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OPEN DAY OF DANCE DRAMATURGYat Dansverkstæðið, Reykjavík
Language: english
Access: good
Registration fee 2500-4000 ISK (sliding scale)
More information by email to [email protected]
Like ourselves, art is always in motion. It is influenced by cultural changes and it changes culture. It is a representative instrument of a society, but at the same time it is actively used to create society. Art history in particular makes it clear that people and cultures are in constant flux, moving from one place to another, leaving their traces and picking up foreign traces in order to create something fascinating new. Dance dramaturgy as a practice of „relating and contextualizing social actions“ therefore plays a very essential role in the process of dance and performance making.
On November 12th, Thomas Schaupp will host an open day of dance dramaturgy. He will introduce the basics of dramaturgy, we will share practises and test various formats. In this sense, this seminar also aims to outline the dramaturgical as an essentially collaborative and inclusive practice. A practice that connects the arts with society, that creates common ground while embracing diversity. And that takes into account the place of the other.
Thomas is a dance dramaturge and curator. Shortly after completing a state examination as a medical laboratory technician in Frankfurt am Main, he embarked on new paths and completed a bachelor's degree in theater studies and art history in Berlin. In 2010, while still a student, he interned for Sasha Waltz & Guests in Berlin and Paris, as well as for the National Center for Dance in Bucharest. Soon after, he discontinued his master's degree in dance studies and devoted himself fully to freelance work as a dramaturge and curator. Since then he has worked internationally with choreographers and institutions across Europe and beyond.
Thomas is regularly engaged as an advisor in mentoring programs of choreographic institutions and as a guest lecturer at academies such as the Inter-University Center for Dance in Berlin and the Icelandic University of the Arts in Reykjavík. In collaboration with Ibsen International, Goethe Institut Beijing and Beijing Dance Academy, Thomas co-curated a cultural exchange program on dance dramaturgy in China from 2018-2020. Together with Arnbjörg María Danielsen, Thomas curated the Goethe Morph* Iceland, a transcultural hub of the Goethe Institut in Iceland in 2022.
For more informaiton email: [email protected]
Supported by Erasmus+, Goethe Institut, FÍLD-félag íslenskra listdansara.
Image: Yelena Arakelow
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hjarðarhagi 47, Hjarðarhagi 47, 107 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland,Reykjavík, Iceland
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