Saturday, August 10, 2013

    Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around.
                   September 16 to 21, 2013 
              For classes fees and registration e-mail us at:
                                     notfestival@gmail.com.
Find us at https://www.facebook.com/NotFestival2013. 
More info at https://www.laramalvacias.org.
Here are the direct links to purchase tickets for the performances:
Performance 1: David Zambrano. Soul Project: http://billetto.dk/davidzambranosoulproject
Performance 2: Ultimatvsen: http://billetto.dk/ultimatvsen
Performance 3: Mixed evening of works1: http://billetto.dk/mixed3
Performance 4: Mixed evening of works 2: http://billetto.dk/mixed4
Performance 5: Xavier Le Roy. Self Unfinished: http://billetto.dk/xavierleroy
Performance 6: Fabian Barba. A Mary Wigman Dance Evening: http://billetto.dk/fabianbarba

Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around. September 16 to 21, 2013

The Not Festival is back in Copenhagen. It is happening from September 16 to 21, 2013. The tittle chosen for this year’s Not Festival is lovelier, the second time around. Happening since 2003, this is its 5th episode. All the activities will be created, developed and presented at BYGN5 / PB43 and Statens Scenekunstskole.

E-mail us for more info at notfestival@gmail.com.

The Not Festival is a kaleidoscopic, ephemeral, erratic and nomadic artistic object. It embraces the ideas of global artistic collaboration and the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, DIY attitudes.Through the use of old and new artistic approaches, technologies and media it exists outside the realm of the establishment, which implies generally non-existing financial support. However, its inclusive nature allows it to move inside and outside of institutions and at the same time avoid the institutional restrictions. This political “object” aims to fight the standardized and systematized commodities of the arts. Thus, it is NOT a FESTIVAL.

It will serve as a platform for experimentation, creation, presentation and open dialogues. It consists of a series of performances and installations, jams, screenings, lectures and discussions of topics that are relevant to contemporary dance, performance and art today, as well as contemporary dance classes and workshops.

In every edition of the Not Festival a conceptual framework is offered to the participants and it is embedded in the title chosen for each occasion. However, it is open to the artists‘ own interpretations. Participants are not restricted to having to use it, but can get in and out of it; re- frame it; re-conceptualize it; and fully remove themselves from it to allow meaning to be created in tandem with their own creative process.

The event also questions the boundaries and definitions of the generally accepted roles of the “presenter” and the “presented”. Participant artists are encouraged to play an active role in managing and facilitating it, and to use their creativity not only in their own work but also in the creation of the event itself. For instances, My Lindblad and Gry Raaby , two Copenhagen-based choreographers/ dancers are helping to coordinate the event and to organize a team of other Copenhagen-based artists. The Dance Department of Statens Scenekunstskole has agreed to be part of this and to help to co-produce part of the event, as this will be of great benefit for its students.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around.

Day 1. September 16th, 2013. Opening Day.
David Zambrano. Soul Project. Image Anja Hitzenberger

Today: Classes and Workshops at Statens Scenekunstskole. Performances and Conversations at BYGN5 / PB43.

To buy tickets for today's performance click here: http://billetto.dk/davidzambranosoulproject

More information about all the activities at http://www.laramalvacias.org



• Contemporary Dance Classes. Taught by Ursula Robb (former dancer of Rosas - Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker).  9:30 to 11:30.
• Acrobatics Class. Taught by Esther Wrobel. 10:45 to 12:15.
• Voice and Text Classes. Taught by Mads Hammer Larsen. 12:30 to 14:30.
• Experiential Anatomy. Taught by Jeremy Nelson. 12:30 to 14:30.

• Workshop: Composition. Taught by Susan Rethorst. 14:45 to 17:30.
• Workshop: Umbilical Chord Workshop. Taught by Daniel Schorno: 'Umbilical Chords' - or treading a playful path in dealing with issues of sound, movement and interactivity in Music & Dance'. 14:45 to 17:45.

• UNVEILED/BLOCK 1: WIP (WorkinProgress). A block of ½ hour per person (with 10min of performance) will be given to Not Festival participants (teachers, performers, artists, students, etc.) to show Work in Progress and get feedback. The idea is to start a dialogue that could benefit their process. The participation in this activity is on a first-come first-served basis. Send an e-mail notfestival@gmail.com  to  request a slot. 17:45 to 19:15.

Soul Project by David Zambrano.. Image Anja Hitzenberger
• NOT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE 1: “Soul Project” by David Zambrano and dancers. 20:30 at PB43.
   “The physicality of these performers was a marvel, and everything they did was imbued with passion, commitment, and drama. In a sense, they seemed more like actors or performance artists, though their abilities as dancers were undeniable.” Andrew Boynton in The New Yorker.


Opening of the installation “Public Privates” and screening of videos from the Hong Kong video project "translation(s)".

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around.

Day 2. September 17th, 2013.


Today: Classes and Workshops at Statens Scenekunstskole. Performances and Conversations at BYGN5 / PB43

To buy tickets for today's performance click here:http://billetto.dk/ultimatvsen

More information about all the activities at http://www.laramalvacias.org.  




• Contemporary Dance Classes. Taught by Ursula Robb (former dancer of Rosas - Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker). 9:30 to 11:30.
• Acrobatics class. Taught by Esther Wrobel. 10:45 to 12:15.
• Improvisation class. Taught by Anika Borkan. 12:30 to 2:30
• Experiential Anatomy class. Taught by Jeremy Nelson. 12:30 to 14:30.

• Workshop: Composition. Taught by Susan Rethorst. 11:45 to 14:45.
Workshop: Umbilical Chord Workshop. Taught by Daniel Schorno: 'Umbilical Chords' - or treading a playful path in dealing with issues of sound, movement and interactivity in Music & Dance'. 14:45 to 17:45

• Panel Conversation: Women, Generation and Location. Panelists: Susan Rethorst, Kitt Johnson, My Lindblad, Ursula Eagly, Mary Topp and Tara O’Connor. 18:30 to 19:45 at PB43.


• NOT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE 2: An event within an event. 20:30 at PB43. Dance evening organized and curated by the collective
   “Ultimat Väsen”. This newly formed collective is composed of emerging voices of women choreographers based in Copenhagen.

 The installation “Public Privates” and screening of videos from the Hong Kong video project "translation(s)" continues.

Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around

                                      
Day 3. September 18th, 2013.


Today: Classes and Workshops at Statens Scenekunstskole. Performances and Conversations at PB43

To buy tickets for today's performance click here: http://billetto.dk/mixed3

More information about all the activities at http://www.laramalvacias.org.  



Contemporary Dance Classes. Taught by Ursula Robb (former dancer of Rosas - Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker). 9:30 to 11:30. 
Acrobatics: Taught by Esther Wrobel. 10:45 to 12:15
• Voice and Text Classes: Taught by Mads Hammer Larsen. 12:30 to 14:30.

Experiential Anatomy. Taught by Jeremy Nelson. 12:30 to 14:30

• Workshop: Composition. Taught by Susan Rethorst. 11:45 to 14:45.

Workshop: Umbilical Chord Workshop. Taught by Daniel Schorno: 'Umbilical Chords' - or treading a playful path in dealing with issues of sound, movement and interactivity in Music & Dance'. 14:45 to 17:45.

Panel Conversation with Dance Force 40+ .This is “a group of older mature dancers, choreographers and performers whose goal is to work together. The idea came about from a need of visibility and a desire to be actively present within the artistic scene”. During this conversation Dance Force 40+ will present this special and political relevant project to a larger Copenhagen audience. FREE all welcome. 18:30 to 19:45 at PB43. 

NOT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE 3: 20:30 at PB43. Performances include choreography, video, sound and performance art works by: Marie Topp. Dance/ Generation. Dance & Live Sound Performance / “Vinkepeezer” aka Ivo Bol. Skype sound performance from Amsterdam / Kitt Johnson & Jeremy Nelson performing  “ABOVE IT” a work created by Luis Lara Malvacias.
 


 The installation “Public Privates” and screening of videos from the Hong Kong video project "translation(s)" continues.

Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around

Day 4. September 19th, 2013.

Today: Classes and Workshops at Statens Scenekunstskole. Performances and Conversations at PB43

To buy tickets for today's performance click here: http://billetto.dk/mixed4

More information about all the activities at http://www.laramalvacias.org 

Contemporary Dance Classes. Taught by Ursula Robb (former dancer of Rosas - Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker).  9:30 to 11:30
• Improvisation Class. Taught by Anika Borkan. Open to all levels. 12:00 to 14:00.

• Experiential Anatomy. Taught by Jeremy Nelson. Open to all levels. 12:30 to 14:30.
Workshop: Umbilical Chord Workshop Daniel Schorno: 'Umbilical Chords' - or treading a playful path in dealing with issues of sound, movement and interactivity in Music & Dance'. 14:45 to 17:30. 

Lecture Presentation: My Body is Every Body by Carolina Bäckman.”My Body is Every Body is an attempt to use dance as a tool to discover and present a relationship between historical and present time”. 17:00 to 17:45. PB43. 
Lecture: “Mary Wigman” by Michael Netschajeff. 18:00 to 18:45. PB43. 
Lecture Performance by Luis Lara Malvacias /3RD CLASS CITIZEN……”Me an Idiot”. (work in Progress). 19:15 to 20:00. PB43.

 • NOT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES 4: 20:30 at PB43. Performances include choreography, video, sound and performance art works by: Ursula Eagly & My Lindblad. Dance / DANCE FORCE 40+. Dance /  Daniel Schorno Live Sound Performance / Video. (TBA).
 

The installation “Public Privates” and screening of videos from the Hong Kong video project "translation(s)" continues.

Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around


Day 5.  September 20th, 2013.
Today:  Classes, Workshops, Performances and Conversations at Statens Scenekunstskole.

To buy tickets for today's performance click here: http://billetto.dk/xavierleroy

More information about all the activities at http://www.laramalvacias.org 

• Contemporary Dance Classes. Taught by Ursula Robb (former dancer of Rosas - Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker).  9:30 to 11:30.
• Voice and Text class taught by Mads Hammer Larsen. 11:30 to 13:15
• Workshop: Umbilical Chord Workshop Daniel Schorno: 'Umbilical Chords' - or treading a playful path in dealing with issues of sound, movement and interactivity in Music & Dance' 14:00 to 17:00


NOT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES 5. “self unfinished” by Xavier Le Roy.
19:00 at Statens Scenekunstskole.
  “A chair, a desk, a soundtrack, that doesn't start. A dancer in a shirt uses strong sound effects to imitate a robot. Indeed an understandable, even
  conventional idea, that is until  Xavier Le Roy' s (1963, France) play turns into a gripping mental space. Head over heels, the dancer' s body is transformed in a real time into a series of hallucinogenic morphological aberrations, representing images of body that reconfigures itself based to unwritten laws and a disquieting, inhuman rhythm. It undergoes long stases, makes infinite movements and begins to crawl abruptly. In addition to the torsion carried out in the "spectacle de danse" (dance performance), Xavier Le Roy taps into a new field where scientific and social data is transferred and imprinted in imaginary representations of the body."  Francois Piron in the journal des arts of Connivence, 6th Biennale de Lyon.
THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CONVERSATION / TALK WITH XAVIER LE ROY ABOUT HIS WORK. Moderated by Monna Dithmer.  20:15

Not Festival: lovelier, the second time around.

Day 6. September 21st, 2013.
Today: Classes, Workshops, Performances and conversations at Staten Scenekunstskolen. 

To buy tickets for today's performance click herehttp://billetto.dk/fabianbarba    

More information about all the activities and fees at http://www.laramalvacias.org

• Contemporary Dance Classes. Taught by Jeremy Nelson. All levels. 10:00 to 12:00.
• Acrobatics Class. Taught by Esther Wrobel. All levels.12:15 to 13:45.
• Collective Brunch (bring your own). Brunch. 13:45 to 15:45. Meet, talk, socialize and network with other Not Festival participants and guests.
• UNVEILED/BLOCK 2: WorkinProgress. 15:45 to 17:15.
A block of ½ hour per person (including performance and feedback) will be given to Not Festival participants’ (teachers, performers, artists, students, etc.) to show work in progress and get feedback. The idea is to start a dialogue that could benefit their process. The participation in this activity is on a first-come first-served basis. FREE.
 
• NOT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES 6: “A Mary Wigman Dance Evening” by Fabian Barba.
Fabian Barba. Image by Helmut Hergarten


19:00  at Statens Scenekunstskole.
  “In a thin-strapped dress Mr. Barba wafted his wrists girlishly. With his face and body shrouded in red fabric, tight around the neck like a napkin ghost, or wielding a pole within his costume to make it billow, he suggested what Martha Graham might have seen in Wigman. And the costuming raised other questions of history and authenticity. Did Wigman actually wear, as Mr. Barba did, a hoop dress of see-through mesh? Through that mesh Mr. Barba’s hairy chest was visible, but gender bending did not seem to be the point. His fidelity laid bare the monotony in Wigman’s work. His precision underlined its foursquare connection to the music, whether repetitive piano figures or gongs.” Brian Seibert. The New York Times.
THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CONVERSATION WITH FABIAN BARBA  ABOUT THIS WORK. 20:15