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Aliyah Beckles Guest Workshop
March 25, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Dance Improvisation
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Dance Informed by Text
In these workshops, participants will get to explore two different avenues of choreographic creation. The first workshop will be dedicated to exploring creation through improvisational techniques.
The second workshop will be dedicated to choreographing with text. Participants are invited to bring a short piece of text with them, however there will be pieces of text available for them to use.
These workshops aim to deepen each participant’s understanding of new ways to create choreographic works.
Workshop Rates:
1 Workshop – $30
2 Workshops – Buy one get one 50% off – $45
*All prices are inclusive of HST.
** Participants can pay in cash or via e-transfer to simcoecontemporarydancers@gmail.com. Exact change only.
Instructor Biography:
Aliyah Beckles is a dance artist and Registered Kinesiologist that resides in Penetanguishene. She has trained with Allision Bradley, Sarah Lochhead, Carol Anderson, Helen Jones, Megan Andrews, Tracey Norman, and Susan Lee. Aliyah completed three years of her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance before ultimately switching programs and graduating with her BA Specialized Honours in Kinesiology and Health Sciences. Selected choreographic highlights include Pressure (2012) performed at the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, choreographing Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat (2014) for St. Theresa’s High school in Midland, Backwards and Forwards performed at York Dances: Space Continuum (2016), and the rework bAcKwArDs AnD fOrWaRdS (2017)performed at New Blue Festival ‘17. Aliyah’s choreographic works are informed by her own experiences and are reflective of the life stages she has worked through as a Black female performer. Aliyah looks forward to sharing her choreographic knowledge and experience with others.