LGI HOTBED w/ Lucy Guerin

LGI HOTBED w/ Lucy Guerin

States, Patterns, Steps, Tone, Drama

Over 30 years Lucy Guerin has followed an eclectic, yet singular exploration of choreography. Always employing movement and the dancers as the leading research tool, she has been responsive to the people and situations of the rehearsal room as a way to discover movement language, content and aesthetics in her works.

In this choreographic workshop participants will explore processes of developing choreography led by Lucy as well as through their own devising. Over 3 days of ideas, questions, moving, and structuring, participants will delve into how and what they make.

When
Tuesday 14 — Thursday 16 May (3 days)

1pm – 5pm

Where

WXYZ Studios, 130 Dryburgh Street North Melbourne VIC

Chloe Munro Studio

Warmup

Please allow one hour prior for warm-up. You can do your own warmup in the Chloe Munro Studio from 12pm - 1pm, or attend LGI Morning Class 10am - 11.30am (Morning Class attendance is complimentary for workshop participants).

Cost

$200
Please note places are limited

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Who is it for?

Suitable for trained and/or professional dance artists and dance graduates.

What to bring? 

Casual/Comfortable clothing you can move in.

Access

A range of facilities support people with a wide range of access needs to visit WXYZ Studios. For more information, please visit our website.

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About Lucy Guerin

Award-winning choreographer Lucy Guerin was born in Adelaide, Australia, and graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in 1982 before dancing with Russell Dumas (Dance Exchange) and Nanette Hassall (Danceworks). Guerin moved to New York in 1989 for seven years where she danced with Tere O’Connor Dance, the Bebe Miller Company and Sara Rudner, and began to produce her first choreographic works.

In 2002 she founded Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI) in Melbourne, to support the development and creation of new works with a focus on challenging and extending the discourse and practice of dance and building a vibrant community of dance artists.

Guerin’s works have merged with film, words, music, design, and visual art in collaboration with many other artists. New productions are generated through an experimental approach to the creative process. Guerin works towards creating small societies in her productions that devise their rules from the human body’s relationship to space, rhythm, and other people. The dancers are her primary collaborators.

Guerin has been commissioned by companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project (USA), Lyon Opera Ballet (France), Chunky Move (Australia), Dance Works Rotterdam (Netherlands), Skånes Dansteater (Sweden), and Rambert (UK). Her awards include the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, a New York Dance and Performance Award (‘Bessie’) and multiple Green Room, Helpmann, and Australian Dance Awards. In 2016, Guerin received the Australia Council Award for Dance, and in 2020 the Order of Australia (OA).

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Image: Andrea Avezzù