CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & COACHING
I teach dance and movement in a wide range of contexts, drawing on different techniques and disciplines I have studied and practised over the years: ballet, modern jazz, contemporary, somatics, Laban, butoh, yoga, improvisation. My eclectic background feeds my unique methodology, allowing me to tailor my approach.
I taught contemporary technique classes for 10 years at Danceworks, Pineapple, Urdang Academy, The Place, Movingartsbase, and Margaret Howard Theatre College. Today, I lead workshops, masterclasses and intensives in higher education, vocational courses and for bespoke groups. I also provide private coaching. Classes and workshops can involve:
Intensives and residencies provide more time together for:
Throughout my teaching, I promote clarity and discipline alongside a playful, experimental attitude. I encourage authenticity and bravery, deep awareness and individuality of expression. "In working with James you were able to engender his confidence by asking him to demonstrate moves which he felt comfortable with. When refining choreography, you asked questions which made him consider how his body moved to its best advantage. You spoke to him as an equal, in a calm and encouraging manner and always took his ideas and preferences into account, ensuring therefore that he had ownership of the work. [You] allowed him to develop rapidly both in mental and in physical confidence. He quickly grew to trust you and try things he didn't know he was capable of! You also helped him to have the courage to change things that weren't working and to overcome obstacles... In a few sessions, you supported his development and made every second count. It was the combination of your mentoring style combined with your technical teaching skills in contemporary dance and performance, which enabled him to unleash his potential. As a teacher/mentor, you did not stamp on his sparkle ... you supported him and enabled him to shine!" - (Nicole Bradley, Danceworks client). |
EMBODIED PRACTICE
These workshops provide participants with embodied knowledge of a key type of creativity based on exploration conducted through the body rather than the brain. The sessions enable participants to connect to their body as a tool for knowledge, authenticity, creation, and problem-solving, using a physical and improvisational framework influenced by various somatic techniques. Participants acquire research and devising strategies that can be further applied to their work with materials, lighting, sound or video, for example.
This approach is relevant and beneficial to all creatives. My unique methodology was developed over 10 years, and can be adapted to various groups and formats, from an intensive few days to a short course. I work closely with the MA Scenography programme at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama since 2014, delivering intensives that help designers and performance makers acquire practical skills in real scale creative development which they can subsequently utilise when working with performers. RCSSD also commissions me choreographies for BA Design students to work on. I accompany the students through production meeting-tutorials as they learn about process and collaboration.
I also deliver embodied practice workshops for Leo Cosendai's sound facilitator training.
"Scarlett Perdereau has been a formidable collaborator in her continuous willingness to keep developing these workshops over the years based on changing material conditions as well as feedback from students and staff. These workshops...remain a profound influence on the students' practice throughout the rest of the course and in their professional career thereafter." - Dr Simon Donger, Course Leader MA/MFA Scenography, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.
"Scarlett's workshops have been immensely valuable for my trainees. I admire her approach and her novel perspective on internal and external movement." - Leo Cosendai, Creative Director & Sound Facilitator, Founder of Third Ear. In 2019, I set up the Forum on Embodied Practice, an opportunity for peer exchange, research and growth in the field of embodied practice, welcoming a range of practitioners and artists to participate and lead sessions in turn. The Forum collaborated with SIB Dance Lab in Norway and received support from the Lisa Ullman Travel Scholarship Fund. Read more about the Forum here.
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Understanding, exploring and celebrating the body, EVERY body, in its ability to feel and move, is my life-long passion. I dance, make dance and make people move. This feeds my work as a yoga teacher and stretch therapist too: info here.