Performance As Practice Workshop

Performance as Practice: solo and collaborative development Friday, February 27th 10:00am-2:00pm Saturday, February 28th 10:00am-2:00pm $15 / day OR $25 (both days) Performance as Practice is a workshop based on the personal and collaborative works of William "Bilwa" Costa and Jasmin Schaitl. PaP is open to dance, movement, performance art, and improvisation artists of all levels, professional and university, who are interested in further developing a solo and collaborative body-based art practices. PaP is a practical workshop which explores various approaches to a personal performance practice, including: concept development, physical and mental preparation, experimentation, and execution. We will focus on different modes and methods of performance including: assessment, improvisation, working with objects, materials, scores, structures, repetition, site-specific vs. site-relative, reduction, and duration. The goal is to develop a personal practice which is applicable to solo and group situations. * This project is made possible with the kind support of Bundeskanzleramt Österreich.