MATTHEW HAWKINS WORKSHOP
SATURDAY 23RD MAY
The workshop…
This 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.
In a workshop setting, Matthew proceeds, almost wordlessly, to generate prolonged phrases with attendees. His choices around sequencing are informed by hundreds and hundreds of experiences.
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.