b12 spring
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b12 spring
— // —location: eden***** studios
Maxine Doyle
associate artist punchdrunk
tension states: Amplifications of the human condition
how, through dance and theatre, do we amplify the human condition? how can we unlock an individual language of tension and rhythm to tell stories, reveal characters and charge atmospheres? come and dive into extended improvisation scores, tripping out into distinctive and dramatic worlds, always in the pursuit of an articulate movement language. for over a decade i have been developing states as an improvisational, choreographic and theatrical practice. it has evolved into a core process which i draw on for the creation of new work as well as a workshop methodology. it can be a useful tool for dancers, offering ways to create theatrically whilst also providing strategies to push through habits and discover an idiosyncratic movement language.
the description reflects an artist’s idea which was developed at the time it was submitted to b12. it may have changed by the time the workshop or the performance project is starting. please stay flexible. thank you!
biography
since 2002 she has been an associate artist with punchdrunk, for whom she has co-directed (with felix barrett) and choreographed the multi-award winning sleep no more (london, boston, new york, shanghai and seoul), the burnt city (2022), the drowned man, the firebird ball, faust, masque of the red death, tunnel 228, the duchess of malfi (an operatic collaboration with english national opera) and the yellow wallpaper. a documentary on punchdrunk’s work, entitled behind the mask, premiered on sky arts in january 2023. maxine has created dance theatre work for netherlands dance theatre 2, dart dance company (berlin), the balletboyz (uk) in collaboration with composer cassie kinoshi, the martha graham company (usa) in collaboration with bobbi jene smith, verve (uk) and johannes wieland company (germany), and is a regular principal artist at springboard dance and the b12 festival. in 2019 maxine created the award-winning site work sunset (australian dance award) for the perth festival, and in 2022 she premiered the large-scale stage and installation work here not here with artist es devlin and göteborgsoperans danskompani. in 2023, in collaboration with es devlin, maxine created the critically acclaimed dance installation work salamander for the brisbane festival and adc. future projects include new work i am not myself for eisenhower dance company (usa), the ministry (nscd) and mayday for bodhi dance project (austria).
please be aware of our early bird special offer for this workshop! you can apply for this offer up until the 24th of february 2025. after the 24th the regular workshop fee applies. applications are accepted up until one day before the workshops starts.
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