movement workshop
calling all lovers of dance! learn and participate in the creative process of developing intentional movement for an individual or ensemble. we will begin by discussing four important stages of constructing choreography and blocking: inspiration, exploration, evaluation, and elaboration. after dissecting the process, we will then engage with one another in a group setting to go through each stage. wear comfortable clothing you can move in. no dance experience necessary!
holly harris is behind Canvas Creative Movement Coalition that recently put on “where the sidewalk ends”, as part of orlando artsfest which was a spoken word/movement collective featuring the legendary work of shel silverstein. the show was a great success and was completely compiled and choreographed by holly. come learn from someone with a lot of great experience!
join her this saturday at 11a at the shop. 706 w. smith street.
don’t be nervous if you don’t have any experience!
come create an edible container garden at the new image youth center this saturday! we will plant veggies and herbs to welcome in the spring season. experienced local gardener, wendy smith facilitates the community garden at new image and will host the workshop - you’re sure to learn a lot from some hands-on experience! $10 fee for supplies or come hang out and learn for free!
212 south parramore avenue. orlando 32805. 11a. really great.
valentine’s day will prompt reams of gushy, heartfelt doggerel but the love poem is timeless… and it’s damn hard to do without coming off as lovesick teenagers fumbling with scansion and sentiment. we realize you are risking being vulnerable and making a fool of yourself to someone you trust. but this is not such an awful risk, and certainly one worth taking. let’s fumble through it together. be sure to bring along one of your favorite poems or the lyrics to your favorite love song.
j. bradley freely shares lessons learned from his own experiences - there’s no better way to learn! he is the author of dodging traffic (ampersand books, 2009) and the upcoming collection we will live like our ghosts will live (yesyes books, 2013). his poems have been published in numerous magazines including PANK magazine, decomP, NAP, vinyl poetry and smalldoggies magazine. he lives at iheartfailure.net, you’d be doing yourself a favor to check it out!
this saturday. 11a. free. 706 w. smith street. everyone welcome. taken OR single!
excited to announce our next series of workshops!
we are victims of our own internalized perfectionist, a nasty internal and eternal critic, the censor, who resides in our left brain and keeps up a constant stream of subversive remarks that are often disguised as the truth.
julia cameron
rhythm workshop this saturday
join matt verberg and chris burns this saturday at credo, 11:00a-1p. free! it’s gonna be good. both of these guys are incredibly knowledgable and talented. check out a project they worked on: http://colorandheart.com/
chris burns is a percussionist and elementary music education specialist. he was recently nominated for osceola county arts teacher of the year.
matt verburg is a rudimental percussionist with a background in band, drum corps, and indoor drumline. most recently teaching the UCF drumline, and founder of and designer for the creek percussion ensemble.
both have performed drums professionally at theme parks, and in various ensembles.
the talk will hit some of the obvious subjects… music, beats, etc. but we’ll get into a historical perspective, check out rhythms as cultural and community identifiers, and the importance of rhythm in functional and mechanical processes.
beyond music, the emotional impact of rhythms are most apparent in language. we’ll explore that before giving some easy steps to creating your own rhythms. all culminating in some activities to flex your new rhythmic muscles.
other subjects we’ll touch on include rhythm in nature, finding rhythm in your daily routines, and some musical counting structures.
boom boom clap! boom boom clap!
everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
go on failing. go on. only next time, try to fail better.
everyone is your best friend when you are successful. make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.
urban permaculture
| workshop 2 | urban permaculture |
as urban dwellers we have a unique opportunity to change the city we live in by working with nature rather than against her. permaculture looks at how natural systems work and by mimicking those systems, given the chance to design human settlements that have the resilience of nature. urban permaculture relies on taking resources out of the waste stream and using them to create an urban oasis that grows food, catches rainwater, restores land and wildlife habitat, creates community and much more.
summer has tons of first-hand experience and knowledge, you’ll be sure to take something away.
come learn something new or add to your wealth. totally free. 11a. downtown credo cafe.
songwriter’s stage 2.
it’s tonight.
you’ll notice a couple of things will be different than last month. (hopefully improved!) we’ll have a few less songwriters so we can have a 20ish minute intermission. more time to hang out! it will surely still be an evening full of beautiful music and craft beer.
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credo conduit hopes to facilitate community amongst songwriters of central florida. there’s a lot of talent in this city and we want to help showcase it and help individuals grow as artists. we hope these nights will motivate and inspire people who have written songs or who have always wanted to try.
the first monday night for the next five months, credo is going to host a new kind of open mic night as a forum for aspiring performing songwriters of all levels of ability.
performers have ten minutes each to make credo stage their own. each act performs two original songs, and a panel of judges chooses three finalists. these three are invited back to the stage at the end of the night to perform one more song, and the judges select one winner (cash prize included!). performers are judged in five different areas: songwriting, vocal performance, playing ability, stage presence, and audience response.
CHECK IT OUT!
last month’s was a huge success. you won’t want to miss it.
email songwriters@downtowncredo. com with questions or intrigues!
songwriter’s stage 1.
thank you to swami who took these. http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=bc437d7c-767f-4dca-bbfa-64cff9704e05
workshopped.
if you missed this morning, it was so great hearing from the experience of fred zara, a local and talented filmmaker who is doing what he loves and inspiring others to do the same. his films have been showcased in film festivals throughout florida and across the u.s. his latest feature film “average community” premiered in nyc at the cmj music marathon and film festival where it won the audience award. he is currently working as assistant director and editor for bank helfrich’s latest dark comedy, “7 lives of chance” which is due out in the spring of 2012. you should definitely check it out.
|our hope|
downtown credo is a conduit by creating opportunities to equip, connect and feature creative endeavors that engage people into lives of meaning, impact and community. credo conduit will serve our city and its people by making a way to create where there wasn’t one before. we are committed to facilitating the emergence of creativity in people by removing barriers, providing space, exposing inspiration, encouraging education…whatever it takes.
|workshops|
conduit believes that people can transform lives using their talents so we work to empower people with ideas and abilities. orlando is full of talent, we want to be intentional about bringing those people together and involving them in a story bigger than themselves; deep sense of unity rarely develops spontaneously. we want to re-think value and set up a system where teachers and students alike learn and connect in a space where everyone has something valuable to exchange.
classes are taught with no cash exchanged, teachers are invited to barter their skills and time with those of attendees. we escape expense, agenda, and bureaucracy and realize that people have more to offer than dollar bills. teachers and students meet voluntarily to discuss relevant topics, inform, and educate each other in skill-share seminars.
more are coming. join us.
that’s right. our next set of workshops are just around the corner. we have a killer lineup and we feel privileged to partner with such talented people. come learn a thing or two.
