WTF Thursdays: Playmode Practice

This 2-hour session is for movers, musicians, visual artists and creatives with practices that go beyond these labels. It will be led by Company Concentric’s co-directors (dance artist Yanaëlle Ritter and pianist Mikaela Livadiotis), who have been leading cross-disciplinary improvisation jams and community movement sessions together since 2020.

In this WTF Thursday event, you will get a taste of the company’s newly designed Playmode Cards, a set of 51 prompts for creative activities.

The session will start with a check in and warm up, flowing into short improvisation sets.

Using different Playmode cards as prompts, you will explore improvisation tasks by playing music, singing, moving, drawing and/or writing, then connect with others in the group and notice any overlap and differences between your creative responses.

The session will end with time for reflection and discussion of things you might want to explore further in your practice.

About the Hosts:

Company Concentric -

Yanaëlle Ritter

Yanaëlle Ritter is a Belgian-British dance artist based in Eastbourne. She graduated from London Contemporary Dance School in 2015 and has been teaching creative and contemporary dance since 2017. In 2018, Yanaëlle co-founded Company Concentric. She has choreographed 6 productions with the company, co-designed and delivered projects like online roundtables for artists, improvisation jams and movement sessions for mothers. She also performs and collaborates with musicians and visual artists outside the company.

Mikaela Livadiotis

Mikaela Livadiotis is a Cypriot pianist based in London and specialising in contemporary works and improvisation. A graduate from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Royal College of Music, she has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician across London and Birmingham. Mikaela has been teaching music since 2010. As a co-director of Company Concentric, her work involves co-designing and accompanying sessions, as well as performing original music for several company productions.

Accessibility:

Please note, we are on the second floor of a warehouse building, accessed by a staircase only. We regret that we cannot currently adequately support wheelchair users and those for whom stairs are a barrier.

We are committed to removing other barriers to access. If you would like to talk to us about your access needs, please contact: frances@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk. Read more about our commitments to anti-ableism as part of our Artist Community Culture Document

About WTF Thursdays:

WTF Thursdays is a space creating possibilities for experimentation and community-building amongst artists. Each evening, CDS hands over the keys to the building for an artist in the CDS Artist Community to host an event in the spirit of low-stakes, DIY action.

Tickets are low-cost, pay what you can, with all the proceeds going to the host artist. If you need access to a free ticket, please email: sam@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk