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About the Lab:
This lab explores collaborative choreography through transmediation: the practice of translating one form (text, image, gesture) into another.
Participants will select and generate short private text and translate them into individual movement phrases, layering those phrases with observed gestures into ensemble pieces- built together rather than taught.
It gives the group real emotional material, without requiring anyone to share anything aloud- Inviting you into a space where only physical translation is shared.
The session moves from observation, to private writing, to individual movement, to collective composition that builds toward a devised piece by the group at the close.
You will leave with a genuine collaboratively-made work and a transferable method for transmediating forms.
About the Lab Leader:
Tristen ZiJuin is a Malaysian, London-based performer, choreographer and theatre practitioner. Founder of The Fever Kinetic, his choreography for Catch-22 and #WFH won Best Choreographer and the Mercedes-Benz Creative Excellence Award for two consecutive years at the Short+Sweet Dance Festival Malaysia; PohLiThik received Best of 2019 at the 17th Annual BOH Cameronian Arts Awards. He was also one of the youngest to have choreographed for with National Theatre Malaysia with Ratukuning Langkasuka. His practice centres on theatremaking through transmediation.
Accessibility:
Please note, we are on the second floor of a warehouse building, accessed by a staircase only. We regret that we cannot currently adequately support wheelchair users and those for whom stairs are a barrier.
We are committed to removing other barriers to access. If you would like to talk to us about your access needs, please contact: frances@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk. Read more about our commitments to anti-ableism as part of our Artist Community Culture Document
About Workshop Lab:
Workshop Lab is a companion series of one-off workshops to our CLASS LAB development scheme at Chisenhale Dance Space. CLASS LAB helps experienced artists launch sustainable teaching practices through subsidised space, mentoring, and marketing support.