The EDAM SUMMER
INTENSIVE
2005 is
intended for experienced dancers wanting to expand
their skills and knowledge through an intensive period
of research, practice and performance. The workshop
will use a multi-faceted approach to training based on
the correlation between the techniques of contemporary
dance, contact and improvisation. Classes will be
offered on a daily basis at an advanced level in each of
these techniques.

•1·his workshop is intended for professional and
pre-professional dancers. Interested applicants are
requested to submit a CV (e-mail only-send to
info@edamdance.org ) , the phone number or e-mail
address of a reference, and a $100 non-refundable
deposit (this money will be refunded only if the
applicant is not accepted).

In a series of evening classes, instructors will provide an
environment
to facilitate the investigation
of
improvisation as performance. Workshop participants •
will take part as both performers and audience,
drawing upon their stage experience to focus on issues
of commitment and composition, craft and perception.

Marc Boivin began his dance career at Le Groupe
de la Place Royale in Ottawa under the directorship of
Peter Boneham. In 1985he joined Ginette Laurin and
her newly formed company O Vertigo Danse, touring
extensively in festivalsacross Canada, the United States
and Europe. An independent dancer since 1991, he
has performed the work of many choreographers, most
notably Louise Bedard, Sylvain Emard, Jean-Pierre
Perrault, Catherine Tardif and Tedd Robinson. A
teacher of technique and interpretation, he has been
affiliated with Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne de
Montreal for the past fourteen years and regularly guest
teaches in schools and companies across Canada.
Coat Cooke is a composer/instrumentalist and the
founder of Canada's leading large improvising
ensemble, the NOW Orchestra. He is currently the
Artistic Director of this group, which has numerous
CD releases. Coat has worked with dance for over ten
years, both composing for set choreography and
improvising in live performances.

This workshop includes two formal performances:
The Echo Case show, featuring improvisation by the
workshop's instructors and a second show featuring
performances by workshop participants.

THEFACUL1Y
Peter Bingham is an accomplished improviser and
teacher of Contact Improvisation. For over 25 years he
has performed and taught at numerous festivals,
workshops, universities and colleges across Canada and
abroad. He is the Artistic Director of EDAM, a
Vancouver based company that creates, performs and
produces choreographed shows and improvisations.
Andrew de L. Harwood has been dancing for over
25 years and has developed a reputation as an
outstanding choreographer, performer, improviser and
teacher. Since the nineties, he has been a regular
guest at numerous improvisation festivals worldwide,
where he has both performed and taught. In 2002, he
founded his own company, AH HA Productions, an
organization dedicated to the research, development
and performance of structured and improvised dance.

Robert Meister's background includes technical
theatre and lighting design as well as improvisation in
dance and theatre. He has extensive experience
creating lighting for improvised performances,
including many Fringe productions and numerous
dance shows at EDAM and in other theatres in
Vancouver and across Canada.
Ron Samworth is a high profile presence on the
Vancouver improvised/contemporary music scene. His
multi-disciplinary
work includes composition,
performance, sound design for theatre, spoken work,
film and a long-time collaboration with EDAM. He is
the founder of the internationally
acclaimed
improvisation ensemble, Talking Pictures.

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Throughout the intensive, participants
available Monday-Friday 9:30am-9pm.

must be

BRITISH
COLUMBIA
ARTS COUNCIL

Each participant must come prepared to present a 3
minute solo on opening day, either improvised or
choreographed.

The cost of the EDAM SUMMER INTENSIVE 2005
is $750 plus GST (total: $802.50).
Payment in full is due on the first day of the
workshop.

LE CoNSEIL DES ARTS
DU CANADA
DEPutS

1957

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THE CANADA CouNCIL
FOR THE ARTS
SINCE 1957

EDAM
303 East 8th Avenue Vancouver, BC VST 1S 1
Phone: 604-876-9559 e-mail:
info@edamdance.org

EDAM gratefully acknowledges the support of
the Dance Section, Canada Council; the
Province of British Columbia through the BC
Arts Council and the Gaming Branch; the City
of Vancouver; Vancouver Foundation; the Leon
and Thea Koerner Foundation and the Western
Front.

www.edamdance.org

Photos: Chris Randle, Design: Tarig Adam, Depicture Graphics