Creative Dance Retreat at Dartington with Rosemary Lee
Creative dance retreat in rural Devon – explore your creativity and nourish your love of dance
29th - 31st May 2020
About
Our Dance Retreats invite you to immerse yourself in dance and creativity in rural Devon with good food and good company. You will stay on the beautiful and historic Dartington Hall Estate and enjoy evening meals together in the White Hart restaurant. With access to Dartington’s light and spacious dance studio and the listed formal and wild gardens, you will explore moving together and be led by exceptional maker Rosemary Lee. This weekender is for people who are open to exploring movement creation in groups and alone and are keen to nourish and reinvigorate their creative bodies and minds.
The May weekend will be led by Choreographer, Director and Performer Rosemary Lee.
The stimulating, guided workshop explorations will draw on Rosemary’s extensive experience as an internationally renowned choreographer and maker with over 30 years of experience.
“I would like to focus firstly on how we can feel more at home and alive in our bodies, freeing up our potential to move with freedom and flow from the inside out and outside in. Secondly I would like to engage with nature and the outdoor sites on our doorstep. Using the outdoors as inspiration, we will find new ways to move in the studio and also explore how we might inhabit outdoor sites choreographically.”
Each day will begin with an optional yoga class followed by workshop sessions led by Rosemary that allow you to explore your relationship to nature and to your own body. Workshops will be gentle and supportive, whilst providing new challenges and opportunities to delve into Rosemary’s approach.
Our early morning yoga is intended to offer preparation for body and mind for the day ahead incorporating gentle dynamic sequences and stretches. The emphasis is on breath, awareness, and grounding.
About Rosemary Lee
Known for working in a variety of contexts and media, Rosemary creates large-scale site-specific works with cross-generational casts, solos for herself and other performers, video installations and short films. Her work is characterised by an interest in creating a moving portraiture of the performing individuals and communities she brings together, whilst also exploring and highlighting our relationship with our environment.
Her recent work includes Square Dances (Dance Umbrella) involving 150 performers in four London squares, Under the Vaulted Sky – a promenade work for 80 participants in a cathedral of trees for Milton Keynes International Festival, Liquid Gold is the Air (created with Roswitha Chesher) – an award winning video installation touring cathedrals and galleries, Without, a seven-screen video installation capturing a panoramic view of the city of Derry/Londonderry as hundreds of participants move through the streets, Calling Tree (co directed with Simon Whitehead) which takes place in the canopies of urban trees, Passage for Par (Groundwork, Cornwall) a durational work for 30 women slowly crossing tidal sands and Circadian (First Light, Lowestoft beach) a 24 hour durational intergenerational performance of comprising of24 solos and its development Threaded Fine (Zfin Malta, Valletta Malta) a 5 hour durational work.
Rosemary’s work is produced by Artsadmin.
She is currently a Work Place artist, Senior Research Fellow at C-DaRE Coventry University, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Roehampton University, an Honorary Fellowship from Trinity Laban.
Ability
Our courses are suitable for anyone looking to explore their creativity through dance and movement. The space is open for you to learn and explore. You will need to have a basic level of fitness as you will be exploring physically in the studio and outside in the gardens (weather permitting) each day. We will work in an inclusive atmosphere so that you can take part and contribute at your own level and ability.
You do not need to be a professional dance artist to take part in this retreat but we suggest that it is most suitable for people who have had some experience of a movement or dance practice and who are comfortable to share what is created with others.
Open to participants aged 18+.
Participants will need to bring comfortable clothes to move in both inside and out and sturdy comfortable shoes/boots and waterproofs for working outside
WHERE:
In and outdoor spaces on the Dartington Estate, Devon
WHEN:
Arrive on Friday 29th May and depart on Sunday 31st May 2020
STAY:
Single room accommodation at Higher Close, Dartington Hall
4* accommodation may be booked independently through Dartington Hall subject to availability: here
COST:
*EARLY BIRD OFFER!*
Early Bird costs available if booked before 28th February 2020 (limited places available).
£320 – Residential including all meals
Including comfortable but basic single accommodation with shared bathrooms, breakfast, lunches and evening meals.
£179 – Non-Residential place (Creative sessions only)
+ add dinner on Friday and Saturday nights £50
Full costs:
£345 – Residential including all meals
Including comfortable but basic single accommodation with shared bathrooms, breakfast, lunches and evening meals.
£199 – Non-Residential place (Creative sessions only)
+ add dinner on Friday and Saturday nights £50
Explore the timetable for the weekend
Friday Afternoon:
Arrive from 3pm to check in to your accommodation and explore the beautiful Dartington Estate. We will come together at The White Hart for dinner at 7pm for welcome and introductions over an evening meal.
Saturday:
7-8am Breakfast
9-9.45am (optional) Stretch and Connect: Gentle morning yoga in the Gardens (weather permitting)
10am-1pm Morning creative workshop with Rosemary
1-2pm Lunch
2-4.30pm Creative workshop with Rosemary
4.30-5pm Relaxation
4.30-6.30pm Rest and personal time
7pm Dinner at the White Hart
Sunday:
7-8am Breakfast
9-9.45 (optional) Stretch and Connect: Gentle morning yoga in the Gardens (weather permitting)
10am-1pm Morning creative workshop with Rosemary
1-2pm Lunch
2-3.30pm Creative workshop with Rosemary
4pm Sharing in the gardens (weather permitting)
4.30-5pm Reflections and farewells
How to book
Booking will open soon. Please email info@danceindevon.org.uk to be the first to receive booking information.
Booking closes: Wednesday 29th April
Further Information
By Email
Kate Wannell: projectmanager@danceindevon.org.uk
By Phone (during office hours)
07305 141579
Bursaries Available: Dance in Devon are pleased to be offering 1 residential and 1 non-residential bursary place at a reduced price, for people based in or strongly connected to the south west. To find out more about bursaries available and the application process, please email Kate at projectmanager@danceindevon.org.uk. Bursary application deadline: 12midday on 5th March 2020.
Dance in Devon works with Dartington Arts to support dance and dancers in Devon.
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