masterclass series, public program

Adelaide Festival Masterclass: Choreography with Stephanie Lake


Three dancers are mingled together, their arms entwined as they look at the camera fiercely.

Photo: Paul Malek

Details

When: Friday, March 18, 2022, 2pm-3.30pm (venue will be open for warm up 15 minutes early, please arrive for time to sign in)

Where: Dance Hub SA, Level 1, Lion Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & North Tce, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide)

Cost: $30 (+ booking fees)

Any cancellations due to Covid-19, tickets will be refunded

Please note participants will need to be fully vaccinated to attend. Please have your vaccination certificate ready to check in to the masterclass. you will not be permitted entry without it.


Choreography with Stephanie Lake - a workshop about dance creation and collaboration

About the masterclass:

This masterclass will include a physical warm-up and a series of tasks, improvisations and choreographic stimulations that will introduce participants to the ways in which Stephanie develops her works in collaboration with dancers. The masterclass will include learning a short excerpt from Manifesto, creation, observation, games and sharing.

Experience level:

Professional level dancers, choreographers, performers and advanced level high school dance students.

About the masterclass facilitator:

Stephanie smiles, she wears a black top and her hair over her shoulder.

Stephanie Lake

Stephanie Lake Company is a multi-award winning contemporary dance company based in Melbourne. Known for a gutsy, original choreographic style and striking visual aesthetic, Stephanie Lake Company’s recent works include Colossus, Skeleton Tree, Replica and Pile of Bones.

Working in collaboration with Australia’s leading dancers and designers, the company has been presented in major festivals and venues around Australia and has toured internationally to France, Germany, Hong Kong, Denmark, Singapore and the UK. Stephanie Lake has won two Australian Dance Awards for Most Outstanding Choreography (Pile of Bones and AORTA), the Helpmann Award for Outstanding Choreography (A Small Prometheus) and the Green Room Award for Best Choreography (Mix Tape). She is a recipient of the Australia Council Fellowship for Dance and a past recipient of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship and the Peggy Van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship.

The company collaborates across theatre, film, music video, opera and visual art and has created several large-scale projects for over fifteen hundred participants. 

Photo: Zan Wimberley