Studio ALTA continues in the new year in organizing workshops Think Through Dance! and introduces two new dramaturgical lines - ALTA in Progress and RespondART. All three staged program cycles emphasize the process of creation and active sharing of inspiration not only artistic but also social and human.ALTA in progress is a new series of work in progress presentations of works from the fields of dance and nonverbal theatre. During the presentations, you can reveal the secrets of experimental artists, understand the process of creating a performance, and discuss with the artists. The entrance is always free.
In collaboration with Alfred ve dvoře Theater, TanzFaktur Cologne and Brottfabrik Bonn, Studio ALTA prepares a year-project RespondART, under which participating theaters bring several socially engaged performances, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and experts on presented social issues. „The aim of the project is to bring the audience to the active reception of the artwork, a better understanding of today's world and their own critical thinking,” explain the organizers.
The project Think Through Dance! will also continue in 2016. Czech dancers will have the opportunity to get to know the works of artists from around the world. This year´s workshops will be lead by Zuna Kozánková, Lali Ayguade Farro, Jos Baker, Michael Simon, Jaro Viňarský and Peter Šavel. Moreover, a symposium of all tutors will take place at ALTA at the end of the year.
„Studio ALTA has been long established as a space for creation and research, providing a stable base for artists in the field of dance and physical theater and is a breeding ground for their further growth. As a major creative hub it therefore also initiates activities that promote progressive experimental creators in the search for new means of expression and active dialogue with the society. Projects in 2016 are a further step of this effort,” say representatives of Studio ALTA.
Think Through Dance! workshops 2016
22.-24.1., 1.-3.4., 3.-5.6., 23.-25.9., 11.-13.11. / Zuna Vesan Kozánková: Medicine in dance
Series of weekend workshops that connect contemporary dance, contact improvisation, and Chinese medicine principles together.
Let´s learn to understand the medical aspects of our bodies with Zuna – an active dancer, pedagogue and practitioner of shiatsu, Chinese medicine and qigongu.
9. - 13.2. / Lali Ayguade Farro
During her workshops, Lali focuses on floorwork and places a specific emphasis on working with our center of gravity and feet as a basis of motion. When all the power is focused in one’s feet and legs, the rest of the body can be free for its own expression. The energy in the body never stops, even though you may stand still – the motion always continues in some capacity.
14. - 18.3. / Jos Baker
British dancer, former member of world known company Peeping Tom, comes for the first time to Prague to teach a specific combination of improvisation exercises, contemporary dance technique and repertoire.
15. - 17.4. / Michael Simon
Swiss director, set designer and light designer will lead a workshop on rhythm and dynamics of light in a dance performance. The workshop is co-organized by the Institute of Light Design in Prague and will bring together the worlds of dance and theatre technology.
16. - 20.5. / Jaro Viňarský
Slovak choreographer and dancer, holder of the prestigious American prize Bessie Award (2013) and Sazka Award for Discovery in Dance (2006) will lead a workshop that will serve as an impulse for summer student residencies at Studio ALTA. In preparation for autumn: Workshop with Peter Šavel (September 2016), Symposium of all tutors (December 2016).
All workshops have limited capacity – you can reserve and pay your place online at Goout.cz.
For more information and updates go to www.studioalta.cz/workshopy.
Source: Studio ALTA
Josef Bartos
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