Voice and Movement – Akeim Toussaint Buck
Beatmotion
Voice and Movement Workshop
Beatmotion is a practice of voice/vocality and movement that I started developing in 2015. It started off as a practice of simply merging beatboxing/singing with dance and has further developed into a sophisticated, fun tool for choreography and character exploration. Deconstructing words into syllabic forms, creating improv compositions with vocal scores and seeking a deeper understanding of movement dynamics whilst communicating with vocal sound. This leads into creating accompaniment and sound effects for our dance, learning the: motor, counter, interlocker game and more. Inviting an acute listening and connecting with fellow performers to create orchestral musicality in both our dance and sound, unearthing new dynamics to play with. This is all explored using practices created with a combination of singing and movement improvisation ideas. It is always a joy and liberation to share this practice as it invites us to be open minded and challenge what our artistic expression can look like, sound like and feel like.
Ages: 18+
Level: Mixed group of professionals and students
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Akeim Toussaint Buck
Akeim Toussaint Buck is a multifaceted performer and maker, born in Jamaica and raised in England. GraduatingfromNorthernSchool of Contemporary Dance in 2014, Toussaint Buck has been involved in many cross disciplinary projects working with a range of artists and communities from around the world. His focus as a maker is to combine expressive skills such as: dance, poetry, beat-box, singing and acting to deliver experiences that move people. The work aims to challenge, enlighten and entertain the spectator and participant. Audiences are not just observers; they are implicit in the experience. The work aims to reflect on reality, looking at ongoing socio-political situations with a humanitarian intention. Akeim’s choreography and performance work includes: Snakebox’s PLAY, Windows of Displacement, Reckoning, Sib Y Osis, Beatmotion and Souls & Cells. Film work includes Galvanise & Displaced etc. Movement Director credits include Far Gone, Carnival Chronicles, Idol, High Rise Estate Of Mind, Nine Night. Curated events Snakebox & Friends and Radical Vision institutions. In 2013 she developed her own teaching method, Articulated Dynamics, which she continues to teach all over the world.