Contemporary Dance Intensive

Spend time with ADC’s Artistic Director and incredible company artists alongside some special guest facilitators as we explore both sides of the camera and how to make compelling dance for the screen.

Redefining how we connect with audiences is at the absolute heart of ADC’s artistic vision. In 2020, we created two stunning dance films - Cass Mortimer Eipper’s Liminal and Jack Lister and Ryan Renshaw’s Still Life.

For week one of our CDI, you will be taken behind the scenes of these beautiful new films – learning to create movement for the screen using different choreographic techniques. We will also look at framing, editing and collaboration - sharing skills on composition and the construction of content for the digital world.

There will also be opportunities to learn repertoire directly from our ADC dancers, honing your technique and developing your physical vocabulary.

Explore the limitlessness of yourself and infinite possibilities available to you through improvisation. Guided by ADC dancers and guest artists, this is an opportunity to transform paralysis of choice into empowerment in an open and safe environment.

We continually strive to evolve – curiosity and courage are core to ADC’s way of being. In 2021 we challenged ourselves in Alisdair Macindoe’s Forgery where the notion of presence and openness was irrefutably necessary. We saw the dancers collaborate with each other to construct the performance as it unfolded moment by moment, responding in real time to tasks fed by the A.I.D programme. This required keen listening and the courage to dive wholeheartedly into the unknown.

Utilising the tools of Forgery as a starting point, we will build upon and discover various facets of and approaches to improvisation as a practice and as performance.

With an overall focus on heightening body listening, cultivating creative flow and breaking through blockages, this week will give you the opportunity to witness, practice and discuss in a playful group environment.