Four artistic residencies, accompanied by master classes and/or pedagogical workshops

Seeta Patel in Falaise (Calvados) | November 16 and 17, 2010
Seeta Patel, an English choreographer, has been invited by the city of Falaise and the Association Chorège to lead two contemporary dance workshops with the students at the Louis Liard Lycée (14-18 years old). These students are in a specialised study programme focusing on dance.
This residency will take place before the Professional Day organised by the ODIA Normandie at the Cultural Centre of the city of Falaise. In addition, a public performance of Seeta Patel’s work on the evening of the Professional Day – will mark the end of the school workshops.

Compagnie Point Zéro in Plymouth (Devon) and Bournemouth (Dorset)  |  March 28 - April 3, 2011
Delphine Caron, the artistic director of the Compagnie Point Zéro, will spend five days in residency in Plymouth, and then will do two days in Bournemouth.
This residency is more a pedagogical course for young English professionals and young English school audiences than an artistic research residency. Its objective is to introduce the young Englishmen and women to different aesthetics and practices, in particular those of “Poppin’ Boogaloo,” a specialty developed and utilised by Delphine Caron.

Barbican Theatre in Plymouth (4 days):
- Personal research work for a future work (a solo) by Delphine Caron at the Barbican Theatre
- A 2 hour master class for twenty young English choreographers and professional dancers
- A 2 hour awareness workshop for high school students (16-18 years old), who are already studying some form of contemporary dance under the auspices of the programme led by Plymouth Dance, in collaboration with the Department of Education at the Plymouth Theatre Royal
- Two 2 hour workshops for the students in the “GSCE dance” programme for professional qualification.
- A public performance of Delphine Caron’s work, a solo, at the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth, with a seating capacity of 120. [march 31th, 7:00pm]

At Pavilion Dance (the Ocean Room) in Bournemouth:
- A 2 hour master class for twenty young English choreographers and professional dancers
- A 2 hour awareness workshop for high school students (16-18 years old), who are already studying some form of contemporary dance
- A public performance of Delphine Caron’s new work, a solo. [april 2nd, 3:30pm]

Jane Mason at the Centre Chorégraphique National du Havre Haute-Normandie | April 4 – 14, 2011
Jane Mason, an English choreographer, has been invited by the CCN of Le Havre - Haute-Normandie, for a writing, research and dramaturgical residency preparing her next work. For 10 days the artist will have access to a rehearsal studio, to the technical staff of the CCN, and to on-site lodging – in other words, ideal conditions for research and creation.

This residency will be accompanied by:
- A master class for the students at the conservatory of Le Havre and young professional dancers. The master class will last for 6 hours (two 3 hour sessions). Choreographic development, dealing with choreographic ideas, the need for and the means to learn how to work with a choreographer and other dancers – will all be studied and discussed in detail.
- A presentation of a stage in the work to Norman professionals will take place at the end of the residency.

Jane Mason at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen – Basse-Normandie | May 2 – 12, 2011

To complement the ten day residency at the CCN in Le Havre- Haute-Normandie, the CCN of Caen - Basse-Normandie is also offering a ten day residency to Jane Mason.

In the same way, this residency will allow the artist to further develop her work, to better focus her research and to present her work to the community.

This residency will be accompanied by:
- Working with school audiences in Caen, like Seeta Patel in Falaise, Jane Mason will present her work twice to school audiences in Caen, and will also engage in exercises and demonstrations.
- A master class for the students of the conservatory in Caen and young professional dancers. The master class will last for 6 hours (two 3 hour sessions). The relationships between dance and image, film and music, the relationships between a choreographer, videographer and composer – will all be studied and discussed in detail.
- Jane Mason’s new presentation of a stage in the work, result of these twenty days of residency, will be publically presented at the CCN of Caen at the end of the residency. Norman professionals as well as general audiences will be invited to see the new work.