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Susan
Rethorst Composition:
The choreographic mind. Practical investigation on the nature
of choreography; what does it do and where does it come from?
From the 1st to the 19th
of February from 10 to 14.30h.
Susan
Rethorst is an artist, thinker and writer with a long career path.
Born in Washintong DC, she studied at Bennington College (1975) and
is currently completing a Masters at Amsterdam school of the arts.
She has received numerous prizes and special mentions such as two Bessie
awards (NYC 1985-86 and 2008) and an acknowledgement from the Guggenheim
Foundation in 2002, among others. She has formed part of working commission
boards in various European and American institutions dealing with the
future of dance. She has published works and research in various specialist
journals including Movement Research Journal (NYC); Choreographic journal
of the Institute for Choreography and Dance of Ireland and Choreographic
Education in Europe (Seoul, Korea).
Registration open. Reservations at info@lacaldera.info Cost. 230€ (CVs
admitted until the 25th January).
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Toni
Mira and David Dalmazo Technology:
Image and Movement.
From the 10th to the 15th
of May from 16 to 20h.
Toni
Mira, director of the Company Nats Nus and founding member of La Caldera,
has developed a personal vocabulary over the past 20 years, where video
image plays a relevant part. As a result of this interest he has developed
a collaborative relationship with video programmer David Dalmazo, and
together they have given many workshops for artists interested in the
dialogue between image and movement applied to dance and scenic arts.
They propose a workshop addressed to choreographers, visual artists and
programmers who are working on a project related to the application of
visual technology to scenic arts or who are interested in its investigation.
The aim of the workshop is to get to know and understand the different
working tools available, and their possible relation to the space and
dramaturgy. They wish to accompany the participant through the creative
process on a parallel level: from the initial idea, to the scenic space,
the recording or generating of images based on body movement, and its
relationship to the projected images, etc. They will be working with
the programme Isadora and some examples of Max/Msp/Jitter. During the
week of the workshop freeshare versions of the program Isadora will be
used. If necessary, they will look for working and conceptual affinities
among participants to create working groups.
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Àngels
Margarit Retrospective
1985-2010.
From the 10th to the 29th of May.
Transmission
and knowledge of the choreographic field. Àngels Margarit is
a Catalan choreographer who has made a significant contribution to
our
country's history of dance. Over the last 25 years she has created
very personal poetic imagery, where movement and spatial composition,
together
with the influence of plastic arts, are some of the most relevant aspects
of her work. In 2010 she is preparing a retrospective presentation
of her repertory, within which this lab is integrated. Through one
of her
pieces from her most minimalist period, Kolbebasar (1987-88), resulting
in a profound impact on an international level, we will immerse ourselves
in her compositional universe, from the transmission and analysis of
different fragments of this work.
The open sharing session will be accompanied by the visionary of the
whole piece and a chat with other artists collaborating on the project,
such as musicians Joan Saura and Xavier Maristany. There will also
be a public intervention in the urban space the Plaça de la Virreina,
in the Gràcia neighbourhod.
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Jordi
Cortés Integrated
Dance: Open to disabled and non-disabled dancers.
From the 11th to the 23rd
of October.
Jordi
Cortés has worked as a performer and choreographer
in Spain, Great Britain, Holland, Slovenia, Portugal and
New Zealand. In addition he has worked with companies such
as DV8 Physical Theater, Izotok Kovack and Nigel Charnock
among others. In the last years he has developed an interest
for work uniting people with disabilities with actors and
dancers, and has directed various workshops based on this
theme. It appears there are few occasions where we begin
to take on board the importance of awareness of physical
disability in the arts. Nevertheless, some doors which,
until now, appeared to be completely closed, begin to open
for this section of the public, still margined despite
the apparent improvements promoted by organizations and
institutions. Dance was perceived as one of the most difficult
doors to open, but what seemed impossible is now a reality:
integrated dance. This dance, combining both able-bodied
and disabled dancers, through the difference between performers,
finds new resources, new movements and new ways of understanding
that till now where completely unthought of.
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Tono
Lachky Language: innovation in the
language of movement.
From the 22nd to the 26th
of November
Slovakian
dancer (1982, Prievidza), trained at P.A.R.T.S, and belongs
to a new generation highly influenced by the teachings
of David Zambrano and other relevant masters of the international
panorama. He has danced professionally with Akram Khan,
among others, and currently belongs to the collective of
performers/creators Les Slovaks. He uses a fresh and highly
dynamic language, mixing elements of release technique
with aspects of traditional Slovakian dance, carried out
at great speed.
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