Taking the artistic impulse and transmuting it into the realm of words, grants, schedules, budgets, marketing, fundraising, audience and community connections. How does the craft of choreography live beyond the studio and theatre?
Things you need to bring:
-an artistic impulse/project/ piece of choreography
-journal and pen
-laptop or electronic device (not necessary but helpful)
-meditative practice
-dance clothes to get sweaty in and layers to keep warm
What we will do:
Activating the Conscious Bodies Practice (https://www.dreamwalkerdance.com/cbm) of Dreamwalker/Andrea Nann we will enter into our "artistic impulse/project/ piece of choreography" and then attune into the logistical realm of project management. Movement, sensing, feeling, writing, recording, drawing, and sketching will all be part and parcel.
When: Friday February 23rd
Where: Main Studio at 366 Adelaide East
Time: 12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Investment: $35+HST
About Sid (they/them)
Eilers' choreography is sharp...Filled with exquisite contradictions, movement here is contracted and stark, then suddenly lyrical and lovely." Gary Smith Sid Ryan Eilers (they/them) is a dance artist: director, choreographer, mentor, dramaturg, curator, jury member, producer and performer. A career spanning 24 years they have performed across Canada, Europe and in New York. Eilers recently attended Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity as Dance Artist In Residence 2023 to develop their newest choreography “Under The Same Sky”. In 2022 they attended COLOURS International Dance Festival (Stuttgart, Germany) with Shahar Binaymini (mentor OAC Chalmers Professional Development Grant 2021). Eilers has worked with artists Andrea Nann, Kathleen Rea, Peggy Baker, Megan English, Red Betti Theatre, Mayumi Lashbrook, Open Hearts Theatre, Industry and Kaeja D’dance. A graduate of the York University dance program (2004), Sid worked with Motus O Dance Theatre (2000-2006). In February 2014, Eilers founded Aeris Körper Contemporary Dance, through which they have produced and choreographed a number of immersive site specific performances and events in Hamilton, Burlington, Toronto and across the GTA. Acknowledging the oppressive constructs of how Canada was founded and continues to be shaped; Eilers engages in anti-oppressive work through Public Delegation with the City of Hamilton, Workshops with: Righting Relations, Neighbour 2 Neighbour, Sharing Privilege and Dodem Kenosha. Eilers is artistic staff at Canada’s National Ballet School, facilitating Contemporary Dance in their Community, Adult and Intensive Ballet Programs; and founder of TRANScenDANCE thanks to Rainbow One. Eilers cares for their growing child, two sentinel cats, and elderly mother.