Richard
Chappel
Class every Thursday in January '24 will be with Richard Chappel at Chapter Arts, Cardiff
About the class
Richard’s class starts with a focus on how to mobilise, expand and stretch the body
through repetitive movement patterns and improvisational tasks, connecting to breath.
After this, crossing exercises are looped across the studio, connecting dancers to the
ground and encouraging continuous passing of weight. Spirals are used to build up
momentum, coordination and precision and small phrases are built into this vocabulary to
connect material together and introduce dynamic qualities and gravity to the content,
before a full bodied and playful final phrase. Richard's class is a window into the
vocabulary and practice of his ensemble and is designed to be energetic and wild, whilst
also being accessible and adaptable for dancers who need a softer experience that day.
You can see an excerpt of Richard’s end phrase from a National Dance Company Wales
and Richard Chappell Dance company class HERE. Please note this is filmed informally
off of a phone.
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Richard's Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience
Richard leads company classes regularly for National Dance Company Wales, alongside
Richard Chappell Dance. He has previously taught company class for Norrdans, Frontier
Danceland (Singapore), Dance City, Pavilion Dance South West, Swindon Dance and
Transitions Dance Company. He has worked as a guest lecturer for contemporary
technique and choreography at Rambert School, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
(Singapore), School of the Arts Singapore, Trinity Laban, Northern School of
Contemporary Dance, ArtEz Institute of the Arts (Holland) and Iwanson School of
Contemporary Dance (Munich)
Am y Dosbarth
Mae dosbarth Richard yn dechrau gyda ffocws ar sut i symud, ehangu ac ymestyn y corff
trwy batrymau symud ailadroddus a thasgau byrfyfyr, yn cysylltu ag anadl.
Ar ôl hyn, mae ymarferion croesi yn cael eu dolennu ar draws y stiwdio, gan gysylltu dawnswyr â'r llawr ac annog pasio pwysau yn barhaus. Defnyddir troellu i gronni
momentwm, cydsymud a cywirdeb ac ymadroddion bach yn cael eu cynnwys yn yr eirfa hon i gysylltu deunydd â’i gilydd a chyflwyno rhinweddau deinamig a disgyrchiant i’r cynnwys,
cyn ymadrodd terfynol gan ddefnyddio’r corff llawn a chwareus. Mae dosbarth Richard yn ffenestr i'r eirfa ac ymarfer ei ensemble ac wedi'i gynllunio i fod yn egnïol a gwyllt, tra
hefyd yn hygyrch ac yn addas i ddawnswyr sydd angen profiad mwy meddal y diwrnod hwnnw.
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Gallwch weld dyfyniad o frawddeg diwedd Richard o Gwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru
a dosbarth cwmni Dawns Richard Chappell YMA. Sylwch fod hwn yn cael ei ffilmio'n anffurfiol
oddi ar ffôn.
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Profiad Addysgu Richard
Profiad Addysgu
Mae Richard yn arwain dosbarthiadau cwmni yn rheolaidd i Gwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru, ochr yn ochr
Dawns Richard Chappell. Mae wedi dysgu dosbarth cwmni yn y gorffennol i Norrdans, Frontier
Danceland (Singapore), Dance City, Pavilion Dance South West, Swindon Dance a
Cwmni Dawns Transitions. Mae wedi gweithio fel darlithydd gwadd ar gyfer cyfoes
techneg a choreograffi yn Ysgol Rambert, Academi Celfyddydau Cain Nanyang
(Singapore), Ysgol y Celfyddydau Singapôr, Trinity Laban, Ysgol y Gogledd
Dawns Gyfoes, Sefydliad Celfyddydau ArtEz (Yr Iseldiroedd) ac Ysgol Iwanson
Dawns Gyfoes (München)
