Workshop Schedule:
Part 1: Introduction & choreographic terminology lecture
Part 2: Practicing movement improvisations & instantaneous dancing
Part 3: Open discussion forum and closing remarks
The master workshop on choreographic composition is designed as an in-studio movement and dance improvisation session that serves as a creative laboratory for participants. The session is divided into two main parts. The first part focuses on a discussion of choreographic terminology, providing a foundational understanding for all attending artists. The second part encourages participants to generate original movement vocabulary through spontaneously and with guided tasks, fostering movement experimentation and “dance happenings” by engaging in various “choreographic games.”
Vladimir Angelov is an accomplished choreographer, published author, and the Founder and Executive Director of the International Choreography Organization and Networking Services –
Dance ICONS, Inc. This global association and network for choreographers provides resources and information to more than 4,300 choreographers worldwide. Most recently, Angelov published a new
book on choreographic craft and creative practices, YOU, THE CHOREOGRAPHER – Creating and Crafting Dance , released by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 2024.
Cost: FREE with a suggested donation of $15
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As a choreographer, Mr. Angelov has created original contemporary ballets for companies such as Atlanta Ballet, Arizona Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, Richmond Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Washington Ballet, as well as Alberta Ballet in Canada, Ballet Manila in the Philippines, Tokyo City Ballet, and Nagoya Ballet Theater in Japan, the National Ballet of Mexico, and the legendary Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Angelov has created dances for over a dozen opera productions directed by Placido Domingo with the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center and has also choreographed for diverse musical, theater, film, and television productions. For an online portfolio, please visit www.dancingangel.net.
As an author, Mr. Angelov has written more than 30 articles, features, reports, performance reviews, and philosophical essays about dance and has published in several European dance magazines including Ballet Journal (Munich, Germany), Ballet/Tanz (Berlin, Germany), and TanzAffiche (Vienna, Austria). His current writings and lectures on choreographic practices feature an innovative approach to teaching choreography by integrating it with other disciplines such as history, anthropology, psychology, cognitive neurosciences, creative thinking, and global interaction.
As an educator, Mr. Angelov’s teaching credits as a visiting professor, guest lecturer, and choreographer nationally include the Kennedy Center, American University, George Washington University, Dance Place, and CityDance Conservatory in Washington, DC. Internationally, he has taught at numerous universities and dance companies in Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, France, Finland, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Russia, and Japan.
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Website: www.danceicons.org
Contact Information
Contact Vladimir Angelov:
vlad@danceicons.org
