SHARE THE DANCE INTENSIVE
Tuition: Workshop : 225€ / Workshop + 4 Nights Accommodation: 445€
Tandem Tuition: Crystal Pite / William Forsythe: 450€
During three-day, you will have the great opportunity to work on Kidd Pivot's improvisation tools and Crystal Pite's repertoire with former dancer Jiří Pokorný.
SHARE WORKSHOP | Jiri Pokorny
& Crystal Pite Repertoire
About Jiří Pokorný
Born in Prague, on 25.07.1981, Jiří Pokorný is a Czech choreographer based in The Hague, Netherlands. He graduated from the Prague National Dance Conservatory in 2000 and went on dancing with Laterna Magika in Prague. Three years later he joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in The Hague and continued his career with NDT1. After seven years in NDT, Jiri joined Vancouver-based company KiddPivot under the leadership of Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite. Jiri has worked with many renowned choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, and Crystal Pite among others. More
About this Course
This workshop is exclusively for SHARE The Dance Intensive. Each day will begin with a warm-up led by Jiri Pokorny on the improvisation tools used at Kidd Pivot lasting 1h to 1h30 min to then continue with a 4 hours repertoire workshop on the work of Crystal Pite.
Schedule
January 17th, 19th 2025: 9 a.m - 2 p.m
January 18th, 2025, 3 p.m - 8 p.m
Application Requirements
Dancers submitting their application need to have a strong dance technique and physicality and/or any other background that supports their participation in this workshop.
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All Applicants must be professional or pre-professional dancers, movers, or performers, with a minimum age of 16 years old.
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You must provide a maximum of 1-minute video link (Vimeo or Youtube) of your dancing either improvising or choreographed solo. No group piece. No Instagram or Facebook link.
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A full detailed resume is to be uploaded (max 15Mb) or via a weblink (google drive, website, etc...)
Acceptance
Accepted dancers will be informed within 3 days by email with all the further steps to take to join us.
About Crystal Pite
In a choreographic career spanning three decades, Crystal Pite has created more than 50 works for dance companies in Canada and around the world. She is the founding artistic director of the Vancouver-based company Kidd Pivot, world-renowned for radical hybrids of dance and theatre that are assembled with a keen sense of wit and invention. Ms. Pite is known for works that courageously address such challenging and complex themes as trauma, addiction, conflict, consciousness and mortality; her bold and original vision has earned her international acclaim and inspired an entire generation of dance artists.