[ plesni izziv 2008 ] [ slovensko ]

The Body of a Dancer, Actor and the Passer by
(workshops about the presence and how to compose it in space)

Vania Rovisco and Leja Jurišić
Dance theatre of Ljubljana, Slovenia
26.04. - 30.04.08

The workshop will have the duration of 3 hours a day during 5 days. It is foreseen that on the 29th April Leja Jurišić and Vania Rovisco will exchange classes.

Each has her view of the work. Leja works with the content of the body and Vania with the space and composition to insert that body. What seems interesting to both is that by entering each other’s class and transmitting an other form of information to the unknown group would give the attendants the opportunity to encounter different ways of approaching the body, space and composition.

Leja Jurišić

Every emotion has a typical body posture or movement frequency.
I am interested in the awareness of the physical body (face included) through emotional states and charcters.
Where and what are the differences or relations among verbs: “to move”, “to dance”, “to present”, “to show”, “to act”, “to be” on stage.

Three stages of performance:
1) IN: focus is more or less absent, complete awareness in the body, fallow the path of every singular movement, don t care for the observer (example: trans, meditation)

2) OUT and INO: the focus opens, while moving and keeping the awareness of the body you became aware of the enviroment but you don't communicate directly with (example: contemporary dance)

3) OUT: over expression of the body and face (example: silent movies, mime)

Vania Rovisco

I am interested in the work of improvisation and the tools towards it, to gather ideas on how to sustain an improvised thought or action. How this is transposed into the space.
The work is how each individual questions it and then how they proceed to engage in the space with it.
Issues of my research are to ask questions, to work on presence and composition.

1) Working with presence

2) Working with and in the space

3) Composing in space / Composing with space

4) Composing with presence / Composing in presence

On the 29th of April, Leja workshop begins at 15h-18h and at 17h improve session (closed for public)

On the 29th of April, Vania workshop begins at 11h-14h and 13h improve session (closed for public)

The 30th each gets her group back and works with the new information within the group.

On this day from 11h-14h the doors are open to the public (Vania time).
And from 15-18h the doors are open to the public (Leja time).

Any person is allowed to attend.

Application form attached. It is in slovene so please contact
[ kink.company@gmail.com ] for translation and help to apply.

Workshop The Body of a Dancer, Actor and the Passer by is organized by
[ JSKD ] - Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities in collaboration with [ PLT ] - Plesni teater Ljubljana (Dance Theatre Ljubljana) and [ KINK Company ] - Dance production company.