Site Specific Performance Summer Workshop

In this multigenerational workshop, participants will engage with the many facets of creating performance for public space. By the end of the workshop participants create, perform and document their own collaborative works. Movement will draw on a wide range of movement practices and philosophies including Parkour, Listening Strategies, Capoeira, Bharatanatyam and more.

Each day will be divided into time working both in studio and on site at various locations in Cambridge. Please note that unless it is raining or there is extreme heat, we will be going outside each day and travelling on foot to sites within approximately 0.5 miles of The Dance Complex. Please bring sunscreen, and outdoor-appropriate clothing and shoes that you can dance in. (Contact caitlin@dancecomplex.org to discuss any concerns regarding walking to the community locations).

The “core” group will work throughout the week, experimenting with movement and bringing these smaller moments into the collection of dances to be shared on the final day. On Saturday, we will have an open workshop toward the creation of one larger group piece. People who attend the full week will have the opportunity to work on their own pieces that will also be performed on Saturday. Not all participants are required to create their own work. While attending the full week may provide a deeper engagement with the process, it is possible to attend Saturday only.

Payment is on a sliding scale, with options from free to $125. While no payment is required, we appreciate your contributions towards offsetting the costs of this program.

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WENDY JEHLEN/ANIKAYA:

Wendy Jehlen’s career has been marked by international explorations, study and creative collaboration. Her unique approach to choreography incorporates elements of Bharata Natyam, Odissi, Capoeira, Kalaripayattu, West African dance, Butoh, and a wide-range of Contemporary movement forms. Her emotionally powerful choreography has been created and performed in the US, Canada, Italy, India, Japan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Mali and Turkey, with current collaborative projects in Benin, Japan, India, Brazil and Turkey.

Her works include Entangling (2015), a duet with Burkinabe choreographer Lacina Coulibaly inspired by Quantum Entanglement; The Deep (2015), a work for 25 dancers created in São Paulo, Brazil, Lilith (2013), a solo on the first woman; The Knocking Within (2012), an evening-length duet on a disintegrating relationship; Forest (2010), a journey through the archetypal forest; He Who Burns (2006), a trio on the figure of Iblis (Satan); Breathing Space (2003), a collaboration with Japanese choreographer Hikari Baba in Tokyo; Crane (2002), based on images from Japanese Buddhist poetry; and Haaaa (2002), inspired by the experience of childbirth.

Partial funding for this program is generously provided by the David Greenewalt Charitable Trust and Cambridge Community Foundation.

What is the legacy of the genre/form/style you are teaching?

Movement will draw on a wide range of movement practices and philosophies including Parkour, Listening Strategies, Capoeira, Bharatanatyam and more.

What background, training, and or relationship do you have with this style/technique/class subject?

I have been making work for public space in countries around the world for 15 years.

Finish this statement: I am passionate about teaching this style because…

It teaches us to see the city differently.

How can students learn more about this offering?
Instagram: @anikaya.dance.theater, @wendyjehlen
Website: www.anikaya.org

Contact Information
Contact Wendy Jehlen/ANIKAYA:
info@anikaya.org