queer big brother in ur bedroom but dance

Facilitating Artist: illyr

#dance #autobiography #queerchoreography

Dates: 6 March - 1 April 2021

Format: Online

Maximum Participants: 20

Module Description:

This module explores the connection queerness can enable through shared movement practice. 

It takes the form of a facilitated exploration between all participants of identity and movement. We will ask: what is (your) queerness? who do you move (queerly)? and permutations of these questions as they leak into auto-choregraphic potential.

This module will be broken down into 3 sections, two over zoom and one in your own time. 

The outcome of this module will be a short film that explores what is queer dance and how do we queer it. 

‘Queerness is for whoever needs it’ - said a friend of a friend.

Part i. Movement Analysis / Discussion 

Looking at the complexities of what is queer dance

• Is it queer because a queer person is dancing?

• Is it Destabilising hetro-normativy?

• Is it about sexuality ?

• Is it Dance gone wrong?

• What is it to me what is it not to me?

Sharing references 

Part ii. Improvisation 

• Guided meditation 

• Guided dance improvisations and tasks

• Explore movement in your own space 

• Are there any take-aways? 

• A way to access embodiment - connection 

Part iii. Autocours (Creation)

• In your own time film yourself dancing in your bedroom, 

• We will come back together to share our videos 

• I will also speak to participants one on one looking at how we queer dance

Footage collected from the module will be developed in to a filmic documentation for the Queer Extension website (participants are not required to have their footage included).