Sunday, June 15, 2014

Not Festival: THIRD CLASS CITIZEN and The Pop Up Queer's Shelter. Sept. 8 to 13, 2014

Ivo Dimchev: Lili Handel
The Not Festival is back in Copenhagen. It is happening from September 8 to 13, 2014. The tittle chosen for this year’s Not Festival is "THIRD CLASS CITIZEN and The Pop Up Queer's Shelter", and it will be focusing in the question of queernes: the unusual, the strange, the unpredictable. It will be comprised of 6 days with the evening's events and called "The Pop Up Queer's Shelter" and numbered from 1 to 6. Happening since 2003, this is its 6th episode and the 3rd - and probably the last- in Copenhagen. Working without the support, financial and otherwise from the local Arts Agency, all the activities will be created, developed and presented in collaboration and with the support of The Danish National School of Performing Arts – Continuing Education and Dance Education, BYGN5 at PB43 and Overgaden.


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 serves 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 The Danish National School of Performing Arts 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.

Not Festival: THIRD CLASS CITIZEN and The Pop Up Queer's Shelter. Sept. 8 to 13, 2014

Not Festival: THIRD CLASS CITIZEN and The Pop Up Queer's Shelter. Schedule of events. September 8th to 13th, 2014.

Day 1: September 8th.  At The Danish National School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)

• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Jeremy Nelson.
• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Judith Sanchez Ruiz.
• Feldenkrais Workshop taught by Raz Ori.
Unexpected dresses for undefined ceremonies -Workshop-performance. Taught by Javier Murugarren 
Javier Murugarren:Unexpected dresses for undefined ceremonies


Evening: “The Pop Up Queer’s Shelter 1”.
• 19:00 to 22:00. Screening of Videos and Films including Performance Voyage 4/2014. 
Theme: SELF-PORTRAIT. 




Day 2: September 9th.

Morning: At The Danish National School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)
• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Jeremy Nelson. 9:30 – 11:30.
• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Judith Sanchez R. 9:30 – 11:30. 
• Feldenkrais Workshop taught by Raz Ori. 12:30 to 15:30. 
Unexpected dresses for undefined ceremonies -Workshop-performance. Taught by Javier Murugarren –. 12:30 to 17:30.

Afternoon and Evening: “The Pop Up Queer’s Shelter 2”. At Overgaden.
• 17:00 to 19:00 performances TBA.
• 19:00 . Annie Sprinkle Skyped lecture / performance. 

Day 3: September 10th. At The Danish National School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)

• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Jeremy Nelson. 9:30 – 11:30.
• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Judith Sanchez R. 9:30 – 11:30.
• Feldenkrais Workshop taught by Raz Ori. 12:30 to 15:30.
Unexpected dresses for undefined ceremonies -Workshop-performance. Taught by Javier Murugarren


Eleanor Bauer: "Big Girls Do Big Things"

Evening: “The Pop Up Queer’s Shelter 3”. At The Danish National School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)
• 19:30 Eleanor Bauer performance of BGDBT.








Day 4. September 11th. At The Danish National School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)

• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Jeremy Nelson. 9:30 – 11:30.
• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Judith Sanchez R. 9:30 – 11:30. 
• Feldenkrais Workshop taught by Raz Ori. 12:30 to 15:30. 
Unexpected dresses for undefined ceremonies –Rehearsal for performance with Javier Murugarren –. 12:30 to 17:30. 

Ivo Dimchev: Lili Handel


Evening: “The Pop Up Queer’s Shelter 4”. At The Danish National  School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)
• 19:30 Ivo Dimchev performance of “Lili Handel”








Day 5. September 12th. At The Danish National  School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)

• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Jeremy Nelson. 9:30 – 11:30.
• Contemporary Dance Classes taught by Judith Sanchez R. 9:30 – 11:30  
• Feldenkrais Workshop taught by Raz Ori. 12:30 to 15:30. 
 • Unexpected dresses for undefined ceremonies –Rehearsal for performance with Javier Murugarren –. 12:30 to 17:30. (Selected performers).

Evening: “The Pop Up Queer’s Shelter 5”. At The Danish National School of Performing Arts. (Dance Department)
• 19:30 Javier Murugarren performance of “Unexpected dresses for undefined ceremonies”

Day 6. September 13th. At BGYN5 at PB43


  Afternoon Brunch. 12:30 14:30.

Evening : “The Pop Up Queer’s Shelter 6”.
Masquerade / Cross Dressing Party and performances start at 19:00 and finish at 1:30.