Weekend Workshop Residency

May 20th- 22nd 2022

in Brynaman, Carmarthenshire, Wales SA18 1SH

Friday 20th first session 5-8pm, then 10am - 6pm Saturday 21st

and 10am - 4pm Sunday 22ndMay.

Cost £150

Further Information and Booking:

groundworkprocardiff@gmail.com  

Gaby Agis will offer the first 3 classes from the Introductory Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) pedagogy. Spontaneous movement evoked by guided poetic imagery, supported by music and sound, will enable a creative and easily accessible exploration of technical movement principles such as multi-directional alignment, suppleness, suspension, economy and autonomy.

Gaby is a choreographer, teacher and dancer living in London, UK. She has been making performances for the past 35 years – nationally and internationally – collaborating with artists from a wide range of fields: from architecture to opera to sculpture to film; she has also created many site-specific works. Gaby has taught the Skinner Releasing Technique throughout the UK, USA and Europe for the past 25 years. This technique has been intrinsic to her creative practice.

Jessica Lerner will offer 2 sessions, working outside on the Mynydd Du (Black Mountain) and in her studio in Brynamman. Jess will hold space for combining visual art and dance, working with drawing, site and improvisation.

Jess is a visual and movement artist, and yoga teacher. Originally from London, she has been living in Carmarthenshire, Wales since 2002, where she now has a movement studio. Her workshops focus on natural choreography, the body and self. She is influenced by her drawing practice and somatic movement. She teaches improvisation where movement is in conversation with objects. Jess has led workshops from her studio and going out onto the mountain which is a short walk. She is keen on basing her work locally.

The workshop residency will take place:

Inside at the Aelwyd Hall - A large hall space with sprung floor, plenty of room for participants and leaders to work together.

Inside at the Studio of Jessica Lerner - A smaller studio with sprung floor, useful for feedback sessions, sharing and observing and more intimate work.

Outside on the Black Mountain - Local to Brynamman, particularly Herbert’s Quarry a landmark of industrial heritage and part of the Mynydd Du SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), and the Black Mountain and Mynydd Myddfai Registered Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest.

Accommodation

A limited amount of cheap accommodation is available if you book early. There are also cottages to sleep 6 or 4 if you book as a group as well as camping and log cabins.