GENIUS RISES is based on scholarly intercultural research in European and African universities and work which is distinctly international in character. Ghanaian art serves as a representative of traditional African culture, while the Czech, French and British Baroque represents European art of the 17th and 18th centuries.
For Czech artists, GENIUS RISES is a unique opportunity to take part in a large-scale international project, to collaborate on the creation of an entirely unconventional performance, to gain experience abroad and in interdisciplinary contexts and to make valuable contacts for subsequent artistic work.
The core artists and producing organisation act as guarantors for the project and its continual evolution. This includes an international tour, which will further open participation to local artists, offering the project a source of continuous enhancement, new stimuli and new stories.
Project plan 2019
Research in the fields of musicology and history including research in the area of musical notation, preparation of repertoire for KoresponDance 2019 and continuation of work on the documentary film mapping the creation and results of the project.
16. February – 4. March 2019 Accra (GH)Study trips for Czech, French and Ghanaian artists: definition of the project, artistic research in the fields of African and baroque music and dance, musical composition of repertoire.
Spring 2019 Prague, Brno, Paris, Lyon, Ambronnay and Royaumont (CZ, FR) Research in the fields of baroque and African music, sociology and history at European Universities in collaboration with l’Université Lumère Lyon 2, Université Paris Descartes, Institute of African Studies – University of Ghana, Bibliothèque Mazarine and Résidence in Ambronnay and in Royaumont.
11. – 18. May Žďár nad Sázavou (CZ)Creative atelier at the castle for Czech and French artists: familiarisation of French and Czech musicians with the prepared repertoire under the leadership of Sébastien Fournier and Jean Gaudin.
21. June – 14. July Žďár nad Sázavou (CZ)Creative residency for all musicians, dancers and singers at the castle: preparation and creation of the performance.
12. – 14. July Festival KoresponDance (CZ)Presentation of the project at KoresponDance 2019: performances, workshops, discussions with artists and with the public.
Preparation for a tour in 2020.
Partners: Institut of African Studies, Ghana Dance Ensemble, University of Ghana, Czech Embassy in Ghana, Ministry of Culture, Festival KoresponDance, L’Ensemble Sprezzatura de Lyon etc.
