Wee / Francesco Scavetta ( Italy )
Choreographer,
and dancer, Francesco Scavetta leads together with Gry Kipperberg
(Norway), the dance company Wee, that, established in
Oslo in the 1999, has become one of the leading companies of the
Norwegian scene. In the last years, Wee has been touring in Italy,
Croatia, Cuba, France, Colombia, Venezuela, Estonia, Argentina, UK,
Mexico and Austria. Scavetta’s theatricality have often been
associated with the atmosphere of a weird dream or to a playful
world of a child: strange, funny, poetic and, at the same time,
surprising. The performances created changes in format and
aesthetic: to the delicate memories of Daddy
always wanted me to grow a pair of wings
(1998), we contra-pose the complex technology of “live*” (2002),
co-produced by the Biennale of Venice. The latest projects,
Hey dude,
let’s stick
around a bit longer this time
and And
I just stood there, watching the sky and the people below
have their conceptual
starting point
from a curiosity in the theme of the “consciousness” and have a
different unconventional dramaturgical structure. We can say that
the latest productions enlisted themselves in the creative line of
the post dramatic theatre, where the physicality exists on the same
level, and with equivalent valour, with text, visual art and sound
installations.
The core of the
research has always been to deal with fragility and paradox,
epiphany and dream, empathy and surprise, avoiding narrative and
physical cliché, questioning reality and identity with humoristic
disbelief. Born in Salerno (IT), Scavetta studied at National
Academy of Dance of Rome, graduated in Theatre and Performing Arts
and Post-graduted in Sciences of Communication. Along his artistical
path, he regards as a particularly valuable his meetings with such
choreographers and teachers and directors as Anne Theresa De
Keersmaeker/Rosas, Giorgio Rossi, Dominique Dupuy, Adriana Borriello,
Lans Gries and Bernardo Bertolucci.
A surprised body
In
the last years, Scavetta has been holding a teaching project, titled
A surprised body, based on release technique and
contact-improvisation and influenced by his experience as a dancer
and choreographer, and by his practice of tai chi chuan. The series
of workshops started in the 2005, in Norway, and continued,
throughout the 2006/2009, with workshops in: Italy, Croatia, Cuba,
France, Colombia, Venezuela, Estonia, Argentina, UK, Belgium,
Holland, Republic of San Marino, Austria, Finland, India and Russia,
often within international festivals or in collaboration with
Academies.
Notes on the
class:
The basic class
concentrates on centering and gravity, awakening our awareness and
sensitivity. Harmonizing the movement with our breathing, we will
release contractions in the joints, allowing the sense of the
gravity to be a constant part of our awareness. The aim is letting
the movement to cross freely throughout the body, with isolation in
the limbs. We will work on creating antagonists to our movement, to
explore the suspension in the fall or the extension in the reaching,
to be able to wide the transformations of the central body and the
shifts in the dynamics.
Already as a title, “A surprised body” defines, for me, a
metaphorical space. The image of a body in a constant alert, able to
surprise himself, escaping from a habitual daily body and from any
kind of routine. A body more focused on reacting, than on acting.
More on receiving, than on doing.
I am,
personally, getting more and more interested in the process of the
"learning". In the different way of articulating the transmission of
the information, or even better of the experience. The mental
understanding is not necessarily a "physical" understanding. My aim
is to direct the attention of everyone, to the approach to the
“learning process”: to question how to learn “how to learn”.
The workshop, after a first part dedicated to ground the principals
of the work, will articulate through a series of investigations on
the movement and structured improvisations, intended as a
conceptual, but also physical and mental, challenge.
A basic dance phrase is presented as a “key phrase”. Then, with
several different tasks, it’s transformed and de-structured in a
personal way.
We will
focus on the different ways to first appropriate of the phrase and
than to transform it.
Dmitry Gaitjukevich ( Latvia )
Studied
classical ballet at Riga Choreography School 1995-2003.
Continued dance education at Contemporary Dance Choreography ( head
of the department Olga Zitluhina ), Latvian Academy of Culture
during time 2003 - 2007 where he got BA. In 2008 became a dancer at
dance company Provincial dances , led by Tatjana Baganova
in Ekaterinburg, Russia. As a company member toured to Moscow (RUS),
Russe (BUL), Sofia (BUL),Vilnius (LT). Since 2005 he is a dancer and
choreographer at Olga Zitluhina Dance Company (Latvia)
Performances: And again about the same, Road Movie, Take
735, Bicycle, Better blink ears. As a company
member performed in Liverpool (U.K.) ,Frankfurt (GER), Duesseldorf
(GER), Bielefeld (GER), Vilnius (LT), Kaunas ( LT )
Contemporary dance technique.
The class is based on movement
continuation, circulation of momentum in the body and body
preparation for speed.
Ilze
Zirina
( Latvia )
Works in contemporary dance field since 1997. Got MA in choreography
( Music Academy of Latvia ) in 2001. Professional skills learned
from such teachers as Olga Zitluhina, David Zambrano, Maria Munoz,
Pep Ramis, Julyen Hamilton, Hai Cohen, Masaki Iwana, Fiona Millward,
Katri Soini, Benno Vorham, SU –EN to name few. Teacher of
contemporary dance technique at Latvia Culture college, dance
department and contact improvisation at Latvia Culture Academy,
dance department and drama department. She also teach contemporary
dance for everyone at open classes at Riga Choreography school
Monday evenings.
Improvisation and contact
improvisation.
Two aspects of communication, I propose to
focus at : communication with myself, partner and group through the
common energy path and trusting my weight to the ground, to partner
and group. During these two classes we will learn to guide the
energy to the direction we want in our body, in the room and
we will follow this energy path. We will move along the energy path
together with a partner using the right moment and partner's support
to fly . We will also learn to read details , which is noticed may
be only by you, while others dance. We will play improvisation
structures to experience being here and now while being
watched by another part of the group.
Yossi Berg & Oded Graf
foto
by Daniel Tchetchik
Yossi
and Oded are freelance dancers\choreographers, whose collaboration
started in 2005. The duo created and performed throughout
the
world and
won international choreography competitions in Germany, Spain and
Denmark. They Commissioned works for dance companies and festivals:
Japan, USA, Spain, Germany, Taiwan, Lithuania, Finland, Luxembourg,
Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Croatia, Denmark, Italy,
Netherlands, Portugal, Greece. Their evening ‘Heroes’ was chosen by
critics for 1 of the 5 best dance events in Israel and they were
chosen last year by the dance magazine "Ballet Tanz" in the
category: "choreographer to watch".
In 2008
they were selected for the
artist in residency programs of the ‘Movement Research’ in New-York,
and the ‘Artist Village’ in Taipei.
They were invited by 'Tanzplan'- Dresden and 'Dansescenen'
theater in Copenhagen to create their new works in 2009-2010. Yossi
and Oded are supported by the Israeli Ministry of Culture, the
Israeli Lottery Council for the Arts, Rabinovitz Foundation and Teva
Foundation.
Yossi Berg
worked with DV8
Physical Theater in London, Batsheva Dance Company (6 years),
Yasmeen Godder Company, to name but a few. Since 1997, his works are
commissioned for the ‘Curtain-up / International Exposure’ festivals
at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv and various theaters
throughout Israel
His work toured extensively
throughout Europe, Scandinavia, USA and Japan and commissioned for
International dance companies such as: ‘Batsheva Dance Ensemble’ in
Israel, ‘Donlon Dance Company’ 'Staats Theater Kassel' and
‘Tanztheater Osnabruck’ in Germany, ‘Introdans’ in Holland, ‘Aura
Dance Company’ in Lithuania, ‘Polish dance theater’, ‘Belgrade Drama
Theater’, ‘Muza Dance Company’ and ‘Seminar Hakibutzim College’ in
Israel. He teaches and leads workshops:
Teatro
Comunale di Ferrara, Italy; Moga Studio Japan; DansensHus
Copenhagen; 'Tseh' Moscow Summer festival;
TROIS C-L Luxembourg etc.
Berg
is the receipt of the Israeli Ministry of Culture Award for an
‘Outstanding Choreographers’ and ‘best solo artist performer’. He
won first prizes of the ‘International Competition for Choreography’
Hanover, ‘International Serge Diaghilev’ and ‘The International
choreography contest ‘Burgos - New York’.
In 2008
he was
selected for the artist in
residency programs of the ‘Movement Research’ in New-York, and the
‘Artist Village’ in Taipei
and
invited by 'Tanzplan'-
Dresden and 'Dansescenen' theater in Copenhagen to create new works
in 2009-2010.
Oded Graf's
awards include two
first prizes in ‘Dansolution’ - choreography competition in
Copenhagen, Denmark 2005 and 2006; first prize of ‘The International
Choreography Contest Burgos - New York 2007 and a choreography prize
from the ‘Israeli-American Cultural foundation’ 2006.
Oded Created pieces for the
'Curtain-Up' festival in Tel-Aviv 05' 07' 08', ‘Israel Festival’ in
Jerusalem, ‘Short Stories Festival’ 06', 07' in Copenhagen and the 'Intimadance'
Festival in Tel-Aviv. Oded also created pieces for dance companies
like the 'Kassel Dance Company' in Germany, the ‘Junior Company’ in
Copenhagen, ‘Aura Dance Company’ in Lithuania, 'Donlon Dance
Company' in Germany etc.
Between the years 06-09 presented his pieces in festivals throughout
the world and was invited to teach and lead workshops and classes in
contemporary dance and improvisation. He danced with the 'Kibbutz
Contemporary Dance Company 2', 'Noa Dar Dance Company' and took part
in international dance projects. In 09-10 Oded was chosen to commit
new creations in Dresden, Germany and Copenhagen, Denmark.
He
studies towards
a B.A degree in communication at the Open University.The workshop will
include repertoire company and improvisation technique
Dance performance
Heroes
JUNE 4th,19:00 Daile Theatre small
stage
1 evening, 2 parts, 2
dancers
Choreography and
performance: Oded
Graf, Yossi Berg
Music:
Ohad Fishof, David Bowie, Costumes: Talia Orbach, Inbal
liblich
Duration:
60 min.
Co-production: Dansesene (Copenhagen),
Israel festival (Jerusalem),
Curtain up festival (Suzanne
Dellal Center, Tel Aviv \ The Lab, Jerusalem)
Winner of
the International
choreography competition Burgos - New York and enrolled in the five
best dance performances of the year by the Israeli criticism.
Performed through out: USA, Japan, Taiwan, Denmark, Sweden, Spain,
Croatia, Finland, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania
and Israel.
An original and stimulating
evening that address our need for intimacy and communication in an
alienated world. The need to be liked, to be loved, and having to
cope with reality become a source of inspiration for surprising
movement. Accompanied by David Bowie songs, two men play a game
whose rules are set from one moment to the next and in which they
endeavor to free themselves from old habits and escape into fantasy.
From the press:
Fascinating, exciting
and surprising evening, which takes the art of dance one step
forward…the original movement breaks out of charismatic
performers…an amazing example for unlimited nuances and variety of
expressions that create emotional tension as if it was a written
play… / The City Mouse, Michal Ba'adani /
Great explosive duo,
incredible dynamics, extremely sensual, intimate and painful… /
Ultramaryna, Sobaś-Mikolajczyk /
The whole was rough, fast and addictive, intense with out downtime
and colorless moments, great sensitivity…simply interesting
presentation / Nowytaniec, Anna
Koczorowska/
Amazingly, Graf and Berg
are able to show new facets of the relationship for an entire
hour…outstanding / Danceviewtimes, George Jackson /
One of the most distinctive
choreographers...consistent choreography with lots of good
movements, performed beautifully by the two talented dancers /
Berlingske.dk, Vibeke Wern /
These are remarkable young
artists…exploring, through strong, dramatic movement, playful humor
and vigorous moves… / Albuquerque Journal, Jennifer Noyer /
The beauty can also
originate from simplicity and minimalism. Heroes from the very
beginning in our favor / Adam Mickiewicz University, Renata
pernak /
The broken stylistic of
modern dance gains the harmony and grace of classical dance… /
Bytom Conference, Magda Kupryjanowicz’s /
Extremely
enjoyable, an evening that radiates truth and artistic
integrity...Impressive stage presence, rich emotional content… / The Jerusalem Post, Ora
Brafman /
Full
review of The
City Mouse:
www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,433,209,9638,.aspx
Watch
trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IgikpkHt5c
Ruta Nordmane
( Latvia )
2003-2007
Latvian Academy of Culture, Choreography of contemporary dance (BA),
lead by Olga Zitluhina
2009 February – June Nomad Dance Academy 2009
2010 – 50days of Flying Low and Passing Through in Costa Rica
Choreographer at the dance theatre Boot&Boat and a teacher at
the dance studio Dzirnas
Flying Low
Mainly - Dancer's
relationship with the floor.
We will use simple movements as star fish, baby position, rolls etc.
to move into the floor and out of the floor. We will move the space.
To make this reunion more pleasant we wear shirts with long sleeves.
Dance film
Apple Man
( 13' )
Funny movie from Ljubljana
Friday, June 4, 21:30 /
Culture centre Noass
Saturday, June 5, 21:30 /
Culture centre Noass
Idea,
director : Ruta Nordmane (LAT)
Camera, editing : Andrej Intihar (SLO)
Actors, dancers: Aleksandar Georgiev (MAK) , Igor Koruga
(SER), Elia Mrak Rubin Blumberg (USA)
Music : J.Strauss; Akron Family
Produced by Nomad Dance Academy 2009
Woman has apples. Woman has men.
She likes apples, she cuts them, through them, still loves them.
But what she should do with men?
She plays.
Men know this game...
Premiere on 22th of June at Kino Dvor ( Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Festivals:
Mladi Levi 09 ( Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Video Room 09 contest of young choreographers ( Zagreb, Croatia)
Dance performance
Wings – to Fly? (20’)
Saturday,
June 5th, 21:30 / Culture Centre Noass
Choreography
and performance: Andris Kacanovskis
Choreographer’s assistant: Ramona Galkina
Music: Maija Kalnina
Premiere: November, 2006
A craving, whether benign or not, is blind and slavish, and the
mind, if talk
of virtue, should be more than just its guardian. / I. Kant/
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever
made.
/I.Kant/
Dance performance
Who? Me? no!
(26’)
Saturday,
June 5th 19:00 / Daile theatre small stage
Choreography
and dance: Valērijs Oļehno
Music: Valērijs Oļehno, Bravo, The Beatles, Dolphin, Lube
Live Music: Valērijs Oļehno
Mannequin: Valērijs Oļehno
Photo: Valērijs Oļehno
Web:
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French born in 1973, Eric Mutel has been studying visual arts and photography at University and professional school in Paris, in France. He is currently living and working in Finland.
