Mettler Studios’ Summer Dance Workshop at the Tucson Creative Dance Center in Tucson, Arizona provides a full-immersion experience of individual and group dance improvisation and strategies for teaching this material for all ages and abilities. The work is based upon principles of dance developed by Barbara Mettler and taught by Mary Ann Brehm and Griff Goehring
For registration materials and more information email Mabdance@aol.com
WORKSHOP STRUCTURE
- Daily sessions M – F, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm with a two hour lunch break
- Follow up mentoring program by phone & e-mail
- Required text: The Materials of Dance as a Creative Art Activity by Barbara Mettler (available for purchase at the workshop)
- CEUs available for educators
TUITION Both weeks (received by June 1) $450
Both weeks (after June 1) $500
First week (received by June1) $325
First week (after June1) $350
First week (after June1) $350
financial aid is available
PURPOSE
WORKSHOP MATERIAL
- To cultivate the natural creative movement resources of individuals and groups
- To study and practice movement as a medium of creative expression
- To explore the use of the body as an instrument and movement as the material of dance
- To provide teachers with the necessary tools for teaching creative dance
WORKSHOP MATERIAL
- Individual and group improvisation studies in the materials of dance, including themes such as:
- the kinesthetic sense as a guide for discovering movement forms
- force, time, and space and their connections to drama, music and visual arts
- organic form, where movements and themes evolve naturally one from another
- the unity of sound and movement
- dance with the environment
- Directed exercises
- Discussion of the principles of dance and how they apply to teaching
- Materials and methods of teaching creative dance and improvisation on all levels including persons with special needs
- Adaptation of material to specific teaching endeavors such as integrating dance across the curriculum, teaching community groups, therapeutic applications etc. according to the interests of workshop participants
HOUSING SUGGESTIONS
· Dormitory housing available through the University of Arizona
· Nearby commercial options also available
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This workshop is supported by gifts from the Barbara Mettler Trust and Mettler Studios, Inc.
