Joining our Workshops is a way to get to know ELAP. Also for those interested in joining the ELAP Trajectory the offered workshops is a great indication to get to know the work. the ELAP Trajectory consist of 7 modules within an almost 2 year period. A NEW Trajectory is planned in the beginning of 2025.
April 20 & 21: 10.30 - 18.30h

Body of Voice by Marisa Grande

HORIZONTAL DIAPHRAGMATIC SUPPORT
& THE VOLUMINOUS BODY

The focus of this workshop is the exploration of the horizontal support of pelvic and thoracic diaphragms and their relationship. Anatomical images, hands-on experiential anatomy, partnering, individual and group embodiment practice will be our tools for a shared exploration.

For anyone who is genuinely interested in exploring their body and meeting their voice, for musicians, movement and voice artists in the field of performance.

Marisa Grande is a Somatic Movement Educator of Body-Mind Centering®
Co-founder of ELAP - Embodied Life Art Program - a pioneering program for the integration of somatic and composition.
Since 2015 she is involved as a core teacher at the Dutch National Opera Academy, a conjunctive master of Amsterdam and Den Haag Conservatorium, within which she developed her somatic method for singing. She is regularly teaching her method at Conservatory Utrecht and has been invited as a guest teacher at the Codarts Rotterdam and Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart. She regularly teaches Performing Art at University College Utrecht and she has been a guest teacher at Fontys Dance Academy Tilburg and Artez School of Arts Arnhem.

€160,-

THE FLUIDITY OF MATTER:
From the body into the musicality of objects
the fascia gives us the experience of wholeness and fluidity of matter. The flesh gives us the quality of fullness and fulfilling of time. With this experience objects will be included that will move or make a sound. Think about paper, foil, balls etc. We will explore variations of f.e. a movement becomes an image, becomes a sound. Or music becomes an image, becomes a movement.
I will provide objects but please bring also your objects of interest.

THE SPACE IN BETWEEN:
From the body into the musical space
We will focus on the somatic exploration through the fascia body system using hands-on work. The fascia is our number one sensory organ and connected together throughout the whole body. It gives a sense of wholeness and interconnectedness. From embodying the fascia we will practice ensemble work and experience what unfolds in the spaces in between.

FULFILLING OF TIME:
From the body into sound
We will focus on the flesh (muscle, fascia, fat) as a unified system for absorption. Allowing information like movements and sounds to be absorbed through the flesh gives us a fullness of movement and sound and a specific fulfilling of time. An ongoing practice of absorbing material into manifesting of material.
Feel free to bring your instruments.

April 7 / May 11 / June 1 & 2
10.30 - 17.30h

Musical Embodiment Workshop series by Iris van Peppen

In these transdisciplinary workshop series the starting point is the somatic practice as a resource to tap into embodiment, musicality and imagination.
Through guided visualizations, hands-on and embodiment practice we are informed about our perception of time and space. We will explore what musicality means in movement, sound and including of objects. It’s a practice of complexity within simplicity, in making the invisible visible.

These workshop series are for people interested in this somatic method for composing. For musicians, movement artists or anyone feeling called by this work.
The series is build up towards composing with different layers of material and therefor joining the full series is recommended. However joining single workshops is possible.
APRIL 7: THE SPACE IN BETWEEN
MAY 11: FULFILLING OF TIME
JUNE 1 & 2: THE FLUIDITY OF MATTER

April & €70,- / May 11 € 70,- / June 1 & 2 €140,- / full series only €250,-
July 1 - 7
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Summer intensive with Marisa Grande, Iris van Peppen & guests