“Imagination…Stimulating…Richly
dramatic…Simplicity and Clarity are some of the strengths of
the company”
Education
Spiralarts can offer educational programs and workshops
for a wide range of situations and across a number of disciplines.
Please see our Education page for more
information.
SpiralDance
Classes
(What Is SpiralDance?)
The company specialises in dance
movement and has created a programme of creative dance: "SpiralDance",
which explores spiral forms inspired by nature and influenced
by
both Eastern and Western movement disciplines.
- Allows imagination to find physical expression.
- Uses clear and accessible technique and form.
- Draws inspiration from nature.
- Creates more energy and vitality without exhaustion.
- Highlights and supports individual creativity.
- Helps integration with other artists.
- Allows movement to flow easily and organically
through the body.
- Instills a sense of joy and wellbeing.
- Honours dance as a unique and expressive art form.
Shiatsu
Courses
Please see the Ealing
School of Shiatsu website for further details.
Integrated
Arts
Developmental and pioneering work
exploring the value and effect of dance and body awareness on and
integrated with other art forms, for example music, painting, poetry
and singing.
The process a dancer experiences by
working closely with another artist is also explored, to gain insight
into allied disciplines.
This work aims to create a new
dimension in performance for both dance and integrated arts.
Please contact us if you are
interested in setting up a workshop in this area.
Workshops (see also our Education section)
The company organize workshops for
people to discover their own dance skills and creativity and form these
around a particular theme, for example, The Four Elements. All workshop
sessions begin with a simple body/voice warm up, work through the
creative task in hand and finish with a close down using specific
breathing patterns. There is time for discussion and questions. A
series of workshops can lead to a performance showing of the work done.
Platform Evenings
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These are held to give space and encouragement to
artists, including members of the company, to create, experiment and
show original work in a supportive environment where the audience can
be part of the creative experience and watch the growth of an artist.
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Improvisation Sessions
These sessions are for anyone
who enjoys spontaneous creativity. They enhance the freedom of the
individual and the spontaneous unification of a group of people. They
allow the integration of different art forms, each gaining inspiration
from the other. These sessions are themed and guided by SpiralArts
teachers and always include live music.
The
following poem was created from an improvisation evening:
The veil of rapture flows
from hand to hand.
A sheet of flame
where further worlds are felt.
the edge dissolves as fast as wax can melt -
forgiveness kindles
Burns us to move free
CrackCrack
of power lifts the raptureshout.
Let songwind billow wide your sails
full filled!
Red
cries now speed the crossing home to blue.
Warm womb waters now break against the swell.
We,
Brief breath of seacloud, rise and fly.
Then fall as rain
Released
As rapture ends.
Anna Johnson, 2004.
SpiralDance
Residential Courses
Courses focus on creative dance and
may also offer voicework, live music, shiatsu massage and meditation.
They are suitable for anyone who loves to dance (preferably with some
dance experience) and those dancers, actors, teachers and others who
want to refresh, expand and re-inspire their work. They generally
include dance sessions each morning, creative work each afternoon and
sometimes shiatsu or music in the evenings. Where possible they
culminate with a performance of the work created over the course.
Courses will be led by the following
professional and experienced teachers and can be designed and created
for specific needs and purposes:
Bryony Williams – trained in
dance and Seishin Kitaido, Bohjutsu, Bokuto and Shiatsu. She has worked
extensively as a teacher and choreographer in London, West Country,
Europe and Israel. She teaches dance at the Guildhall School of Music
and Drama and is Founder/Director of SpiralArts. Co-creator of
SpiralDance.
Elizabeth Blake – trained at the
London Contemporary Dance School and Guildford School of Acting. Her
work has included resident choreographer at the King’s Head
Theatre, Head of Movement at the Academy Drama School, many
choreographic projects eg ‘Cavalcade’ for Sadlers Wells, as
well as her work as a Director for SpiralArts. Co-creator of
SpiralDance.
Tim Taylor – studied
performing arts at Middlesex University and contemporary dance and
choreography at London Contemporary Dance School. During the late 80s
and throughout the 90s he worked consistently as a dancer,
choreographer and performance artist.
David
Home - Trained in Shiatsu,
western massage, acupuncture and Seishin Kitaido. Experienced teacher
and practitioner. Founder of Ealing School of Shiatsu, Director of
SpiralArts and co-creator of SpiralDance.
Michael
Ormiston – one of
Europe’s foremost Mongolian Khoomii (overtone) singers, he is
also a multi-instrumentalist, a Tibetan Singing Bowl practitioner and
composer for television and radio.
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