Prisma Extensions
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PRISMA EXTENSIONS An area in which PRISMA acts as a facilitator for collaborating projects that extend their field of action involving several participants that come in contact through PRISMA. A Prisma Extension, refers also to a project that is either completed on a definite time period before or after the Forum and/or is completed in other cities of México, spreading a positive effect of Prisma in other communities. PRISMA EXTENSIONS seeks to generate meaningful collaborations and far-reaching international and interinstitutional exchanges; identifying common, and/or complementary interests between our guest artists and different Mexican communities. DANCE COMMUNITY PICTURE MEXICO 2009 Originally conceived by Myriam Van Imschoot and now developed and submitted David Bergé (BELGIUM) and Trajal Harrell (USA). The Dance Community Picture series aspires to portray the 'dance community' in a specific city in its current state (in this case Mexico D.F.). It is a time, space and people specific project. As for the people: everyone who considers himself or herself to be part of the cities’ dance Community is welcomed to a publicly announced photo shoot. The resulting photograph will be labelled “Dance Community Picture, City, and year” and will be distributed on websites and in art and dance magazines. Within the frame of Prisma Extensions, both David Bergé and Trajal Harrell will arrive in Mexico days in advance of the project to fully immerse themselves and understand the Mexican Dance community. They will be reaching out to dance academies, schools, companies, theatres, associations, etc. To convocate their participants and raise the question: Do you consider yourself part of the Community?
We would like to thank the support of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes through the Coordinación Nacional de Danza, Auditorio Nacional and SARMA www.b-chronicles.be .
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We would like to thank the support of the Prince Claus Fund (Netherlands), Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes through the Coordinación Nacional de Danza, Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Mexicali, Centro de Investigaciones Culturales-Museo de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Escuela de Artes de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tutiatro (compañía de teatro independiente), LunaLuna Danza Contemporánea, Norteñio Folk Art (Colectivo de artistas visuales)y Festival Perfomática Ciudad de Puebla.
WATER BODIES Conceived and submitted by Jennifer Monson (USA). An interdisciplinary cooperative laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance, between the Instituto de la Naturaleza y Sociedad de Oaxaca (INSO), and choreographer/ dancer Jennifer Monson. The purpose of the Extension is to collaboratively create a research project that involves artists, scientists, environmentalists and members of ethnic communities to come together in Oaxaca Mexico in a short work research residency; taking into consideration and as basis for the research the Institute´s most recent work and publication: AGUAXACA: An integrated approach to Watershed management for the Sierra San Felipe, Oaxaca. The project involves two days of in-site research with scientists/environmentalists, followed by two days of dance focused research informed by the shared information with the scientists and one day of discussion and workshops for the public and attendees of Prisma Oaxaca 2009. Dates for the Extension: June 23- July 3 [Oaxaca] Work showing: July 3- 12:00, “El Pedregal” Oaxaca. We would like to thank the support of the Instituto de Naturaleza y Sociedad de Oaxaca (INSO).
DEMONSHAKER Conceived and submitted by conductor Nathan Fuhr (GERMANY). Demonshaker is six drummers and one conductor en cercle– a geometric formation of energetic wisdom on the cue of certain traditions of theatre and ritual. It began as a one-off event in the spirit of protest for Berlin's Zentrale Randlage being shut-down by the city. The public is welcome to move freely throughout the performance, and the centre of the circle is undefined open space, which has revealed itself in performances to be a nest for immersive listening, dance, and trance. The EXTENSION consists on a workshop-like process in which six drummers learn to both follow and use Nathan's conducting language, and explore their own creativity within the extraordinary experience of playing with five other drummers. Dates for the Extension: June 29-July 3 [Oaxaca] Performance: July 3- 21:30, [Santo Domingo] We would like to thank the support of Carlos Ortega director of the Escuela de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca. Conceived and submitted by Trajal Harrel (USA). Ongoing throughout the entire forum, participants will collect interviews, images, and document the many events of Prisma, as well as organizing and laying out the future publication. The archived material will become part of a Prisma Memoire 2009. THE INTIMATE STAG: The masculinity project Conceived and submitted by Chris Leuenberger (SWITZERLAND). The Intimate Stag, is an extension based on a laboratory on masculinity and intimacy. It proposes to answer the questions: What does it mean for me to be a man today? What is my relationship with my male body? What kind of dance would make my father proud? A research project that seeks to understand how Mexican and other international artists relate to their male identity. What role models, reference points and concepts do we share? How can we help each other better understand our male role in society and our role as artists? What does it mean for a male artist to be intimate? Is intimacy something that can be wilfully induced? Or is it an ephemeral phenomenon that suddenly happens when we don’t look for it?? Using the frame of a therapy group for men, he will work with a circle of men talking about their problems, wishes and desires; encouraging each other to overcome emotional blocks and to allow for transparency and empathy. By proposing this lab/extension he hopes to create a space for artistic stimulation and emotional generosity. Chris Leuenberger wishes to interview different Mexican men about their masculinity (both in rural and metropolitan settings), and from the material gathered create a sound installation which will be displayed on at the Prisma Forum Mexico 2009 and be accessible online. Also there will be intimate walkings and reports at his blog: www.searchingforintimacy.blogspot.com AT HOME Conceived and submitted by Min Kyoung Lee (S. KOREA). At Home is a weeklong workshop that proposes a shared research and investigation into the notion of ‘home’—the feeling of being at home. An investigative workshop that consists of discussions and creative experimentation between different cultures and people in an artistic practice. Participants are to bring in and share their own ideas, interests and experiences of home, feelings of being at home—all in close relationship to Place: People: Play. These discussions will define and create a small performance or exhibition to share with each other and an audience. Everything you have to learn you have to teach yourself Workshop conceived by Domenico Gustino (ITALY). The masterclass/workshop deals with the technique of improvisation but through a very specific lexicon he has been developing for the past 2 years. In fact, the word improvisation does not exist as such. The misuse of this word all that is not choreographed material is a source of a lot of misunderstanding in the world of improvisation in dance. "Anything can be material, and any material can be used to communicate composition. The trick is giving focus to what we want seen." I want to take very simple methods and foster an environment where research is stimulated, and responsibility is given to the dancer. I would like to go beyond the typical paradigm where the teacher teaches a style or movements from their repertory, but rather shows how mature dancers can be given tools to search for themselves”. Concretely, we will be using techniques where copying and imitation will be explored as a cultural phenomenon of learning. I believe that culture is learned behaviour, and while it is sociologically impossible to unlearn-it is possible to learn a multiplicity of varying patterns that challenge stagnant, invisible learning patterns by making the person more conscious of "how they are organizing things, and that they chose that organization over other organizational patterns. This is composition work. For this we will most likely work in solos, yet in a group. Performing for each other while remaining independent. Taking from others yet having nothing to tell the person. Communication through filtering what we see. This is the technique we have been developing in my Solo Conversations work. Again, this requires a certain amount of maturity. It could be that we only open the showing the last day, and only show a selection of the work.
Project conceived by Robert Steijn (NETHERLANDS). This workshop investigates the healing power of becoming playful and creative as a necessary autonomous source in our society, not connected with any morals, ethics, and certain fixed aesthetics—a project that investigates the essence of making art or theatre in a spiritual context. How can we open ourselves to a channel of creativity, without controlling it? It is about letting go of high expectations. The workshop tries to find the answer to the question, why must we become serious in being silly about ourselves? The goal is how to make formless and shapeless art; even though, it has a clear choice of form and shape. The workshop is open for everyone, dancers, visual artists, writers, professionals or not professionals. In his work Steijn, is in constant contact with dancers and actors, searching for a one-of-a-kind creativity that reveals everything of what is there at the moment: our position as artists, to ourselves, to the society, and the public. Only when we are lucid about our position towards everything which is around us, we can start to reflect in a creative way. His work in art is a spiritual quest to investigate how our work can change the hearts and the minds of ourselves and our public. Constant work and daily showings/performances.
Collaboration project between artist Sima Khatami (IRAN) and entrepreneur Jorge Caicedo (MEXICO). Sima is interested in teaching children and teenagers, or visual arts students how to make movies with commercial off-the-shelf devices (i.e. mobile phones). The video workshop will also promote the photographic record of what participants consider intangible cultural heritage. All images and videos will be showcased in our Prisma website. In this workshop, Sima will work closely with Jorge Caicedo, one of the creators of the Human Heritage network — www.humanheritage.org is a website that due to the changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design aims to enhance creativity, information sharing and most notably collaboration among users. It will make possible a live inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage throughout the world. This video workshop develops a strategy that considers creating a world wide web of youngsters trained and certified as “Heritage Keeper,“ a program that will provide the necessary skills and knowledge to identify, register, safeguard and promote within the community the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Dates for the Extension: June 28-July 2 [Escuela de Bellas Artes, Oaxaca] We would like to thank the support of Carlos Ortega director of the Escuela de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca and HumanHeritage.org
MY BODY IS A MEDIUM Conceived and proposed by Gilles Polet (BELGIUM). Master class researching limitations and borders and how we can discover the unlimited amount of possibilities within those limitations. How every so often one can find an exit leading to a whole new set of possibilities. Using the imagination as a tool to transform the body and using the body as a vessel to explore with. The class will explore these ideas in three phases: body practices, movement techniques and improvisation, within each approach putting the emphasis on awareness, perception, efficiency, sublime and joy. He will be hosted by Arte en V, an artistic open space and free for expression; which inspires development, creativity and interdisciplinary arts, funded and directed by Carmen Correa. Dates for the Extension: June 24-26 16:00-18:00 [Arte en V, Mexico City] We would like to thank the support of Arte en V. www.arteenv.com
SINGING WITH THE NICAOAX CHOIR Project conceived by Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias (FRANCE). A one-week long singing class for a group interested in class that in practicing with voice within a practice of movement, and in relation to space. From contemporary dance exercises to voice training exercises, trying to put things together. How to use dance exercises for voice practice and voice exercises for dance practice. This class is an opportunity to get some basic technique for voice training, but to link them directly to a movement practice and dance basics. For this project, Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias, will work directly with the NICAOAX choir directed by the Maestro Enrique Chávez.. Founded in October 2008, the Coro de Niñas y Niños Cantores de Oaxaca, NICAOAX , is composed of students (ages six to twelve), selected from public schools of the city of Oaxaca by the Talent Identification Program, whose main goal is to discover vocal and musical ability at an early age. The musical success and the high rated audience they have achieved in such a short period of time have quickly placed them as one of the most promising and prominent social groups in the musical development of their state. They are already scheduled to perform in major festivals and forums in the current year. The collaborative work will culminate in a special presentation at the Teatro Macedonio Alcalá. Dates for the Extension: June 28-July 3 We would like to thank the support of the Secretaría de Cultura del Estado de Oaxaca, the Honorable Ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez, the Coro de Niñas y Niños Cantores de Oaxaca directed by Mtro. Enrique Chávez and Teatro Macedonio Alcalá.
Project conceived and proposed by Thollem McDonas (USA). In this workshop the participants will explore sound and music in an immediate and experiential way, investigating the principles of acoustics, dynamics, timbre, articulation, rhythm, the varieties of relationships in a musical group dynamic, spontaneous composition, structured improvisations, and conducted group improvisation. They will leave the workshop with a heightened sense and appreciation of the everyday sounds around them, and skills that will enable them to continue to explore on their own as well as lead their own workshops if they are so interested. The workshop will utilize everyday sound sources: objects that already naturally exist in the space, voices, traditional musical instruments, and ambient sounds that are occurring outside of the group. The emphasis is not necessarily on individual creativity, or high levels of musicianship, but on the ability to listen and make spontaneous music with others. Thollem has invented structured improvisations that are designed specifically to be used by anyone regardless of their musical experience, age, or language. Most importantly, the workshop will develop organically from the input of the participants, a natural progression, a structured improvisation of its own. This improvisation scheme utilized in both the Cologne School of Music and the Paris Conservatory. In this occasion Thollem McDonas will work with the Banda Libertad of Oaxaca directed by the Maestro Mauro Ramirez Perez. Dates for the Extension: June 28-July 3 We would like to thank the support of the Secretaría de Cultura del Estado de Oaxaca, the Honorable Ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez, the Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil y Juvenil Libertad directed by Mtro. Mauro Ramírez Pérez, and Teatro Macedonio Alcalá.
SPACE-TIME WITH BANDA AMEYALLI OF OAXACA Laboratory conceived by Massimiliano Viel (ITALY). This laboratory gives the amateur performer who usually plays in symphonic bands the opportunity to experiment some issues of contemporary music being at the same time part of the creative process. The open score is thus at the centre of a creative network that put in contact the composer with musicians who become composers themselves, creating a performance that is significantly different according to the performing band and the performing context. The work is divided in four parts, each one focusing on different space-time perspective: 1 - The Vault (musicians very far from the audience) The Ameyalli Band from San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca will work with the composer Massimiliano Viel on the realisation of the whole or part of the Spazi-Tempi project, a 30 minutes lasting work for symphonic band dedicated to explore the different ways we experiment space and timing. The score has to be build by the musicians themselves during the laboratory following a scheme that can generate many different results, while maintaining the same structure. This work is a long “paint” about sounds in space (musicians may also be distant 100 meters from each other in some parts of the work) and time synchronisation, as a sort of musical theatre in which sound is the actor. Musician and the audience experiment different way in which sound is linked to the space in a slow process that bring a very large sound space to annihilate in a singularity, as a metaphorical journey towards a black hole. Dates for the Extension: June 28-July 3 We would like to thank the support of the Secretaría de Cultura del Estado de Oaxaca, Banda Ameyalli directed by Mtro. Juan Limeta Aquino and Teatro Macedonio Alcalá. Dates for the Extension: June 28-July 3 [Zaachila ,Oaxaca] PRISMA EXTENSIONS PERFORMANCES
Mia Haugland y Guillherm Garrido – NORWAY The duet “ – a couple dance” uses the stage as a space of possibilities to unfold, discover and subvert the complex layers in a relationship between two people. An ungraspable couple dance. A stage space as an empty canvas. A relation that changes appearance and lingers between fiction and reality…but always in an in-between space where human and animal unrecognizably shifts, where shadows in the dark sings about our masks and role-plays in life, where abstract shapes, animalistic dialogues and the sensual play between two bodies becomes one. Through movement, live video and music created by the performers on stage the duet brings the public through a poetic journey of two bodies travelling through different landscapes in a white space, ungraspable trying to relate to each other. Performance: Monday July 13/ 20:00 [Teatro de la Danza/ Centro Cultural del Bosque] We would like to thank the support of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes through the Coordinación Nacional de Danza, Red Nacional de Festivales de Danza Arts Council Norway and Fund for the Performing Arts
Tout Court Project – [GERMANY] Tout Court Direction: Tommy Noonan Tout Court is a meditation on consensus, collectivity and the fragile balance between success and failure. In 2008, nine artists from six countries gathered together, without any thematic or dramaturgical starting point other than the collective creation of an original performance. Each artist was asked to arrive with a proposal for, and with the beginnings of, his or her own vision of a work. The group found its way forward from this point. As a research, Tout Court was concerned first and foremost with the above working structure. The project took structure itself as the content of a research on collectivity, and sought to build a line of dramaturgy in the process of realizing each individual line of work in relation to the other. As a performance, Tout Court is the tragicomic result of that process. Performance: July 14, 2009 / 20:00 [Teatro de la Danza/ Centro Cultural del Bosque] We would like to thank the support of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes through the Coordinación Nacional de Danza, Red Nacional de Festivales de Danza, pvc-Tanz Freiburg-Heidelberg (Germany) and Instituto Camões Portugal.
CARNE (FLESH) Conception, direction and performance: Micheline Torres (BRASIL)
Performance that is related to the flesh and its manipulation, the sexuality and its manipulation, and about the meanings and functions originated by this. Performance: July 17, 2009 / [XII Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea en Morelia, Michoacán] We would like to thank the support of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes through the Coordinación Nacional de Danza, Red Nacional de Festivales de Danza, Centre International des Récollets with the Mairie de Paris and Ministry of foreign affairs, Centre National de la Danse (CND-Paris) in the provision of rehearsal studios and Micadanses Studios (Paris).
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Mexico 2009
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