Choreo Lab w/ Rai Barnard & Lauren Kravitz

Tuesday, May 12

6 PM - 9 PM 

Arts Mission Oak Cliff (410 S Windomere Ave Dallas, TX 75208)

Sliding Scale $5 - $15

It’s all about spontaneous composition, baby! We’ll explore the range of relationship between sound and movement through improvisational scores and games. We’ll work within clear constraints to uncover our natural patterns/tendencies in response to sound and work to clarify or subvert them. We’ll get tedious and break our own rules, allowing a dance to emerge through practice, time, and play. Arrive with a willingness to stick with an idea, remember rules/constraints and simple movements, and collaborate with other participants.

Choreo Lab is an experiment in short-term, low-stakes creative processes that mutually benefit dancers and dancemakers. Led by a new choreographer each session, we create instant ensembles, giving the choreographer an opportunity to test out creative ideas on bodies other than their own and dancers the opportunity to meet collaborators, learn new movement styles, and be in a process-oriented environment. Dancemakers might ask participants to create their own material, play with spacing/facing, and engage with other compositional elements. 

Each session will start with a 15-30 min warm up depending on the needs of the process. Before each session participants will receive more details about what to expect including notes on apparel and other elements that might be involved like writing, speaking, and/or physical contact. A sliding scale of $5-15/person for each session will help cover the cost of studio space and admin. 

Choreo Lab was conceived by Lauren Kravitz with considerable support from Rai Barnard. Together, we’ll facilitate and develop this series.

Choreo Lab is supported by the City of Dallas' Office of Arts and Culture.