The Instrument

with Matilda Carroll

20.10.25 – 24.10.25, 16:00-18:00

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The classes are open for professionals, or anyone with movement background who’s interested to engage with the practice at a deep level.

Class Description

The Instrument practice offers an in-depth physicality and exploration of body and mind in our compositional space/time. Our study engages with improvisation and choreography; through bodily wisdom, precision and imagination. The richness of these layers invites us to be attentive -individually and collectively aware.

As we work with present – choices, perception and the interplay between movement and image – our dance-making encounters freedom and discipline with new appreciation.

Guiding themes in the classes are: ‘The Tangible Life’, ‘Dance and Space’, Embodies Time and Music’ and ‘Composition and its Tellings’ (archetypes, story, journey) Joining these themes in the process of dancing / performing, the work draws upon human nature, environments and choreographic narratives.

BIO

Maya Matilda Carroll is a choreographer, dancer, mentor and teacher, based in Europe since 2004. For over twenty years she has been creating independent dance work and performance, collaborating with dancers, musicians, actors, poets and visual artists. Her work evolves from her embodiment of sound/music, the detailed physicality and exploration of vocabulary in her dance. Maya formed The Instrument (2011) with her life and artistic-work partner; composer / musician Roy Carroll. Their long-standing collaboration is a unique experience of texture and atmosphere within which Maya continues developing her choreographic landscapes. Through The Instrument Maya initiates and is involved in productions that range between independent projects and larger scale commissions. As a teacher, Maya leads master classes and workshops in Europe and abroad, extensively developing her teaching alongside her artistic work; drawn from and towards the human, social and poetic manifestation of the dancing body. http://www.theinstrument.org