Through dialogue with movement artists and related professionals, we reflect on the material of our dynamically developing field. We aim to understand the themes and phenomena that influence artists' thinking and creation. Cross-country partnerships foster the exchange of perspectives and the enrichment of our collective knowledge.
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?
Choreographer Frida Laux (DE) recently released her book Paradance on seven various practices related to her dance and writing research she have developed during her studies in Choreography and Performance program in Instute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessed in Germany. You can read her intorduction to the exploration of the practice of reading, the practice of naming, the practice of writing, without knowing, the practice of writing not in english, the practice of locating, the seven practices of the marianas trench, the practice of finishing and see if you want to be part of a Paradance reading group by diving into the circulation of this book.
