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Theatre – Anmar Taha & Josephine Gray (Iraqi Bodies)

THEATRON
Theatre workshop

This workshop intends to reaffirm the notion of theatre in its original Greek sense, the place where things are made visible: theatron.
Focus will specifically be placed on how an actor, dancer, musician, or any performer may prepare him or herself to be (before attempting to be someone else). In this state of being, which precedes any act, the person is able to see more clearly the various acts that they clothe themselves with in daily life. If theatre is the place where we see; it is important that the person treading the stage is him/herself aware of what s/he presents to be seen.
We will be engaging with physical practices stemming from various traditions that we in Iraqi Bodies have collected and amalgamated into our own practice over the past decade. We will attempt to poke at the blocks we carry which hinder us from fully diving into the depths of our own abyss. Those blocks might have arrived from years of previous training or simply by the judgments we make each day about ourselves and others. Approaching our being as one we will explore all its facets including movement, breath, and voice. Although the workshop will be conducted in English the texts, we will be working with will be adapted to the various spoken languages present in the group. Upon acceptance to the workshop, you will be sent a few short texts to familiarise yourself with in preparation for the workshop.

Level: All
Ages: 16+

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Iraqi Bodies

The work of Iraqi Bodies explores the link between movement and gesture, between dance and theatre. The development of their artistic practice has been deeply influenced by the likes of Antonin Artaud, Jacques Copeau and Tatsumi Hijikata while retaining a constant dialogue with thinkers, writers, and poets such as Eugène Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Charles Baudelaire, Le Comte de Lautréamont, William Shakespeare, Henri Bergson, Krishnamurti and many others.​
The poetics of awareness is an absolute given in their continued search for a radical scenic language.​
Iraqi Bodies is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, since 2009 and is led by Artistic Directors Anmar Taha and Josephine Gray.
Their work has been presented at: Dansens Hus, Pustervik, Atalante, Inkonst,TeaterTrixter, StoraTeatern, GöteborgsStadsteater, GBG Mime Fest, SPIRA, RegionteaterVäst, Göteborgs Dans -ochTeater festival, Aerowaves, Kalamata Dance Festival, Dance Days Chania, BITEF, CostanteCambiamento Festival, Fadjr International Theatre Festival, Cairo Experimental Theatre Festival, Carthage Puppet Theatre Days, Carthage Theatre Festival, Tanztendenzen, BOZAR, TunnelhuisAntwerpen, Monty Antwerpen, Nitra International Theatre Festival and more.

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A User’s Manual – Konstantinos Papanikolaou

Greece

‘’It is also a mistake and a very frequent one to use the word natural when we mean either socially acceptable, morally desirable or aesthetically pleasing’’.

According to Hall (2005: 18-20), representation is the ability to describe or imagine. Representation is important because culture is always formed through meaning and language, in this case, language is a symbolic form or a form of representation. We are constantly exposed to representations of a “reality” that’s a far cry from the actual circumstances of our everyday lives. We identify with such representations through a game of validation and rejection that conceals certain other possible options from us. And we assimilate these representations as stereotypes, thus legitimizing dominant discourses that not only do us a disservice but also often undermine us. While we may have our reasons for doing what we do, we are not however mindful of what what we’re doing actually does.

Credits
Choreography & Performance: Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Dramaturgy: Paraskevi Tektonidou
Set & Costumes, Design, Video Maker: Olga Sfetsa
Light Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Sound design: Alexandra Katerinopoulou
External Eye: Stavroula Siamou
Production: Onassis STEGI
Production Management: Delta Pi

Touring Support by Onassis STEGI’s Outward Turn Program

Duration: 40 min.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/711572387/bf863c2665

 

 

Konstantinos Papanikolaou

Konstantinos Papanikolaou holds a postgraduate degree in dance from University Paris 8 | Vincennes – Saint-Denis and has studied psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Ηe has collaborated with Gerard & Kelly, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Patricia Apergi, Jenny Argyriou and others and has performed in the Biennale of Munich, Lyon and Birmingham, the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Hellerau (Dresden), The Place (London), Mercat des Flors (Barcelona), etc. In the theatre, he has colaborated with Argyris Pantazaras, Kirki Karali, Eleni Efthimiou, Lilly Meleme etc. In 2020 he choreographed and performed the solo ‘Tonight and every Night’, presented at the ARC FOR DANCE Festival; and in 2021 he presented ‘ The diving horse and other mythologies’ at the Onassis New choreographers Festival. Portions of the research and development for his latest work  “A User’s Manual” were undertaken at Trois C-L (Luxembourg), Le Grand Studio (Brussels) and Pole Sud Strasbourg as part of the support provided by the Réseau Grand LUXE network. He has been  awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021).

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Adventures in planet love – Jordi L. Vidal

Belgium

An original and dynamic performance that combines floor acrobatics, contemporary dance and physical theatre.
This piece explores the diversity of romantic encounters in order to bring light on our prejudices, to overcome them and create bridges and better living together.

Credits
Concept, direction, choreography: Jordi L. Vidal
Performers: Julie Querre, Youri De Gussem, Victor Launay
Costumes, props and set: Noelle Deckmyn
Choreography coach: MichouSwennen
Photos: Matthias Walton, Loic Boon, Raphael Tillie
Videos: Matthias Walton, Silvia Marazzi
Graphic design: Silvia Marazzi
Coo production: “Het Lab” Cultureel Centrum Hasselt, Culturecultuur1060 Sint Gillis/Saint Gilles, Belgium
Creation residencies: La Roseraie, Espace Catastrophe, Institut Dalcroze, Foyer Populaire CC Court Saint Etienne, Cirqu’conflex, MCA-CAR Centre d’arts de la rue, Miroir Vagabond, Belgium.

With the support of SACD Belgium and Hart voor Kunstenaars fonds – Artists United &UAS, WBTD-Wallonie Bruxelles Théâtre Danse, WBI-Wallonie Bruxelles International number)

Duration: 25 min.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/649919753

Victor Launay

Victor Launay began dancing with Max Bozzoni and then joined the CNR Boulogne followed by the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Paris in the balletsection before joining the Junior Ballet in Aquitaine in 2003.Then 2 years later, he went to the Ecole-Atelier Rudra Béjart. He has worked regularly with the CCN de Nantes and, at the same time, with other choreographers.
In 2010 he became part of the founding team for the Opinion Public dance company where he performs in all of its productions for “Mr. Follower”, “Arcadia”, “Aeterna” and “RockingChair”.

Julie Querre

Julie Querre is a professional contemporary dancer who first studied at the National Conservatory of Bordeaux where she received a diploma of choreographic studies with high honors, and after at the National Choreographic Center of Roubaix. Finally, she graduated in Belgium at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (Artesis) with a bachelor in contemporary dance.
For the last years, she has worked with different choreographers and artists like, for example, Jelena Kostic, Koen de Preter, Martha! tentatief company, Otto Pichler and Barjo & Cie, Jordi L. Vidal as a dancer.

Youri De Gussem

Youri De Gussem started hip hop dance at the age of 11 in a private school. Thereafter he studied at the Athénée Royal des Beaux Arts of Brussels and Royal Conservatory of Antwerp He chose to finalize his formation at P.A.R.T.S., school founded and directed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker in 2013.
As a professional dancer, Youri worked with Willie Dorner, Dimitri Leue, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet, Jean Guillaume Weis, Ricardo Ambrozio, Jordi L. Vidal, Sarah Baltzinger, Marie Martinez, company Le Huit.

Jordi Vidal

Jordi Vidal. In the past 30 years he is active as a dance & physical theatre guest teacher for artists in the fields of dance, theatre, street theatre, clown, among others, at: Summer Studios/Rosas-Parts, Flanders Royal Ballet School, ESAC; Canaldanse Paris; NRW Tanzhaus Dusseldorf, Tanzfabriek and Dock 11 Berlin; La Faktoria Pamplona.
With more than 600 performances realized already all over Europe and around the world (Moroco, Philippines, Brazil, Mali) his creations have been presented at: Ferme du Buisson, Halles De Schaerbeek, deSingel Antwerpen, Mercat De Les Flors Barcelona, Culturgest, Berner Tanztage, Julidans, Spoffin and many more