- FULL NAME: Brandon Gonzalez

- PHONE NUMBER: +1-512-568-7191

- EMAIL: Brandon@somaticart.com

- SHORT BIOGRAPHY (400-500 characters) – relevant to the proposal, Symposium theme

Brandon Gonzalez is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher working in the USA and Europe. Engaged with dance improvisation as a field of inquiry, Brandon joined Nita Little’s Dance Research Laboratory along with Ray Chung and other San Francisco based dance artists. Exploring art-making as an embodied physical practice led him to develop works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, video, and performance. Brandon has presented at UrbanApa X Ateneum (Helsinki), SUNDAY RUN_UP (Stockholm), CQ Magazine, WUK (Vienna), FemArt Festival (Kosovo), Müszi (Budapest), The Dallas Contemporary, Texas State University Gallery, Mexic-Arte Museum, and Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art.

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- TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY:  DIALOGUE

DETAILED CONTENT DESCRIPTION (max. 2000 characters):

Once, when starting a research residency with new collaborators, we had many questions about where and how to move forward. We could have discussed it for days, but decided to stop deliberating and begin.  DIALOGUE is an experimental score that is designed to create time and space for meeting others in a place of open practice. In the context of IDOCDE, it offers the community an opportunity to slow down, break from analyzing, and share from our rich and diverse backgrounds. We won’t pre-plan our contributions, we’ll jump straight into the mix.

Because we carry our movement practices and cultural histories with us, we won’t need to perform or show these; sharing our presence, attention, and taking small risks will be enough for a DIALOGUE. What emerges out of our contact? Pleasure? Compromise? Risk? What else? If possible, participants are asked to join and stay for the entire session. A shared opening and a closing discussion will frame and bring structure to our time.

SUMMARY OF CONTENT DESCRIPTION AND MOTIVATION (max 400- 500 characters; for publishing)

DIALOGUE is an experimental score that is designed to create time and space for meeting others in a place of practice. It us an opportunity to slow down, break from analyzing, and share from our rich and diverse backgrounds. Because we carry our movement practices and cultural histories with us, we won’t need to perform these; sharing our presence, attention, and taking risks will be enough. What emerges out of our contact? Pleasure? Compromise? Risk? What else? A shared opening and a closing will frame and bring structure to our time.

- SHORT BIOGRAPHY (max 60 words for publishing (if co-taught all in all max 60 words)

Brandon Gonzalez is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher working in the USA and Europe. Exploring art-making as an embodied physical practice led him to develop works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, video, and performance. Engaged with dance improvisation as a field of inquiry, Brandon joined Nita Little’s Dance Research Laboratory along with Ray Chung and other San Francisco based dance artists.

- GENERAL INTERESTS, CODE/KEY WORDS

kinesthetic imagination, empathy, play 

- Participating requirements (for whom is this workshop for?) Anyone at IDOCDE conference

- TIME REQUIREMENTS (how much time do you need for sharing?) 1.5-2 hours

- SPACE REQUIREMENTS (what kind of space do you require for your sharing? studio size etc) Medium size dance studio, not too big.

- TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS (what kind of technical support do you require?   N/A