Nomadic Dance Collective Sirince Mountain Performance Intensive

Nomadic Dance Collective uses the creative process of performance to connect deeply to the self and to search our embodied history through both body and mind. It is formed by three artists,Concetta Cariello (Italy), Adam Koan (USA) and Kiori Kawai (Japan), that will introduce a significant way towards the creative process in their field of expertise–Contemporary, Contact Improvisation and Butoh.

Nomadic Dance Collective will offer Sirince Mountain Performance Intensive, 4 weeks of performance workshops that facilitate the development of group/solo performances with participants, and will co-create final performance pieces.  

 
The program includes physical training classes in contemporary dance, contact improvisation, improvisational movement, composition and Butoh. There will be a co-creative performance development for the whole group as well as for solo works, or small groups’ works. By listening to the desires and performative wishes of the participants, the team will facilitate the process within a malleable structure acting as midwives while assisting the participants’ processes toward the birth of new or revisited creations. Participants are welcome to bring their own ideas and interests into the co-creative pot that we will collectively feel and generate together. 

This intensive includes morning sessions and afternoon sessions for a total of 5 to 6 hours a day; evening activities – such as CI jams, ecstatic dance, music nights – will be spontaneously organized two or three times a week.

Moreover, the three lead artists will provide private sessions to participants that will take part in at last two weeks of the intensive workshop. Those private sessions will support the participants to develop their performance skills and creative processes, dedicating valuable one on one to each person. These sessions will lead to a final multi-performances event within the Stoa facilities and surroundings.
The final performance will be based on the concept of the nomadic rhizome, a performance layout that breaks from prior definitions of performance space. In a nomadic rhizome, there are multiple spaces used, both inside and outside where transitions between each performance are just as important as the individual performances themselves. There may also be use of parade, game, or audience participation. The idea is to break free from preconceived notions of performance space.