Housed on the campus of Montclair State University, CONCRETE is a three-week intensive (June 16th-July 3rd) that explores the hyphenated genre of dance-physical theatre and how these techniques function inside kinesthetic awareness in immersive theatre settings. This proximity research recognizes and interrogates the cultural biases housed inside of nearness and the relationship between spectator and performer. 

This three-week intensive facilitates career development and connects professional and pre-professional dance artists to current directors and makers inside the US and international physical and immersive theatre scenes.

Transformative, rigorous, and challenging, CONCRETE is meant for professionals and college students 18 years and older. It includes exposure to clowning, partnering, ensemble-devising, voice in movement, material/prop approaches, performer perception in physical space, and interrogating the cultural biases housed inside proximity-based performance. The culmination of the three weeks will apex with a fully immersive production that ensures a ten to twenty performer/spectator ratio.  Tuition includes tickets to Emursive Productions’ Life & Trust.

Housing, meal plans and college credit are available.

About CONCRETE

Weekly Schedule Example:

Arrival Sunday June 9th. 

Classes Monday - Saturday. Sundays Off.

10 - 11:20am Morning Gravel [first class]

11:30am - 12:50pm Mid-morning Stones [second class]

12:50-1:50pm Lunch

2-5pm Cementing the Daily Mix [Afternoon devising with one director per week in their scenically designed space]

Departure June 29th