Guest class with Steph McMann
The Work Room Studio
Steph McMann is a dancer, performer, movement director and choreographer from London. Working in live performance, film, television and theatre, Steph develops movement vocabulary, choreography and behaviour both to perform and to direct.
In this class Steph will guide participants through a structured improvisational class, informed by her practice of dancing, performing and directing. We will follow a process of layering and weaving between images, words and questions, while letting go of self-judgement and letting our moving selves expand into a widening experience of the present. Playing with disempowering judgement and emboldening play we will attempt to plunge directly into tensions between our senses, environments and pleasures.
Steph has worked professionally for over 15 years and has worked extensively with artists including Roberta Jean, SERAFINE1369, Oona Doherty, Seke Chimutengewende, Theo Clinkard, Damien Jalet and J.Neve Harrington amongst others. She works regularly with Alex Reynolds and Charlie Mayhew in the TV, film and commercial industry. She has toured throughout the UK and Europe and teaches professionally all over the world.
Stephanie is dancer/co-artistic director of Nora with Eleanor Sikorski & Flora Wellesley Wesley. Their last commissions included Deborah Hay and Eleanor Bauer. She is a past Sadler’s Wells Summer University artist (2015-18) and works with Scottish Dance Theatre as Rehearsal Director in a freelance capacity.
Instagram @stephlmcm
BOOKING
Booking is through Brown Paper Tickets.
This workshop can be booked on a sliding scale based on individual circumstances.
£0 | £5 | £7
We would suggest:
— If you have had limited opportunity to earn recently or are currently in receipt of benefits, you can attend this workshop for free
— If you have had some regular income recently, and/ or you currently have some work coming up, please consider paying £5
— If your income is stable, perhaps through some salaried work and you know you have regular work coming up please consider paying £7
ACCESS
The Work Room is situated within Tramway which is a level access building and you can read their access information here. Our aim is for workshops to be accessible for all physicalities. If you’d like more detail about this access information or, if there’s anything else you’d like to talk about that would make attending easier and more enjoyable for you, please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk. We will endeavour to support you to fully participate or provide you with further information to help you decide if this event is suitable for you.