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in collaboration with HAMU
and in the framwork of Festival SE.S.TA – KoresponDance Europe presents



DANCE WORKSHOP and CHOREOGRAPHIC LABORATORY
led by HELGE LETONJA (DE)

16th – 18th October 2009

Where: HAMU, Malostranské nám. 12-13, Prague 1

KoresponDance Europe project partner, German choreographer Helge Letonja, introduces Czech students to his current work. For Helge Letonja, one of the aims of this workshop is to familiarize himself with the Czech contemporary dance environment, as he will be acting as a choreographer, pedagogue, coach and mentor over the next two years. The content of the workshop will be technical training, exploration and the resultant composition.

Dance workshop - Helge Letonja

Helge Letonja (DE)

He is an artistic director, dancer and choreographer. Besides this profession, he regularly acts as senior lecturer, as well as being a member of an international panel during competitions. In 1996 he founded in Bremen, Steptext Dance Company (currently: Steptext Dance Project), for which he creates two choreographies per theatre season. Letonja is also co-founder of the Iniciative, ´Dance Town: Bremen´, for contemporary dance in Bremen. He is responsible for its content, conceptual and programming activity, and also develops and directs it. Letonja attempts to connect the regional with the national, diversity and dynamics of contemporary dance creation.

Photo from dance workshop (photo Dragan Dragin) Close zoomed photo
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Photo: Dragan Dragin

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Send your application before 12th of October 2009 on:
mkinsky@se-s-ta.cz

Supported:
CZ Min. of Culture, City of Prague, Eur Programme Culture 2007-2013, CulturesFrance, HAMU, Prague French Institute, Nadace Život umělce ( Lives of Artists Fund) and others. Thank you.

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