Axis Syllabus
Teacher: Frey Faust (USA)
Dates: Dec 15-19 (5 days) • Tue-Sat, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location : Studio 303
Cost: $75 (Emploi-Québec)
The ear-shape, with its characteristic conchoid and one-sided bias, is a fundamental fractal shape that repeats constantly in the human body and contains a blueprint for the architecture of dynamic motion. The ear-shape symbolises listening, and offers the idea of the permanent question, the instability/mobility caused by asymmetry. In this workshop we will study some of the physical structures that openly manifest the ear-fractal, explore the ways in which we construct and deconstruct these shapes, and harness the mobile potential we get from them for challenging and fantasy-rich movement phrases.
Frey Faust was given direction, discipline and the chance to develop a passion for his chosen muse by his mother, Shekhinah Mountainwater, a known author and leading figure in the women’s spiritual movement of America. He worked under her direction from age 8 to age 15, performing as a pantomime-dancer-actor in all manner of circumstances, from the street to the theatre. Nita Little, co-creator of Contact Improvisation, initiated him to its liberating concepts at the age of 14. At Marcel Marceau’s invitation he then went to Paris to study intensively at the former École de Mimodrame for one year. Afterwards, he returned to California to pursue his personal education through the practice of Afro-Haitian dance, Aikido, Capoiera and Percussion. In 1980, he decided to try his luck in New York. Ten years later, having worked with some of the best of the NY movers and shakers such as David Parsons, Donald Byrd, Randy Warshaw, Gina Buntz, Ohad Naharin, Meredith Monk, Merce Cunningham and Stephen Petronio, he was granted the opportunity to be the artist in residence at the Werkstatt, Düsseldorf, Germany for two years (now the Tanzhaus NRW). There he was able, with the generous support of the German government, to create six solos and three evening-length works and to begin the consolidation of his pedagogical ideas. He is the author of the book and the originator of Axis Syllabus-universal motor principles; a method for teaching movement through which he aspires to assist his students to deepen their understanding and use of nature’s gift to us. www.axissyllabus.com
Registration
Space is limited & reservations are recommended at 514.393.3771 or by email at info@studio303.ca. A $20 deposit is required.
RQD members are eligible for a partial reimbursement for non Emploi-Quebec workshops.
For Emploi-Quebec subsidized workshops, please contact us for eligibility requirements.
We only accept cash or cheques.
You can either mail a cheque or come and pay at our office during business hours.
Reimbursement policy
- No reimbursement for the occasional missed class.
- Sickness/ injury: total reimbursement of missed classes, including the initial deposit if none of the classes has been followed.
- Scheduling conflict: partial reimbursement (non-applicable if there is a waiting list). We keep 20% of the total price as an administration fee.
- Planned absences: possibility of a special rate.
- Other situations: evaluated on a case per case basis.
