House of Rhythm Masterclass

Facilitator: Marije Nie (Cross Pollination Group)

as part of the Health & Wellth Festival organized by Intercultural Roots

Description:

This practical Masterclass will build up rhythms with hands, feet and voices, using Marije’s ‘House of Rhythm’ method. ‘Poetry of the Pause’ is a dance-talk based on Marije’s TEDxTalk. It includes tapping and audience rhythm exercises and is combined with extracts of her film ‘One Million Steps'. This multi-award winning short documentary will be screened, focusing on the power of rhythm, human connection and resistance against autocratic systems. It was shot during the protests in Istanbul in 2013. (This need to be edited)

Date: Friday 19th March 2021, 3pm-4pm

Location: Studio 2, The Place, 17 Duke's Road, London WC1H 9PY

Cost: £12

Over 18's only

Professional tap dancer Marije Nie is a musician with her feet, a dancing percussion player since 2005. She is fascinated by the power and the poetry of steps, and their ability to navigate many different worlds. Marije’s dancing transforms traditional tap-dance into a contemporary form; she builds bridges between different artistic disciplines, traditions and cultures. In 2007 Marije received the Dutch Jur Naessens prize for innovation in music. Sharing knowledge and working methods of artists between disciplines, with communities and with professionals from outside the arts is a main topic in her work. Ms Nie works in classical music, jazz, film and theater, creates interdisciplinary theater pieces, community art projects, interventions and workshops. She is part of Splendor, a musician-led concert space in Amsterdam. Her multi-award winning dance documentary One Million Steps places dance as a catalyst in the public space in the midst of the Istanbul protests of 2013. She co-founded the artist driven research lab Radio Kootwijk Live, which operated from 2009 until 2015 in The Netherlands.

In 2017 she was invited by director Eugenio Barba to become long-term artist in residence at Nordisk Teater Laboratorium in Holstebro, Denmark, where she works as performer and project developer. Projects include the performance ‘What Is Mine’, with director Vilja Itkonen (FIN), the yearly festival SLASH at the Slagteriet Holstebro and Urban Story Hunter projects in Gullestrup and Vinderup. As part of her residency at NTL she co-founded the interdisciplinary collective Cross Pollination together with Adriana La Selva, an international and interdisciplinary network of performers and academic researchers which focuses on the dialogue in-between practices, new ways of knowledge building and understanding collaboration, connecting theater practice with artistic research.

Punctuality & Preparation

For studio based workshops and performances please arrive outside the space 5 minutes early to be signed in and ensure a smooth and punctual start. If you do not arrive on time your place may be allocated to someone on the waiting list. Doors will be closed and no entry allowed five minutes passed the start time. Please arrive changed wearing appropriate clothing for the activity and note that no outdoor footwear is allowed in the studios. Female, male, gender neutral and accessible changing rooms with showers are available. Please ensure that you have washed your hands thoroughly as advised by Public Health England. No food or drink is allowed into the studios except for bottled water.

Disabled Access and Facilities

There is a step-free entrance to The Place. All the studios, meeting spaces and facilities are accessible by lift. There are accessible changing rooms with shower, and accessible toilets.

We ask wheelchair users to wipe their wheels before entering the dance studios.

We are also open to access animals, please let us know when booking if you may be bringing one with you.

Photography & Video

Photography and recording of any part of the event, where allowed by the facilitator, should be used for non-commercial, personal purposes only. Photographs, film or other audio-visual material recorded may not be sold, used or published commercially in any way whatsoever unless authorised in writing by Intercultural Roots. The use of photographic equipment, mobile telephones, tablets or other electronic devices, must not inconvenience any other person at the event. Television, live streaming and other film cameras may be in operation at the event, and may include filming for live broadcast and to produce research documentation and promotional or commercial photographs and videos. By attending an Intercultural Roots event, you consent to filming, photography and sound recording of yourself. Intercultural Roots and related third parties may use such films, photographs and/or recordings (including any copies) of your actual or simulated likeness without payment in perpetuity.

Medical Disclaimer

In attending this Intercultural Roots event you attest that, to the best of your knowledge, you suffer from no medical or physical condition or disability that will or might increase the normal risks associated with exercise; and / or your doctor has approved your participation in our activities.

Health & WELLth Festival offers the public a unique opportunity to participate in a hugely diverse range of body-mind-spirit ‘embodied practices’ that have huge health, well-being, artistic and educational benefits. The Festival is organised and directed by Dr. Andrea Maciel and Dr. Alex Boyd and is part funded by the National Lottery Community Fund through a partnership of six UK registered charities led by Intercultural Roots.

www.interculturalroots.org