DMI TECH TUESDAY Learn the fundamental settings for camcorders, professional cinema cameras, and DSLRs. Students will learn how each setting affects exposure and how to adjust them based on what they’re looking to achieve. Settings covered include: Shutter Speed, Aperture/Iris, ISO/Gain, and White Balance. Gibney’s Digital Media Initiative seeks to empower artists to create high […]
NY Quadrille: John Jasperse Projects THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 The class begins with an anatomy-focused warm-up, drawn from both traditional and recent modern dance techniques, aiming to align and re-pattern the energy flow in the body in order to find support from the floor extending through our connection into […]
In this workshop, led by Will Penrose, artists will have the opportunity to focus on their personal writing for the artist statement and proposal sections of grant applications. Participants will walk away with a clear and very concise description of their work and bullet points that will help to guide how the description can be […]
NY Quadrille: Donna Uchizono Company FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 Making Dances: Dance as your Question and Answer, will explore our relationship to dance as a viewer and a maker through observation, dialogue and making. Known for creating a new vocabulary with each work, choreographer Donna Uchizono delights in ways […]
DMI TECH TUESDAY Need to film a work sample for your upcoming residency or grant application? This workshop will cover tips and tricks that will help your work sample stand out. This October, Gibney's Dancers' Economic Empowerment Program and Digital Media Initiative will offer a series of workshops geared towards generative artists. Focusing on the […]
SANKOFA DANZAFRO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 This class will be an “Afro-Contemporary” dance class. Afro-Contemporary is a dance technique created in Senegal at the Mudra-Afrique school, and is an exploration of contemporary dance supported by traditional dance. Class will be accompanied by a percussionist. Rafael Palacios is a Colombian […]
SLIDING SCALE: $5, $10, $15 Gibney Dance Company members will share the foundational structure of Gibney’s Community Action model which is offered at domestic violence shelters. Community Action’s evidence-informed program model draws from artistic practices to address issues of choice, self-care, and self-expression. No dance background necessary! Come wearing comfortable clothing to move in. Photo […]
DMI Professional Workshop Whether you’re interested in learning code to drive interactive performance elements in your work, or just as a lucrative side-gig, where to begin can be a daunting question. This workshop is a beginners’ introduction to translating “choreographic thinking” into “code thinking.” The workshop will be primarily physical in nature and will help […]
Jonah Bokaer Choreography FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM FEE: $20 Experience the unique opportunity to learn material from the most recent repertory works of Jonah Bokaer Choreography. Beginning with a warm-up focused on energetically charging the body, dancers will prepare for movement experimentation incorporating ideas from dance, theater, architecture and media. Special emphasis will be […]
WITH DESPINA SOPHIA STAMOS & ASTEP SLIDING SCALE: $15, $25, $35 Join us for two workshops which will explore ways to address forced migration through movement based modalities. By contextualizing creative physical practice as a civic and social endeavor, this workshop will make connections between dance and world building. Open to any artist looking to expand […]