THE THINKING BODY
INFUSE AUTUMN RESIDENCY
INTENTION & PHYSICALITY
With Far From The Norm
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
14TH - 18TH SEPTEMBER
CHISENHALE DANCE SPACE
5 days, 10am - 5pm£280 (subsidised from £600)
Image credits:
The Duchess of Malfi RSC by Helen Maybanks, HAMNET RSC by Kyle Flubacker
INFUSE Artist Development Programme returns this autumn with one of the UK's most innovative hip-hop dance theatre companies, the multi-award winning Far From The Norm.
Founded by Olivier Award-winning choreographer and director Botis Seva, FFTN has built one of the most distinctive and uncompromising movement languages in British theatre today. Rooted in Hip Hop styles including Krump, Popping and House, and shaped by autobiography, socio-political urgency, and a ferocious commitment to form, their work demands that the body carry what language alone cannot.
BLKDOG, FFTN's landmark production, became the first Hip Hop show ever to win the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, and the company now tours nationally and internationally to sold-out audiences.
The Thinking Body:
Intention and Physicality
INFUSE your practice joining Far From The Norm for a week-long deep dive into physicality, instinct and choreographic intention: exploring how the body makes decisions, what shapes those decisions, and how tuning into sensation and responding to external stimuli can expand your movement vocabulary and transform your practice.
Drawing on Creative Associate Jordan Douglas's decades of practice across Hip Hop dance theatre, street dance and physical performance, participants will embark on an uplifting and collaborative week exploring how impulse becomes action, how internal awareness and external provocation shape the way we move, and how to develop greater intention and adaptability in the room.
INFUSE will add new resources to your toolbox, enhancing your practice and so you will be encouraged to interrogate, share, adapt as well as absorb and transform the work.
Across the residency you can expect to be nurtured, uplifted and challenged in your own making, creative practice and ultimately energised in your artistic decision making.
INFUSE ARTIST
Image credits:
Portrait of Ayşe Tashkiran by Peter Simpkin
Jordan Douglas
Far From The Norm
Founded in May 2009 in a youth club in Dagenham by a 19-year-old Botis Seva, Far From The Norm is now a cornerstone of Hip Hop dance theatre in the UK and one of the most original and uncompromising companies touring internationally today.
In 2019, Seva became the first Hip Hop dance theatre artist ever to win the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, a moment that announced the company to the world and changed what British dance theatre was understood to be. Since then, Seva has been awarded the CHANEL Next Prize and the Carmen Mateux Best Choreographer Award, with commissions from NDT and Acosta Danza. Their latest production Until We Sleep is co-produced by Sadler's Wells, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, The Joyce Theater New York and The Lowry, touring to sold-out audiences across the UK, Europe and beyond. Renowned for experimenting with Hip Hop and contemporary practice, Far From The Norm was, and remains, a collective of creatives thinking about creativity and moving in a different way to what was considered the norm.
"Ayşe has been working at the highest level and at the very forefront of contemporary movement practice for over two decades. Her work, in the rehearsal room, in the academy, and in the field, has shaped how multiple generations of theatre makers think about the body."
Joseph Lynch, Artistic Director, Babel
Image credits:
Desire Maps Projekt Europa photo by Serena Bettiolder, Anna-Karenina Chichester Festival Theatre photo by Marc Brenner, Barbarians, Young Vic photo by Ellie Kurttz
★★★★★
“Breathtaking writing, flawless staging. Folk deserves to be around for a very long time."
Financial Times on FOLK - Hampstead Theatre (2022, Olivier-nominated)
★★★★★
"A stunning achievement... both gripping and harrowing in equal measure."
Essential Surrey NEVER LET ME GO
★★★★
"Fleet, fluid production... seamless transitions, the company using minimal props to great effect. "
London Theatre HAMNET - RSC
Dates
7TH - 11TH SEPTEMBER
10am - 5pm
Chisenhale Dance Space
London
E3 5QZ
Price
Standard Price for a week residency £600+
INFUSE Residency - £280
APPLICATIONS OPEN
Applications take around 10 minutes
Places are offered on a rolling basis
The residency will be a unique opportunity to receive nurturing and development at an accessible price. Led by Ayşe Tashkiran, the workshop will focus on how movement direction develops from text to impulse to activation - building your unique practice within the movement possibilities and parameters of performance.
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INFUSE is specifically targeted at established and working artists who wish to develop their practice and is heavily subsidised to make it an accessible and affordable training opportunity.
Anyone working within the creative industries with a passion for movement and performance practices is welcome to apply, priority will be given to those who demonstrate why this is would be useful for them.
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Applications will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis and we expect the workshop to sell out quickly.
Key dates
Friday 3 July — Waitlist email sent
Monday 6 July — Applications open
Friday 17 July — Round 1 places offered
Friday 31 July — Round 2 places offered
Friday 21 August — Returns and waiting list places offered
7–11 September — INFUSE residency week
INFUSE is heavily subsidised to make it an accessible opportunity for those working in the arts.
Applications are via a simple online form, with the option to upload a short video or voice recording as part of your submission.
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Successful applicants will be informed within 14 days of their application and can confirm their place by paying the full amount.
Confirmation of your place will be acknowledged upon receipt of the full amount. You can reserve your place by paying a deposit of £120 and set up a payment plan for the remainder which must be paid 14 days prior to the residency.
If this is still a barrier please get in touch.
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Babel means ‘the sound of many things’ through collaborative, radically inclusive spaces, we amplify underrepresented voices, providing creatives a platform to share their stories with the world.
We strongly encourage applications from Black, global majority, working-class, neurodivergent and LGBTQI+ participants and we will be responsive to any information on what you need to be present in the space.
We have reserved 50% places for Black and Brown participants
Unfortunately Chisenhale Dance Space is not accessible via a lift, so if this is a necessity for you please get in touch with us.
If you have any questions or would like a chat about your application you can reach out to Joseph on hello@babeltheatre.co.uk