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A program of performances, workshops and residencies on the subject of “A Sense of Place.”
Over a wide historical vista, FLOCK Dance Troupe explores through dance, theater and music how societies procure food, shelter and clothing.
Unearthing similarities and differences, we incorporate the practices of Native People, Emigrants and present citizens.
In both the Performance ("Sightings") and the Workshops & Residencies, the program will follow the migration patterns of our Vermont and New England region through dance, theater and music.
Themes will focus on native people freely moving about, hunting and gathering, leading into the various farming systems brought by the Europeans that settled in their own cultural pockets. These processes include an exploration of how the industrial revolution brought about a stepped-up mechanized way of working leading into our present-day behavior.
Performances:
FLOCK Dance Troupe offers 50-minute dance/theater performances (“Sightings”) on the subject of “A Sense of Place.” In addition, there will be a 10-minute discussion and sharing time of our own ancestral backgrounds.
Workshops & Residencies:
FLOCK Dance Troupe offers community workshops and school residencies on the subject of “A Sense of Place”. Within each historical component we will share our own ancestral backgrounds and discuss why people moved. Specific dances of and about various cultures will be taught depicting experiences of displaced peoples and their lifestyles, leading into present day.
Longer residencies will include exploration of the natural world and how the elements inform our behavior. This material can be kept as totally experiential with focus on process and exploration or preparation for a performance/presentation can be our goal.
Artists involved are Carol Langstaff, master teacher, plus the “Sightings” performances consist of six to eight dancers who come from a roster of 17 dancers that are readily available for performances, or larger multigenerational workshops: Nick Cohen; Stacy and Steve Glazer; Sharon Gouveia; Marcia Gauvin; Steve Hoffman; Carol Langstaff; Annie Ross; Jim Toten; Jim Schley and Lillian (14) ; Becky Bailey; Mellissa Strayton and Natalie (6); David Webb; Leslie Carlton; Liam Gundlach (10)
Programs are appropriate for ages 5 to 90. Mixed age levels are encouraged, like the buddy systems often used in school ‘s pairing of older and younger students. Also appropriate for multigenerational workshops including families and people with special needs.
One hour Sighting: $300 (additional performances at a reduced rate)
Full-day Residency: $400; Half-day Residency: $250; Week-long Residency: $1500
After-school programs: $100/day; 4 hr. Workshop: $400
Exploring each participant’s heritage profoundly influences our awareness of who was here, who came here and why, and how they adjusted to the conditions of life, and what came out of their settling here. This mix of people also contained different styles of prayer and dance as celebration. This program shows how different cultures' dance vocabulary stems from their daily agricultural work. The industrial revolution brought about a stepped-up mechanized way of working, i.e. changes in speed through straightening of roads that used to follow winding paths. The teaching component involves a study of group intelligence first used by herds, flocks and swarms that will couple together with what went before and why, bringing us to our own present history and how we can better shape our communities.
Carol Langstaff
FLOCK Dance Troupe
139 Star Mountain Road
Sharon, VT 05065
(802) 765-4454
carolang@aol.com
www.flockdance.org