SE.S.TA Blog

What if words were the key to working? The Brazilian choreographer Volmir Cordeiro, who lives in Paris, begins a wide-ranging conversation with the Madrid-born dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and visual artist La Ribot, currently based in Geneva – where she teaches at HEAD (Haute école des beaux-arts et de design) – on creation, including decision-making and freedom in work, as well as relationships with others… Shaping ideas – what is that?

Marie Kinsky talks with choreographer Vicki Amedume (UK) about her history as a dancer and maker – about her working process, the theme of their project Catch Me – dwelling into questions of intimacy, gender, age and ethnicity, her community, and last but not least her stay in the Castle during the festival KoresponDance 2019 in the frame of Roundabout Residency.

We asked current resident dancer and choreographer Roberta Legros Štěpánková to tell us a bit more about her research, current questions, doubts and process of working during her ART KLASTRY/Clusters residency in the Castle. Here is what she shares with us.

During the first weekend in March, a pedagogical seminar took place at HAMU. It was led by Anna Sedlačková, dancer, choreographer and faculty member at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and dancer, choreographer and dance theorist Jean-Christophe Paré. The seminar was organised by SE.S.TA Centre for Choreographic Development and moderated by Marie Kinsky and Zuzanna Demlová. Zděnka Brungot Svíteková provided translation from French.

During the Round Table: Choreographing now  two coaches Kathy Casey and Ana Dubljevic were sharing the insides of their dramaturgical processes in the frame of the Residencies with Coaching.  The Round Table took place on Sunday, August 25th 2019 in the National Gallery Prague, For those who could not be there, we asked one of our coaches Kathy Casey - dramaturge and artistic director of Montreal Danse to share the notes of her conference on  What does mean to be helpful in creative process?