Stories of Art: dance and the visual arts as one
Coproduced by SE.S.TA Centre for Choreographic Development and Core Dance Studio in collaboration with the National Gallery Prague, the Gallery Without Borders project began in 2020. This year, the participating artists will finally meet in person.
- — DANCE AND THE MOVING BODY AS INSTALATION
- sun 10/10 2021 / 14:00 / Sculpture Garden of the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia
- — 19TH CENTURY (WO)MAN: A CONTEMPORARY INTERVENTION
- wed 13/10 2021 / 18:00 / Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery Prague / exposition 1796–1918: Art of the Long Century
- — ARTISTS AT WORK: 3–13/10 2021 / both locations Experience the visual arts differently as you encounter choreographers in the midst of creation.
The visual and movement arts speak the same language
This October, Gallery Without Borders 2021 will present dance makers from the Czech Republic and the United States for the first time, live and in person. Unconventional performances will transform the Sculpture Garden at the Convent of St. Agnes and the exhibition 1796–1918: Art of the Long Century at the Trade Fair Palace.
Under the leadership of American choreographer, arts activist and mentor Sue Schroeder, selected Czech choreographers and members of Schroeder’s Core Dance ensemble will spend 10 days preparing their performances under the eyes of gallery visitors.
“Instead of taking an approach where an artwork "inspires" my dance making, I prefer to research and study artists‘ intentions. At the same time, I incorporate a number of artistic strategies into my dance process: painting, drawing, diary entries, line drawing, sculpture, etc. The point of departure for most of my work is improvisation and these alternative creative processes stimulate artists to discover new and unique types of movement,” says Schroeder, director and co-founder of Core Dance and the project’s lead artist and mentor.
Forging a new creative team; a live encounter after a year of online creation
In 2020, Sue Schroeder created a virtual process for Gallery Without Borders that engaged artists from the Czech Republic and the United States in group and individual coaching sessions. Artworks from the National Gallery’s permanent exhibition 1796–1918: Art of the Long Century were the foundation of this structure.
The full team participated in a total of five virtual sessions in April and May of 2020, which culminated with performances streamed live from the Czech Republic and the United States. The project involves Czech-based choreographers Eva Urbanová, Barbora Látalová, Zdenka Brungot-Svíteková, Johana Pocková and Roman Zotov-Mikshin. These artists got the chance to collaborate with a celebrated international practitioner and, thanks to the virtual environment, were also able to collaborate with a well-established group of American artists, Walter Apps, Benjamin (Laith) Stevenson, Shawn (Humlao) Evangelista, Iman Siferllah-Grim, working on the same artistic material at the same time.
Schroeder continued to hold online meetings into 2021. These have led to the creation of a new international dance ensemble, with a shared vocabulary and communication methods and the development of choreographic notation (scores) associated with specific artworks, chosen by the dancers from a selection curated by Schroeder.
One passes into the other: a new view on art
Gallery Without Borders is characterised by its departure from traditional understandings of dance. The project encourages fruitful and inspiring conversations about the visual arts and also facilitates a kinaesthetic approach to telling the “story of art.”
As is often the case in her work, Schroeder reflected on the intentions of the exhibition’s curators, Veronika Hulíková and Otto M. Urban. The selection of paintings she curated for the performers was dramaturgically divided into the same units as the exhibition: Man, World and Ideas.
In order to share scores and offer feedback in collective sessions, she introduced Lawrence Halprin’s RSVP Cycles. This method is used for generating individual and collective solutions to problems and to develop creativity.
Not only will visitors have the chance to see the final performances, they can also encounter the artists during rehearsals from 3–13 October and witness the creative process of dance making. Don’t miss this unique experience to see art and dance from a new perspective. The worlds of both of these art forms will communicate with you, revealing their hidden depths and unifying characteristics.
The performances will take place in two locations:
Dance and the Moving Body as Installation will be performed on 10 October 2021 from 14:00 in the Sculpture Garden at the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia, which is part of the National Gallery in Prague.
19th Century (wo)Man: A Contemporary Intervention will be performed on 13 October 2021, from 18:00, in the Trade Fair Palace‚s exhibition 1796–1918: Art of the Long Century.
— Free entrance.
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— Find the locations at Google Maps:Veletržní palác, Národní galerie Praha, Dukelských Hrdinů 47, 170 00 Praha 7-HolešoviceKlášter sv. Anežky České , Národní galerie Praha, U Milosrdných 17, 110 00 Staré Město
- The Gallery Without Borders project was created in 2020–2021 on the basis of a co-production of the SE.S.TA Centre for Choreographic Development with the American Core Dance Studio and in cooperation with the National Gallery Prague with the support of Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic.
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- — National Gallery Prague
- — Core Dance
- — Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
- — State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic
- — Capital City of Prague
- — Taneční aktuality (media partner)
