This is a workshop for visual and fine artists, drawing/painting dancers as they dance/ rehearse/ improvise and hold interesting dance poses.
NYC Drawing the Dance workshop is organized by Creative Performances @creativeperformances and presented by Dixon Place @dixonplace .
Please join us In-Person or Virtually at Dixon Place Theater
On Sunday, October 19, 1:30 p.m.
Dancer/Model/Aerialist: Jacob Mckee @_jacob_mckee_
Originally from Milwaukee Wisconsin, Jacob McKee is a multi-disciplined artist with experience in, singing, acting, designing, aerial arts, and was a Contrabass player for close to a decade. Upon moving to New York, Jacob immersed himself in the circus world and for the past 7 years has trained with many of the world’s best circus coaches: most notably, Marie-Michelle Faber, Maximiliano Torandell, Lisbeth Mikoleit, Anna Venizelos, Olaf Treibel and many others. He has been seen performing for multiple NYC based event companies and has been seen in Venues such as Legacy Castle, The Box, Slipper Room, and Paradise Club; and is a main cast member in the Immersive Dinner show MoonRise by Rigolo
This is a special workshop with an aerial artist. This will be different and a new experience. Jacob will be using a Lyra for the dance moves and will hold poses using the Lyra or otherwise.
Duration: Approx. 2hrs workshop with a 10 minutes break for costume change. Each half is around 30 to 40 min long. Poses start at 30 sec to 1 min for warm up and then we move on to 3min, 5min, 8min in the first half and 5 min,10 min and 15 minutes poses in the second half. Dancer dancers slowly before holding each pose.
What to expect: The dancer will dance very slowly and will hold poses in between dance moves. (In this workshop the movements will be on the Lyra and some poses on the the Lyra and off on experimenting poses with Lyra).
Please check in 15 minutes before the workshop begins.
You can view photos and artworks from prior workshops at our Instagram account. Please follow us: @nycdrawingthedance
Dixon Place is fully tested and certified for indoor productions . The AC system is upgraded and equipped with MERV-13 filers.
BRING ALL YOUR OWN MATERIALS, drawing boards, portable easels, or draw on pads on your laps, etc. We can provide music stand as a substitute for easel. There is a sink available in the bathroom for rinsing your brushes. No glitters, please.
The organizer or the venue are not responsible for misplaced items.
Each artist keeps his/her own drawings/paintings. The dancers and/or the organizers may request the artists for a photo of the art work. It will be at the artists’ discretions whether they want to share their art or not.
And lastly, there won’t be any instruction or any instructor. We expect the attending artists to have prior knowledge of drawing and painting to try these workshops for a new experience.
Thank you.