teaching/education work (page under construction, please call or email for details)

Teaching is an extension of my learning. Having worked with many good teachers (see box) I now fuse various approaches from different disciplines. Music is made using the body and moving the body is similar to playing an instrument. My approach is very physical.

I am not trying to teach people to dance but I am exploring ways to communicate, using the body.

Recent workshops have included:

2 week intensive Improvising music for dance with Israel Contact Dance Festival and Rimon music school. 10 young musicians were coached in improvisation and understanding movement and theatre conventions then taken to work in demanding settings for international dance artists' classes. Ending in public performances and open improvisations with up to 500 participants.

Yaniv Mintzer - Dancer / Musician / Contact teacher.
"Working with Daniel has been a very special time for me. i got to see a unique work of the moment, both in his teaching and his performing.
together with thoughtfulness and caring he guided jazz and rock musicians into a journey of improvisation.

his work with dancers at the CI festival was fascinating for me as a musician and as a dancer on the contact floor. special presence on stage and tons of investigative spirit made it a highlight of the festival in many people's eyes. i intend to invite Daniel for future workshops and performances."

Nikki - Violin.
"This workshop was really one of the best things that happened to me.
Since the workshop end i look at music differently.

Daniel weaver tought me so much with his carizma and knowledge and ecspecially with his unique way of looking at people and situations.
Im so happy that i won the oppetunity to expirience it, and i hope that others will have this opportunity too."

(more details and feedback available on request)

Teachers friends and colleagues.

Claire Russ - contact Improvisation and working with physical disabilities.

Steve Batts and Ursula Laubli - Contact Improvisation, Stage Skills and improvisation in performance.

Yumiko Yoshioka - Japanese Butoh and psychological dances.

Jos Heuben - comedy and physical theatre.

Wolfgang Hoffmann - Choreography and Solo dance.

John Stevens, Eddie Prevost, Barry Guy,...- Improvised music and ensemble work.

Sacha Bondarev - Physical Theatre.

"Refrain" at Tate Modern

Corali Dance Company - a professional company for adults with learning disabilities.

I have worked with Corali for 10 years now, helping to devise shows and leading worshops and collaboarative compositions. We are currently exploring video and sound technology in dance as part of a professional development program.

2 day workshops with Action Space Mobile

Working with children with autism in a special needs school. I made a fishing pool of goblets and found percusion instruments that could be played with nails/worms hung from fishing rods. Children were introduced to the tinkling sounds through the game of fishing and found their way into more purposeful sound-making on other instruments but in an atmosphere of quiet and magical sounds.

3 day Theatre workshops at Bilgi University Istanbul.

A musical approach to the body.

Using improvisation and recorded music, performing arts students and actors from the state theatre of Istanbul explored the language of the body and musical analogies. Rhythm, Tone and Tension were used to create solo characters and group scenes. Dance and physical theatre was experienced as a natural development of listening.