'It's often said that space is the single most valuable
commodity for a dance maker....'
The Kinitiras Choreography Lab in partnership with the Dance Area of DEREE -the American College of Greece is happy to announce the launch of the first :
PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
to take place September 3-15th 2012 in the Dance Area facilities at the College's Aghia Paraskevi campus.
The PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT is the next step following the directed research supported by the Kinitiras Choreography Lab and offers selected dance artists the opportunity to engage in self directed development through the provision of free studio space and technical equipment in a supportive artistic environment. The project will also offer participants the opportunity to present their choreographic and performance practice to the general dance and arts community through 'sharings' for the students at DEREE- Dance area, lecture/demonstrations and/or public performances as part of the next School of Fine and Performing Arts Festival 2013.
Who is it for? - Past Kinitiras Choreography Lab participants who are interested in developing and exposing a new and innovative idea in order to further their dance practice.
- New participants in the Summer Lab, artists with a commitment to further not only their individual practice but the dance sector in Greece as a whole by taking on the challenge posed by current context, and forging new partnerships in order to help create sustainable infrastructure for dance to be able to evolve.
What will the project provide? Free facilities available including: -Rehearsal studios, for a two week intensive period, Monday-Saturday, September 3rd-15th September. Following selection each artist will devise their schedule of rehearsals in consultation with the Project leader Ana Sanchez-Colberg.
-Technical Equipment: video cameras and sound equipment
-Contemporary dance class
-Optional mentorship & feedback support from experienced practitioners
Selection Participants will be selected through competitive application. The following criteria will inform the selection process:
-The applicant must have completed the Kinitiras Choreography Lab in any of it sessions (Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Summer 2012).
-Completion of application form, including a short research proposal of the idea they want to develop; the quality of research idea – vision, imagination and creativity of approach will be important to the selection committee.
-The proposal should demonstrate the degree of challenge for the choreographer. The proposal must establish how this is a further step in the advancement of their practice.
-A willingness to contribute as a visiting artists to the growing community of dance practitioners developing under the auspices of the Dance Area and the School of Fine and Performing Arts at DEREE- The American College of Greece. This may include offering open rehearsals, sharing of the results and/or the possibility to participate in the School of Fine and Performing Arts Festival in 2013.
-There is no limit to the number of proposals that will be considered or places to be offered. Applications will be selected on merit and on a reasonable distribution of available resources.
The PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT has been developed as a joint venture between Kinitiras Choreography Lab and the DEREE- Dance Area to bring to Greece high quality opportunities for professional development in dance as are available in other parts of Europe (The Place Choreodrome, National Dance House Residencies in FR for example.) The partnership acknowledges that in the current financial situation many Greek dance artists are finding it difficult, if not almost impossible, to develop professionally; opportunities to go abroad are becoming harder to consider. Therefore Kinitiras Choreography Lab and the DEREE- Dance Area-have taken on board the mission to establish a strong partnership to bring to Greece quality professional development opportunities for dance artists through the provision of the most important resource for dance – space and facilities.
Richard Alston
The Kinitiras Choreography Lab in partnership with the Dance Area of DEREE -the American College of Greece is happy to announce the launch of the first :
PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
to take place September 3-15th 2012 in the Dance Area facilities at the College's Aghia Paraskevi campus.
The PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT is the next step following the directed research supported by the Kinitiras Choreography Lab and offers selected dance artists the opportunity to engage in self directed development through the provision of free studio space and technical equipment in a supportive artistic environment. The project will also offer participants the opportunity to present their choreographic and performance practice to the general dance and arts community through 'sharings' for the students at DEREE- Dance area, lecture/demonstrations and/or public performances as part of the next School of Fine and Performing Arts Festival 2013.
Who is it for? - Past Kinitiras Choreography Lab participants who are interested in developing and exposing a new and innovative idea in order to further their dance practice.
- New participants in the Summer Lab, artists with a commitment to further not only their individual practice but the dance sector in Greece as a whole by taking on the challenge posed by current context, and forging new partnerships in order to help create sustainable infrastructure for dance to be able to evolve.
What will the project provide? Free facilities available including: -Rehearsal studios, for a two week intensive period, Monday-Saturday, September 3rd-15th September. Following selection each artist will devise their schedule of rehearsals in consultation with the Project leader Ana Sanchez-Colberg.
-Technical Equipment: video cameras and sound equipment
-Contemporary dance class
-Optional mentorship & feedback support from experienced practitioners
Selection Participants will be selected through competitive application. The following criteria will inform the selection process:
-The applicant must have completed the Kinitiras Choreography Lab in any of it sessions (Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Summer 2012).
-Completion of application form, including a short research proposal of the idea they want to develop; the quality of research idea – vision, imagination and creativity of approach will be important to the selection committee.
-The proposal should demonstrate the degree of challenge for the choreographer. The proposal must establish how this is a further step in the advancement of their practice.
-A willingness to contribute as a visiting artists to the growing community of dance practitioners developing under the auspices of the Dance Area and the School of Fine and Performing Arts at DEREE- The American College of Greece. This may include offering open rehearsals, sharing of the results and/or the possibility to participate in the School of Fine and Performing Arts Festival in 2013.
-There is no limit to the number of proposals that will be considered or places to be offered. Applications will be selected on merit and on a reasonable distribution of available resources.
The PROFESSIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT has been developed as a joint venture between Kinitiras Choreography Lab and the DEREE- Dance Area to bring to Greece high quality opportunities for professional development in dance as are available in other parts of Europe (The Place Choreodrome, National Dance House Residencies in FR for example.) The partnership acknowledges that in the current financial situation many Greek dance artists are finding it difficult, if not almost impossible, to develop professionally; opportunities to go abroad are becoming harder to consider. Therefore Kinitiras Choreography Lab and the DEREE- Dance Area-have taken on board the mission to establish a strong partnership to bring to Greece quality professional development opportunities for dance artists through the provision of the most important resource for dance – space and facilities.
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