Workshops
Deborah and her collaborators are all experienced in delivering class, workshops and dialogue events to a variety of participants. Committed to sharing a wealth of skills she offers tailored packages that engage people in creative activity, stimulate dialogue and enhance audience experience.
This can include:
Class and workshops
- Creative process workshops based on current work
- Improvisational scores: developing individual physical languages for performers
- Place and site: responsive development and contextualisation of choreographic material
- Creative & choreographic residencies
- Creation of bespoke performance pieces
- Facilitation and mentoring of participants own choreographic work
- Movement for theatre practitioners
- Collaborative workshops bringing together photographers/artists/designers with choreographers
Dialogue Events
- Pre or post-show talks
- Artist talks
- In conversation with the Deborah Light and creative team
- See the Art, Meet the Artist, a format including video extracts, image based work and discussion, to contextualise the live work and invite critical debate
Themes for events can include
- Creative development: from concept to performance
- Collaborative creative practice, authorship and devising in dance
- Women in performance: visibility, representation and challenges
- Integration of live music, spoken word and choreography
- Contextualisation of choreographic material through place, format and medium
- Visual aesthetic, design and photography in choreography: a responsive dialogue
Participants we can offer opportunities to include
- Professional practitioners and dancers
- Dance groups, students and amateurs
- Theatre, performance and live art practitioners
- Peer artists and professional networks
- College and university students
- Photographers, visual artists, sound artists, film makers
- Community groups: i.e. women’s groups, youth groups, older people, cultural minority groups, special needs