Bring it. Make it. Do it.
26-15 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY
Wednesday 15th February 2012
7-9pm
Teacher: Marissa Perel
Repeating Class: Workshop: Bring it. Make it. Do it.
A workshop about performance construction. Participants come to the space with something: an object, a text, a song, dance phrase or otherwise, anything will do. I will guide the workshop first with relaxation techniques, a physical warm-up and a creative writing exercise. I will then facilitate partnering for participants to share their relationships to the things they have brought and to discuss ways that they would like to work with these things toward a performance. The partners will then participate in Authentic Movement, a movement and observation methodology used to bring attention to the body’s innate sensibilities and its ability to tap into subconscious movement potential. Participants will then have a brief period of reflection to apply writing and movement to performing with their objects, etc. The class will culminate in brief performances by each participant. The goal of the workshop is for participants to explore their own intuitive relationships to performance making without judgment, to learn how to make quick decisions with material, and to experiment with modalities of expression. Come dressed comfortably, wear shoes that feel good to dance in and that you’re not afraid of getting dirty. Bring an open mind. Be willing to share and witness ideas, processes, states of awareness and experimentation.
MARISSA PEREL
Marissa Perel is a Brooklyn based artist, having re-arrived from Chicago. She is interested in the body's relationship to gender, desire and power within and against socio-political constructs. Her work explores these dynamics through performance, installation, video and writing. Her column, "Gimme Shelter," is the exclusive performance art column on the Art21 Blog. Perel will be a guest curator for the Spring 2012 Movement Research Festival. Her work has been shown at New York Live Arts, The Chocolate Factory Theater, Judson Memorial Church, Chez Bushwick, Cake Shop and Galapagos, among other venues in NY. Her work has also been presented at the MCA, Chicago Cultural Center, Spoke Gallery and LVL3 Gallery, and has toured to Central Europe. She holds a B.A. in writing from Naropa University and an M.F.A in studio/performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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