Elektro Kif

Workshops, Post Show Talks and Resource Pack

 

Blanca Li Workshops

An Introduction to Electro
The workshop programme will be devised to support the UK dance curriculum by providing students with the opportunity to explore the craft and process of choreography, as well as the chance to learn repertoire and make their own work. The workshop will embrace existing urban dance styles, particularly Electro, whilst also exploring choreographic principles.

Led by two company dancers, the workshop will begin with an introduction to Electro Dance and its history, followed by a warm up. Participants will then learn a short piece of choreography from the show. They will also have the chance to gain an understanding of the starting points, any specific stimulus and the creative process behind this specific motif within the repertoire. Students will then work with some simple choreographic tasks to help them devise their own movement phrases, based in Electro technique.

There will be time at the end for a short Q&A where participants can find out more about the piece, or ask about life as a professional dancer.
This is a beginners workshop so no previous experience of Electro dance is necessary but an understanding and interest in street dance will be beneficial.

Suitable for: Age 14+
Maximum Numbers: 25 participants
Cost: £160 + VAT and local travel
The workshop has been devised by Blanca Li and is delivered by two dancers from Elektro Kif. Dance Touring Partnership will send you a booking form to complete with details about the participants taking part, the workshop space provided and travel arrangements to and from the local venue. This form must be completed and returned to Dance Touring Partnership to confirm the workshop and ensure that information can be passed onto the company in advance of their arrival to your venue.

To book workshops: If you are interested in any of these workshops, or would like more information about Blanca Li’s tour, please contact Dance Touring Partnership, email: education@dancetouringpartnership.co.uk

 

Post Show Talks and Events

 

• 10 FebLyceum Theatre, Sheffield0114 249 6000
• 13 FebNottingham Playhouse0115 941 9419
• 15 FebThe Lowry, Salford Quays0843 208 6010
• 19 FebAlhambra Theatre, Bradford01274 432000
• 21 FebNorthern Stage, Newcastle0191 230 5151
• 24 FebSherman Cymru, Cardiff
  Event free to ticket holders 029 2064 6900
• 27 FebLighthouse, Poole0844 406 8666
• 6 MarWarwick Arts Centre, Coventry
  Event free to ticket holders 024 7652 4524
• 27 MarOxford Playhouse
  Event free to ticket holders 01865 305305
• 30 MarHall for Cornwall, Truro01872 262466

 

Resource Pack

A FREE Blanca Li Dance Company resource pack is available to teachers and students to download here (PDF, 750kb) – this pack will be of particular interest to teachers and students studying dance at GCSE / A Level or BTEC level.

Lucy Moewlyn-Hughes, DTP’s Education Consultant has worked with Blanca Li, the dancers and creative collaborators for Elektro Kif to create a comprehensive and accessible resource guide with interviews, background information and suggestions for creative movement tasks.

 

 

 

 

 

Resource Pack Archive Happy as Larry Danish Dance Theatre Bounce Streetdance’s Insane in the Brain Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor Hofesh Shechter’s Uprising / In your rooms Fabulous Beast’s James son of James Theatre Rites & Arthur Pita’s Mischief Ultima Vez’s Spiegel

 

Annual Education Day Meeting 2009
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