#danceless camp 2024: Teaching Artists in Community
Building on the success of its 2021 and 2022 Children Creative Movement Forums, Unlock Dancing Plaza has shifted its focus to practicality for this year's #danceless camp to nurture, gather and connect local artists who teach dance. During the four days of camp, the emphasis will be on artistic creativity, performance and openness to foster close interaction through a series of engaging workshops, observations, performances and interactive roundtable discussions. We have invited two overseas dance groups to share their respective experiences in teaching as an artistic practice within different cultural contexts.
This year's theme is "Teaching Artists in Community", and three forward-thinking dance groups that collaborate with community members will share about "bodily knowledge":
- Unlock Dancing Plaza's "Body in Time" thoughtfully introduces creative dance to the senior citizen community, starting with bodily perception, then establishing rules and concepts of bodily movements and finally experiencing autonomous body movements in improvisation and performance.
- Namstrops, a Japanese dance group, regularly integrates creative dance into school physical education classes, co-creates dances with elementary students and innovatively extends creative dance and performances beyond traditional theater spaces.
- Ergao Dance Production Group in Guangzhou seamlessly blends dance and “bodily knowledge” into various subjects, intervening in body interactions through visual arts and media like moving images.
Throughout the diverse experiments of these three artistic groups, the primary focus is on showcasing interesting aspects of body creativity and performance. Professionals in body movement, physical development and community arts as well as the general public are invited to exchange ideas and best practices during the four-day camp. Let’s plant seeds of exploration in various corners of the community as we collectively delve deeper into the human body, connect the mind and body and unleash our imaginations!
Event details
Dates: 22-25.08.2024(Thursday to Sunday)
Venue & Address:
(1) Unlock Dancing Plaza- 7D, Wah Mow Factory Building, No. 5-7 Ng Fong Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Visiting Information)
(2) Quarryside- 20 Hoi Shin Lane, Quarry Bay (Visiting Information)
#danceless camp 2024: Teaching Artists in Community
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DATE |
TIME |
EVENT |
VENUE |
22.08 (Thurs) |
19:30-21:00 | Opening Event | *Quarryside |
23.08 (Fri) |
10:00-12:00 |
Professional Workshop(1): Ergao Dance Production Group |
^Unlock Dancing Plaza |
13:30-15:30 | Professional Workshop (2): Namstrops | ||
16:00-18:00 | Professional Workshop(3): Unlock Unlock Dancing Plaza | ||
24.08 (Sat) |
10:00-11:30 | Public Workshop: Namstrops (Timeslot #1) | *Quarryside |
12:00-13:30 | Public Workshop: Ergao Dance Production Group (Timeslot #1) | ||
15:00-16:30 | Public Workshop: Namstrops (Timeslot #2) | ||
20:00-22:00 | Showcase | ||
25.08 (Sun) |
10:00-11:30 | Public Workshop: Unlock Dancing Plaza (Timeslot #1-Balloon edition) | *Quarryside |
12:00-13:30 | Public Workshop: Ergao Dance Production Group (Timeslot #2) | ||
15:00-16:30 | Public Workshop: Unlock Dancing Plaza (Timeslot #2- Bubble wrap edition) | ||
17:00-18:30 | Roundtable discussion (Closing Event) |
Venue & Address:
*Quarryside: 20 Hoi Shin Lane, Quarry Bay (Visiting Information)
^Unlock Dancing Plaza: 7D, Wah Mow Factory Building, No. 5-7 Ng Fong Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Visiting Information)
Ticket A) PROFESSIONALS | Four-day camp pass *Early bird: HK530* [Original: HK$850] |
(i) Opening & Closing Sessions |
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Ticket B) GENERAL PUBLIC
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Presented by: Unlock Dancing Plaza
Co-curators: Joseph Lee, Ong Yong Lock
Participating artist (Hong Kong): Ong Yong Lock, Andy Lee, Paula Wong*, Hoiling Keung^, Manna Cheng*
Participating arts groups (Overseas): Ergao Dance Production Group, Namstrops
Producer: Wendy Lam
Assistant Producer: Ho Tsz Kwan Jessica
Project Coordinator: Kong Wing Sum
Graphic design: Studio TIO
Venue Partner: Quarryside
Supported by: Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Ergao Dance Production Group The representative works include the Butterfly Island, Disco-Teca, Kung Hei Fat Choy series, This Is A Chicken Coop, Southern Dance House (a community dance project) and so on. |
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Namstrops |