VG/DE is pleased to welcome Lebanese choreographer Bassam Abou Diab as the company’s fifth choreographer-in-residence for the cross-collaborative work HOME. Bassam will teach a Master Class on Tuesday, September 21 from 6-8PM EST. Class will be hybrid: in-person at Green Space and virtual via Zoom at student’s discretion.

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About the Workshop:

This workshop focuses on a number of rituals used in events, prayers, funerals and burials in Middle East societies. It also highlights the use of rituals in movements and the transformations of symbols into a theatrical dance technique, creating a common language of signs as kinetic memory. The workshop is divided into three parts: a vocal and physical warm up, practicing a series of movements (rituals), and combining physical and musical rhythms. Participants will acquire a number of rituals as a type of a designed movement, such as improvisations with circular movements, ritual rotations, voices, and ways to create different choreographies.