17–24 August 2017 |
Prague, Czech Republic
Centre for Choreographic Development SE.S.TA invites you to participate in our annual coaching residencies for choreographers
The residence’s priority is to question choreographers’ own research and lead them to look for new ways for their choreographic approach within their own work as well as to deepen their own artistic direction. The residency is conceived as a dialogue between choreographers and experienced coaches who guide them through the whole process. The workshops offer space for intense individual work while their community aspect is not to be forgotten. This is a great opportunity for networking on an international level for all.
Concept :
Participating choreographers will prepare a new choreography draft or will elaborate on an extract of already existing choreography (15 minutes maximum) that will serve as a foundation for the work during the training course. The coaches will see the basis material on a video recording beforehand so they can get acquainted with the inner world of each choreographer and understand their way of perception before the beginning of the training course. During the workshop participants will analyse individual elements of their choreographies. Furthermore they will try to define these, andtogether with their coaches re-identify what is important and what could be further developed. The results of their work will be presented to public as work in progress. The goal is to present a phase of creative process rather than a final product or whole choreography.
Coaching Residency for Choreographers is a concept that aims to enrich professional development of individual artists. It offers new opportunities to choreographers who want to profile their personal direction and helps to clarify the new paths of the artist's research. All this is achieved through a performance on the specific choreographer`s extant project with his group through his cooperation with a supervising professional coach. The role of the coach himself is to lead a dialogue with the artist, help him formulate questions, which will get answers and encourage him to discover the optimal responses and also suitable choreographic tools for his oncoming job. The coach, therefore, is in a position of a smart mirror for the artist.
Deadline for your applications is May 15th !
We offer you the opportunity and possibility to incubate your choreographic project in Zdar nad Sazavou from August 14th to 16th.
A time to dive in your work before the Prague session!
Workshop Schedule:
-Morning training session (opened for public)
-Group work in the studio with the coaches (4 – 6 hours daily)
-Two-hour discussion in the evening
-One-day seminar with lectures and video screenings
-Public presentation of the choreographic project
We offer:
- Dance studio of sufficient capacity for their interpreters
- Supervision of a professional coach
- Peer-to-peer cooperation with other choreographers
- Constructive discussion and feedback
- Conferences and lectures by experts from various fields
- DVD records of the work of progress
- Meeting with the audience
- International networking
- Sharing know-how and possibilities leading to actual results
Workshop Fee: 150 EUR (the cost of accommodation is not included)
After having the opportunity to work with such personalities as Maurice Béjart and Carolyn Carlson, he presented his first choreography in 1978 at Bagnolet and decided to found his own company a year later. In his choreographic work he focuses on merging diverse means of artistic expression [ … ]
Jean-Christophe Paré graduated into the Paris Opera Ballet in 1976 and was promoted to First Soloist in 1982. For a number of years before and after 1982 he was a member of the Paris Opera’s experimental dance group Groupe de Recherche de l’Opera de Paris (GRCOP). He left the Paris Opera to work with various contemporary French choreographers, such as D. Larrieu, R. Chopinot, F. Verret, A. Degroat, and to concentrate on his own choreography (he has created more than fifteen works to date). He has worked extensively with Wilfred Piollet and Jean Guizerix, former stars of the Paris Opera Ballet who take a very progressive approach to contemporary dance creation. In addition to collaborative work as a dancer and choreographer, he also works closely with the dance analyst Odile Rouquet in the field of research in movement. He is regularly invited to teach at various conservatoires, universities and high schools in France and abroad. In 1990 he became director of the National Centre of Contemporary Dance in Angers and then inspector of dance for the French Ministry of Culture, even later then director of the National Dance School in Marseille. He introduced new curricula at universities and high schools including choreographic analysis and coaching. He is invited by SE.S.TA each year since 1999 to teach in Prague. [ … ]
Coming from the scenic arts as a choreographer, performer, teacher and dramaturge her professional specialization is mainly the "Body-Mind Centering". Her ability to successfully lead groups and individuals has paid off in various fields. Rivca Rubin is engaged in explaining the processes and accurate reflections with enthusiasm and thus she becomes a reliable support for the artists. She belongs among one of the pioneers of artistic coaching and later also managerial coaching. She is interested in behavioral sciences, interpesonal and interdepartmenal communication and likes to interconnect individuals through art. [ … ]
Apply until 15 May 2017 through:
applicatin form: http://bit.ly/ApplyforCoachingResidency
or send us your CV / resumé, cover letter and discription of your proposed project in English to the email fabisikova@se-s-ta.cz
Please send us a DVD/USB/video link with the footage of your work-in-progress project.
You can also specify the name of the coach, you would like to work with.
Address: Centre for choreographic development SE.S.TA - Václavkova 20, 160 00 Praha, Czechia
City of Prague, Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, Studio ALTA, National Gallery, Alfred ve dvoře Theatre
Thank you!
