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La alternativa / kathleen hermesdorf & albert mathias La ALTERNATIVA (formerly MOTIONLAB), directed by dancer Kathleen Hermesdorf and musician Albert Mathias since 1998, is a vessel/vehicle for training, performance, creation and production. The mission to create and instigate work of deeply integrated sound and motion entwines with a commitment to collaborating among mediums and connecting with artists - locally, nationally and internationally - to bridge art forms and communities. The company has received substantial support in San Francisco and recently finished a 5-year Artist Residency at ODC Theater. La ALTERNATIVA has toured the US, Europe and Mexico and is a co-founder of the Alternative Conservatory. Hermesdorf and Mathias both hail from Chicago, Illinois and have been making work in the West since 1991 - meeting in 1994 in the multi-disciplinary performance group, Contraband, led by Sara Shelton Mann. They have been on the faculty of ODC School since 1996. More at www.la-alternativa.us ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luscious and ballistic - KEY AND tRIGGER - MONDAY, June, 1 TO FRIDAY, June, 5, 2009 daily FROM 12am - 5 pm LUSCIOUS a key to access the undulating systems, sinews, curiosity, intelligence and instincts of the body and mind, to activate the voluptuous diva/animal deep inside and to articulate the sticky relationship to gravity BALLISTIC a trigger to break through and shake things up; a trigger to activate speed, energy, spectacle, big movement, bold ideas and loud voices Practice A movement intensive, driven by perpetual, visceral live music, investigating technique and improvisation, solo and partner(s) & practice, process and performance. Training in breath and energy modalities, hands on instigation, somatic improvisation and motion techniques, including methods of falling, inversion and flight, contextualized in three-dimensional phrases. Process & Performance Solo, duet and group work incorporates the training and utilizes improvised scores and set and created materials in the process. Each day ends with performance and feedback to recognize and cultivate the dialogues of key (source) and trigger (target), luscious (internal experience) and ballistic (external expression). Fee: 200 EUR schwelle7 members: 150 EUR Registration: info (a) felixruckert.dehttp://www.la-alternativa.usshapeimage_2_link_0
workshop in english
 
Kathleen and Albert will perform STRANGE ATTRACTORS at schwelle7 on WED, June 3 at 8:30 pm Performances.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0