http://davidandjacob.com/art make art Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:19:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're bringing Andrew Harwood out to Australia in January 2009. We've stayed in touch since our residency and performances with him in 2006 and have finally managed to co-ordinate dates. Andrew will be teaching a workshop in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Byron Bay. At the same time we will be ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2008/06/11/harwood-in-2009/ the 4th annual Australian Contact Improvisation Convergence is just around the corner. we will be there in facilitating and teaching roles as well as just to have a dance and a break from the rest of our lives. it's been a while between drinks. and we're thirsty. ACIC ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2008/05/09/go-sic-at-acic/ it's been a while since the february monster little con, but here's some footage of our performance. video by john corbet. a little snippet from the little con monster show from dc on Vimeo. it was a crazy night - but very enjoyable. http://davidandjacob.com/art/2008/05/09/from-the-con/ the super duper multi-stratified chronologically structured little con. that's where we're performing next. it's in melbourne at Dancehouse from 7 - 9pm on Feb 29th, 2008. from the blurb: What happens when you bring together some of Australia's finest contemporary dancers with some of Australia's leading improvisers, contact and butoh practitioners: 5 spaces, ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2008/02/29/not-so-little-con/ As part of the Sydney Festival there is an event called Dance Screen, which is curated by Erin Brannigan. As part of the event David will be programming a touchscreen installation which will show around 16 dance on screen works showcasing dancers, choreographers and filmakers from around the country. ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2007/10/31/dance-screen/ We performed at Musicircus last weekend in Melbourne as part of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts. I don't know if it got added to the official Melbourne Festival Musicircus website, but here is the blurb we wrote for our performance: Whilst performing in Canberra last year David and Jacob overheard, ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2007/10/31/mobius-was-long/ coming up in October we will be creating a work for John Cage's Musicircus as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival - an event created by Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey. the work we are creating is a performance installation that runs from dusk to dawn beginning Friday October ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2007/10/03/mobius/ David will be performing at The Little Con in July 2007. The Little Con is a monthly event of dance improvisation: The Little Con Sunday 8th July, 6:30pm Short, sweet and just plain good old fashioned dancing. A monthly showcase of creative concoctions in improvisation. Featuring (in any order you please): Michaela Pegum Shaun McLeod Al Wunder Paul ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2007/07/06/lil-con/ we've started a little process of duetting over long distance. the first part of this process can be seen below: NUfSTCUG9j0 this is an initial draft of material that David filmed, performed and edited. the brief for Jacob is simply to 'respond' to the footage to start a cyclic process ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2007/05/30/absent-in-form/ We have been accepted to present a session at the annual conference for the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science. This is happening in October 2007 and there is more information about the programme and presenters available on the IADMS website. We're looking at integrated conditioning, awareness and ... http://davidandjacob.com/art/2007/05/01/moving-amongst-scientists/