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| About the Workshop | |
| Discovering and exploring the internal rhythm of ones body through breath, vocalisation and movement. Workshop by Paul Pavey Experiencing music from within the body is the quintessential force behind movement. This workshop explores internal rhythm and its kinetic integration. Elements of the workshop Breath: deep breathing awareness. Synchronizing of breath to movement Pulse: breathing in time to pulsing movement Voice : vocalising and vibrations. The sound of movement Rhythm : exercises with varied time signatures combing movement and vocalisation and improvisation What is Musicality for a dancer? How a dancer moves within a given time frame is the first element of musicality. This can be measured in two ways; Firstly, the most clear to define, is how a dancer makes a certain movement on a certain beat. Secondly, more peculiar to the individual, is the lyrical quality of movement that happens between the beats. Breath: deep breathing awareness Attributes of deep breathing are many fold for a dancer. While giving more oxygen to the muscles, deep breathing allows the body to relax resulting in more freedom of movement while thoracular breathing (shallow breathing ), restricts freedom of the upper torso. A series of exercises based upon Daoist deep breathing techniques allowing the dancer to experience both abdominal and lateral breathing. Pulse: Synchronizing of breath to movement When moving and breathing in rhythm the brain releases a chemical called serotonin. This can be described as "a dizzy high" yet can be controlled and used to "open doors" to ones inner-self and inner rhythm. These exercises combine the tribal pulsations of primitive movement with breathing and sound. The principal element of movement. Voice: vocalising and vibrations / the sound of movement When using the voice, one can experience vibration in many different parts of the body. All movement therefore, has its own sound and therefore its own vibration. A series of exercises discovering various sounds and their vibrations leading to the connection of sound and movement with influences ranging from basic singing technique to vocal harmonics. Rhythm: exercises with varied time signatures combining movement and vocalisation As a means to connect all of the above exercises and information, I have developed a series of exercises that combine simple movement phrases with sound and voice in varying time signatures. This not only engages the cerebral region but can also prove to be quite an aerobic workout! |
dir. Marc Rees + Chris Morris. camera-Tom Swindell, music-Paul Pavey dir.Nick Hobbs + Dieter Schneider, Edit-Tom Nietsche, music-Paul Pavey sung by Lia Schneider |
| About Paul Pavey | |
| ..a composer and multi-instrumentalist for ballet, theatre and soundtracks Since 1985, Paul has worked internationally in all fields of dance as a composer, dance-theater performer, teacher and class accompanist. He was music coordinator for London Contemporary Dance Theater, invited guest to the artistic committee of the Prix de Lausanne, co-director of dance theater .. company of shadows .., Zurich, has taught drama for dancers on the faculty of the Rotterdam Dance Academy and has been sponsored by the British Council to give workshops to musicians and dance teachers in Turkey and the Czech Republic. He has given ..rhythm and breath .. workshops all over the world including Prix de Lausanne operations in Japan, Bangkok City Ballet, Theater School Copenhagen and Henny Jurriens Stichting, Amsterdam. As a composer Paul has written for many international choreographers and companies, his most recent works for Martin Schlaepfer, Ballet Mainz, are available on CD. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist he performs many of his compositions live, records in his studio or writes down the dots for others to play. Paul began composing at 15 years old and his eclectic style and influences range from Jazz and Punk to contemporary Classical via brass band and traditional music. He has also written many pieces for Isabelle Colbrant and the culture channel of France 3. Instruments he plays are piano, percussion, trumpet, flugelhorn,violon cello, contre bass, various flutes, fujara, guitar, mandola, mandocello, bouzouki, turkish saz, dijeridu, ud or oud and a few more that dont come to mind. Paul worked as a class accompanist for many companies and schools including Netherlands Dance Theater and the Place, London. He currently has two contemporary class CDs for sale with a third due for autumn 2007. Paul first worked as a dance-Theater performer with Theatre Encorps, London,1989 five years with the Company of Shadows in Zurich and most recently with the Hans Hof Ensemble in the Netherlands. He is currently concentrating on compositions for Martin Schlaepfer, television and short film soundtracks and in 2009 has received a PRS and Arts Council of Wales ....steps to music ....award. | |