“New Dance into the New Venue” in Rēzekne, Latvia
From October 2’nd to the 5’th, as part of the Writing Movement activities in Latvia, the contemporary dance project “New Dance into the New Venue” initiated by DANCE.LV Journal will be held in Rēzekne, in the recently opened multifunctional concert-hall of Eastern Latvia called “GORS”. During the event lectures and workshops led by Nordic and Baltic arts theoreticians and choreographers is offered to a journalists and arts organizers, as well as to local dance and theater teachers. The project will also include several contemporary dance performances.
The two groups of selected participants will experience a program of lectures, workshops, discussions and other acitvities. The focus group consisting of Latvian culture journalists, dance and theater critics and culture organizers will both listen to the lectures and participate in different dance classes. The local teachers group consisting of leaders of local dance and theater groups and students of dance pedagogy will join for dance classes, dance composition workshop and discussions with the focus group. Both groups will also see the program of performances.
Parts of the program is also available to the general audience and includes four dance performances, one open contemporary dance class and a public showing of the results of the composition workshop.
On October 3 at 19:00 in the Small Hall of “GORS” the contemporary dance performance “And again about the same” will take place. The production is collaboration of Olga Zitluhina Dance Company and well-known Latvian rock band “Dzelzs Vilks” (“Iron Wolf”). The performance premiered in 2005 and it is still warmly received by the audiences. The story is as old as the world – about love flourishing and fading, and full of fun, sensuality and comic moments. A special atmosphere is added by the live presence of the musicians of “Dzelzs vilks”.
On October the 4’th from 17:30 till 19:00 on the stage of the Big Hall of GORS an open class in contemporary dance is be available for everybody interested in contemporary dance.
On October 5, which will be a real festival day of the whole event. Within the stage arts festival of the Latvian Academy of Culture two performances by the students of the Latvian Academy of Culture will be shown at 18:00 in the Small Hall: „Ornaments. Krustu krusti” choreographed by Krišjānis Sants currently studying at the P.A.R.T.S. and „Il cimento della struttura e dell’accento” by Sintija Siliņa who graduated from the Latvian Academy of Culture in 2007,
Shortly before the performances, at 17:30, in the lobby of the venue the outcomes of the composition workshops will be shown.
In the conclusion of the festival day, on October 5 at 19:30 the dance performance “The Lines of Tango” will take place in the Big Hall of “GORS”. It is about Tango, around Tango, and next to Tango. Within the performance the dance company “Ritms” meet with the musicians of ensemble „Tango Sin Quinto” and singer Aija Vītoliņa.
The festival “New Dance into the New Venue” is designed in a way so that information and understanding of contemporary dance would travel simultaneously through several channels. The event is not one night only, but will have a more lasting impact, by letting the dance world talk about itself, show itself, and offer the chance to feel it within one’s own body. Another important aspect is that dance teachers get to know more about the contemporary dance and can apply their knowledge when working with their students. Culture journalists and organizers will listen to lectures about the history contemporary dance, with added focus on Latvia, and about the essence of contemporary arts in general, as well as role of this kind of arts outside the big cities. The participants will not only reflect theoretically about dance, but they will also get to know the movement “from the inside” in all the stages – from warm up, unto public performance.
Among the project participants there are: arts theoretician Max Ryynanen (Finland), dancer, choreographer and teacher Annemari Autere (Norway/France), dancer, actress, choreographer Kristina Sorensen (Faroese islands), dance critic Ingrida Gerbutavicuite (Lithuania), choreographer Olga Zitluhina (Latvia), theater and dance critic Dita Eglite (Latvia) and dance critic Inta Balode (Latvia).
Since 2012 DANCE.LV Journal is the Latvian representative in the Baltic – Nordic collaboration project “ke∂ja Writing Movement”. ke∂ja was initiated to stimulate increased collaboration in the region, and Writing Movement as a common search of solutions in the shared crisis in dance criticism, the visibility of dance in the media and also the education of the audiences about contemporary dance. When thinking about the main activity in Latvia DANCE.LV Journal decided that the project should take place outside Riga – in a location where contemporary dance is still very little known. The project was to include several groups of society and should improve the understanding of contemporary dance and dance in general. The happy coincidence arose that the concert-hall GORS has its first season in the season of 2013/2014, and thanks to the interest from the management of the venue, the project “New Dance into the New Venue” in October takes place in Rezekne. The aim of the collaboration with the venue is to bring contemporary dance to the recently opened culture center and try to do it thoughtful enough so also in the future the interest and understanding about this genre remains strong.
The tickets are available on www.bilesuparadize.lv. Buy tickets to 2 performances and get 20 % off, buy 3 – 30% off. More information about the workshops – call +371 26119946.
Organized by:
DANCE.LV Journal
“GORS”
Latvian Professional Contemporary Dance Choreographers Association
Latvian Academy of Culture
Supported by:
ke∂ja Writing Movement
State Culture Capital Foundation
Nordic Culture Fund
Nordic Culture Point
Culture Program of the European Union