Sinister Intimate

This workshop will develop from the idea of the sinister - the first meaning of this word, "suggesting or threatening evil" will be shifted aside to concentrate on it's secondary sense - "from the left hand side, or from the less controlled side". Obviously this will not be taken literally to mean the physical left side - but rather we will try to privilege the inhabitual, the less dextrous, the maladroit, the hidden, the less controlled.
„We will identify our dear and habitual impulses, both physical and esthetic, not in order to pursue their opposites but rather to locate their hidden, unsettling complementariness. We will start from a physical exploration of the "other" side. Comfortable coordinations and dance pursuits will be upended and destabilized, not to produce choreographic material but rather to generate an unfamiliar state and point of view from which to improvise, direct, imagine and create form. The interesting thing is perhaps that the "sinister" side is still of ourselves, intimate but unknown. I do not have end-goal for the fruits of this exploration - together as a group we will discover what kind of tone, material or thought that these kinds of activities generate and pursue them together. It is possible that the planned structure of the workshop will also be submitted the same "left-handed" approach in order to provide space for the unexpected. Perhaps this will lead us to a kind of discussion (not necessarily verbal) about the implications of "sinister", a word idea that associates the less controlled, the less known and the mysterious with the threat of evil.



Jennifer Lacey
Jennifer Lacey is a choreographer/performer based in Paris and New York. Her work has been presented by many progressive festivals and theatres, e.g.Tanzquartier Wien, biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Centre Georges Pompidou, Kaaitheater, Klapstuk, P.S 122 etc. As often as possible, she participates in improvisational performances/festivals in the states and abroad. As a dancer she worked with many independent choreographers such as Randy Warshaw, Jennifer Monson and DD Dorvillier. She has taught classes and workshops internationally, e.g. at the EDDC (Arnhem & Düsseldorf), ISSD (Japan), Charleroi/danses, Movement Research and Danspace (New York).
Jennifer Lacey will also perform at ImPulsTanz 2006 with “Two Discussions of an Anterior Event” on August 8 at the Schauspielhaus.