Connect-Lab

ConnectLAB is a week long workshop series focused entirely on partnering skills within dance. Be the What? When? Who? Where?

ConnectLAB is a five day long workshop series focused entirely on improving, exploring and training partnering skills within dance. During the five days, paticipants will take classes from different disciplines including contemporary dance, circus, forró and Brazillian Jiu-jitsu. The aim of the week is to strengthen our ability to connect with each other, in both a pragmatic 'dance-sense' but also

to open new doors of exploration within partnering. Organised through the company Ion Tribe, ConnectLAB is designed by professionals, for professionals. Some of Europe's finest artists, teachers and athlete's are coming to share their knowledge and work with the participants during the whole week. The teaching team has been hand-picked to deliver the classes, in order to give a broad perspective of working. Professionals from many different disciplines all with the same focus and goals. ConnectLAB will take place at Studio Hybrid, in Brussels, Belgium. The studio is perfect for allowing the best atmosphere for the workshop. Not too small, where everyone is cramped, but not too big where there is no intimacy. Being located in Brussels, the workshop is easily accesble from all over Europe and offers a wide variety of paticipants to take part.

30/04/2020

What may come as no surprise to everyone... we unfortunately have to cancel this year's ConnectLAB #5 festival. With the Belgian governments regulations as well as the need for social distancing due to Covid-19, it has become impossible to deliver a high quality event for you all. The ConnectLAB team and I are sad that it has come to this but it has become inevitable.

I would like to thank all those involved in the preparations, all the teachers, all the spaces, the production team and all those involved big or small. Your willingness to make a great event is inspiring.

A big thank you to all those who have signed up for the workshops, applied to perform or offered to help out. Unfortunately this year isn't the one, next year we will rise again!

For those who have paid the workshop fee, we will be emailing you all with refund info in the coming days.

We're constantly keeping aware of the evolving situation and are trying to prepare for the rebirth of the festival. We will keep you all updated as the situation progresses.

A big hug to you all. Stay safe and stay connected in whichever way you can manage.

Luke and the ConnectLAB team. X

24/03/2020

Hey folks, just a little update to keep you informed. Of course as you are all aware, the Covid-19 virus is causing a lot of disruption for day-to-day life as well as future events. Especially those involving large groups of people. For now, as our festival is still only in June it's a bit too early to say if we will go ahead or cancel. If the situation changes we will be sure to let you all know.

I hope you're all taking this time to jump into new adventures and pursuits as well as being socially responsible and keeping safe!

Big (virtual not real) hugs to you all!

Luke and the ConnectLAB team. X

13/03/2020

Don't hesitate, just come and enjoy moving together!

Early bird tickets are still available!

______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
, Brussels
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

10/03/2020

/Introducing teachers/
Devising Techniques//
Kristina Alleyne

This is a physical Contemporary Dance Contact Class, which will involve strong physical connections with your partner focusing on quality, initiation, performance and the emotional relationship created through physicality. Each session will start off with basic connections to lead to more fearless movements through structured improvisation.

The significant factors for the workshop are to develop the dancers' physicality, build awareness for textures in movement, stimulate the creative mind, driven from passion and honesty. The class physical style draws from blends of Afro-Caribbean, Kathak, Athleticism and Release Techniques.

______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
, Brussels
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

06/03/2020

OPEN CALL!! - Connecting Worlds Performance Night 2020

We are looking for pieces up to 20mins in length, which fall in line with the ethos of the ConnectLAB festival, to explore and integrate multiple movement disciplines to find commonalities.
We encourage movement artists from various backgrounds (including contemporary dance, circus, social/folk dance, martial arts, improvisation, dance theatre) to apply with their proposed work. We are especially interested in works which either; merge multiple movement disciplines, includes audience interaction/participation, is suited for a non-conventional space.

HOW TO APPLY:

Fill in the application form found here:

https://forms.gle/3TGAK38eBaaJtuEH6

Alongside this application, video footage of the proposed work must be sent via WeTransfer to [email protected]

(We prefer live performance but if the piece is new, rehearsal footage is ok, as long as we get a clear understanding of what the piece will be like.)

Applications sent without the accompanying video will be treated as incomplete.

Unfortunately we cannot cover travel or accommodation costs however a humble 'all-in performance fee' will be provided to cover any expenses incurred.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:

24th April 2020

Connecting Worlds Performance Night
@ Zinnema
11th June 2020
Brussels, Belgium
For more info regarding CWPN, email:

[email protected]

______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

05/03/2020

We are jumping into spring! Because after spring comes summer aaand... !

Early bird tickets are still available!
______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
, Brussels
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

02/03/2020

/Introducing teachers/
Approaching Humans//
Lito Anastasopoulou & Knut Vikström Precht

"The training is a selection and development of various physical practices from our experience
as contemporary dancers. Clearly directed interactive tasks create the circumstances for improvisation and individual research and discovery. We offer exercises, games, situations to train and develop clever, open bodies ready to adapt to the given circumstance. We want to expand personal possibilities and enrich movement vocabulary.

In pairs or larger constellations we practice stability, strength, alertness/reaction/analysis, trust, speed, lightness, musicality / timing, handling risk and fear, weight sharing / mechanics, exploring the (individual) extremes and limits of our bodies and selves, imagination & curiosity, joy of movement and dancing, creativity.

By our body constantly being in relation to one or many others, we access tools for further developing and cultivating coordination, sensitivity, playfulness, and different forms of awareness; bodily, social, spatial, rhythmical and personal. How to approach a human."

______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
, Brussels
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

27/02/2020

/CONTEST/
Connect To Connect

Rules:
* find a friend
* film your connection through moving/dancing
* share 15-30s video on Instagram
* tag .lab.festival and

PRIZE # Free festival workshops for 2 persons!

// You have time till 22nd of March. We will announce winners shortly after the deadline.

Are you ready to connect?
______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
, Brussels
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

20/02/2020

Are you ready to dive in?
/ 9 days
/ 11 teachers
/ 10 AM - 6 PM + Evening events

Early bird tickets are still available!
______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
, Brussels
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

18/02/2020

/Introducing teachers/
Shared Levitation //
Marion Sparber and Alan Fuentes Guerra

“We like to focus on an organic way of Partnering, based on action/reaction principles inspired by Contact Improvisation and Fighting styles. We like to access the movement from a perspective of a deeper connection and try to avoid the superficial habit of copying shapes. Instead we motivate every couple to find a unique way of communicating with the partner and look for individual solutions and variations of the material.

Another important aspect of our class is the constant change of the level of activity for both roles. We learn how much resistance, power and direction is needed to reach our maximum together by investigating with the given tools, and finally learning fixed Partnering material at the end of each class.”

Early bird tickets are still available!
______________lab.festival #5
4th - 12th June 2020
, Brussels
For more info: ion-tribe.com/connectlab

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Brussels

Website

http://www.ion-tribe.com/

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Uniting many worlds

What? ConnectLAB is a 10 day festival focused entirely on improving, exploring and training different partnering skills. Consisting of movement workshops, performances, lectures, parties, in-house tournaments and jams, the festival brings together movers from a huge variety of backgrounds. During the workshops, participants will take classes from different movement disciplines such as; contemporary dance, circus, Forró and Brazillian Jiu-jitsu. In the evenings, we can see these disciplines in practice through high-level performances, world-class parties and more. The aim of the week is to strengthen our ability to connect with each other, in both a pragmatic 'movement-sense' as well as in a more social and collective aspect. When? The ConnectLAB series comes in a variety of formats. A 10-day festival which is held in June each year, as well as a shorter 5-day long workshop series which is held either in Spring/Autumn. And finally the ConnectLAB mini-series which is a weekend-edition held various times throughout the year. So to sum up, there’s plenty of opportunities to catch a ConnectLAB event. Who? Organised by Ion Tribe vzw, ConnectLAB is designed by movers, for movers. We assemble some of Europe's finest artists, teachers and athlete's who come to share their knowledge and passion for their craft. Some of the workshops leaders who have already been a part of ConnectLAB include: Lali Ayguade, German Jauregui, Ricardo Ambrozio, Axel Vankimmenade, Eddie Oroyan, Natalia Pieczuro, Renan Martins and more... The teaching team each edition is hand-picked to deliver the classes, giving a well-rounded yet deep approach to partnering skills. Where? ConnectLAB also moves! The 10-day festival takes place in, Tic Tac Art Centre - Brussels, Belgium. An enormous studio with great facilities, located close to the centre of Brussels. The smaller workshop series occur in different cities each time, allowing for those who can’t necessarily travel for the festival to be able to still take advantage of what’s on offer.