MATTHEW HAWKINS WORKSHOP
SATURDAY 23RD MAY 10:00-12.30 and 13.30 - 16:00
(with a one-hour lunch break) £30 (£15 for half-day)
This workshop will dig into the methodology of Matthew’s performance READY which will be performed on Sunday 24th at Wainsgate, with its pleasing micro-moves and larger patterns.
It offers a practical insight into, sharing both the long history of physical preparation behind READY and the compositional strategies that drive it.
That day will take place in two 2 and a half hour sessions (10am-12.30pm & 1pm-4pm)
The morning focuses on the foundations of his practice: how he comes to be moving, and the many strands of training and enquiry that have shaped READY. Through this, participants are invited to consider how their own practices might be constructed, articulated, and shared.
The afternoon shifts towards READY as an active resource. Participants explore its structural games and methods, using them to generate new material and immediate compositions.
Both sessions begin with a thorough physical warm-up, preparing the body for the work that follows.
The workshop is open to those who wish to attend either session or the full day, offering different points of entry for those drawn to detailed process or to the act of making itself.
All are welcome.
BIO
Matthew Hawkins is Edinburgh based. His practice includes teaching within the community programme at Dance Base and lecturing at Glasgowclyde college. As a member of In the Making collective Matthew collaborates in score-based improv performances. He performs with orchestras in a work by Peter Nelson and gives READY at The Wee Hub in Ocean Terminal.
Like his close contemporary Jonathan Burrows, Matthew trained at the Royal Ballet School and danced in The Royal Ballet. Hawkins then danced for Richard Alston/Siobhan Davies/Ian Spink in Second Stride and for Michael Clark, in his initial eponymous troupe. Matthew has shown his own work since 1980 and has been active in professional and university settings internationally.
He is a published dance-writer, currently airing articles and reviews for The Morning Star, under the byline Follow the Movement.