![]() His work is very dynamic, and a lot of fun, and he fits in perfectly with the company. “We love his energy and sincere approach to dance and invited him to come to Miami in the fall of 2020, but COVID derailed our plans, and we were only able to bring him now. ![]() The R.B Jérôme Bel company is supported for its international tours by the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d'Ile-de-France, the French Ministry of Culture, the Institut français and the French Ministry for Foreign Affairsġ1 & 12 July: Complementary to the performance Isadora Duncan and in cooperation with the Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center, a two-day workshop, led by iconic dancer Elisabeth Schwarz, will be held, alongside a discussion featuring Jérôme Bel, Elisabeth Schwartz and choreographer Menti Mega.“Jon Lehrer is a contemporary choreographer based in New York,” Baumgarten said. With the support of CND Centre National de la Danse (Pantin), MC93 (Bobigny), Ménagerie de Verre (Paris) Jérôme Bel (Paris), Tanz im August/ HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen) Performers Elisabeth Schwartz / Sheila Atala, Chiara Gallerani, Jérôme BelĬo-production La Commune centre dramatique national d’Aubervilliers, Les Spectacles Vivants - Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Festival d’Automne à Paris, R.B. The latter has been consistently supporting and encouraging contemporary artists, ensuring that Isadora Duncan’s experimentations and artistic proposals, are still bearing fruit. The above questions are the main axes of the discussion held at the Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center. What artistic possibilities open up the exploration of this (or any) historical figure in the field of contemporary dance? This observation seems to lead to a question. The approaches and directions of these four artists diverge and, accordingly, the works they create are quite different from each other. Menti Mega also turned her attention to Duncan a few years ago in her piece Trapped, in which she collected and reconstructed original archive footage from the American dancer’s visits in Greece. In the 21 st-century, major choreographers such as Jérôme Bel, Boris Charmatz or Francois Chaignaud have chosen to focus on Isadora Duncan and collaborated with Elisabeth Schwartz to that end. Improvisations form the elements of style τηατ will be part of the workshop.įeaturing: Jérôme Bel, Elisabeth Schwartz, Menti Mega At the same time, she draws on Irmgard Bartenieff’s basic principles (Body awareness, economy of force, balance, fundamental coordination,) and the Laban movement analysis. She transmits Duncan's style while being concerned with weaving close links between the analysis of movement, the history of dance, and choreographic creation. The workshop is addressed to a mixed group of professionals and amateursĮlisabeth Schwartz uses as her starting point the idea that every dance style concerns at once technique, sensation, emotion and meaning, cultivating a special performative presence. ![]() The workshop is addressed to dance professionalsġ2 July 2023, 11.00-14.00. To what extent does a practical familiarization with her work remain contemporary today? To what extent is a work but also a discussion about the iconic American dancer still relevant today? Jérôme Bel’s performance Isadora Duncan, presented at Peiraios 260, alongside two one-day workshops led by Elisabeth Schwartz and a discussion at the Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center in Byron, respond to the above questions.ġ1 July 2023, 11.00-17.00. The American dancer and choreographer’s legacy has gone down various different paths, depending on how it was taught by her students, the Isadorables, scattered all around the world, and how it was subsequently taught by their own students. Workshops with Elisabeth Schwartz and discussionĪt the Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center Jérôme Bel company doesn't travel by plane anymore Duncan, widely regarded as the “mother” of modern and contemporary dance, had close ties with Greece, first visiting the country in 1903, with 2023 thus marking a 120-year anniversary of her visit. In contrast to the previous pieces in this series ( Véronique Doisneau, Cédric Andrieux, Pichet Klunchun and myself), here he paints the portrait of a dancer who is no longer alive, based on her autobiography.īeneath a romantic figure, he discovers a visionary choreographer, investigating her legacy and the myths that accompany her. Isadora Duncan, a performance by French choreographer Jérôme Bel, made for and in collaboration with Elisabeth Schwartz, focuses on Isadora Duncan, thus continuing the series of dancer portraits he initiated back in 2004.
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