This class is an opportunity to play with others in a cyclical state of dancing and drawing, recycling information from one activity to another. You will explore how you can document a dance with pen and paper, and how that drawing might influence our bodies in movement. Working in the casual world of scribbles and doodles, this is a light-hearted attempt to record the spontaneous feelings, energies and characters that appear fleetingly in improvisation, and an exploration of the ways we can interpret one another’s drawings as stimulus for movement, sound and language.
You will spend time warming up your bodies, voices (and our drawing hands) using different exercises and scores to quieten our critical inner voice and connect with our imagination.
Open to all, no experience in dancing or drawing necessary.
Beginner dancers and “bad drawers” welcome!
Bun Kobyashi (she/her) graduated from London Contemporary Dance School and has worked as a dance artist and teacher in the UK, Europe and Japan. She sees dance as a place for practising curiosity, awareness, and agency, and is interested in the interplay between dancing, drawing, and writing. Bun has explored contact, voice and improvisational performance with artists Vera Tussing, Ben McEwen, Gracefool Collective, Olive Hardy and Theo Clinkard, amongst others. She has performed at venues such as Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Kaaitheater, Hidden Door Festival and The Yard Theatre, and has taught classes for professionals and local communities at SET Social, Siobhan Davies Studios, The Place, Hjorted Art and Music Festival, and Minoh City Culture Festival.
Independent Dance is resident at Siobhan Davies Studios. To find out more about accessibility and the amenities available within the building please see here.
If you have any questions about the accessibility of our programme and would like to discuss any specific access requirements, please feel free to reach out to us via email info@independentdance.co.uk or by phone on 0207 091 9650, to speak to a member of the Independent Dance team.
During class, all participants are welcome to take breaks, observe, exit and enter the space as they wish. Lounge areas are available on the first and ground floors of the building. Yoga mats, blocks, cushions and ear defenders are available for use. We also welcome you being in contact if you would like to discuss the option of bringing your access support worker. Please speak to a member of the ID team if you require any assistance.
Prices for classes are kept very low and are subsidised by ID in order to support artists to attend. To keep admin manageable for our small team, we don’t offer refunds if you cancel or can’t attend a class, and we can’t transfer your booking to a different class/event. We hope this is understandable. If a class is cancelled or changed by ID however, we do offer refunds/transfers to everyone who has booked.