We are currently holding lab sesions on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, from 7:30-9:30 pm. Email info@choreocollective.org to join the Update list and receive emails describing upcoming sesions.
Choreo Collective meets at Barriskill Dance Theater School, 3642 Shannon Road in Durham (formerly The Studio). This lab session is the cornerstone of Choreo's mission.
At the end of each month, choreographers have the opportunity to sign up for a lab session in the following month. Anyone is welcome to take sessions, but is not required; many members of the Collective participate primarily as dancers and choose not to take sessions of their own.
We begin the session with a group warmup, and then the choreographer has the remainder of the session to work with dancers. Choreographers are free to use the session in any way they choose to inform their choreographic process and develop their work. As a result, the sessions are very different from week to week, and we encourage potential new members to come a few times in order to get a true sense of what we do.
Choreographers often us techniques such as these to develop their ideas:
-- teach a movement phrase and view it through other dancers
-- build or work with a phrase by experimenting with spacing or sequencing
-- present an idea from which dancers develop their own movement
-- request dancers to create group structures
-- ask for feedback or ideas from dancers
-- guide an improvisational exercise
-- use writing, speaking, or other creative processes
All participants pay a $5 fee for each session that they attend. This fee helps to cover the cost of renting the studio where we meet.
