20 - 24 julio

Leila McMillan

Cierre suave

In this workshop, we will work with duality and how two truths can occupy the same space at the same time. We will build a system where movement and jiu jitsu intersect through engaging and disengaging in physical contact and distance. We will practice tools from solo/duo improvisation, jiu jitsu drills/concepts, and passing through (DZ) specific partner tools, for our physical approach. We will work with hands as grips, feet as hooks, pushing and pulling, looping arms and legs, different ways to carry the body, to float on top. How to interlock limbs forming different body entanglements, how to go under and over, moving through states of tension and asserting physicality. Duality is present in how two elements can coexist, whether this be abstract or tangible, opposite or complementary, working to form a dynamic system. We will work with visible and invisible partners entering a shadow system with the memory of our partner. You will be led through different improvisation tasks, game and goal-based structures, working with physical states, change of tension, invading and escaping one’s space, and restrictions to create freedom. We will work in pairs, creating a space for a witness, a support, a director, an instigator, a shadow…

This practice has been developing through the choreographic processes linked to 3 fingers at arm’s length (2017), Curl of Hair (2021), Chasing Ghosts (2023) and In the shade (2025).

Leila McMillan's biography

Leila McMillan es coreógrafa, profesora e intérprete internacional. Crea obras de gran energía, pero matizadas y abstractas en su coreografía, a partir de experiencias personales centradas en temas de identidad, género e interfaz cultural. Fue artista residente en la Academia de Artes Escénicas de Hong Kong (HKAPA) en 2017, creando 3 fingers at arm's length. Ha sido nominada en dos ocasiones a ‘coreografía destacada’ en los premios Hong Kong Dance Alliance de 2018 y 2024. Su obra completa Family Portrait, 2015, se presentó en todo el Reino Unido; la obra digital Curl of Hair, 2021, es un dúo íntimo derivado de un trauma personal que trabaja con un equipo multidisciplinar; la nueva obra In the shade trabaja con la intimidad a través de la lente del jiu jitsu. En 2015 recibió el apoyo del Sadlers Wells Artist Development Programme. Como intérprete en Transitions Dance Company, trabajó con Crystal Pite y Thomas Lehmen; de forma independiente trabajó con artistas como David Zambrano, Vicky Amedume, Jasmina Krizaj y Nina Fajdiga. Desarrolló CollabAsia, un proyecto de intercambio coreográfico, y coreografió Without the sun con Na-ye Kim para 27 bailarines en gira por Hong Kong y Corea. Formó parte del equipo creativo interdisciplinar que desarrolló el teatro modular Minimax en el Clockenflap Music Festival 2025.

Since receiving a place on Zambrano’s 50 days flying low and passing through, 2010, she is one of the international artists teaching this technique and has led the development of this approach in the UK and recently brought it to Hong Kong. Leila is the founder of Soft Lock, new duo improvisation method created from her current artistic practice. She is currently the Head of Contemporary Dance at HKAPA in Hong Kong, was Senior Lecturer from 2020-2025, lecturer at London Contemporary Dance School 2014-2020, and has taught throughout Europe, Middle East, Asia, New Zealand, United States, and South America. In 2012-2020, she was co-founder & director of Muxima, an independent cafe in Bow, East London, awarded best cafe in East London several times, bringing art and culture to the local community. She's currently a blue belt in jiu jitsu, training under Fabio Lim/Tempo Jiu Jitsu in Hong Kong and regularly competes in Asia.

Descuentos*

Reservando de una sola vez 2 o más talleres para el mismo participante puede obtener los siguientes descuentos:

  • 2 talleres
    10%
  • 3 talleres
    15%
  • 4 o más talleres
    20%
  • 2 talleres en la misma semana
    15%

*Los descuentos sólo se aplican a los talleres de una o dos semanas. Los descuentos no se aplican a los talleres intensivos (4 o más semanas).