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Barcelona International Dance Exchange in collaboration with Our Movement Lab are happy to present B>CURIOUS Lab, part of Moving Body Platform. B>Curious Lab is an introduction to BIDE’s main methodology ‘B>Lab’. It is a program for dance and laboratory research, primarily aimed at artists engaged in dance and movement or other disciplines with a movement background. The laboratory will conclude with a sharing of the results in front of a small audience.💥Over these three days, participants will have the opportunity to dive into collaborative process, learning new strategies to co-create and how it can be achieved without a hierarchical structure, within a horizontal framework.
OPEN TO ALL AGES AND EXPERIENCES!
‘Move First > Talk Later’
We invite you to enter with a ‘yes’ and open your body and mind. The days begin in an exchange of movement and end with broader consideration of the ecosystem within which you work.
📅 WHEN: 11-13 April 2025
📌WHERE: Campus 90, Varna
⭐ FOCUS: A transitional programme of dance and laboratory based exploration for recent graduates or vocational dance students. This program follows the B>Landing structure, introducing students to the B>Lab Methodology, whilst offering a safe space for students to break conventional studio approaches and step beyond their comfort zone. Students are also introduced to frameworks for cultural management through task-based collective project design.
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS: OUTCOMES & FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
⭐Practical introduction to a range of creative approaches through the B>Lab methodology
⭐Application of creative skills in a collaborative context aids team working skills
⭐Improvisational skills application and development enhances creative expression
⭐Non-hierarchical structure that encourages autonomy and agency within creative process
⭐Development of inter-disciplinary awareness and experience
REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION FEE:
150 BGN for the entire laboratory period. Participants are encouraged to attend all three days, as the process is interconnected, with each element building upon the previous one.
Early registration (until 31.03.2025): 100 BGN
FOR REGISTRATION please complete this form: https://forms.gle/7iwwcvHoiYZQ3Pik8
❕ Лабораторията ще се провежда на английски език. Ако имаш въпроси или притеснения относно езика на провеждане, попълването на формуляра, таксата за участие или други, свържи се с нас.
🕑SCHEDULE
Day 1 & 2 (April 11 & 12):
10:00 – Welcome presentation (only on the first day). Movement module
14:00 – Lunchtime
15:00 – Cultural management module
17:00 – End of the day.
Day 3 (April 13):
10:00 – Cultural management module
13:00 – Lunchtime
14:00 – Movement module
17:00 – OPEN LAB (Public sharing).
18:00 – Closing activities.
The organization can provide official excuse notes for school absences if needed.
💖 ABOUT BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL DANCE EXCHANGE (BIDE)
https://bidebarcelona.com/en/
BIDE - Barcelona International Exchange is an organisation based in Barcelona, that provides programs for creative exchange and networking between performing arts professionals worldwide, through a unique tool called B>Lab.
BIDE embraces curiosity, personal and professional development and difference, as a place to learn from each other.
BIDE encourages inclusion, mobility and creative exchange between artists of different age, gender, culture and background.
BIDE gives value to performing arts within the contemporary social context.
BIDE promotes constructive dialogue between different models, ideologies, and realities through horizontal dynamics of participation.
TEAM:
Sebastián García Ferro - B>Curious Lab Mentor, Artistic director of BIDE
https://www.lacaldera.info/en/people/socis/sebastiangarciaferro
Choreographer, dancer, performer and composer living in Barcelona since 2005; Sebastián runs his own dance company established in the city of Barcelona since 2000.
He has worked in and premiered 22 pieces of contemporary dance, having been awarded different prizes including the Mercat de les Flors Tot Dansa Award in 2011, IMEB and Institut del Teatre, 1st Prize at Masdanza (2007) and 2nd Prize at the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid (2006) with his piece “Back”, 3rd Prize at Salt (2006) with “On Your Mark”, as well as 10 theatre pieces and over 20 performances and installations, both as an individual creator and with different companies from South America and Europe.
Zoë Gadd - B>Curious Lab Mentor, Artistic Collaborator BIDE
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/zo%C3%AB-leigh-gadd-dance-ahead-16218418b?trk=public_ post_feed-actor-name
Zoë Leigh Gadd is a dance practitioner, choreographer and educator working primarily in contemporary dance and musical theatre. In 2008, she began her career as a dance teacher. Zoë founded her own business, Dance Ahead - Collaborative Choreography, which produces immersive dance theatre projects in unconventional spaces. She has additional interests in audience immersion, intergenerational community projects and interdisciplinary practices. Zoë's research has led her to create a new technique combining language and movement - Kinetic Reading.
Moving Body Platfor's initiatives in 2025 are supported trough the Bulgarian national culture fund , program Creative Projects
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Campus 90, Varna, Bulgaria
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