b12 summer | main event
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b12 summer main event
— // —location: eden***** studios
jos baker
peeping tom
On Stillness and Movement
this workshop will focus on performance skills and composition, with an emphasis on improvisation. what is it that brings power to a performer — attention to a certain aspect of the movement, idea, body or stage? how can we harness our own creative power. this improvisation-based workshop will look into detail and attention, exploring how precision of both awareness and action can bring massive benefits to the practitioner and can also be translated to an audience. using elements of dance, theatre and meditation, we will examine how different mindsets and approaches can change our movement patterns, as well as how our movement patterns affect our thinking.
the description reflects an artist’s idea which was developed at the time it was submitted to b12. it may have changed by the time the workshop or the performance project is starting. please stay flexible. thank you!
biography
jos baker is a choreographer, performer, theatre maker and teacher. he started his dance training at the age of 7 with oxford youth dance and then continued his formal education first at the laban centre london and then at parts in brussels. jos worked for peeping tom as a dancer, actor and collaborator, principally with the productions 32 rue vandenbranden (2009) and a louer (2011). since then he worked briefly for dv8 physical theatre on the production of john (2014). jos’ creative work includes writing and co-creating strangers in the night (2024) with linus jansner and carlo massari, ceci n’est pas un fin (2024), jacky chan (2023), put out the flame (2019–20) and the smallest little thing (2019), commissioned by the hong kong arts festival. his solo work includes know it all (2019), of no fixed abode (2017), creature man don’tell me (2008), we were youth (2016), afla (2008) and feedback (2009). on film, jos made several music videos and short films; as a dancer and choreographic assistant to damien jalet for anima (2019), a thom yorke project directed by paul thomas andersson. he has also directed the short films the hole (2021), shift (2021), and put out the flame (2021). other screen work includes forgot to live (2013) by ay wing, and let it roll (2016) by mustard gas and roses, directed by koen mortier. he also teaches a wide range of classes and workshops across the globe for professional dancers and dance students.
please be aware of our early bird special offer for this workshop! you can apply for this offer up until the 24th of march 2025. after the 24th the regular workshop fee applies. applications are accepted up until one day before the workshops starts.
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