Helen Walkley June 29, 2008
Posted by labanbc in Helen Walkley.Tags: choreography, dance, improvisation, LMA instruction, solo, somatics, theatre, voice
comments closed
00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000
As a practicing dance artist and teacher who works in a myriad of contexts and populations, Rudolf Laban’s language for movement feeds my soul and mind and infuses all my processes.
00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000
Helen Walkley
MFA, CMA, RSME
Contact
Courses and workshops
Information on Helen’s current teaching schedule can be found at:
Helen is an artist in residence at the Scotiabank Dance Centre for the 2008-2009 season.
Biography
Helen Walkley is an independent performer, choreographer, improviser and teacher based in Vancouver, BC. She has also lived and worked extensively in the Netherlands, Germany and the United States. Her work has been funded by the Canada Council, BC Cultural Services, the Canadian Embassy in Bonn and the Seattle and King County Arts Commissions. She has performed at the New York Improvisation Festival and Dance Theater Workshop/NY, the American Dance Festival, On the Boards/Seattle, Danceworks/Toronto, the Edge Festival/Vancouver, Tangente/Monteal Danslab/Amsterdam and the Tanzfabrik/Berlin. She is also a certified Laban Movement Analyst and registered Somatic Movement Educator and has a M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University. She has taught at Simon Fraser University, the University of Calgary, Virginia CommonWealth University and the Laban Institute for Movement Studies/NY. She was on faculty at the School for New Dance Development in the Amsterdam from 1991 – 94. In 2002/03 she was an Artist in Residence at the Dance Centre in Vancouver and 03/04 she was an Artist in Residence at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby.
Cheryl Prophet June 29, 2008
Posted by labanbc in Cheryl Prophet.Tags: choreography, dance, LMA instruction, theatre
comments closed
As a dance educator, LMA is a constant source of inspiration. It provides me with additional approaches and methodologies for dance/movement training and its underlying philosophy resonates with my own beliefs about educating the whole person and acknowledging the creative and expressive potential within each individual.
Cheryl Prophet
BFA York University
CMA
Cheryl is a dance educator, choreographer and Certified Movement Analyst. She has been involved in the professional dance community in Canada for thirty-four years as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Formerly from Montreal, she performed and toured nationally and internationally with Le Groupe de la Place Royale, Fortier Danse Creation and Fondation Jean-Pierre Perrault, and throughout the ‘80s was active in the Montreal dance scene as a dancer and choreographer. Since relocating to Vancouver in 1989, she has been on the dance faculty of the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University and is a practicing choreographer. Her choreography has been presented locally, nationally and internationally.
As a Senior Lecturer at the School, she is primarily involved in educating and training dance students in performance and creative-based courses. She teaches all levels of contemporary dance technique, body conditioning for dancers, dance improvisation, choreography and dance/movement analysis. Traditional modern dance techniques, Pilates, Yoga, dance science and somatic approaches to movement training inform her teaching.
She is a regular assessor for the Canada Council for the Arts and serves as a board member for Mascall Dance and Dancers Dancing Dance Company.
