-works/i-have-a-bruise
Facilitators
Laura Kenyon
Laura is a Franco English multi-disciplinary artist based in London. Her practice combines contemporary dance, visual arts, theatre, and yoga. She is motivated by womanhood and eco feminist themes. As the artistic director of WomanEwer, she is interested in exploring authentic movement and speech to release emotions, and unlock trauma stored in certain parts of the body as a form of empowerment. This is reflected in her latest work J’ai Un Bleu // I Have A Bruise.
Laura also works as a performer for Van Huynh Company in DEP, Rebirth, Exquisite Noise, Etta Ermini Dance Theatre in Glam, Levantes Dance Theatre in Canape Art, and previously Autin Dance Theatre in Out of The Deep Blue. She has travelled extensively, working both as a dancer and workshop leader, for Dance Bridges Festival 2019 & 2024 in Kolkata, India alongside Van Huynh Co as well as France, New Caledonia, Vietnam, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Italy.
Sara Maurizi
Sara Maurizi is a dance artist and performer based in London. After being part of VERVE and achieving her MA in Contemporary Dance Performance at NSCD, Sara began her career as a freelancer. She has worked internationally with choreographers and artists such as Marina Abramovic, Kimberly Bartosik, Claudia La Vista, Patscharaporn Distakul, Alice Gosti, Maxine Doyle, Joao Cidade, Supple Nam, among others.
In 2020, together with Virginia Poli, she co-founded VI.SA. Dance Project, a collective with whom she has been creating work and developing a creative and teaching practice. Since 2021, she has been the Assistant Rehearsal Director of WomanEwer.
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