Weekly Class Descriptions and Biographies

Spring Term 2010

1 March – Fiona Millward

8 March – Cecilia Macfarlance (NB: slight time change – 10.15-12.15pm)

15 March – Cecilia Macfarlance

22 March – Lyndsey McConville

29 March – Charlie Morrissey

Cost:

£5.00 per class (or £20 for the block of 5 classes - paid in advance)

Where:

The Regal, Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 2AF (www.the-regal.com). http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=OX4+2AF&countryCode=GB#map=51.7441,-1.22914|16|4&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:51.7441:-1.22914:16|OX4%202AF|OX4%202AF

Public transport – Oxford Bus Company Bus No. 5 (from stop G3 St Aldates, City Centre) / Or Stagecoach Bus No 1 (from stop G4 St Aldates, City Centre). The venue has a free car park behind the building (entrance on Magdalen Rd)

Class Descriptions:

Fiona Millward - Draws on her teacher training in the Franklin® Method of Dynamic Alignment and Imagery and Anatomy Trains principles. Class aims to support each individual in the deepening of their experience within set exercises through the use of imagery and Franklin® Balls, which can offer a powerful stimulus for change. Movement sequences then explore freedom and ease of motion, relishing detail and counterbalance and the effortlessly dynamic physicality this can create.

Cecilia Macfarlane - Class Desription to be uploaded shortly

Lyndsey McConville - Lyndsey's class focuses on dynamic use of the body, highlighting weight, suspension and rebound, together with strong articulation and clarity when moving. Complex co-ordination is explored, together with an emphasis on complete embodiment.

Charlie Morrissey - This class encourages a playful curiosity in exploring and expanding our experiences of the body, its multi-dimensional occupation of space, and its relationship to the ground and the support it offers. Working individually and in contact with others, we will enjoy a deeper sense of integration through the exploration of physical patterns, pathways and sensations.

Bios:

Fiona Millward - Fiona has worked throughout the UK and abroad as a dancer, teacher and choreographer for the last 21 years. She regularly teaches abroad for the British Council as well as independently and has enjoyed leading company classes for Bedlam Dance, Siobhan Davies Dance, Gelede Dance, Yolande Snaith Dance/Theatre, amongst others. She has been the recipient of awards and commissions for her choreographic work both independently and as part of the European Travelling Project. From 1999-2004 she was Head of Movement at the Oxford School of Drama and from 2001-2005 was the recipient of a joint National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts fellowship with Gill Clarke for her work with the professional training programme, Independent Dance, which she has co-directed since 1996. She is a qualified Franklin® Method teacher and teaches Studio Pilates at the Contemporary Pilates studio.

Cecilia Macfarlane - Bio details to be uploaded shortly

Lyndsey McConville - Lyndsey trained at Laban Centre London and is a freelance Dance Artist. Lyndsey has worked with Yael Flexer’s Bedlam Dance Company as a performer and regular teacher since 2001. Lyndsey was a founder member of Kerry Nicholls Dance Company and has also performed with Shane Shambhu, Nunu Silva, Shift (South East Dance), Sirens Crossing, and Transitions. Lyndsey participated in Jerwood Bank 2008 with Siobhan Davies Dance Company. Lyndsey has extensive teaching experience, working for Laban, London Contemporary Dance School, London Studio Centre, GDA, Artist Development, The Place Classes & Courses, Dance 4, East London Dance and Stella Mann College. Company class teaching includes New Adventures, Scottish Dance Theatre, Diversions, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and Springs Dance Company.

Charlie Morrissey - Charlie is a performer, teacher, director and researcher. He has been working in the UK and in many other countries around the world for 20 years. He creates large and small-scale site-specific and theatre and gallery based performance work in diverse contexts working with set and improvised materials. His teaching is informed by ongoing and long-term collaborative working relationships with Steve Paxton, Lisa Nelson, Scott Smith, Kirstie Simson, K.J.Holmes and many others. Charlie is part of the trio Moving Men with Jean-Hughes Miredin and Adrian Russi who have been teaching and performing together across Europe since 2007. He co-organises a group called Movement 12 in Brighton – a group of dance artists who curate an international professional development programme for dance artists. Find out more about them at www.movement12.org. Charlie is an Associate Artist of South East Dance. You can find out more on his website: www.charliemorrissey.com.

To book or for further details about the Oxford Dance Forum professional development programme, please contact Claire Thompson - e-mail: cthompson@oxford.gov.uk or tel: 01865 252820