Springdance/conversations 2005

April 9 - 24, Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Springdance/ festival 2005 runs from April 14 until 24 in different locations in Utrecht: dance to be encountered in all kinds of contexts, not just in the theatre  but in everyday settings such as a house, a café, a cinema or on a bus. Dance can also be experienced through different media: on the phone, in conversation, on a postcard, on commercial poster sites, in an interactive corridor and on a small tv screen.

Springdance/ conversations 2005 is a series of public lectures and talks about specific aspects of the Springdance/festival. Springdance invited Sarma to record these talks and preserve them in a different medium and a different context. All talks are in English.

Springdance/festival 2005 loopt van 14 tot 24 april in verschillende locaties in Utrecht: dans om mee te maken in alle mogelijke contexten: niet alleen in het theater maar ook in alledaagse omgevingen zoals een woonhuis, het café, de bioscoop of in de bus. Dans kan bovendien ervaren worden in verschillende media: aan de telefoon, in een gesprek, op een ansichtkaart, op posters in de stad, in een interactieve hal en op een klein televisiescherm.

Springdance/conversations 2005 is een reeks publieke lezingen en gesprekken over specifieke aspecten en kunstenaars in het Springdance/festival. Springdance nodigde Sarma uit om deze gesprekken op te nemen en hen te bewaren in nog een ander medium en context. Alle gesprekken zijn in het Engels.

Programme & archive

* As if we don't know what it is: Proposals for shifting contexts Saturday April 9, 18h00; Theaterschool, Jodenbreestraat 3, Amsterdam.

A public presentation within a mini-conference organised by Dance Unlimited, Amsterdam School of the Arts and Springdance/festival.

AS IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS is an intensive 48-hour research project dedicated to the shifting possible contexts for contemporary performance-making through a combination of practice and discussion based formats. To help us facilitate this, we have invited the participation of performance makers from Germany, the UK and France who embrace hybrid approaches and whose work consistently sits on the edge of this open field of possibilities.

With Association Edna (Boris Charmatz, Angèle Le Grand), Rimini-Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi / Helgard Haug) and Blast Theory (Matt Adams / Ju Row Farr) and Jeroen Peeters, and a group of 30 students of Dutch artists and students from the post-graduate course Dance Unlimited. More info on the event: http://www.du.ahk.nl/asif/.

Audio:

Introduction by Scott deLahunta; short lecture by Jeroen Peeters: high - low (7 minutes)
Matt Adams and Ju Row Farr (Blast Theory): high - low (24 minutes)
Helgard Haug and Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll): high - low (33 minutes)
Andrea Bozic, Sarah Van Lamsweerde and Boris Charmatz: high - low  (22 minutes)(NOTE: a 5 minute performance demonstration was cut from the recording, but is accurately described in the following discussion)

* Bruno Beltrão, Hooman Sharifi and Rosemary Lee in conversation with André Lepecki.
Friday April 15, 18h00, Staddschouwburg Utrecht.

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Audio: high - low (55 minutes)

*André Lepecki: Exhausting dance (lecture)
Saturday 16 April, 15h00, Theater Kikker Utrecht

André Lepecki (Brasil 1965), is a dramaturg, an essayist, a curator and a co-creator. Doctoral degree from New York University, where he is a Professor at the Department of Performance Studies, teaching critical dance studies and experimental dramaturgy. For Springdance/festival 2005 he explores the idea of ‘context’ and its impact on current dance practice.

Audio: high - low (57 minutes)

* Boris Charmatz, Julia Cima and Jan Ritsema in conversation with Jeroen Peeters
Tuesday 19 april, 21h00, Festival Centrum Winkel Van Sinkel

Audio:high - low (90 minutes)

* [U bevindt zich hier]: André Gingras, Merijn Twaalfhoven, Nicole Beutler, Robbert van Hulzen en participants in conversation with Sandra Trienekens.
Sunday 24 April, 17h00, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht

[U bevindt zich hier]/ [You are here] is an encounter with over 150 people from Utrecht who are dancing, moving and making music. From singers, rappers and percussionists to salsa, line dancing, classical ballet and break dancing. Together they create a big performance inspired by their own stories, ideas, movements and musical repertoire: to honor the diversity of the city. On the big stage of the Stadsschouwburg an exciting reproduction of the creative city will rise, in which a new perspective is given on the many differences, similarities, flavors and colors that a city holds in the year 2005.

Audio: high - low (30 minutes)

Note on the recording process: