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Club Dance & choreography with RAJA FEATHER KELLY & MARIE KAAE

Field Project
Week 3 10:00 – 16:00

Overview

This lab explores the intersection of house dance and choreographic composition, moving beyond the rigid structures of competitive dance to embrace fluidity, improvisation, and intentional performance-making. With House as the primary dance language, participants will engage in choreographic research, investigating both classical and original methods of structuring performative works.

Our journey begins with exploration and culminates in the composition of small choreographed scenes that may or may not be combined into a larger work. Through this process, dancers will build a movement vocabulary—rooted in house dance—that extends beyond freestyle and into composition. Additionally, they will develop skills in performance, text integration, devised theatre, improvisation, and storytelling.

Embedded within house dance—especially in its music—are themes of community, conflict resolution, joy, precision, and communication (and more). These themes will serve as a foundation for the narratives and structures built within the lab, guiding participants toward a deeper understanding of house dance as both a technical and expressive art form.

By the end of the lab, participants will have developed a toolbox of skills, techniques, and compositional methods, alongside a stronger grasp of choreographic and theatrical arcs. The use of structured games and tasks will help them understand how to build narrative composition, balancing the spontaneity of improvisation with the rigor of structured movement.

Concept: Beyond the 8’s

The title ‘Beyond the 8’s’ reflects a conscious departure from showcase formats often shaped by competitive constraints and time limitations. By expanding the relationship to time, this lab fosters artistic exploration through collaborative mini-compositions, giving participants the space to co-create, experiment, and see their work in a new, performative light.

One of the lab’s challenges lies in applying structured rules and improvisational games to create choreographic scenes while maintaining the technical rigor of house dance. Movement transforms into meaning when performers actively engage with one another, considering what they want to communicate, the variables at play, their personal motivations, and how deeply they invest in exploring potential outcomes.

Often, narrative is seen as limiting to freedom, but within this lab, structure is a tool for unearthing a deeper, more authentic freedom—one that is not superficial or performative but genuinely felt and embodied.

At its core, theatre is the careful orchestration of formation, behavior, and tension—where both audience and performers engage in a formula that generates a desired or imagined outcome. This philosophy will underpin the entire lab, shaping how movement and meaning interact.

Each day will incorporate elements of play, experimentation, and reflection, ensuring a balance between collaboration and individual agency.

The lab is divided into multiple elements, each focusing on a crucial aspect of performance, movement exploration, and storytelling:

This lab invites participants to push their creative boundaries while refining their technical and expressive range, resulting in a more profound understanding of house dance as both an improvisational and structured performance art.