Company Decalage are offering workshops in contemporary technique, breakdance and body popping. Delivered by the company artistic director Mickael Riviere who teaches breakdance at DanceXchange, The Drum, The Custard Factory and Aston University in Birmingham, and worked with first year students Warwick University, the workshops can be tailored to individual needs to create a performance.
The company’s breakdance classes have an excellent reputation and are an especially welcoming environment for young males and individuals from a range of social and cultural backgrounds: those who would perhaps not be directed towards dance by other social or cultural influences. An example of this is his employment with Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Education Outreach Department (Leaps and Bounds) which started in January 2006. This encompassed working with and choreographing on disadvantaged young people with a goal of including these individuals in a professional performance of Romeo and Juliet.
The company was established in 2003 by Riviere and has performed at national and international venues and festivals. He has received funding from DanceXchange and Arts Council England to create company works Decalage and See which toured as a double bill. The company have been continuing to build their name through collaborations with artists such as Jonzi D, and were supported by The Place to create Appel as part of Choreodrome and BreakinPoint. In 2010 Company Decalage will perform at British Dance Edition, Birmingham.
Workshops will need between seven and 30 young people, a large heated flat‐floored hall, theatre or sports centre (a wooden, sprung floor is preferable) and a CD player, as well as a teacher or member of staff to be present at all times.
Fees: Workshops of 2hrs/half-day – £175, full day – £350, two full days – £650 (travel from Birmingham additional fee).
To book education work with Company Decalage, please contact Hannah Sharpe on 0121 689 1090 or email Hannah.sharpe@dancexchange.org.uk
