Live at LICA, Talks, Workshops and Masterclasses

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Learning and ParticipationAutumn 2010

Our learning and participation programme has something or everyone: whether you area frst timer, an interested audience member, a student or a proessional artist, there isplenty to choose rom. Join in with a wide spectrum o Live at LICA’s activities and you canlearn everything rom how to conduct an orchestra to aerial circus theatre. These eventsoer a chance to meet our artists, share ideas and enjoy a deeper insight into the arts oncampus.

All sessions are delivered by respected proessional artists. Contact us or more details onany o our sessions and visit our website to book your place.

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THEATRE & DANCE WORKSHOPSLudus Dance Touring Company18 October, 10am-1pm. Ludus Dance, Assembly Rooms, King Street, Lancaster, LA1 1REJoin proessional dancers rom Ludus Dance Touring Company or a three-hour proessionalmasterclass. Based on the theme o Ludus’ new triple-bill, Consequences, you will gain an insight

into the dierent choreographic approaches o Nigel Charnock, Yael Flexer and Ben Wright.Aimed at professional dancers and more experienced dance students.*Max 15 participantsWeb Advance Tickets: £10 / £7 concessions. Standard Tickets: £11 / £8 concessions

Ludus Dance Touring Company19 October, 10am-12pm. Nufeld TheatreLove dance? Come along to this un open class led by proessional dancers rom Ludus. Getstarted with an energetic warm-up ollowed by a mix o improvisation and taught sequences

rom their new show Consequences. Enjoy insights into three dierent perormance styles.Expect great music, movement guaranteed to make you smile, and a witty exploration o causeand eect. No dance experience necessary.*Max 20 participantsWeb Advance Tickets: £10 / £7 concessions. Standard Tickets: £11 / £8 concessions

Inspector Sands23 October, 10am-12.30pm. Nufeld TheatreInspector Sands make work through improvisation and collaboration in an ensemble. The

company is ascinated by the emotional dramas lurking under the surace o everyday events,and this workshop will explore these tensions. Through a series o games, exercises and improv,participants will mine the absurd, the hilarious, the tragic and the banal that we all carry with us.No theatre experience necessary.*Max 15 participantsWeb Advance Tickets: £10 / £7 concessions. Standard Tickets: £11 / £8 concessions

Ockham’s Razor

13 November, 2- 3.30pm. The Great HallOckham’s Razor is an award-winning aerial theatre company that specialise in creating physicaltheatre on original aerial equipment. Join their masterclass and explore some o the devicesdesigned or their new show, The Mill: try turning in the wheel, walking on a cable drum andperorming on 100m o rope. A rare opportunity to meet this extraordinary company, and testout some o their unique processes. No circus experience necessary. *Max 15 participantsWeb Advance Tickets: £10 / £7 concessions. Standard Tickets: £11 / £8 concessions

Theatre / Dance Talks and post-show discussions

In addition to our workshops and masterclasses, many o the companies visiting the NufeldTheatre, including Forced Entertainment, Levantes Dance and Candoco, regularly provideproessionally-chaired post-show discussions that explore in detail the processes, research andrehearsal methods behind the company’s work. Contact the box ofce or more details o thisseason’s discussions.



MUSIC MASTERCLASSES AND LECTURESCentral European Roots with Bardolino11 November, 1.10-2pm. The Great HallVirtuosic Czech ensemble Bardolino are all classical artists in their own right. By exploring theircentral European heritage they have uncovered links between olk and classical music. They have

created a musical language uniquely theirs, inspired as the great composers Janacek, Kodaly andBartok were, to keep the spirit o their musical roots alive through the creation o new music. Thesession will be led by ormer leader o the Skampa Quartet, violinist Pavel Fischer.Tickets: £2

Composition Masterclass with Duncan Ward, Lancashire Sinfonietta18 November, 1.10-2pm. Jack Hylton RoomDuncan Ward is the 2010 winner o the Christopher Brooks Memorial Prize and Young Composerin Residence to the Lancashire Sinonietta. He established a charity or training young musicians

in Kerala, South India and this session will share a Video Conerence between Lancaster andIndia, hosted by CLEO.net.uk He discusses his new work “Hotpot” which will be premieredin the evening concert. How does a composer turn a commission into inspiration? What arethe guiding principals o a composer in the 21st century - does new music really have anythingoriginal let to say and can it still engage audiences?Tickets: £2

Conducting Masterclass with Nicholas Kok, Psappha25 November, 1.10-2pm. Jack Hylton Room

Nicholas Kok is the Principal Conductor o Psappha and works with the likes o English NationalOpera, BBC Singers, Scottish Ballet and Staatstheater Stuttgart. He has a distinguished career as aconductor and has built up a very wide repertoire, ranging through opera, ballet and symphonicmusic through to jazz improvisation and complex contemporary music.

He will deliver a masterclass which discusses the challenges o conducting and rehearsing certainworks in Psappha’s evening programme and give a short introduction in teaching the basics o agood conducting technique. Bring your batons!Tickets: £2

MUSIC PROJECTS FOR PRIMARIES

Nutcracker MiniaturesNovember School Workshops6 December Perormance, 11am & 1.30pm. Nufeld TheatreAn exciting cross-art and cross-curricular project with primary schools, based on the magical

story o The Nutcracker. This new production is interactive and un, devised specially to enhancechildren’s learning at Key Stage 1. Perormances are suitable or amilies with children 4-6 years.Contact [email protected] or details



ART GALLERY INSIGHTSA chance to hear more about the work in the Peter Scott Gallery exhibitions programme rom theartists themselves in our ongoing series o ree inormal talks aimed at anyone with an interest invisual art, flm or digital art.

Introduction to “Pretty Eyed Pirate Smile” by artist Ellie Rees21 October, 1pm. B17 Bowland Annex, Lancaster University (First floor above the art studios.)Ellie Rees creates careully constructed perormances which employ humour and irony toinvestigate what it means to be a woman and an artist. Rees’ work both plays with and questionsthe nature o perormance, particularly looking at the dierence between live and recordedspectacle. FREE

Introduction to “Kanku Raga” and “Dance Like Your Dad”, films by artist Hetain Patel4 November, 6.30pm Peter Scott Art Gallery

Hetain Patel’s flms look at communication, rhythm and movement. In the two flms Kanku Ragaand To Dance Like Your Dad, Patel takes particular influence rom Tabla and inheritance versusimitation. FREE



By Car

Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 andtake the A6 north towards Lancaster. Turn rightat the third set o trafc lights on the A6 intothe University main drive. Take the frst exit letrom the roundabout at the top o the maindrive and ollow signs or the Nufeld Theatre,Peter Scott Gallery or Great Hall.

ParkingVisitor parking is available (ree anywhere on

campus ater 6pm and weekends), includingwheelchair accessible spaces. See map ornearest locations or parking. For weekdayparking there are pay and display machines,alternatively parking scratchcards can bebought at the Reception lodge. Parking chargesonly apply weekdays beore 6pm.

By BusBuses (numbers X1, 2, 2A, 3 and 4) leave rom

the centre o Lancaster very regularly (every 5

minutes on weekdays) or the 20 minute

journey to the University. Buses also leave thecity centre at Common Garden Street or theUniversity. For bus inormation call ‘Traveline’on 0871 200 22 33. All buses drop o atthe University underpass, beneath AlexandraSquare in the centre o campus.

By TrainThere are direct rail links between Lancasterrand London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester,

Oxord and major cities in Scotland. The X1bus service runs between the Railway Stationand the University every 20 minutes Mon - Satdaytimes and hourly on Sunday aternoons andevenings. Taxis are also available rom outsidethe station. Lancaster Railway Station is a 5minute walk away rom the city centre.

By BikeA scenic cycle route links campus to Lancaster

city centre. The route takes around 25 minutes.

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