Venue: Iceland University of The Arts

Teacher(s):  Dr. Katherine Joyce and Mr. Nathan Curry

ECTS: 4

Number of available place for Norteas students: 2

Level: BA

Requirements: Second and third year BA students in the field of performing arts, dance and theatre only.

Application deadline: 1st of February 2020.

How to apply: Send an motivation letter and informations about home school and field of study to Ingibjörg Huld Haraldsóttir, ingibjorghuld@lhi.is, by 1st of Febryary 2020.

Course description:

The aim of the course is for students of all programs within the Department of Performing Arts to work together under the leadership of Tangled Feet. During the course the students will be introduced to their working methods and artistic vision and get the opportunity to create a performance together.

Tangled Feet are a UK based physical theatre collective that create performances both indoors and outdoors.  Tangled Feet have developed a trademark style of experimental performance, which always begins from a process of physical improvisation and play. The performances they make come from their own experiences, the stories of the people they meet, and the tensions they feel in the world around us. Tangled Feet performances take lots of different forms, driven by the theme, content and the relationship they want to create with their audience and the space.

Tangled Feet vision statment:

• We believe that art has the power to transform lives

• We believe art succeeds most effectively when people are put before profit.

• We believe art must be available and accessible to all

• We believe that collaborative creativity can achieve things that a single artist working alone cannot.

• We believe in shared decision making, in equal creative stake, in fair and equal pay.

• We believe in young people’s potential to change the world and their right to be seen as a significant part of that world

• We believe that sharing stories and narratives in public spaces builds our empathetic connection with each other and brings us closer together.

• We want to entertain, to challenge and to delight; to create lasting memories and to inspire other artistic journeys.

At the end of the course, students should:

• Have an understanding of the artistic methods of the guest artists and be able to reflect on theim in relation to their own methods,

• Have demonstrated skills in creating a performance with a diverce group of artists.

• Have adopted a broad perspective on working methods and cooperation.

• Be able to independently evaluate the methods presented in the course.