Somatics, Improvisation and the Poetics of Dance
taught by K.J. HOLMES
August 1-6, 2020
K.J. will be focusing on Somatics, Improvisation and the Poetics of Dance.
She writes, “Somatics, Improvisation and the Poetics of Dance” is the title of a workshop that I have been facilitating for the past few years towards the rendering of performance. I believe that teaching is a form of continued research towards the sharing of an evolution of a form - particularly dance as an art form that encompasses many different methods and mediums of expression. The word Somatics comes from the word Soma, which is defined as 1. (Greek) the body as distinct from the soul, mind, or psyche and 2. (Sanskrit) an intoxicating drink prepared from a plant and used in Vedic ritual, believed to be the drink of the gods. To me, this expresses how I approach the poetics of my dance theater work which is based on entering into the “facts” of the anatomy and physiology of the body, the instrument of the artist, as well as the “fiction” which is our great imagination that reveals hidden narratives held in the body. Therefore, Soma creates a third thing, at least, a cohesion of innovation that leads us to invention and creative solutions to support our actions in the world and our creative risk taking.
K.J. HOLMES
K.J. Holmes, a Brooklyn based danceartist/actor/singer/writer, travels nationally and internationally teaching/performing/creating. K.J. has been exploring improvisation as process and performance since 1981. She has collaborated extensively with Julie Carr, Simone Forti, Karen Nelson, Lisa Nelson and Image Lab, Steve Paxton; has performed in the work of Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, Xavier Le Roy, Lance Gries, Mark Dendy, Melinda Ring, Karinne Keithley Syers, among many others; is in artist/filmmaker Matthew Barney’s new film Redoubt; collaborates with drummer Jeremy Carlstedt in L.I.P. (Love Is Power, MLKjr.); teaches at NYU/ETW, Sarah Lawrence College, and Movement Research; student of Body Mind Centering(r) 1995-99 certification program and continued research; graduate of William Esper Studio (Meisner acting with master teacher Terry Knickerbocker),Satya Yoga (with Sondra Loring) and Ayurveda’s Wolrd (with Dr. Naina Mirbali.) K.J. is currently devising a new piece titled 900 Bees Are Humming, a multi disciplinary work exploring life, death and transformation. Her work has been presented by many venues including The Chocolate Factory, PS122, Danspace Project, Mana Contemporary Chicago, The Belfry, Chashama, Dixon Place.
taught by K.J. HOLMES
August 1-6, 2020
K.J. will be focusing on Somatics, Improvisation and the Poetics of Dance.
She writes, “Somatics, Improvisation and the Poetics of Dance” is the title of a workshop that I have been facilitating for the past few years towards the rendering of performance. I believe that teaching is a form of continued research towards the sharing of an evolution of a form - particularly dance as an art form that encompasses many different methods and mediums of expression. The word Somatics comes from the word Soma, which is defined as 1. (Greek) the body as distinct from the soul, mind, or psyche and 2. (Sanskrit) an intoxicating drink prepared from a plant and used in Vedic ritual, believed to be the drink of the gods. To me, this expresses how I approach the poetics of my dance theater work which is based on entering into the “facts” of the anatomy and physiology of the body, the instrument of the artist, as well as the “fiction” which is our great imagination that reveals hidden narratives held in the body. Therefore, Soma creates a third thing, at least, a cohesion of innovation that leads us to invention and creative solutions to support our actions in the world and our creative risk taking.
K.J. HOLMES
K.J. Holmes, a Brooklyn based danceartist/actor/singer/writer, travels nationally and internationally teaching/performing/creating. K.J. has been exploring improvisation as process and performance since 1981. She has collaborated extensively with Julie Carr, Simone Forti, Karen Nelson, Lisa Nelson and Image Lab, Steve Paxton; has performed in the work of Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, Xavier Le Roy, Lance Gries, Mark Dendy, Melinda Ring, Karinne Keithley Syers, among many others; is in artist/filmmaker Matthew Barney’s new film Redoubt; collaborates with drummer Jeremy Carlstedt in L.I.P. (Love Is Power, MLKjr.); teaches at NYU/ETW, Sarah Lawrence College, and Movement Research; student of Body Mind Centering(r) 1995-99 certification program and continued research; graduate of William Esper Studio (Meisner acting with master teacher Terry Knickerbocker),Satya Yoga (with Sondra Loring) and Ayurveda’s Wolrd (with Dr. Naina Mirbali.) K.J. is currently devising a new piece titled 900 Bees Are Humming, a multi disciplinary work exploring life, death and transformation. Her work has been presented by many venues including The Chocolate Factory, PS122, Danspace Project, Mana Contemporary Chicago, The Belfry, Chashama, Dixon Place.
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