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Téma veřejného a intimního prostoru vyplynulo z potřeby nově definovat místo pro taneční a performativní umění během pandemie a v jejím důsledku. Vzhledem k uzavření divadel čelili umělci z celého světa výzvě najít nové způsoby, koncepty a formy pro uvádění svých představení a sdílení svých uměleckých děl. Jako umělci jsme toužili po spojení s vnějším světem, s našimi místními komunitami, stejně jako naši diváci toužili po stimulaci uměním. Potřeba sdílet umělecká díla a zpětná vazba od diváků byly existenční nutností. 

🇬🇧 Artist, dancer, dramaturge and performer focusing her work on acrobatics and circus Stéphanie N’Duhirahe was this years resident in Žďár nad Sázavou. We asked her to write us more about her process of work  during her stay in the castle.

🇬🇧 I’ve talked with Becka McFadden – choreographer, dance maker, dancer, performer and writer about her piece Vertigo, which she was developing during the Coaching Residencies 2020 last summer. As I was curious how the work evolved after the intensive time of Couching and what resonated with her until now and how it continues in this unclear pandemic temporalities. I proposed to ask questions about this piece through the tarot reading.

🇬🇧 I’ve talked with Eva Urbanová – dancer, choreographer, dance maker – who was one of the residents taking part in this year’s Coaching Residencies, about her work on the piece she recently presented as her final work at HAMU (Academy of Performing Arts – Music and Dance Department). We’ve dwelled into the process of her work and the topics she was addressing together with eight performers coming from different backgrounds. We talked about the numb, hectic skin avoiding encounter and the vulnerability of becoming intimate with the other in her choreographic process.

🇬🇧 The artists Aneta Fodorová, Martina Dobiášová, Michal Kindernay, Žofie Blechová and Vojtěch Bárta came to the Estate in Žďár nad Sázavou with the multimedia project nov, which is being created in cooperation with the platform Third Space and Chemické divadlo. After the film experiment, nov expands into a performative installation. During the residency, the artists therefore focused on finding tools that will allow them to translate the content of the project into a completely different, performative language. How is the position of the viewer changing today? Why is it crucial to create a safe space? And is it even necessary to define your genre?