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A week-long Contact Improvisation & Compositional immersion with [ two for now ], Emily Bowman and Joey Lehrer. Often a workshop can be appealing to get things, learn new skills, absorb new info. What if those possibilities can exist alongside simply being in practice - a curious embodied state to notice our attending?
This workshop aims to explore practising: what it is to have a practice, to be in practice, and to return to something over time? We are interested in exposing some of the how of practising: how are we attending, what are we noticing, and how might we bring questions into the dance without needing to answer them? How might we hold our intentions lightly enough to remain curious about what else could emerge? Can we balance the accumulation of more material with simply being in practice?
The practice of this workshop remains deeply embedded in Contact Improvisation (CI) - drawing on more than a decade of Emily & Joey’s collaborative CI research. We will move through three overlapping ‘modes’ of our practice: contact, composition and performance. Contact offers a space for sensing and attending to weight, touch and the materiality of the contact body. Composition asks how dancing takes shape in real time, and how we notice and make decisions beyond listening to the point of contact. Performance brings another kind of heightened awareness to the practice through watching, being watched, and noticing what changes when we share our practising with others.
Finally, this workshop is infused with an approach we call irreverent intentions: a commitment to detail alongside a willingness to disrupt it. For us, this proposition helps keep the dancing serious without becoming too precious. Intentionality brings the rigour, the precision, the loyalty to the moment. Irreverence brings the openness, the weird and giving less f**ks.
As always, reflecting through writing, watching and discussion will be a significant aspect of our shared experience.
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WORKSHOP DETAILS
Mon 18 - Fri 22 January 2027
10am - 5pm each day
Venue: Dancehouse, Melbourne
150 Princes Street, Carlton North VIC 3054
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REGISTRATIONS - NOW OPEN!!
Sliding scale $525 - $675 ($450 - $600 earlybird)
A deposit of $100 is payable at registration, to secure workshop place.
Earlybird Discount: $75 discount will apply (on cost above), if final payment made by 18 Dec 2026.
Final Payment is due no later than 11 Jan 2027. nb. If Final Payment is not received by this date, your deposit payment and workshop place may be forfeit.
If you are experiencing financial difficulty, traveling from interstate or a regional location, please discuss fee amounts or payment plans with us.
To book: www.trybooking.com/DREJQ
A little prior CI experience is suggested for this workshop. If you are unsure, please contact us a phone conversation.
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For general enquires:
(e) [email protected]
(m) 0403 167 584
Places strictly limited.
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Artists Bio
Melbourne based improvisation duo [ two for now ], comprises of Emily Bowman and Joey Lehrer. They have collectively two-and-a-half decades worth of CI experience. They have a research based practice in Melbourne, where they dance, perform and teach CI together. They are respected teachers, having both taught and performed CI extensively across Australia, as well as around the world such as New Zealand, Malaysia, Germany, United States, Canada and India. They enjoy creating a sense of playful focus, a space for exploration and fun, where improvisation does not get lost in concepts or skill.
www.twofornow.com
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Dancehouse (Melbourne), 150 Princes St, Carlton North VIC 3054, Australia, Melbourne
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