Call for participants: workshop on the methodology of Jan Fabre June 15-17. The workshop is open for students at DOCH and professional dancers.
Starting from June 2010, The University of Dance and Circus, DOCH, in Stockholm, is involved in a two year research project, LABO 21, supported by the Culture Programme of the European Union.
LABO 21 is a research platform initiated by cultural organizations from 3 European countries: BADco (HR), BUDA Arts Centre (B), Laboratorium/Jan Fabre (B) and DOCH (S). We want to join forces to explore how interdisciplinary research on artistic methodologies can enrich the European performing arts field. How can we develop tools to transmit artistic knowledge to future generations? And in addition, how can this knowledge act as an impetus for creativity and innovation in other fields?
The working method of LABO 21 consists of 3 steps:
1- Each partner will conduct an autonomous research project in collaboration with scientists from different backgrounds (neuroscience, architecture, cognitive science, technology). The DOCH project is named SUR.
2- The partners will exchange experts and results on a regular basis and set up a network.
3- The partners will present the tools and other output such as workshops, performances and exhibitions in a European context.
As a kick off for this longterm collaboration, we will organize a Jan Fabre teaching group under supervision of Cédric Charron, who is a member of the company Troubleyn/Jan Fabre. This workshop is open for students of DOCH and professional performers.
What?
During a 3 day workshop Cédric Charron will introduce you into the basic principles of Jan Fabre’s methodology. Throughout his carreer, Jan Fabre developed a very physical acting method, which he calls ‘biological acting’. The methodology crystallized in a series of fixed exercises, used both as training and as a catalyst for the creation process.
In the morning we will start with a warming up session, based on exercises developed by Jan Fabre and Cédric Charron. In the afternoon the workshop will develop further into a more in depth exploration of the body. We will work with excerpts of Jan Fabre’s performances (Je suis sang, History of tears, ...) and focus on different body images such as the physical body, the spiritual body, the erotic body etc.
Schedule
15th - 17th of June
Classes start at 10 am and finish at 6pm with lunch break and smaller breaks in between.
No attendance fee
Subscription
- the amount of participants is limited to 15 people.
- the workshop is open for students of DOCH and professional dancers.
- please send a motivation letter and cv before May 31st to koen.vanhove@doch.se. We will confirm no later than June 5th.
Place
DOCH, Brinellvägen 58, Stockholm
More information
For further details, contact coordinator Koen Vanhove, koen.vanhove@doch.se
Some words on Cédric Charron
Cédric Charron graduated at P.A.R.T.S., the international school of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in Brussels. As a dancer/performer he was involved in various Jan Fabre productions (As long as the world needs a warrior soul, Je suis sang , Tannhäuser, The Crying Body, History of tears, Orgy of Tolerance, ...). Together with his partner Annabelle Chambon he set up his own company Label Cedana between 2002-2008. Their work was typified by its in-depth search for the plastic form of physical theatre.
Some words on Jan Fabre
Jan Fabre (Antwerp, 1958) is known as one of the most innovative and versatile artists of his day. Over the last 25 years he has produced work as a performance artist, theatre-maker, choreographer, opera-maker, author and visual artist. In 1982, he exploded a bomb under the theatre establishment with his theatre performance This is Theatre as it was to be expected and foreseen. This was confirmed two years later by The Power of Theatrical Madness which he created at the invitation of the Venice Biennale. He breaks away from the codes of the existing theatre by introducing 'real time performance' — sometimes called 'living installations' — and explores radical choreographic possibilities in order to bring renewal to classical dance. The body in all its forms has been the subject of his investigations from the early Eighties to the present. His writings for theatre, mainly monologues, form an exceptional collection of miniatures with an open and poetic style. His productions Je suis sang at the Cour d'Honneur in Avignon and Tannhäuser at the opera house De Munt/La Monnaie in Brussels achieved wide international success. His latest production Orgy of Tolerance was granted with the Orlando Award in Croatia and with the Prix de la Critique in France.