Minding the Gap – a launch pad intensive

at English National Ballet studios

DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND – EXTRA WEEK ADDED!

Minding the Gap is a launch pad intensive led by Kerry Nicholls. Specifically tailored to dancers who are entering their final year of vocational training or those recently graduated from undergraduate study, this series of 5 afternoons encompasses high-level technique classes and audition practice, alongside professional development sessions and freelance advice. This opportunity will encourage networking, self-reflection, and goal setting, supporting participants in their development towards industry-readiness.

 

PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED DATES:

Dates: Monday 23rd July – Friday 27th July 2018
Time: 13:00-18:00
Venue: English National Ballet studios
Cost: £150

 

NEW DATES ADDED:

Dates: Monday 30th July 2018 – Friday 3rd August 2018
Time: 13:00-18:00
Venue: English National Ballet studios
Cost: £150

 

To apply, please email your CV, evidencing that you are in full-time training or that you have recently graduated from undergraduate study, to info@kerrynicholls.com. All applicants will be informed if they have been successful within one week of applying.

The KND Shoulder-to-Shoulder Project | Jul/Aug 2018

at English National Ballet studios

The unique KND Shoulder-to-Shoulder Project is aimed at mid-career artists who want to reinvigorate a multifaceted and expansive approach within their craft. This summer, Kerry invites Hannes Langolf to co-lead this exciting new initiative. The course consists of morning sessions of KND’s signature masterclass, followed by afternoons of workshops in Flying Low, voice work, Yoga, creative co-authoring, and story-telling through movement – all encased within professional development work and advice. In addition, each artist will receive an individual feedback session with the creative team.

Dates: Monday 30th Jul – Friday 3rd Aug 2018
Times: 10:00-18:00
Venue: English National Ballet studios, 39 Jay Mews, London SW7 2ES
Cost: £300

Kerry and Hannes have worked together for many years. For Shoulder-to-Shoulder, these two distinctive artists symbiotically join forces and fuse their years of collaborative experience to unlock the links between their wide-reaching disciplines.

A group of 20-25 artists will be selected to build a courageous ecology of enquiry. We are looking for curious, open and generous artists, with an interest in pushing physical boundaries and expanding their performance skill set.

The KND Shoulder-to-Shoulder Project

Applicants should have completed 3 years of dance training and been working professionally for a minimum of 3 years.

How to Apply
For consideration, please submit your CV, video link and Letter of Intent to info@kerrynicholls.com. Your Letter of Intent should outline (in no more than 300 words) why this work is pertinent to your current development, what you hope to gain from the experience and what you will contribute to the Shoulder-to-Shoulder community.

Participants will need to commit to the full 5 days for the totality of process.

The deadline for applicants is 18:00 on Friday 15th June 2018 and all applicants will be informed by 29th June 2018 if they have been offered a place.

KND Pre-Professional Intensive | August 2017

PRE-PROFESSIONAL INTENSIVE
Monday 14 August – Friday 18 August
English National Ballet studios

For vocational dance students, this week of afternoon technique classes and choreographic workshops, led by Kerry Nicholls, is designed to supplement vocational training by offering high-level technique classes alongside professional development that encourages networking, choreographic and performance skills, and personal and artistic self-reflection and goal setting.

This is a unique chance to work with Kerry Nicholls in an intimate and dedicated setting, and an excellent opportunity for training dancers to maintain and develop skills over the summer, to expose themselves to a professional environment and start planning their individual development and path as a working dance artist.

Dates: Monday 14th – Friday 18th August 2017
Time: 13:00-18:30
Venue: English National Ballet studios
Cost: £125

To apply, please email your CV, evidencing that you are in full-time training, to info@kerrynicholls.com

   The Linbury Trust

KND Masterclasses & Professional Development Lab | August 2017

Two weeks of activity for professional dancers:
KND PROFESSIONAL MASTERCLASSES | KND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAB | APPLY NOW

MASTERCLASSES SUMMER 2017 *TWO WEEKS*
Monday 7th – Friday 11th August | SOLD OUT
Monday 14th – Friday 18th August | PLACES AVAILABLE
10:00-12:00
Venue: English National Ballet studios

Extending KND’s vision for high-quality professional training in the UK, this is a further opportunity to work intensively for up to ten mornings in an exclusive setting with Kerry Nicholls.

Hosted at English National Ballet studios, each professionally-driven class will run for two hours, feature live music, and promote restricted numbers for a qualitative experience at a high level. Kerry leads a fast-paced, energetic and athletically demanding technique class. Using the foundations of Limón and release based techniques, the classes will explore a kinetic use of spatial architectonics with an attention to momentum, qualitative change, and musical sensibility.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAB *ONE WEEK*
Monday 7th – Friday 11th August | SOLD OUT
13:00-17:30
Venue: English National Ballet studios

5 afternoons of classes, workshops, networking and group mentoring will supplement the morning masterclasses. The LAB is for professional dancers wanting to train, network and expand their creative skill-set. Varied physical sessions – led by an array of high-profile guest artists – will sit alongside discussion and reflective sessions.

Trialled last autumn, this week will also feature the return of the Professional Development Forum, a platform for freelance and company dancers to voice and discuss current challenges, and give artists an opportunity to get involved in shaping their sector.

TIMETABLE
Kerry Nicholls Dance Masterclass Summer 2017 timetable

You can book for a single day or the full week.

Read more about our guest artists Tory Jestyn Trotter, Harriet Bone, Hannes Langolf, Emma Bonnici, Leo Cosendai.

BOOKING OPTIONS
Drop-in Masterclass (morning only) | £20
Drop-in Masterclass + LAB (full day) | £35

Week of Masterclasses (mornings only) | £80
Week of Masterclasses + LAB (full day) | £135

To apply, please email your desired booking option and CV to info@kerrynicholls.com. Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment!

The Professional Development Lab is generously supported by our funders to allow a heavily subsidised rate:

The Linbury Trust

KND Choreographic Weekend | October 2013

KND CHOREOGRAPHIC WEEKEND:
OCTOBER 12TH AND 13TH 2013 : 10.00-17.00

In association with Southbank Centre, KND is leading an intensive choreographic weekend within a site-specific explorative project for emerging choreographers at the iconic Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Festival Hall.

Focusing on creating work from and for a specific space, the first day will be practical and take place in the foyer spaces of the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Tasks will be set in unusual places – some in front of windows, drawing attention and being inspired by the views across the city. The second day will take place in the Royal Festival Hall and focuses on how to give and receive peer feedback, and offers personal mentoring tutorials specifically for reflecting on the participants current choreographic work.

This experience provides an unmatched opportunity to choreograph and play in an unusual setting without a performance deadline, and gain individual feedback outside of academic parameters.

This opportunity is open to students still in their training or recent graduates from university and vocational settings, both classical and contemporary. Participants must attend both days.

PRE-BOOK ONLY – ON A FIRST COME-FIRST SERVED BASIS WITH LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE

KND Choreographic Weekend:
October 12th and 13th 2013 : 10.00-17.00 : £50 | SOLD OUT

KND Summer Programme | July/August 2013

MONDAY-FRIDAY 29TH JULY – 2ND AUGUST
MONDAY-FRIDAY 5TH – 9TH AUGUST

The Experience KND summer programme builds on the format of the hugely successful artist development week in December 2012 and continues KND’s vision for high-quality professional training in the UK. It is a further opportunity to work in an exclusive setting with Kerry Nicholls and long-time music collaborator David Walters.

The two-week programme will provide a dynamic hub of professional-level masterclasses, workshops in choreography and dance/music collaboration, with opportunities for networking, collaboration and mentoring within a creative, person-centred environment.

The course will be hosted at the company home of English National Ballet in South Kensington. There is access to changing rooms and other in-house facilities.

PRE-BOOK ONLY: ON A FIRST COME-FIRST SERVED BASIS

KND MASTERCLASSES

Week 1: 29th Jul – 2nd Aug
Morning Masterclass: 10.00-12.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT
Afternoon Masterclass: 13.00-15.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT
Week 2: 5th – 9th Aug
Morning Masterclass: 10.00-12.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT
Afternoon Masterclass: 13.00-15.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT

Each professionally-driven class will feature live music, last for two hours – and promote restricted numbers for a qualitative experience at a high level. Kerry and David share their symbiotic connection housed in a fast-paced, energetic and athletically demanding technique class. Using the foundations of Limon and release based techniques, the classes will explore a kinetic use of spatial architectonics with an attention to momentum, qualitative change, and musical sensibility.
There will be dedicated time after each class for professional networking.

Also available:
Single Drop-In’s: Mon-Fri 29th Jul – 9th Aug : £20 | SOLD OUT

Priority of attendance will be given to those attending the full masterclass course rather than single drop-in’s so as to encourage totality of process.

ACCELERATOR: MUSIC AND DANCE COLLABORATION

Accelerator sessions: Week 1 15.30-18.00 29th Jul – 2nd Aug : £75 | SOLD OUT

This exciting, cross-art course has been designed as a test-bed of enquiry for composers, choreographers, musicians and dancers. The work will take place within a rigorous synergetic environment with artists from various disciplines creating at speed. Each day is specifically themed and interventions will be set to rapid, quick-fire deadlines highlighting sonic and physical strategies and exploration. Within a rotating group structure to enable true collaboration and distributive thinking, this highly-charged course aims to unfreeze ‘writer’s block’ within an accelerated framework.
Participants must attend all five sessions.

CHOREOGRAPHIC MIGRATION

Choreographic Migration: Week 2 15.30-18.00 5th – 9th Aug : £75 | SOLD OUT

Working with a small group – Kerry and David will reveal their idiosyncratic collaborative process within choreographic workshops which will form the premise of a short, original piece to be showcased on the last afternoon. Giving a fast-track insight into crafting work from its inception, and drawing from a bank of physically testing movement language, participants will be led through generative task-based tools with an aim to rejuvenate current practice. David will be an integral part of the course, simultaneously creating an original audio landscape to ignite the work.

It is beneficial to attend the Week 2 Afternoon Masterclass before this session and participants must attend all five sessions.

PROFESSIONAL MENTORING

Mentoring sessions available:
Week 1: Tues 30th or Weds 31st Jul 18:00-19:00 : £25 | SOLD OUT
Week 2: Tues 6th or Weds 7th Aug 18:00-19:00 : £25 | SOLD OUT

On offer over this fortnight are 8 available sessions for one-on-one mentoring which offer expert insight – providing participants with personal, aspirational and accessible guidance at the varying stages of their career.

MASSAGE SESSIONS

Massage sessions available:
Week 1 : Mon 29th Jul and Thurs 1st Aug 12:00-13:00 : £13/£25 | SOLD OUT
Week 2 : Mon 5th and Thurs 8th Aug 12:00-13:00 : £13/£25 | SOLD OUT

Soothe your danced-out feet, float off after a head massage, or relieve tense neck and shoulder muscles with acupressure chair massage, reflexology and Indian head massage sessions.
These relaxing treatments are done on-site, during Monday and Thursday lunchtime periods by fully qualified and insured therapists.

Sessions are either 15 (£13) or 30 minutes (£25), are done fully clothed, with no oil, and are suitable for all.

SIGN UP / FEES

KND Masterclass:
Week 1: 29th Jul – 2nd Aug
Morning Masterclass: 10.00-12.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT
Afternoon Masterclass: 13.00-15.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT
Week 2: 5th – 9th Aug
Morning Masterclass: 10.00-12.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT
Afternoon Masterclass: 13.00-15.00 : £75 | SOLD OUT
Week of 5 morning or early afternoon classes

Single Drop-In’s: Mon-Fri 29th Jul – 9th Aug : £20 | SOLD OUT

Accelerator: Music and Dance Collaboration:
Week 1: 15.30-18.00 29th Jul – 2nd Aug : £75 | SOLD OUT
Week of 5 late afternoon sessions

Choreographic Migration:
Week 2: 15.30-18.00 5th – 9th Aug : £75 | SOLD OUT
Week of 5 late afternoon sessions

Professional Mentoring:
Week 1: Tues 30th or Weds 31st Jul 18:00-19:00 : £25 | SOLD OUT
Week 2: Tues 6th or Weds 7th Aug 18:00-19:00 : £25 | SOLD OUT
30 minute slots

Massage sessions:
Week 1: Mon 29th Jul and Thurs 1st Aug 12:00-13:00 : £13/£25 | SOLD OUT
Week 2: Mon 5th and Thurs 8th Aug 12:00-13:00 : £13/£25 | SOLD OUT
15 or 30 minute sessions

KND Professional Development | December 2012

A professional developmental initiative for one week only, hosted at the prestigious Sadler’s Wells – encompassing technique master classes, creative workshops and personal portfolio surgeries.

The week aims to be an energised and stand-out five day experience – packed with innovative sessions that puts creative development at the forefront. Not to be missed!

PRE-BOOK ONLY: ON A FIRST COME-FIRST SERVED BASIS

KND MASTERCLASSES

KND Masterclass 1: 10.00-12.00 10th-14th Dec : £75 | SOLD OUT
KND Masterclass 2: 13.00-15.00 10th-14th Dec : £75 | SOLD OUT

Held in the beautiful Ashton Studio, each professionally-driven class will feature live music and last for an extended two hours. With restricted numbers for a qualitative experience at a high level, Kerry and longtime-music collaborator David Walters will share their symbiotic connection housed in a fast-paced, energetic and athletically demanding technique class. Using the foundations of Limon and release based techniques, the classes will explore a kinetic use of spatial architectonics with an attention to momentum, qualitative change, and musical sensibility. For graduates and professionals.
There will be dedicated time after each class for professional community building, dialogue and networking.

Also available:
KND Masterclass Single Drop-In’s: 10th-14th Dec : £18 | SOLD OUT

Priority of attendance will be given to those attending the full masterclass course rather than single drop-in’s so as to encourage totality of process.

KND CHOREOGRAPHIC LAB

KND Choreographic Lab: 15.30-17.30 10th-12th Dec : £60 | SOLD OUT

A unique opportunity to work with Kerry for a series of three intensive afternoon workshops within a small group. Kerry will lead choreographic sessions which will form the premise of upcoming new 2013 KND works. Drawing from a bank of physically testing movement language, participants will be led through generative task-based choreographic tools with an aim to rejuvenate their current practice. For graduates and early career artists.

REDUX: TEACHING DANCE WITH LIVE MUSIC – REDEFINED, REVIVED AND RESTORED

Redux sessions: 15.30-17.30 13th-14th Dec : £40 | SOLD OUT

Kerry and David re-evaluate and re-design the synergy between dance teacher and musician within the studio. The two session course will use discussion and practice to re-ignite the importance of the teacher/musician relationship within the dance class. Dancers and musicians welcome.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MENTORING

Mentoring session: available 18.00-19.30 10th-14th Dec : £15 | SOLD OUT
(£10 when added to a course or classes – let us know when you apply)

In this rare model, personal mentoring surgeries with Kerry are offered, providing expert insight and aspirational guidance to professionals at the varying stages of their career. Each participant will receive a dedicated, individual 30 minute session and follow-up email. Limited capacity.

SIGN UP / FEES

KND Masterclass 1: 10.00-12.00 10th-14th Dec : £75 | SOLD OUT
KND Masterclass 2: 13.00-15.00 10th-14th Dec : £75 | SOLD OUT
Week of 5 morning or early afternoon classes

KND Masterclass Single Drop-In’s: 10th-14th Dec : £18 | SOLD OUT

KND Choreographic Lab: 15.30-17.30 10th-12th Dec : £60 | SOLD OUT
3 afternoon sessions

Redux sessions: 15.30-17.30 13th-14th Dec : £40 | SOLD OUT
2 afternoon sessions

Mentoring session: available 18.00-19.30 10th-14th Dec : £15 | SOLD OUT
£10 when added to a course or classes – let us know when you apply

Combinations (now available with Masterclass 1):
Masterclass 1 + all 5 afternoon sessions : £160 | SOLD OUT
Masterclass 1 + 2 afternoon Redux sessions : £110 | SOLD OUT
Masterclass 1 + 3 afternoon Choreographic Lab: £120 | SOLD OUT