DFTD Choreographic Workshop with Seán Curran

Date:

Mon 26 Jun 2023

Time:

14:00 - 16:00

Venue:

DanceHouse

Admission:

€15 DI Member / €20 General Admission

Teacher:

Seán Curran

Participants will learn compositional strategies, while learning how to keep the expression of his/her individual voice within such formalist approaches. In addition, there will be a focus on constructive feedback - how to give it and how to make use of it as a choreographic tool. 

This workshop is presented as part of Dancer from the Dance Festival of Irish Choreography

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ABOUT Seán Curran

Seán Curran’s career in the arts spans 35 years, beginning with traditional Irish step dancing as a child in Boston. A graduate of New York University, Curran now serves as Arts Professor and Chair of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Dance. As a dancer, he is known for his early performance work with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and as an original New York City cast member of STOMP! His 30 choreographic works for his contemporary dance ensemble, Seán Curran Company, are characterized by collaborations across artistic genres and have toured to nearly 100 venues in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Seán Curran Company’s highly regarded service to the field includes donation of performances and classes to the American Civil Liberties Union NYC Chapter, Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Residence (a safe house for LGBTQ youth), Dancers Responding to AIDS and the Hetrick-Martin Institute.
Image credit: Travis Magee

For further information:

• Telephone: +353 1 855 8800
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