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Choreographer Spotlight Class with Rulan Tangen ODC SF

Choreographer Spotlight Class

with Rulan Tangen

Saturday, March 11th 2023

2:30- 4pm PT

DANCING EARTH

We’re excited to announce on March 11th, Rulan Tangen, Artistic Director for Dancing Earth Creations will be teaching "MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION", a new creative offering through ODC School's Choreographer Spotlight series. This class explores pace, rhythms, and imagery informed by elements, to embodying of patterns of diverse life forms to deepen relationships beyond human being-ness: with observation (bio-mimicry), memory, and empathy, for deeper connections, @odcsf

Register for this series here: https://odc.dance/schedule.

Choreographer Spotlight

Description of the class: MIXED-ICISM IN MOTION

  • Exploring pace, rhythms, and imagery informed by elements, to embodying of patterns of diverse life forms to deepen relationships beyond human being-ness: with observation

    ( bio-mimicry), memory, and empathy, for deeper connections

  • Immersing in forms and movements that carry intention, explicitly or in symbolic code

  • Bringing all of our bits and pieces to become whole, as a living part of a sacred eco-system of immersive diversity

I offer this movement with humble respect to Ohlone peoples who have kept this land of Yelamu in renewal with song and dance since the beginning of time ( I share links of folx I am in relation with, to learn more about good work of resilience by living cultural people of this region.

https://www.ramaytush.org/about.html

https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/

https://indiancanyonlife.org/

Description of Upcoming Work
“RITUAL OF RE:MIX, An Eco-Elegy”
Re-MIx explores the concept of mixed identity as a template for relation-building and adaptation in the age of climate crisis. Stemming from our body’s community-engaged knowledge-sourcing, we will develop a contemporary ritual beyond the proscenium stage, with “mixed” collaborators. Through corporeal experiences to explore our “mixed-icism” : many identity definitions will be deconstructed and expanded to cultivate a nuanced alternative to dehumanizing, essentializing, and compartmentalizing - within the living metaphor of ecological diversity as the source. Choreographically, this “re-mix” is rooted in Dancing Earth’s land-dance practice, uncovering specific forms of movement that are guided by forces of nature, emerging liminal spaces of alchemy for transformation. The performance ritual will be at the center of an offering that includes artists facilitating a multi-sensory, multi dimension, experience for community, to activate space with love, pleasure, joy, and wellness.

ONGOING CALL FOR CREATIVES (“AUDITION” ) takes the form of connecting with intriguing movers this spring, via expressions of mutual interest, invitations to respond to a writing and video request, and/or participation in Summer Intensive June 1-12 at Cal State East Bay with international cultural artist ambassadors. Artists are paid for their work because I believe our work together is world-changing. This could be a good fit for those who

  • feel called by their intuition to the concept of “mixed-icism”,

  • who are involved in eco-oriented practices ( herbalists, hikers, tree huggers, seed planters, etc!)

  • who have a commitment to an embodied practice as a significant aspect of their lives ( not necessarily studio based )

  • Who are interested in creating in many conditions: indoor, outdoor, self-directed, online, interdisciplinary

ABOUT DANCING EARTH

DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.

“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by the creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” - Founding Director, Rulan Tangen

Dancing Earth self-produces and collaborates with partners for a wide range of creative programming including:

  • Dance programming for youth

  • Cultivating Artist Leadership: mentoring in arts management

  • Seasonal Institutes for Dancing Earth intensive movement training

  • Restoring the Source Retreats

  • Cultural Exchanges

  • Creation of original Dance works, with costumes, music, video projection, visual art design, and construction with sets and props

  • Cinematic Movement: Dance on Film

  • Choreography commissioned by schools, companies or collaborators

We thank you for your consideration and support of our Dancing Earth vision.

Photos: Joe McNally and Sunny Khalsa

DANCING EARTH CREATIONS dynamically activates our mission, to create contemporary dance and related arts through global indigenous and intercultural relationships centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.

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