About Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern:
Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern is a choreographer and director who emphasizes humanity in his work. Following seven years creating and performing full time with Pilobolus Dance Theatre, he moved to Belgium where he spent four years as lead performer and choreographic assistant to choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet. Now based in Berlin, Shawn engages as a freelance artist in diverse projects around the world. Fitzgerald has contributed to more than thirty major productions across a wide range of platforms including three Grammy Award nominated dance films and two Academy Award winning major motion pictures. He has performed over one thousand live shows worldwide and his work has been seen on live television, in cinemas, and on screen by millions. His recent choreographic work, Elsewhere, was counted in the Irish Times’ “Best of 2021”, lauded by major print media as, “A radical and timely work” and, “Beautifully choreographed”. His independent films have been featured and awarded in festivals across North America, Europe and Asia. He is thrilled to be commissioned by Baryshnikov Arts Center to create two new dance films set to premiere in 2023. He is currently in Paris creating choreography for a new feature film by Jacques Audiard set to premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2024.
Check out Shawn’s work here: https://vimeo.com/shawnfitzgerald
About the workshop:
Participants can expect to engage in professional level dialogue about generating and exchanging ideas in movement based art making. Class will alternate between physical and intellectual exchanges, operating from a focus on collaborative approach and developing skills of effective storytelling in our medium. With the goal of expanding our current boundaries as creators, we will create, move, investigate human emotion and reflect on issues of current social relevance.
We look forward to having you!
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