Creative World Building: Workshop with Joshua Faleatua

Our inaugural Trans-Tasman Dance Exchange Resident, Joshua Faleatua, has just wrapped up his two week Residency at Dancehouse Melbourne, and returns to Aotearoa for a special one-off workshop in response to his Australian residency.

This workshop offers an immersive exploration of the improvisational and movement-based tools that shape Fale’s dance practice. Drawing from the movement vocabularies of hip hop, breaking, krump, and contemporary dance, participants will engage in guided improvisations, physical investigations, world-building and creative prompts designed to deepen their personal connection to movement.

This workshop will also be geared toward creating dance movement for dance films. Participants will be guided through tasks specifically designed to generate material that translates effectively on screen, with an emphasis on movement direction, blocking, framing, and spatial composition.

Dancers of all styles are welcome and is best suited for those with an intermediate level of experience or above. This is a Wellesley Studios offering and there is no charge for the workshop. Enjoy!

Thanks to Creative New Zealand and Dancehouse.