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Call for proposals: The CHOREOGRAPHIC MARATHON©
2009 EDITION : December 12, 13, 2009
Toronto Canada

proposal deadline October 22, 2009
for established and emerging dance artists
INFORMATION, PROPOSAL CRITERIA AND APPLICATION INFO
< acrossoceansinfo (at) gmail.com >    www.acrossoceans.org

Question 1: how long is a marathon?  26.2 miles •
Question 2: how long is the choreographic marathon?  26.2 hours  •
Question 3:  why?  to learn the Art of the Possible in a shared community pulling each other along not because it’s easy, but because it is hard, going deep inside yourself and drawing on inner creativity and strength that you might have never known even existed.

Take an idea and Run with it …for 26 hours 385 seconds

A weekend of development, feedback, mentoring and a production of the work at the end of it all

Work within your own creative process. Break blocks. Move work forward. Build creative stamina. Hit the wall and find out what is at the other side.

Come with material to test, twist, develop, cut, reflect, refashion, reason, rescue and refine. Share feedback and take it immediately back into the studio. Wrestle with angels. Play with demons. End with a work unlike anything else you’ve created or performed before.

Across Oceans Maxine Heppner will mentor 4 groups of choreographers and their dancers over 26.2 hours of creative flow, discovery, creation and performance. Jessica Runge and Takako Segawa will assist as coaches.

INFORMATION, PROPOSAL CRITERIA AND APPLICATION INFO
< acrossoceansinfo (at) gmail.com >    www.acrossoceans.org

Maxine Heppner has been a mentor and teacher of choreographic process for professionals and students for over 30 years in Canada and worldwide. “A fine fine choreographer and she goes for it” says the Globe and Mail. She developed the choreographic marathon to extend the modern dance quest to go beyond personal boundaries and boredoms to discover deep personal creative resources.

Assisting from the interpreters’ perspective:
Jessica Runge “tremendous breadth and depth” and
Takako Segawa “compelling” “Maxine’s work became translucent through her.”

Past students say:
“Maxine teaches with passion, integrity, intelligence; authentic, bold and in tune with her times.“  J Goodwin, Toronto;
“out of our usual framework, you allowed me to break free of pressures I had felt previously and had repressed, pushing us to
focus on creative capacities.” L. Stevens, Montreal;
“inspiration and full dedication, the practice was rich in complexity and creativity. R. Soutter, Ottawa;
“challenges movement awareness, opens possibilities and new layers to work on, combine, construct or deconstruct. It feels like the motion is inexhaustible in resources & possibilities.” S Premus,, Slovenia.
“a rare person, teacher & choreographer, precious to the development of the artform”. M.Nestora, Athens
“a memorable stimulating experience that has left a deep impression.” MLee, Singapore