About this Event
Artists: Principal - Kirstie Simson, supported by Charlie Brittain
Description:
Workshop: , is being hosted by Emergence Foundation in collaboration with Morley College London, and is suitable for those with no prior experience, as well as those with previous dance or movement experience. Students welcome!
Performance: Kirstie Simon and Charlie Brittian will perform ‘Dying Duets’ - a powerful, poignant exploration through dance of the Life process - the vulnerability, joy, and transformation involved in embracing the fragility inherent in Life
Biographies:
Kirstie Simson
Kirstie Simson (UK) has been a continuous explosion in the contemporary dance scene, bringing audiences into contact with the vitality of pure creation in moment after moment of virtuoso improvisation. Called “a force of nature” by the New York Times, she is an award-winning dancer and teacher who has “immeasurably enriched and expanded the boundaries of New Dance” according to Time Out Magazine, London.
Kirstie Simson is renowned internationally as an excellent teacher, a captivating performer and a leading light in the field of Dance Improvisation. A former professor in the Department of Dance at the University of Illinois, USA, Kirstie has now returned to her home base in Wales UK from where she continues to deepen and share her work worldwide.
Charlie Brittain
Charlie Brittain is a dramaturg whose passion lies in empowering others to take ownership of their practice and to champion their values through dancing. His practice is distilled through his work as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and rehearsal director.
Charlie Brittian completed the ‘Artist in Process’ professional training program at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (AT), majoring in choreography. He graduated from the Professional Dance Course at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts (UK), having commenced his formal training at the Centre for Advanced Training, London Contemporary Dance School and having been a founding member of the English National Ballet Youth Company.
Tickets:
Workshop and Performance: £15.00 concession and £35.00 full ticket
Performance only: £7.00 concession and £15.00 full ticket
Event venue & nearby stays
Morley College Waterloo, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
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