SE.S.TA Blog

The centre for choreographic development Se.s.ta within its residency program in the castle Žďár nad Sázavou established last year a cooperation with a new partner institution - centre for contemporary art and residency house Meetfactory in Prague. Both institutions are hosting artists, choreographers, thinkers, performers, musicians, writers and people with interest to explore their research in the city of Prague and in the bucolic industrial environment of baroque castle in Žďár nad Sázavou in Czech republic in the frame of newly established residency program Choreographic studio. During November 2018  Swedish choreographer based in Germany Else Tunemyr was the first resident who took part in both residencies.

Curator and art historian Viktor Čech develops the meaning and the impact of the postmodernism in relation to the history of dance. Which position takes the postmodern dance in regard to the modern dance? Trio A as critic of production. How are the histories of visual art and dance merging together? What is happening and who is Czech postmodern scene?…

Published in Ateliér no. 13/ 2013 p. 13

At the end of September 2019, SE.S.TA Centre for Choreographic Development in collaboration with Prague City Gallery presented the installation Pavillon Fuller in the form of a performance. Pavillon Fuller performs the interaction of dance, space and architecture. It investigates their relationship through a simple installation built of wood and a light rope system, which remains in the Troja Palace gardens as part of the exhibitions and as an invitation to dialogue and encounter. Pavillon Fuller references the work of Richard Buckminster Fuller, architect and the founding father of tensegrity, the principle applied in the Pavillon’s construction. What does choreographer and dancer Jordi Galí, creator of the project, have to say about Pavillon Fuller and other subjects?

Rozhovor s francouzským choreografem Jeanem Gaudinem, který kromě toho že dlouhodobě spolupracuje s choreografickým centrem Se.s.ta jako kouč během Rezidence s Koučinkem pravidelně na konci Srpna se také tvořivo podílí na vzniku několika uměleckých projektu v Čechách i zahraničí. Zajímalo mě jaký je jeho pohled na otázky choreografie a tvorby samotné. 

Časopis Vlna o súčasnom umení a kultúre vo svojom čísle 74. uvádza rozhovor Petry Fornayovej s Izraelskou choreografkou Renanou Raz, ktorá skrz svoju tvorbu a skúsensti reflektuje situáciu súčasnej izraelskej tanečnej scény.