Butoh School

Dear Dancer, Actor and Administrator.

A seven-month workshop for dancers, actors and other artists, in Zaragoza, Spain.

Please see link for details.

http://www.butohschool.com

Please help us share this link with colleges and students everywhere. Thank you.

"An artist must cross the threshold of the studio and the stage, toplace himself in his work at the edge of chaos where, as we know fromphysics, the flow of energy and the existence of opportunities fortransformation and change are the greatest."

Sincerely yours,
Jens Peter de la Fuente
Director.

Calins Gratuits...

Soyons généreux... la vie est si simple... et l'Amour un bien commun! Partageons-le!

Porque el Amor es necesario a la vida... y que felicidad!

Is it so hard to love one another? No, just watch and try yourself! Don't worry: be happy! Because Love is all we need!

Afinal é tão fácil... porquê sentirmo-nos sózinhos, quando há sempre alguém a quem abraçar!?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xnVDiV9xE&mode=related&search=

qwatz - artist in residence program in Rome, Italy

qwatz (www.qwatz.it) is a cultural residency programme in Rome that offers living accommodations and studio spaces to international artists, directors, writers, photographers and curators, contributing to a dynamic of mobility between different countries and cultures.The residency was created out of a need for collaboration and exchange between practioners who, through different aspects of art and culture, elaborate instruments of reflection on the quotidian; it considers art a possible observation point on reality, and reality as a stimulus for creativity.One of qwatz's characteristics is to create occasions for dialogue between its guests and network by proposing activities that are inspired by films, which are considered like boxes to open the multiplicity of the spectator's points of view.A first phase of activity begins during the VI edition of Tekfestival (www.tekfestival.it ), a festival of independent cinema in Roma, which this year hosts among its guests the Swiss artist Ursula Biemann. Within the framework of a series of events dedicated to the artist, qwatz will organize and curate a workshop. - 5 May 6:30 p.m. :vernissage Agadez Chronicle - a collection of videos on mobility and the politics of containment in the Sahara, a video installation by Ursula Biemann (at Love and Dissent, via Leonina 85, Rome).- 6 May 8:40 p.m. :conference and screening of Performing the Border and Europlex by Ursula Biemann (at cinema Farnese, piazza Campo dei Fiori).- 7 and 8 May: workshop held by Ursula Biemann, Davide Franceschini and Sarah Ann Klingeberg. 10 participating artists will develop works departing from the exchange with Biemann, reflecting on the role of the artist in the construction of social consciousness. The workshop is hosted at 1:1projects (1to1projects.org ), a cultural association that has developed a platform for art, research and cultural production and which is constructing an archive of international contemporary artists.-- Benedetta di Loreto+39 349 3281766b.diloreto@qwatz.itwww.qwatz.it

Call for applications - atelier 07

diskurs 07 – festival for performing arts, Boris Nikitin and Jan Ritsema (PAF) invite you to participate in the application for atelier 07. atelier 07 is a performative experiment held during this year’s festival aimed at contributing a production on the festival’s topic twilight apart from the invited productions.

quality time (qt)

atelier 07 will work on a performative presentation that is going to be shown during the festival.

What is quality? From The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil) to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the issue of quality has been two-fold – a double bind, as it were: How is a producer, in the sense of an artist, to issue quality. We are aware that the quality of production is related to the quality of a production - but where is the praxis located, and how is the originary possibilitization (Georgio Agamben – the Man Without Content) opened?

The experiment that we wish to undertake revolves around the notion of quality time. During a seven day period, we propose to collect quality time – given a goal of making a presentation. The twilight aspect in this experiment is that we neither know what exactly quality time is nor know how to exactly create it. If, is it possible at all to create quality time for all participants.

There will be 2 phases:

(1) A preparation time of 6 weeks to discuss project conditions by e-mail and via the diskurs 07-Homepage; during this phase, we hope to collect proposals of strategy, working method, etc.
(2) In the second phase, Boris, Jan, and seven participants will congregate in Giessen for seven days of quality time. A presentation is to be assembled, which shall appear at the mid-point of the festival in Giessen.

atelier 07 is limited to 7 participants.
atelier 07 takes care of travelling expenses, food and accomodation.

Preparation: 27.8 – 3.10.2007.
Meeting in Giessen: 5.10 – 12.10, Presentation: 12.10.; Participants may stay until the end of the festival.
Duration of diskurs 07: 9.10. – 14.10.

Application: to apply for atelier 07 please send a text containing your thoughts, ideas and comments concerning the set up as described above. The text has to be written in English. Biographical notes are not necessary. Closing date is June 10th.
Selection: all the applications will be sent around to all applicants. All applicants and only the applicants, so not Boris and Jan either, will have 20 points to give to any or as many applicants as they want. The 7 who get the most points will be invited.
Send your text to atelier@diskursfestival.dewww.diskursfestival.de; www.p-af.net

New Master Course of Studies SODA

Dear friends and colleagues,

enclosed please find the announcement of the newly launchedMaster Programme „Solo/Dance/Authorship“.

Deadline for applications is 31st May 2007. We would be very appreciative if you could distribute the announcement within your networks as soon as possible. Where applicable, please print out the pdf-file and hang it onto the black board of your venue.

This course of study is offered by the new „Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz – Pilotprojekt TanzplanBerlin“ (Cooperative Dance Education Centre – Pilot Project TanzplanBerlin); the partners are ‚Universität der KünsteBerlin’, the ‚Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch’, and TanzRaumBerlin, a network within the professional dance scene. TanzplanBerlin is being funded by Tanzplan Deutschland – a project initiated by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.

For more information: www.udk-berlin.de/tanz

Many thanks for your help,

best regards,
Eva-Maria Hoerster
Managing Director

Stage RECHERCHE DE MOUVEMENT avec Anastasia Hvan

ANASTASIA HVAN

Vous propose un stage RECHERCHE DE MOUVEMENT

28 & 29 Avril
14h - 18h
64 rue Alfred de Musset
à TOULOUSE

Tarif: 45 euros deux jours

pour s'inscrire telephonez:
06.85.43.80.10

plus d'info sur http://www.anastasiahvan.canalblog.com/

6th Kontakt Budapest International Improvisation Festival

Dear Colleagues and Improvisation fans!

Here is the next opportunity to study and work with fantastic international teachers staff at the 6th Kontakt Budapest International Improvisation Festival, between the 30th of June and the 7th of July, 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.

The festival that has been organized since 2002 is open for people with all abilities.
It welcomes beginners and professional dancers, performers, actors, musicians, composers, and those working with improvisation for long.

This years the teachers staff: Nita Little, Peter Pleyer, Sara Shelton Mann, Jess Curtis, Michaela Pein, Gál Eszter, Kálmán Ferenc, Sõrés Zsolt, Christina Klissiouni, Alicia Grayson, Sybrig Dokter, Szilágyi Ilka, Sabine Parzer, Mándy Ildikó, Hargitay Ákos, Andrea Keiz, Dóra Attila, Nils Butlmann, Kéri Judit, Maria Francesca Scaroni, Rhodri Davies.

Information about the festival (program, schedule, payments, accommodation, registration form, etc) can be found on the website (http://www.kontaktbudapest.hu/alap_eng.php?menu=3&menuszam=10&fekete=1&tipus=oldal).

With any question please write to info@kontaktbudapest.hu
or call Eszter Gál on the +36 70 3389932.

Attention! Registration made before the 1st of June offers a lower price!
We kindly ask you to pass this information onto your colleagues and friends who might be interested.

Thanks and hope to welcome you in Budapest!
Eszter Gál


(message reçu par mail de la part d'Oriane Boyer)

Dance News from Khosro Adibi

Dear People: Dancers/ Movers

Here you can find the info about the workshops and classes happening in Europe.

For more info please look at: www.lasterstudio.be.
Hope to see you soon.
Please forward the info to your dancers friends, thanks.

Khosro Adibi

P.S Our newborn company Les PesPis (http://www.lasterstudio.be/LesPesPis.html) looking for a producer/ manager who willing to promote the work on voluntary base. Please if you know some one that is interested to build up experience in this field contact:Khosro Adibi, khosroa1@yahoo.com
Thanks
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Workshops With Khosro Adibi

BELGIUM
Brussels
Floor work
Two Weeks Morning Classes, April 30th to May 11th10 am to 11.30 am
Single Class 7 Euro / Week 30 Euro
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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SWEDEN

Malmo
Danscentrum SydKulturhuset Mazetti, Bergsgatan 29
Floor work
- Morning classes May 16th to 18th
- Improvisation to composition
Workshop May 18th to 20th

For more info please contact Malte Rohlin
Phone: 040-6110051 -www.danscentrum.se/syd
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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Stockholm
Danscentrum, Jungfrugatan 7b
Floor work
Morning Classes May 20th to 25th
Improvisation to composition
Workshop May 26th & 27th
For more info please contact Babis Harall
babis@danscentrum.se- www.danscentrum.se
Phone: 08- 545 689 60 Mobil: 070 774 11 40
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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Gothenburg
Danscentrum Vast, Arlegatan 3
Floor work, Improvisation to composition
Workshop May 28th June 1st
For more info about the workshop please contact Victoria Alarik
victoria@alarik.se
For inscription Ann Lundberg
vast@danscentrum.se- www.danscentrum.se
Phone: +46 3114 0128
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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ITALY
Venice
CTR
Floor work, Improvisation to composition
June 22nd to 24th
for more info please contact:ctrteatro@virgilio.it
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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ESTONIA
Solo Performances, Khosro Adibi
Les PesPis Performing “Fall”
WORKSHOP; Floor work, Improvisation to composition
July 9th to 14th
For more info please contact Eve Noormetseve@notafe.ee - www.notafe.ee
phone: +3725179773
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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ITALY
Rome
Ials, Via. c. Fracassini 60
Floor work, Improvisation to composition
July 23rd to 28th, Studio 1
11 am to 2 pm
for more info please contact Franco:0039 06 32 36 396- 0039 06 36 11 926
"Ials" promozione@ials.info
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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Rome
Duncan 3.0 Associazione Culturale
Floor work
July 23rd to 27th4 pm to 5.30 pm
for more info please contact Daniele Sterpetti: segreteria@duncantrepuntozero.it
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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I.P.L
Urban Space Frosinone, Arce (near Rome)
Supported by European Community
August 20th September 1st
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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BELGIUM
Brussels
PARTS
Contact Improvisation
September 24th October 19th
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Coming up workshops in:
Milan, London, Oslo, France
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South American Project 2007-2008
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Khosro AdibiKhosro Adibi is a multidisciplinary artist currently working as a teacher, performer, director, video/photographer and light/stage designer for different theatre and dance theatre productions. Khosro Adibi graduated in fine arts from HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, NL). He has studied dance at SNDO (School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam) as well as in New York City. He is funder of Laster Studio in Brussels and Les PesPis(Dance theatre company) as well as I.P.L (International Performers Lab). Most recently, Khosro Adibi has been teaching throughout Europe and South America, regularly trained the Rosas Company in Brussels and performed with Les Ballets C.de la B.
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WORKSHOP AT LASTER STUDIO BELGIUM
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Khosro Adibi
Floor work
Two Weeks Morning Classes; April 30th to May 11th10 am to 11.30 am
Single Class 7 Euro / Week 30 Eurokhosroa1@yahoo.com
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Andrew Morrish (AU), Christian Burns(USA) and Kirstie Simson(UK)
Solo and Ensemble Improvisation
June 11th to 17th Mon to Fri: 5.30pm – 8.30pmSat & Sun 10am to 2pm
Workshop Price/ 250 Euro (Students 230 Euro)Weekend 100 Euro (Students 90 Euro)Weekend is only open to the students that worked before with Andrew, Christian and Kirstie.
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Laster Studio
Rue Locquenghien 261000 Brussels
Belgium
khosroa1@yahoo.com
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(information received by mail)

FEMME/MULHER/WOMAN/MUJER

Bonne journée à toutes les Femmes du Monde.
Merci de nous avoir donné naissance.
Merci pour votre sensibilité.
Merci de rendre ce Monde meilleur par votre simple présence!
Merci à vous!

Um bom dia a todas as Mulheres deste Mundo.
Obrigado por nos terem dado Vida.
Obrigado pela vossa sensibilidade.
Obrigado por tornarem este Mundo um lugar melhor, simplesmente através da vossa presença!
Obrigado a todas!

A very nice day to all the Women around the World.
Thank You for giving Life to us.
Thank You for your sensitivity.
Thank You for making this World a better place to live in, only by being there!
Thank You all!

Un muy buen dia a todas la mujéres de este Mundo.
Gracias por nos dar la Vida.
Gracias por vuestra sensibilidad.
Gracias por transformar este Mundo en un lugar mejór para vivir, solamente con vuestra presencia!
Gracias a todas!

GOD IS BLACK AND NELISIWE XABA HIS QUEEN

Nelisiwe Xaba, a wonderful South-African dancer, already known by the French public as the fetish performer of Robyn Orlin, presented her own work in the last two days of the 2007 edition of Toulouse International Festival «C’est de la Danse Contemporaine».
Being the image of this year festival Nelisiwe Xaba had full house at CDC studio, where she presented two solos: «Plasticization» and «Ils me regardent et c’est tout ce qu’ils pensent» («They look at me and that’s all they think»).
In these two solos, Nelisiwe Xaba, in collaboration with Strange Love and Carlo Gibson, offers to us – with a generosity that we are not used to in Europe – an astonishing work on costume and accessories handling.
Not only she makes proof of a refined sense of aesthetics but she successfully takes us through a very pertinent critical vision of what a female south-African black contemporary artist has to say in this male European white contemporary world.
«Ils me regardent…» is tribute to Sarah Baartman, the South-African black woman that became an object of scientific curiosity in the nineteenth century.
In a very intelligent but simple way Nelisiwe translates Sarah Baartman’s story into an autobiographic vision of black African woman’s body today.
Through a quite elaborate game with costumes and objects: her dress becomes a cinema screen, inflated air becomes body shapes, a stool becomes a tango partner… in a surprising dance where music is used in a direct and sometimes funny way.
There is a kind of conscious naivety that enchants the spectator in an audacious musical path – where we, Europeans, have lost all spontaneousness, Nelisiwe Xaba builds her territory!
«Plasticization» is a short and astounding solo performance, where the body becomes universal in its… plasticization!
An accurate critical view of the contemporary body, that becomes plastic, not only in an aesthetical way, but also in the manner of how contemporary humans interact: not touching, not showing their bodies (unless it is in a fashion socially accepted usage), isolating their «body of diseases and imperfections» away from the joy of just being («natural»?). A body that only touches others through plastic protection (kissing is a beautiful metaphor) and that becomes a big plastic bag from which arms and legs (protected by shoes) come out to touch the outside «dangerous» world (kind of Sarkozy point of view no?).
Once more Neliwise Xaba impresses us by her musical choices (big opera choruses and classical Top 5 excerpts) and the way she treats it through personal gesture and expression.
Nelisiwe Xaba succeeds in putting us face to face with our still present (unconsciously?) white colonial taste for exotic voyeurism.
A statement that westerner white Art has a lot to learn from besides its pride of apparent superiority.
Thank you Nelisiwe for reminding us of what Art is there for!

www.cdctoulouse.com