Master Classes
A short note on the masterclass facilitator
Alexander Whitley trained at The Royal Ballet School and has danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, Sydney Dance Company and Wayne McGregor | Random Dance. In 2014/15 he created works for the Studio Programme of The Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells, Rambert Dance, Birmingham Royal Ballet and the BalletBoyz. Alexander was nominated for the 2014 Times Breakthrough Award, South Bank Sky Arts Awards and has twice been nominated for the Critics Circle National Dance Awards. Alexander was an Affiliate Choreographer of the Royal Ballet (2012-14) and is a New Wave Associate at Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Associate Artist at DanceEast. His company (launched in 2014) is an associate company of Rambert.
A short note on what the class is about
Classes will be based around Cunningham sequences as well as incorporating elements of floor work and release techniques. They will focus on developing strength, co-ordination and complex sequencing with special attention drawn to the role of qualitative dynamics in movement.
Duration of the masterclass
Duration: 10:00 to 11:30 am
How many participants
Restricted to 25 people only.
Date Sunday, February 8th
Venue Attakkalari Studio, Wilson Garden INR 1000 A short note on the masterclass facilitator
Born in 1969, Nicole Beutler studied German Literature, Fine Art and then Dance and Choreography at Amsterdam’s School for New Dance Development (SNDO). As a choreographer she often collaborates with artists from other disciplines, always searching for new forms of expression at the interface [s1] of theatre, dance and the visual arts. Suffused with subtle humour, Beutler’s work is characterised by the close interrelationship between content and form, and a musical approach to composition.
About NBprojects
NBprojects realises projects by choreographer and curator Nicole Beutler, often working in collaboration with other artists and organisations. All NBprojects initiatives are deeply rooted in a desire to create the conditions for meaningful encounter, exchange and reflection within an artistic practice that by definition oversteps the boundaries of established disciplines. Her primary motivation draws on a desire to create space and attention for the 'other', the unknown and the unexpected.
A short note on what the class is about
Together with dancers Marjolein Vogels and Benjamin Kahn, Nicole Beutler will facilitate a workshop based on her working methods and ideas behind the performance 4: STILL LIFE. The participants learn some of the performance material and get an insight into Nicole Beutlers artistic practice, which is inspired by the ancient martial arts form of Kalaripayat, the Bauhaus principles and the Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohens fluid system that focused on the body-mind relationship.
The participants should where loose/dance clothing and preferably have some dance/movement experience.
Duration of the masterclass
2 hour
4 pm to 6 pm
How many participants
Each batch restricted to 20 people only.
Date Tuesday, February 10th
Venue Attakkalari Studio, Wilson Garden INR 1000 A short note on the masterclass facilitator
After graduating from the pedagogy department of dance at the Chopin Academy of Music
in Warsaw, Jacek Luminski established the Silesian Dance Theatre in Bytom (Silesia), the
premiere contemporary dance company of Poland and an institution dedicated to the
development and promotion of dance nationally and internationally. As executive and
artistic director of the Silesian Dance Theatre, he designed educational and community
outreach programs to promote dance and audience development. Supported by the EU, the
Silesian Dance Theatre cooperated with six European dance schools under Luminski’s
guidance, developing the country’s first accredited university dance curriculum. Luminski has
received numerous awards for his outstanding achievements in developing a unique style,
technique and form of dance theatre. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Dance Theatre and
the Dean of the Department at the State Drama School in Krakow. For more than a decade
now Luminski has been a main figure behind the institutionalized creative support for young
and independent choreographers in Poland – an idea seen in the first Choreographic Center
soon to be established in Bytom; currently he is working on international dance projects and
is pursuing his academic career towards professorship from the State Drama School in
Krakow. His main areas of interest include, persistent systems of identity formation,
embodied culture, contemporary transformations of citizenship, etc.
A short note on what the class is about
Luminski’s performances are deconstructions of everyday structures based on theories
developed by Barba, Grotowski, Savarese and supported by his own research in artistic
expressions present in contemporary folk cultures in Poland.
Luminski has developed a unique dance technique that has evolved through his twenty
years of research on Polish folklore and folk traditions of Polish Jews. His work may
reflect, for example a certain sense of space, unique to communities of Podhale that is
related to their traditional feeling of freedom and independence drawing the complex
rhythms of their music and the power of open-throat singing. By the same token, an
analysis of Jewish songs, legends, superstitions, customs, rituals, and dance forms – the
importance of the palm of the hand, pelvis, chest, and spine – have also deeply influenced
Luminski’s style and technique.
Duration of the masterclass
2 hour
10 am to 12 noon
How many participants
Each batch restricted to 20 people only.
Date Saturday, February 7 th
Venue Attakkalari Studio, Wilson Garden INR 1000
