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RESIDENCY| SHADOW AND LIGHT (PART 2)|OONA MINOO

15 April 2024 CLOUD

3-19 June 2024

workshop 14June 15:00-17:00

“About Shadow And Light” is dedicated to a primal human need: Telling stories and listening to them.

Through movement and music this project explores the meaning of myths and fairy tales for our society and approaches them from a female perspective. How much complexity is there behind these seemingly black-and-white stories? Why have they remained vibrant to this day? Who is actually telling them? And are we told everything?

In this first research periode I will explore “the act of telling” via the body and via the voice. I will also experiment with combining those two media of expression. How does my body tell a story? What wants to be expressed through the body and what through the voice? And what happens when they both meet?

As a basis for this project I want to explore different movement qualities and how it can be made possible to change instantly between them. Therefore I want to connect movement with music. How can rhythm/music help create and change movement qualities? How can the use of the voice support my movement and the other way around?

Oona Minoo is an interdisciplinary performer/maker in the fields of music and dance from Vienna, currently based in The Hague. In her work she experiments with the relationship between different media of expression and has a particular interest in the relationship between music and movement. Not letting herself be limited by borders of genres, Oona blends together her artistic backgrounds in music, dance and theatre. Central to her is the contact with the audience and making art accessible to everyone.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP : In this workshop I will share some approaches to movement improvisation with you, that I am exploring myself at the moment. Working with imagination and the relationship to music, we will dive into different movement qualities. We will explore how rhythm and the use of our voice can support and inspire our bodily expression. We will also have time to exchange and reflect on our experiences during the workshop.

This workshop is free and for all levels!

To register, please send an e-mail to: contact@oonaminoo.com

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Residency| Place/Make | Melody Nolan & Omer van Soldt

1 April 2024 CLOUD

1 April 2024 – 14 April 2024

Place/Make is a circus performance and film installation centered on the question: how do we find space for ourselves?

The house is seen as a microcosm of the city and the city as a collection of the small and larger actions of its inhabitants.

Building a home of bricks through handstands and acrobatics, the performer works to discover: How does the human negotiate its habitat?

Our physical research centers on the question: How can the body communicate the agility necessary to adapt (to) one’s surroundings? By working with the interaction between the body and the basic building material of bricks, we look for opportunities to apply the body’s capacities to problematize the relationship between human and surroundings.

Melody Nolan is a circus maker hailing from California. As a keen explorer of her physicality and surroundings, Melody draws inspiration from a physical approach to artistic research, balancing technique with creativity. Her work melds handstands with acrobatic movement as she seeks to nourish a rich dialogue between body, space, and expression.

Omer van Soldt has his artistic base in writing. Over the years, he has ventured onto different disciplines such as film, theatre and contemporary performance. He studied acting for six years before continuing his education at the joint interfaculty of ArtScience at the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

Website: www.placemakeproject.com

Instagram: @placemakeproject

Image by Jona Harnischmacher

CLOUD, free community event, movement classes, Workshop

ILM open day

6 November 2023 CLOUD

Thursday 9th November 2023

Welcome to the Ilan Lev Method (ILM) open day. The Method brings an explosion of movement, life force energy, playful provocation, and joy to the body. This creates the environment in which the body’s natural ability to heal itself can arise. We discover optimal range of motion, efficiency of effort, and a new understanding of ourselves, through play.

In this free open day event we will explore two aspects of the method:

Movement class – a practice we do together to explore the body and discover it trough our own movements.

Quickie session – a short version of the full session, meant to give a taste of the possibilities the method can provide. (Given by experienced practitioners)

Day schedule: Thursday Nov 9th

09:30 – Movement class

10:30 – Quickies

12:30 – Q & A

This is a free event, you are welcome to join and invite your friends!

More info and registration:

Ady – 0658859045

For more information about the method in The Hague: ilanlevmethod.nl

Classes, movement classes, Workshop

ILM Movement classes

19 October 2023 CLOUD

I’m very excited to introduce ILM movement classes in The Hague.

On October 31st we will start eight days of movement classes in CLOUD/danslab. You can join individual classes, or attend all eight days (as a mini course if you like).

What are ILM movements classes?

Movement lessons in the Ilan Lev method enable us to move with increased ease and efficiency. The classes aid in minimizing effort and unlocking the fluidity of movement within the body – allowing us to breathe freely and release accumulated tensions.

In these movement classes, we scan fundamental body functions and the way movement passes through them. This offers us possibilities to expand our range of motion and delve endlessly into the exploration of movement.

Here are the ILM movement class dates:

Tuesday 31st Oct: 10:00-11:30

Wednesday 1st Nov: 10:00-11:30

Thursday 2nd Nov: 10:00-11:30

Friday 3rd Nov: 12:00-13:30

Saturday 4th Nov: NO CLASS

Sunday 5th Nov: 11:30-13:00

Monday 6th Nov: 10:00-11:30

Tuesday 7th Nov: 10:00-11:30

Wednesday 8th Nov: 09:00-10:00

Address:

CLOUD/Danslab

Constant Rebecqueplein 20-B, 2518 RA Den Haag, Netherlands

Price list:

Single class 15€

4 classes or more: 10€ (per class)

All 8 classes 75€

Drop in possible
ILM practitioners are welcome to join the full day of Module 1 – for details talk with Ady directly

For questions and registration:

Ady Elzam +31658859045

office@adyelzam.com

@ILM.TheHague

About the facilitator:

Ady Elzam is an ILM practitioner since 2011, he trained with Ilan in Israel for several years before becoming an assistant in the certification course. Ady has been teaching ILM Movement classes and giving individual treatments for more than 13 years.

Ady is trained as a professional dancer, he draws a lot of inspiration from the artistic world of instant dance/movement. He is particularly interested in the link between the freedom of movement and the quality of life.

Workshop

Contact Improvisation Intensive: Dancing the Unknown

27 June 2023 CLOUD

This intensive experience is designed to expand your physical and sensory awareness, embrace vulnerability, and dive into the art of dancing the unknown.

Open to participants of all levels, this workshop creates a supportive and adventurous space for exploration and self-discovery. You will be guided through a series of exercises, improvisations, and explorations that will challenge and inspire you.

Throughout the workshop, we will explore themes such as trust-building, risk-taking, and deepening connections. The approach, influenced by various somatic practices, blends technique and creativity to unlock your full expressive potential.

The exercises will be ranging from structured explorations to open-ended improvisations. By breaking down specific skills and techniques, we allow for focused practice and expansion of your movement vocabulary. Through playful experimentation and deep embodiment, you will discover new possibilities in movement and connection.

We will be immersed in an atmospheric soundscape carefully curated to enhance your journey. Long tracks, ambient melodies, and moments of structured silence will deepen your connection to the physical sensations and emotions that arise during the practice.

When?
Two days of a deep dive into the experience of CI:
Saturday July 1st | 12:30 – 17:30
Sunday July 2nd | 12:30 – 17:30

Where?
A beautiful studio space in The Hague:
CLOUD at danslab – De Constant Rebecqueplein 20-B, 2518 RA Den Haag, The Netherlands.

Cost?
I encourage you to join us for the whole experience:
90€ for both days (50€ for one day)

Registration:
Ady – +31 6 58859045
WhatsApp Direct Message:
https://wa.me/message/DWLIJBQ5BVVFI1
or email: office@adyelzam.com

About the facilitator:
Ady Elzam was introduced to Contact Improvisation in 2006 while in dance training and immediately fell in love with the practice. He draws inspiration from various somatic practices, including Feldenkris and the Ilan Lev Method, Ady brings a rich understanding of the body-mind connection to his facilitation.

Ady’s teaching style is rooted in improvisation and adaptability, allowing him to respond to the needs and interests of the participants. With a focus on cultivating trust, embracing vulnerability, and expanding creativity, Ady guides students to unlock new dimensions of their physicality and deepen their understanding of Contact Improvisation. His approach is characterised by a playful exploration of disorientation, pushing the boundaries of the unknown, and tapping into the innate wisdom of the body.

As a facilitator, Ady believes in creating a safe environment where participants feel free to explore their movement, their bodies, and their interactions with others. He prioritises the establishment of trust and safety with dance partners, enabling participants to take risks together and experience the transformative power of Contact Improvisation. Ady’s classes and workshops are characterised by a deep sense of connection, authenticity, and the exploration of inner silence and togetherness.

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Residency / Emma Schild

19 May 2023 CLOUD

22 May – 4 June 2023

Emma‘s research is about expressing the inner world of the performer in an authentic way. With the body as her biggest source of inspiration and an instinctive approach to movement she creates an intimate connection with the audience. After completing the first week of a two-week research period with scenographer Jolein Kop (@joleneheads) at @makershuistilburg, where they explored how a light landscape can become an extension of this inner world. Creating different atmospheres using light and movement, inspired by triggers from the outside world. How can the light become like a living organism in the space?

Now, she will continue her research at CLOUD Danslab focusing on the sound and movement aspect of the work. How much do external stimuli influence our inner world? How do they transform and echo inside us? What effect do they have on our being?

Emma aims to create a surreal world where we can immerse ourselves in this experience.

Photo: Jostijn Ligtvoet Fotografie
Editen by: Luay Salha

CLOUD

Going -IN by Shani Bar Dimri

17 April 2023 CLOUD

Saturday, April 29th, 13:00-16:00

1. About the workshop

Going-IN

Going-IN is a deliberate physical, mental and energetic action that guides me in my artistic practice. During this workshop we will focus on the primal and ever-changing relation between our anatomy and self-perception. By addressing the body both as an archive of somatic experiences and a landscape that needs to be re-discovered- we will be Going-IN.
We will start warn-up with slow and deep bodily work, in order to awaken the awareness of our physical structure and how it shapes our mental spaces. Gradually in individual and group work we will drop words, scan spatial relations and map our actions.
Using lead improvisations and writing tasks we will allow our bones and muscles intuitions act as storytellers. Letting those stories guide a self-discovery process, spark inspiration and sharpen our performative presence as movers, artists and humans.

Key words | anatomy, layers, biography, unconscious, landscape, writing, locomotion

Who is it for | For artists, dancers and all moving bodies with curiosity to listen closely to their body

2. Link for tickets
http://goingin.eventgoose.com/

3. About me

BIO | Israeli choreographer and performer Shani Bar Dimri searches for ways of crafting subjective performances. Her artistic research observes the human figure. She studies the structures of the human body as an evolutionary changing body of knowledge. Focusses on questions that emerge from addressing the body as an archive of somatic biographies and a landscape of physical and metaphorical injuries.

Shani Bar Dimri (1988) obtained her Bachelor’s degree in dance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (IL), holds a Master’s degree in Art Education from HAMIDRASHA college (IL) and graduated Kelim biannual choreography program (IL).
From 2015 onwards Bar Dimri dedicated herself to create her own works. Craft (2015), Fitna (2018), Roaming (2019), Anatomy of (un) Holding (2021). Physical details and geometrical lines are an aesthetic key in her works. Shani participated in the first edition of 1|2|3 -a development program for emerging choreographers in Suzanne Dellal Centre (IL), and was invited to perform her latest solo in Dans in Ontwikkeling, Schiedam (NL).
Today, Bar Dimri based in the Netherlands, participating the NAPK-START mentoring program (NL) and continues to place the wisdom of the evolving moving body as a source of inspiration.

Contact info | Shanibar.dimri@gmail.com | 06 25 35 43 81 | WEB
Instagram: Shani_bar_dimri
FB: Shani Bar Dimri – Choreographer

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Falling into the unknown: contact & improvisation workshop

6 April 2023 CLOUD

In this contact improvisation class, we will explore the concept of surrendering to the unknown. We will investigate the sensation of falling from one axis to another, and inquire into what happens in the space between those falls.

By practicing being in the unknown, we will discover new possibilities for movement and connection with our dance partners. We will also delve into the idea of finding balance within imbalance, and how this can lead to a deeper sense of trust and collaboration in our dance.

Throughout the class, we will cultivate a willingness to be without answers, and embrace the journey of discovery that arises from surrendering to the present moment.

All levels of experience are welcome, so come with an open mind and a desire to explore the depths of movement and connection. See you on the dance floor!

About the facilitator:
Ady Elzam is a dancer from Israel based in Den Haag. Ady studied and danced with Vertigo dance company, Dede dance and a few more dance groups in Israel. He trained extensively in CI and Instant composition with many of the leading teachers in the field. Ady is curious especially around the question of what is improvisation and how can we engage with it. As a teacher he likes to present his students with the unknown..

When?
Sunday 23rd April – 13:00-18:00

Where?
CLOUD/danslab studio

Fee: 50€

Registration: Ady – +31 6 58859045
https://wa.me/message/DWLIJBQ5BVVFI1
office@adyelzam.com

Join us for this unique opportunity to explore the practice of contact improvisation in a safe and supportive environment!

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“So, now what?” | Residency | Ana Sofie Meireles & Evelyn Hutchings

11 November 2022 CLOUD

From 14 – 20 November 2022

Presentation: Friday 18 November 20:00 – door open 15 min. before

Synopsis:

There is frustration attached to us, for some reason or another, it fills us up with questions, emotions, reflections. It comes up when we are not able to control something that happened, something that we didn’t want to feel, or be. It’s triggered once something doesn’t match the expectations, ours, of other people or the environment around us.

“So, now what?” explores the individual yet collective physical and emotional experience of two people that are framed into a society, controlled into fitting a type, while facing an unpredictable world, in which a lot is out of their own control. How does it feel to be controlled but not to be able to control?

Biographies:

Ana Meireles

Ana Meireles is a dancer and young maker born in Porto. She initiated her dance studies at Ginasiano Escola de Dança and concluded in 2021 her Dance Bachelor studies at ArtEZ University of the Arts, in The Netherlands.

During the last year of education at ArtEZ, Ana had an internship with the dance company Another Kind of Blue, in The Hague, and developed her skills as a maker with the creation of two pieces. She is currently working as a freelance dancer, maker and dance teacher.

Evelyn Hutchings

Evelyn Hutchings is a dancer and young maker born in Palermo, Italy. She was part of the Eko Dance Project of Pompea Santoro and the I.C.D Professional Dance Program. She finished her Bachelor studies in 2021 at ArtEZ University of the Arts, in The Netherlands. During the last year of education at ArtEZ, Evelyn had an internship with the dance company Another Kind of Blue, in The Hague, with the

company Equilibrio Dinamico, in Italy, and created three pieces. She is currently working as a freelance dancer and maker.

Project description:

We began working with the idea of social manipulation, the idea that we, as members of a society, are constantly a target for being told what to do, what to wear, what to say, who to be. And from the outside, a lot of us will act accordingly, and fit the frame that we are put in. Everything is then done and said according to the rules, to the beliefs and opinions of those in higher authority positions, those who have the power to control.

Later, we began to be interested in exploring what this concept means to us, personally, emotionally and physically. What triggers us when we think about this framed world and our obligation to fit in it. We felt frustration, each of us in a different way and for different reasons, but we both felt it. We connected this feeling to our concept in the way that it relates to wanting to go out of this frame, but not having the control to do so. Everything beyond us is out of our hands, so there is a constant fight between us and the world out there, where the actions of others and the actions of nature are unpredictable and out of our control, while we struggle to get us out of the frame.

The feeling is of helplessness, there are questions, emotions, reflections, plans. It feels suffocating and the body becomes tense, there is so much information running through our heads and our biggest question is, what can I do? What is possible for me to do in this world that people fight to get control of, where I feel I have no control in anything but myself, and somehow, everyone has control over me?

We are now in the process of exploring all these ideas and finding out how the body reacts to them. Our goal is to present a personal perspective on this concept, showing not only out it looks from the outside, how we just do what we are supposed to do in this framed society, but also how we internally struggle through fitting into it and not wanting to.

curious? click link to listen to a short interview with the makers :

https://vimeo.com/774744497

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dis/embodiment, re-embodiment and dance

14 September 2022 CLOUD

Laura Shapiro / quicksilverdance, Thomas Körtvélyessy / Reàl Dance Companydis/embodiment, re-embodiment and dance
informal sharing Friday September 16th (online/studio)
20.00 hrs (CEST) 2pm (EST)

over this summer, New York-based choreographer Laura Shapiro and Thomas Körtvélyessy continued a written conversation about dis/embodiment and dance in relation social and political crises of our present times.
what relation do they experience as dance-professionals between dis/embodiment and its consequences, incl. fascism, destruction of the biosphere of which they are a part?
what can be the role of (our) embodiment, dance and creativity in this process?
how does listening to and acting according to our physical state relate to a dance culture where production and performance do (not always) allow for this to happen?

you are welcome to join them on Friday September 16th at 20.00hrs (Den Haag) or 2 pm (New York), when they share more about this project and open up the discussion. you can join via Zoom or directly in the studio of CLOUD, De Constant de Rebecqueplein 20b, 2518 RA the Hague/Den Haag. (face-masks mandatory) – warm thanks to the Kinetic Awareness™ Center for kindly providing the Zoom-account that will connect us all.space is limited,

please pre-register here by clicking on this link (opens a reply e-mail)
or write to info@realdancecompany.org See less

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BEING & BECOMING | RESIDENCY | OONA MINOO

11 May 2022 CLOUD

6-19 June 2022

Presentation : Friday June 17, 7:30 PM

How did we become what we are? What shapes us, what makes us decide to choose one way or the other? And is it possible to transform oneself into someone or something completely different?

Humans are developing and transforming themselves continuously. Like a never-ending micro evolution. Being & Becoming searches for the very first moments, movements, and thoughts in our lives – still so flexible and adaptable that we could almost go in every direction. It is also about the courage to leave what does not fit anymore and about trying something new.

Celebrating all the different kinds of transformation: smoothly, slowly, unconscious, controlled, explosive and never ending.

During this residency I will be further developing my piece, (re)searching for ways to embody transformation. Especially the ones, that surprise yourself.

Research questions will be:

Is it possible to create movements that you never done before? And if yes, how?

A special focus will also be brought to the relationship between movement and (live) music:

How does music influence movement improvisation?

What difference does it make if this music is played live?

What inspiration can movement offer for (live) music creation?

During the last days of this residency electronic composer and synth player Maria Solberger ( AT) will join me to experiment with ways of adaption, fusion and distinction between music and movement.

On our last day we would be happy to invite you for our presentation: Friday 17th June 19:30

About the artist: Una Wiplinger (AT/NL) is a choreographer/dancer and musician/composer. Under her artistic name OONA MINOO she creates interdisciplinary performances, that use dance and music as ways to connect to and communicate with the audience and go beyond genre borders.