Moving Multiplicities Pt II: Embodied Dialogues

Moving Multiplicities is a six-week dance series that invites participants to delve into somatic research, contemporary dance training, and contact and improvisation techniques. This workshop is designed for those who are passionate about movement exploration, improvisation, somatic practices and composition.

In this series, we will explore tools and techniques for dancing in solo, duet, and group contexts, with a focus on the physical, sensorial, imaginative, and relational. Each class consist of experiential research grounded in weight, gravity, and touch. As we progress, we will investigate compositional aspects and choreographic structures for a playful and rigorous investigation of space, time, and movement.

Participants will have the opportunity to cultivate self-care, curiosity, agency, and empathy for others as they explore technical repatterning, quiet somatic investigations, improvisational scores, as well as open-ended explorations that move towards composing and performing in duets and groups. Although partnering and touch will be emphasized, please note, this is not a “contact improvisation” class.

Regardless of your level of dance experience, each session provides a focused container for movement investigation that aims to support your creative practice. Through experimentation and risk-taking, we will explore the generation of dances in real time, embracing the possibilities that arise from both success and failure.

This is the second iteration of Moving Multiplicities, but participation in the first series is not required. If you have any questions about whether this series is right for you, please feel free to reach out for more information.

Emily Bowman (she/her) is a dance artist, performer, choreographer, teacher, and researcher based in Naarm/Melbourne. She has taught and performed nationally and internationally including in the USA, Canada, Germany, Malaysia, and India. Emily also performs CI with her collaborator of ten years, Joey Lehrer, see Two For Now, and their 2022 sold-out work Weathering here. Emily’s classes are inspired by working with artists such as Nancy Stark Smith, Nita Little, Ray Chung, Keith Hennessy, State of Flux, Joey Lehrer, Jacob Lehrer, Wendy Smith, Rosalind Crisp, Paea Leach among many others. They are informed by dance practices such as CI, Skinner Release Technique, Flying Low and Passing Through, Contemplative Dance Practice, Authentic Movement, The Underscore, Body Mind Centering, Fighting Monkey, and other somatic modalities. Emily studied BA Dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and BA of Creative Arts at Deakin university. Emily is a current PhD candidate at Deakin university.