Body as Ornament Workshop with Liony Garcia

404 NW 26 Street,Miami FL 33127

24 February, 2022

Description

Join Miami Light Project for a dance workshop with choreographer Liony Garcia before the premiere of his latest work, "Corporeal Decorum." Body as Ornament Workshop Led by Liony Garcia This workshop will use historical architectural images from Miami Beach’s Deco District as references for creating movement. The participants will have the opportunity to part-take in exercises that the choreographer has developed throughout the creation of his latest work, Corporeal Decorum. Using the information gathered from the images, participants will be given time to explore ways in which they can translate decorative architectural features into movement segments. The participants will present their explorations to the group and give each other constructive feedback. No prior dance experience is needed! Dress comfortably in clothing you can dance in. Liony Garcia is a dancer and choreographer based in Miami, FL. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New World School of the Arts. As a performer, he has worked with BodyTraffic (LA) performing choreographic works by Guy Weizman and Roni Haver (NL) and Barack Marshall. Locally he's worked with Brigid Baker’s WholeProject, Bistoury Physical Theater and is a founding member of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater. He’s worked director Celia Rowlson-Hall on her short film Swamp Lake. He’s performed with filmmaker Claudio Marco Tulli on his film installation, Blasting Pixels. As a solo performer, Liony has performed at Mana Contemporary, International Noise Music Conference, Bas Fisher Invitational, INDEX’21. Most recently, he presented solo titled Up in the Clouds commissioned by Bistoury for 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST ’21’. The short film D3C05, a collaboration with Blaze Gonzalez and digital artist Hannah Gaengler was selected to screen at ScreenDance Miami and Miami International Film Festival 2022. Garcia’s choreographic works have been commissioned by Miami Light Project, The Ringling Museum, The Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation, Thomas Armour Youth Ballet and Toronto's Outreach and Exchange Strategy. Liony is a two-time recipient of the Miami-Dade Dance Miami Choreographers’ Program and is a resident artist at Miami Light Project. Liony presented a site-specific piece entitled PLAZA, commissioned by Pioneer Winter Collective for Grass Stains: 2018. His latest work, Corporeal Decorum was presented as a solo work in process as part of the Here & Now Festival: 2019. It was then presented as a trio in collaboration with The Wolfsonian Museum in a program titled Deco Through Dance. The piece is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by Miami Light Project, The Ringling and NPN. Corporeal Decorum premieres April 7th - 9th at Miami Theater Center. This workshop is funded by grants from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; from National Performance Network (NPN) Artist Engagement Fund; and from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council. Founded in 1989, Miami Light Project is a not-for-profit cultural organization which presents live performances by innovative dance, music and theater artists from around the world; supports the development of new work by South Florida-based artists; and offers educational programs for students of every age.