Movement and drawing workshop by Joelle Gruenberg and Rita Ponce de León
Saturday 29th April 2017
3pm – 8pm
In her work, Rita Ponce de León approaches thinking in its flow through body movement. This process of learning is made tangible in drawings that function as visual essays. In the context of the exhibition Impermanent Sculpture, Proyecto AMIL and the artist invite the public to a workshop where these experiences from dance and drawing will be shared, to explore and embody the process of creating this show.
The workshop will be held between 3pm and 8pm in Proyecto AMIL. Artists and those interested in the subject are welcome to join. No previous knowledge or expertise in dance or drawing is needed. Admission is free and materials are included.
Please bring comfortable clothing and be prepared to move!
Joelle Gruenberg (Lima 1976) is a dancer and educator of somatic movement. She studied Contemporary Dance and Choreography at the Laban Center for Movement and Dance in London, and Somatic Education at the Body Mind Centering School in the USA. In 2001 she discovered butoh dance and has since practiced with different dancers in Europe and Japan, such as Yumiko Yoshioka, Yuko Kawamoto and Marianella León Ruiz. Between 2004 and 2011 she worked in Germany with the dance company TEN PEN CHii art labor, directed by the dancer Yumiko Yoshioka and the visual artist Joaquim Manger. Currently she is the coordinator and a teacher at the Diploma in Somatic Education of the dance department at the Catholic University (PUCP).
Rita Ponce de León (Lima, 1982) lives and works in Mexico City. She studied at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (1999-2002) and at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmeralda in Mexico (2003-2008). She forms part of the collective CLAP CLAP (Free Learning Conspirators) and collaborates regularly with Joelle Gruenberg (choreographer, dancer and somatic educator), Pablo Pérez Palacios (architect), Tania Solomonoff (body artist) and Andrés Villalobos (visual artist). Ponce de León has shown at the 32nd São Paulo Biennial (Brazil), the Museo de Arte de Lima (Peru), the Miró Foundation (Spain), Kunsthalle Basel (Switzerland), the Cuenca Biennial (Siqueiros, Mexico), The Drawing Center (United States), Livia Benavides Gallery 80M2 (Peru), Ignacio Liprandi Gallery (Argentina), Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico), New Museum (United States), Border Cultural Center (Mexico), among others.
