MONTHLY WORKSHOPS

(PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN)

Discovery and Creation

Discovery is led with the intent of offering new conceptions of self and imagination while discovering what happens when we actively research our bodies from the inside.

Creation is a session during which participants will be introduced to new methods of creating performance by digging deep into their unique intentions and desires.

SCHEDULE

We have no workshops scheduled currently

~ future dates updated regularly ~

workshops held at Triskelion Arts

AVIARY

In addition to our summer workshop, a mini AVIARY will be held for 2 days this fall. 10am - 6pm at the 4th floor studios, PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN! Details TBA

AVIARY is an annual week of improvisation and discovery led by BIRDHOUSE director Raven Taisce White and the artists of BIRDHOUSE, featuring collaborator slowdanger. The program aims to provide an entrance into a new way of considering self, the mind-body, and the infinite (yet daunting) possibilities presented by improvisation.

Improvisation is the core of the BIRDHOUSE creative process. We build from ideas of unknowing what we accept as truth, relearning ourselves and the world around us, and finding the substance of humanity that remains after everything has fallen away. In the past two years, this practice has allowed us to create work we love and to fundamentally change our understandings of the world.

Raven leads an improvisation workshop with A-Y/Dancers in Beacon, NY

We want to bring what has been a life-changing process for us to other artists who are striving to find understanding and possibility in their journey to create meaningful work. And, of course, we have so much to learn from you.

Each BIRDHOUSE member provides a new entrance into improvisation, while Raven bookends the week with climbs through the windows of the unknown.

In order to make AVIARY accessible to people of any movement experience, no live or video audition is required. Tuition for AVIARY is pay-what-you-can, with a suggested donation of $200.

Applicants are expected to participate in all 5 days of AVIARY, with exceptions for those who have necessary work shifts during the day.

Applications will reopen in 2020.