Corey Baker, the Assistant Choreographer and Rehearsal Director of Spill, shares his personal experience of choreographic process, talking through stimuli, music, pace, use of narrative, arc of show, editing & crafting work.
A mixture of practical, theory and task based exercises. This workshop is for professional and student dancers, choreographers, community dance practitioner or teachers.
Schedule
1030-1045: Open discussion, intro, welcome
1045-1200: Warm-up workshop
1200-1300: Discussion around choreography, crafting and stimulus
1300-1345: Lunch and task
1345-1545: Task based on stimulus and crafting
1545-1600: Break
1600-1630: Sharing and feedback
1630-1700: Sum up and Q&A
COREY BAKER
Raised in Christchurch, Canterbury, Corey trained in classical ballet in New Zealand and Australia before moving to Basel, Switzerland to join dance company Ballet Theatre Basel, then going on to train with Martha Graham’s Steve Brooks in Houston, Texas. Moving to the UK, Corey joined BalletBoyz Dance Company, and went on to work with Mathew Bourne, Russell Maliphant, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Mark Brew Dance Company, and Shaun Parker and Company. Corey Baker is a professional choreographer.
“an exceptionally well crafted performance”
Rhian Lewis- The Place
COREY BAKER DANCE
Corey Baker Dance, established in 2008, is a fresh, dynamic and vibrant dance company that creates cutting edge and exciting performance. With the ethos that dance is for everyone, Corey Baker takes dance to communities. CBD commissions include work for Prix de Lausanne, Leipzig Festival, Sydney Youth Ballet Company, Notting Hill Festival, Rambert Youth Dance Company, elevate Dance Company, Kneehigh Theatre Company, International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) and Cultural Olympiad. Corey Baker is currently undertaking an International Residency for IDFB 2014.
“Established in 2008 by the shockingly talented Corey Baker, Corey Baker Dance is a company whose style is as diverse and as unpredictable as their performances”
everythingdance.com
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Appetite is part of the Creative People and Places programme and is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Appetite is led by the New Vic Theatre in partnership with B Arts, Brighter Futures, Partners in Creative Learning and Staffordshire University. Appetite is also supported by Stoke-on-Trent City Council
