ADC Mature Program | Creative Workshop Series
Description
The Embodied Expressive Edge
A 4-day experiential workshop for adults aged 50+, where creativity meets contemplative practice and somatic movement.
How do we stay alive to possibility, keep our minds sharp and our emotions steady? Research in neuroscience and contemplative science points to a surprising answer: the way we move, pay attention and create.
Choreographers and dancers have long understood the benefits of sensation-aware movement. Now, research from the University of Pittsburgh suggests that regular, mindful movement can effectively reverse age-related shrinkage of the hippocampus — the brain region that plays an important role in our spatial memory and creative thinking.
In this workshop series we will explore somatic awareness, contemplative practices and how these can open us to new ways of approaching creativity in dance.
Week One
- 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session One — Tuesday 20 October
JWAC Level 3 Multipurpose Room (3.04)
- 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session Two — Thursday 22 October
JWAC Level 3 Dance Studio (3.02)
Week Two
- 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session Three — Tuesday 27 October
JWAC Level 3 Multipurpose Room (3.04)
- 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session Four — Thursday 29 October
JWAC Level 3 Dance Studio (3.02)
Lineup
Jaime Redfern
A graduate of the Australian Ballet School, Jaime enjoyed a professional dance career of over 20 years, performing with The Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet as a Principal Dancer, and with Expressions Dance Company as a Senior Artist. As a choreographer Jaime has created extensively, with original dance works for dance companies, tertiary institutions and arts festivals. Recently he has developed a strong collaboration with Griffith University Film School creating choreography for New York Counterpoint and Divieto D’Affissione Virtual Production short films, which were presented at the Brisbane Arts Festival in 2022 and 2023 respectively. This collaboration led to an invitation by Griffith Film School to write and teach a course, Choreography for Film, a first for Griffith Film School. Over an 18-year period, Jaime held positions as Head of Dance at LASALLE College of The Arts, Singapore (now part of Singapore University) and Head of Contemporary Dance at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In recent years Jaime has focussed on the health and wellbeing aspects of dance with adults, seniors and all access dance classes. Jaime is an Associate Professor and holds a Masters in Fine Arts from QUT, majoring in Choreography and a Masters in Education from the University of Hong Kong, focussing on collaborative alliances, training and research in Dance.
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