Along the Watershed

Simon Whitehead and Jennifer Monson

June 14th (Sunday mid-day) to June 18th (Thursday evening)

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In this workshop we shall walk, dance and locate the watershed divide close to Earthdance. We will explore its ecology both as it resides in the movement and scale of this land and in its constant imminence in our lives. The workshop will culminate with a 24-hour dance process and fast, followed by food and a day of performance- making in response to the place and the workings of the watershed.  

Simon Whitehead works from his base in rural West Wales. Made at walking pace his works are place sensitive and often involve a process of ritual reconstruction through the body, live performance, dance, sound and film. 

He is a founder member of the itinerant group ointment . Over the last 14 years Simon has developed Locator. Residing in the sensory life of the body and its movement, Locator is an active exploration of ecology and sensory perception through a process of moving, walking and wandering, witnessing, gathering, rising and falling with the sun, getting lost, drawing, fasting and making.  www.untitledstates.net

Jennifer Monson is an experimental choreographer and performer whose work studies human interaction in the phenomenon around us such as bird migration, aquifers, urban wilderness and air and water sheds. She is the artistic director of iLAND- Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art Nature and Dance. In 2008 Monson was hired by the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign as part of an initiative to bring environmental issues to the forefront of the university community and beyond. www.ilandart.org

Tuition/Room/Board All Inclusive

Tuition, includes room & board (4 Tiers Available):
   Student Rate: Economically challenged students and the unemployed: $395
   Regular Rate: Employed but struggling (teacher, librarian, lots of kids, etc.): $415
   Professional Rate: Actually contributing to your retirement plan (support the arts!): $435
   Contributor Rate: Contributing additional funds to support the Earthdance Scholarship Fund: $495

Room & Board: Included in tuition. A $5/day discount is available if you bring your tent and camp on our land. Please indicate "Camping - bringing my own tent" in the comments field when you register.

Deposit Required*: $75

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Arrival Sunday 6/14 by 12 noon
Last session ends Thursday 6/18 at 7pm

*You will not be officially registered until we receive your deposit. If your registration is cancelled up to 3 weeks prior to a workshop, you may either transfer the entire deposit amount to another event or be refunded 1/2 of the deposit. Cancellations within 3 weeks of the start date are not eligible for a refund or transfer.

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