Laura Shapiro / quicksilverdance, Thomas Körtvélyessy / Reàl Dance Companydis/embodiment, re-embodiment and dance
informal sharing Friday September 16th (online/studio)
20.00 hrs (CEST) 2pm (EST)
over this summer, New York-based choreographer Laura Shapiro and Thomas Körtvélyessy continued a written conversation about dis/embodiment and dance in relation social and political crises of our present times.
what relation do they experience as dance-professionals between dis/embodiment and its consequences, incl. fascism, destruction of the biosphere of which they are a part?
what can be the role of (our) embodiment, dance and creativity in this process?
how does listening to and acting according to our physical state relate to a dance culture where production and performance do (not always) allow for this to happen?
you are welcome to join them on Friday September 16th at 20.00hrs (Den Haag) or 2 pm (New York), when they share more about this project and open up the discussion. you can join via Zoom or directly in the studio of CLOUD, De Constant de Rebecqueplein 20b, 2518 RA the Hague/Den Haag. (face-masks mandatory) – warm thanks to the Kinetic Awareness™ Center for kindly providing the Zoom-account that will connect us all.space is limited,
please pre-register here by clicking on this link (opens a reply e-mail)
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ME MONUMENTA!
ME MONUMENTA! is a research project : a solo by Karine Guizzo ,with the performer Lorenzo Capodieci.Her inspiration comes from nature, where males flaunt their ‘parure’’ in colorful seduction to attract their females but also from the extravagant drag shows with all their lavish looks and acts
The performance is an experimental composition of( minimalist) dance and visual art in which we explore and celebrate ’We humans as monuments’’. The second part of the project consists in performing in unusual places , like cafes , hairdresser salons or in an art gallery
Friday 9th September, at 17:30 and 19:00, we will present ME MONUMENTA
Please register for the showings:memonumenta.com
Silent on the bench
The project
“Silent of the bench” is the composition of new music for an experimental deceto. I am interested in deepening into several things that I have been studying for a few years about psychoacoustics, and improvisation methodologies. My stay in Coud is based on defining a line of composition for this group of musicians in particular
Short Bio (Projects (pb.online)):
José Luis Fraga (A Coruña,1988). Clarinetist, musician and performer. His interests are born from the instrumental practice, from the corpographic and from the collective interaction wirh artists of other disciplines. Higher Degree in Interpretation of Classical Music and Jazz, in Spain and Italy.
In recent years he has held own performances in places such as ACUD Theater in Berlin, MEAM (Museu Europeo de Arte Moderno de Barcelona), Fábrica de Arte Cubano in Havana, Casa Iberoamericana de Holguín, Iries Vibes (Belgium), Feria Hybrid Art & Fair in Madrid, Espai B (Barcelona), Puertas de Castilla Sound Art Center (Murcia), Casa do Brasil in Madrid, the House of Music in Alicante, the Paco de Lucía Auditorium or El Círculo de Bellas Arts in Madrid. Since 2016 he has been the artistic director of the “Código Abierto” collective of transdisciplinary improvisation (music, dance and visual arts).
He has participated in international artistic residencies such as Medialab Prado tutored by “El niño de Elche” (Madrid 2021), Majaam Residency (Estonia), Konvent Zero (Barcelona 2019), Art and Ground Alicante (2017). Receives several notable awards and grants, such as the Mestre Mateo Award for soundtrack (2021), INJUVE Creation Award (2017), AMEE PANC for sound artists (2017) tutored by Susan Campos Fonseca (Costa Rica Musical Historical Archive) or Buzz Meet s Biz of the Goethe Institute (2018).
BEING & BECOMING | RESIDENCY | OONA MINOO
6-19 June 2022
Presentation : Friday June 17, 7:30 PM
How did we become what we are? What shapes us, what makes us decide to choose one way or the other? And is it possible to transform oneself into someone or something completely different?
Humans are developing and transforming themselves continuously. Like a never-ending micro evolution. Being & Becoming searches for the very first moments, movements, and thoughts in our lives – still so flexible and adaptable that we could almost go in every direction. It is also about the courage to leave what does not fit anymore and about trying something new.
Celebrating all the different kinds of transformation: smoothly, slowly, unconscious, controlled, explosive and never ending.
During this residency I will be further developing my piece, (re)searching for ways to embody transformation. Especially the ones, that surprise yourself.
Research questions will be:
Is it possible to create movements that you never done before? And if yes, how?
A special focus will also be brought to the relationship between movement and (live) music:
How does music influence movement improvisation?
What difference does it make if this music is played live?
What inspiration can movement offer for (live) music creation?
During the last days of this residency electronic composer and synth player Maria Solberger ( AT) will join me to experiment with ways of adaption, fusion and distinction between music and movement.
On our last day we would be happy to invite you for our presentation: Friday 17th June 19:30
About the artist: Una Wiplinger (AT/NL) is a choreographer/dancer and musician/composer. Under her artistic name OONA MINOO she creates interdisciplinary performances, that use dance and music as ways to connect to and communicate with the audience and go beyond genre borders.
RESIDENCY | RECONNECT | BODIES IN ACTION
11 – 15 April 2022
Open classes every morning 10:30 -11:15 AM
Showing Friday 15 April 19:30 – 21:30
Julian & Shira from Bodies In Action ~ enGendering Contemporary Dance from England will be starting a new Research in the Cloud studio.
We will look at what it is like to reconnect with something unfamiliar. This can be taken in an abstract or literal sense. It will be quite a personal residency, with opportunity to take things we are familiar with, throw them out the window, and discover new things both physically, emotionally, and mentally.
Some questions and ideas we have while playing with this new creation is:
- How do unfamiliar bodies become familiar once again? How does the familiarity change?
- Does the reconnection of something that seems distant automatically reconnect or not?
- How does one/something smell, look, feel different? Can this happen with both a person and materialistic thing ?
- How do we transform the act of “re-meeting” into something abstract and visual?
- How does the amount of time apart from someone/something affect the reconnection of this?
Through these questions and figuring out the answers, we will find ways to manifest the creative process through physical tasks in order to generate material. We will take inspiration from our own unique experience as well as gather other experiences from our individual selves to tackle the question of how we reconnect with estranged individuals.
At the CLOUD/Danslab residency, we will invite people to come and take class in the morning.
Depending on what the space allows for, we will either guide a meditation/pilates/movement class or if professional dancers would like, we will host a ballet for contemporary dancers; otherwise, we will do a combination of both.
if you want more information about the classes please contact Julian: bodiesinactiondance@gmail.com
We will host a showing at the end of the week
to gather the immediate community to see what we have been up to. After this showing, there will be a discussion based on what people saw.
https://www.bodiesinaction.org/home
https://instagram.com/bodiesinactiondance
CTRL+ALT+IDENTITY
Sinds november 2021 tot medio maart werkt Anima Jhagroe-Ruissen in CLOUD danslab aan de productie van haar nieuwste creatie. Met veel bewondering voor de gelaagdheid van dit project delen wij in deze post meer informatie over het project en de voorstellingen in maart.
CTRL+ALT+IDENTITY
Met hennaworkshops, talks, exposities, experimentele performances en voorstellingen verkent CTRL+ALT+IDENTITY gemarginaliseerde verhalen en posities van Vrouwen van Kleur in nederland. CTRL+ALT+IDENTITY laat hiermee zien dat deze verhalen niet individueel of incidenteel zijn, maar een patroon vormen dat doorbroken moet worden.
Meer informatie over het project
Danstheatervoorstelling
De danstheatervoorstelling CTRL+ALT+IDENTITY is een gezamenlijke verkenning naar de glitches waarin vrouwen van kleur leven. Glitches laten de scheuren zien in het dominante witte systeem. Het zijn andere dimensies waarin vrouwen van kleur strijden voor sociale rechtvaardigheid. Deze strijd wordt verteld met henna en dans. Beide kunstvormen brengen een hervonden verbinding tot leven, tussen vrouwen van kleur en Moeder Aarde. Een verbinding die verloren was geraakt in tijden van o.a. gedwongen contractarbeid van Surinaams-Hindostaanse arbeidsters.
Data: 11-13 maart 2022
Locatie: Theater Zuidplein, Rotterdam
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Exposities en Talks
Op 8 maart 2022 wordt in samenwerking met het Sarnamihuis een gesprek tussen twee generaties Hindostaanse vrouwen georganiseerd met o.a. de oprichtsters van het feministische blad Ashanti o.l.v. Pravini Baboeram. Van 11 maart t/m 13 maart zijn in het verlengde van dit gesprek de exposities When we grow up van Kevita Junior en Ashanti van het Sarnámihuis te bezichtigen.
Datum: 8 maart 2022
Locatie: Theater Zuidplein, Rotterdam
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CLOUD Talks: Decolonization & Dance #2
The short documentary series by Aqueene Wilson “WHERE ARE THE BLACK BODIES DANCING?” was launched in 2021 as part of a fellowship at Kunstinstituut Melly. Since then this profound documentary unfortunately received very little attention in the Netherlands, especially the dance world remained silent. In the second edition of CLOUD Talks we will reflect on the creation process of this documentary series for the maker, talk more about the spaces where black bodies dance and look more into the decolonial movements (not) happening in the arts. You can read more about the documentary and the maker below.
Date: 6 March 2022
Time: 20:00
Facebook live event
WHERE ARE THE BLACK BODIES DANCING is a two-part online series that should be seen as a research come to life. Through a visual collection of conversations, performances, and art we question the current racial landscape in contemporary dance, while actively creating space for black bodies. As we live in a time where activism is primal, oppressive structures in dance need to be highlighted. Therefore, we start the series by revealing complex truths like institutional norms, tokenism, and othering. This entire body of work can be seen as a form of counter storytelling, as extremely praised concepts like diversity and equality are contradicted by Christian Yav, Junadry Leocaria, Dalton Jansen, and Chanel Vyent. Through moments of vulnerability, we ask them what it means to be a black body in a white institute. More so, what are the issues behind contemporary diversity? And how do they actively create space for others or themselves?
Aqueene Wilson (Curacao, 1995) is curator, multidiscpilinair artist, autodidacte fotograaf en Caribisch kind. Met het menselijk lichaam als haar meest voorkomende onderwerp en haar achtergrond in dans, staat ze voornamelijk bekend om het documenteren van het (gekleurde) lichaam door een kwetsbare lens.
About CLOUD TALKS: Decolonization & Dance
Damani Leidsman and Fazle Shairmahomed have conversations with different people from the dance world from a decolonial perspective. They will talk about taboos, hybrid dance, transgressive behavior, the value of categorizing dance in boxes such as ‘amateur and professional’, ‘contemporary and urban’, from underground dance to dance in theaters, museums and beyond… How does dance move now, then, and very soon?The language in which they will speak and move will be a surprise each time, but it will be hybrid in particular! Let’s discover together how we can keep having dialogues!
Read more about CLOUD Talks
RESIDENCY | STONE NETWORK | Anna Bierler and Marit Mihklepp
8-12 March 2022
Stone Network is a knot of gatherings initiated by Anna Bierler and Marit Mihklepp. They begin weaving the network with a week-long residency-ritual – from March 8-12 – to connect the voices and bodies of the geologic and the human, as well as focus on modes of writing and reading as spaces for intimacy and collectivity.
Each day an invited guest will be sharing their practice as an intensive learning and playing session:
–Tuesday, 8.3. with Juliette Lizotte
–Wednesday, 9.3. with Greta Facchinato
–Thursday, 10.3. with Cocky Eek
–Friday, 11.3. with Undead Matter
–Saturday, 12.3. with Comfort Ball
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From March 8–12 between 7pm–8pm the public is invited to join for interactive radio-experiments on Good Times Bad Times. Streaming live from CLOUD Danslab in The Hague, we’ll explore reading and writing as a collective practice while tending to stones and the stories they carry.
To participate, please enter the chatroom of Good Times Bad Times
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Every summer I gather a few stones from
the beach and keep them in a glass bowl.
Now and again I cover them with water,
and they drink. There’s no question about
this; I put tinfoil over the bowl, tightly,
yet the water disappears. This doesn’t
mean we ever have a conversation, or that
they have the kind of feelings we do, yet
it might mean something. Whatever the
stones are, they don’t lie in the water
and do nothing.
Some of my friends refuse to believe it
happens, even though they’ve seen it. But
a few others—I’ve seen them walking down
the beach holding a few stones, and they
look at them rather more closely now.
Once in a while, I swear, I’ve even heard
one or two of them saying “Hello.”
Which, I think, does no harm to anyone or
anything, does it?
Mary Oliver, Watering the Stones
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Let’s meet in the chatroom!
xoxo Stone Network
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This project is made possible with the kind support of creative industries fund NL
BRIDGING | RESIDENCY | IVAN COOK
06-19 December 2021
Presentation
18 December 13:00 – 13:30 & 15:00 – 15:30
A look at the thin line walked between stability and utter insanity.
How the mind and body copes with forced timeouts, everyday living and the need for purpose.
Bridging plays with memorizing forms of music performed by Nikos Charalambous , dancer Ivan Cook explores the depth of extreme physicality and mental despair, through theater and acrobatic dance.
Donation based. Reservation & Covid pass required.
Reservations via: www.cookmovementpractice.online/event
SHOW OFF
After many months of restriction due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Karine Guizzo felt a strong urge to play again – to create and explore new forms and styles of theater.Especially aimed at an adult audience, this tragicomic dance experiment plays with hints of burlesque eroticism and contemporary dance .It is freely inspired by the story of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.Narcissus is represented by two dancers, Lorenzo Capodieci and Paolo Yao. Echo, portrayed by Christie Lou Partelow, is in love with Narcissus but is rejected by him.
The project consists of a few weeks of research in the Cloud@Danslab and 5 presentations for a limited number of audience.
The duration of this studio presentation is less than one hour.
We hope you will come to share this fun and one-off experience with us !
Infos and (compulsory) seats reservations:https://show-off.me/
COSMIC CATERPILLARS
Lecture Performance by Lili Ullrich
Sunday 21 November 2021 at 16:00
In this lecture performance Lili Ullrich will share her research on the Knowing Body, institutional trauma and the Collective Unconscious. During her residency at CLOUD she worked on the performance Kosmische Raupe, in which she translated these topics into a collage of acting, physical theatre, contemporary poetry & sound. You can expect a magical journey into the subconscious mind and mystery of the body.
We are looking forward to see you then, the space will be open 15 minutes in advance.
picture by Pilar Mata Dupont with a costume by Dragadina and Rico Dyks
New Class: Restorative Pilates
Unfortunately due to too few sign ups this class has been canceled for now .
We’re super excited to have Sophie joining our amazing teacher’s team.
Restorative Pilates
Mondays 18:30-19:30
“In this class I believe it is important to give you the freedom to explore the movement potential of your body. My classes are based on the Pilates method with influences from other movement practices built in to keep it fun, creative and to explore the possibilities of taking your joints through different ranges of motion.
My focus is on addressing everyday aches and pains. By working together, we can hopefully facilitate more freedom of movement.”
– Sophie Gills
Classes will be in English. Please bring your own mat and head cushion or towel.
Introduction classes 16th and 30th August, 6th and 13th September.
Terms of classes start on October 11th 2021.
Prices
Single class €13
Block bookings (typically 5 weeks) €12 per class
Please pre-register for class – I will send out an enrollment form asking for a brief medical history so I can target the exercises to you and your needs as best I can.
Private sessions are also available from 60 euros. Please contact Sophie for availability.
Antenatal class coming soon.
Please contact Sophie to register your interest: sophierigge@hotmail.com