Dan Johnson: Ecstatic Drum Beats

Ecstatic Drum Beats is a series of experimental percussion and performance workshops to explore and celebrate collective creative potential. Facilitated by Chapter Artist in Residence, Dan Johnson.

Involving percussion, movement, play, teamwork, and listening techniques, these workshops are an opportunity to learn and perform as a group in a gentle and inclusive environment.

No prior experience is necessary. If you have any access requirements, contact kit.edwards@chapter.org and we will try to accommodate.

Instruments will be provided although participants will be encouraged to bring their own if they’re able.

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About the artist

Dan Johnson has been a professional educator for nine years and a percussionist for over twenty. He holds qualifications in music and education from Bath Spa University and the University of Sussex, as well as being a certified Deep Listening Facilitator with the Centre for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY. In addition, Dan has been involved with research and development groups at Stanford University and the Marina Abramovic Institute. Their work challenges Western/European musical ideals and established notions of what constitutes music/art/dance/theatre.

“Don’t be nervous about signing up for this workshop if you’ve never played percussion previously. A warm and generous facilitator, Dan created an active and stimulating space in which to safely experiment with sound and movement, as an individual and as a group participant. Being able to beat a bass drum (something I’ve always wanted to do but never had the opportunity) and feel its vibrations in my body is something I’ll remember for a long time” Previous participant

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With support from Tŷ Cerdd