CHOREOGRAPHY AS WRITING: HOTBED WORKSHOP WITH METTE EDVARDSEN
KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARD PUBLIC PROGRAM
07 March 2020 - 08 March 2020
For professional choreographers. Selected participants must be Dancehouse members.
Many of Mette Edvardsen's recent works have been developed using language as material, looking into the relationship between writing and speaking, between language and voice. Mette Edvardsen is working on the verge of the visible, considering choreography as writing. This workshop for professional choreographers will explore some of her methodologies and scores.
WHERE: WXYZ Studios, North Melbourne
DATES: Saturday 7 March — Sunday 8 March
TIMES: 2pm — 6pm
PRICE: $60 (apply by February 3, pay by February 7), $75 (payments made from February 8)
Capacity limited — apply early to avoid disappointment. All participants must be Dancehouse members. Become a member.
To apply, simply email Tom at: tom@lucyguerininc.com with the subject: 'HOTBED 2020: Mette Edvardsen'
Presented by Dancehouse and Lucy Guerin Inc as part of the Dancehouse Keir Choreographic Award public program.
ABOUT THE 2020 KEIR CHOREOGRAPHIC AWARDS
Mette Edvardsen is a Norwegian choreographer and performer based in Brussels since 1996. Although her works span different media and formats such as video and the written word, her interests are best placed in the performing arts as a practice and a situation. She has worked for several years as a dancer and performer for a number of companies and projects and has developed her solo work extensively since 2002. She presents her works internationally and continues to develop projects with other artists, both as a collaborator and as a performer. A retrospective of her work was presented at Black Box theatre in Oslo in 2015. Mette is structurally supported by Norsk Kulturråd (2017 -2020), BUDA Arts Centre Kortrijk (2017 - 2020) and apap-Performing Europe 2020 – a project co-funded by Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. She is currently a research fellow at Oslo National Academy of the Arts and associated artist at Black Box Theater in Oslo. She is an associated artist at Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen in Normandie (France) for the period 2019-2021.
The Keir Choreographic Award Dancehouse Public Program is presented by Dancehouse in partnership with City of Yarra, Abbotsford Convent, Faculty of the VCA and MCM | University of Melbourne, Temperance Hall, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc., Common Rooms and The Mill.
Dancehouse would like to warmly thank the Keir Foundation for making this public program possible.
