b12 summer | main event
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b12 summer main event
— // —location: eden***** studios
Gabbie cook
dancer and circus artist
Acrodance
this workshop is designed to make acrobatics accessible for dancers and movement accessible for acrobats. through floorwork, acrobatic training, improvisation tasks and choreographed sequences, you will be guided on how to float into acrobatics and receive the floor with softness. we will also work on specific conditioning exercises for injury prevention. in order to perform with power and fluidity, we will work with the sensation of falling, spiralling and suspension to generate, harness and redirect momentum. through this process, you will learn how to smoothly combine movement and acrobatic skills within the context of improvisation and choreographed phrases. throughout the four days, participants will be encouraged to develop and apply their signature style to the workshop material. being both a dance and circus artist, i bring expertise from both fields, i have a keen eye for analysing movement and extensive knowledge of the biomechanical principles of acrobatics. through sharing this knowledge, i wish to empower beginners to train alone safely and to creatively challenge more advanced learners. we will also build towards applying the technique to physical theatre tasks. i frame this as an extension of the technique itself, using the physicality of movement and acrobatics to create characters and tell stories. we’ll pay close attention to changes in rhythm, focus and tension to feel and observe how it changes the story that is expressed.
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
gabbie is an ex-artistic gymnast turned dance and circus artist, specialised in the fusion of contemporary dance, acrobatics and chinese pole. she works as a performer, teacher, movement director and maker. since graduating from the northern school of contemporary dance (2011-14), she has worked for many dance, circus and physical theatre companies, touring nationally and internationally for theatre audiences, at street theatre festivals and under circus big tops. previous shows with uk dance companies include work by becky namgauds, tom dale company and james wilton dance. recent work in circus includes the company of wolves with renowned directors vicki amedume and theresa heskins, and with multi-award-winning valencian company delsaltres in verde casi negro. gabbie has taught for companies and institutions throughout the uk, europe and south america, such as institut del teatre (spain), emotion bodies (spain), accademia dimitri (switzerland), movement andalusi (spain), la unsam and espacio zukric (argentina). in the uk she has taught at 2faced dance company, autin dance, nofit state circus, mimbre and tripspace. since 2021, she has been the specialisation teacher for acrodance and chinese pole at professional circus school creat (valencia), and has guest-taught at superior circus school, crac de lomme. she creates work for stage and film, which so far has been presented at bristol circus city, the lowry, manipulate festival, circarte, glastonbury and shambala.
please be aware of our early bird special offer for this workshop! you can apply for this offer up until the 24th of march 2025. after the 24th the regular workshop fee applies. applications are accepted up until one day before the workshops starts.
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