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2009 / 2010

June 26. - July 5. 2009.
8. Kontakt Budapest International Improvisation Festival (D#1)
SÍN Cultural Center (1139 Budapest, Gyutacs u. 10-18. www.sinarts.org)

The annual Improvisation Festival has been organized since 2002 and it is open for people with all abilities. The 5 days long festival offered different methods to work with the moving self (warm up and open classes), to study improvisation as well as contact improvisation from several directions (intensives and projects), and to investigate music and dance improvisation. This year the program included open labs and individual sessions led by young Hungarian teachers and theoretical work with writing, talking, sharing (led by Peter Pleyer). Nancy Stark Smith (USA) introduced “The Underscore”, a long score for jamming/contact/improvisation/composition. In the evenings there were space for open dancing (jam) and the Saturday night for performing.
Artistic director: Eszter Gál.
Teachers: Nancy Stark Smith (USA), Andrew de L. Harwood (CND), Éva Karczag (H/NL), Scott Wells (USA), Mike Vargas (USA), Peter Pleyer (D), Lior Ophir (ISR), Bettina Neuhaus (NL), Nagy Zoltán (H), Kálmán Ferenc (H), Bakó Tamás (H), Gál Eszter (H).
Partner in organizing: Kontakt Budapest

October – December 2009.
Research into the Unknown (improvisational laboratory) / Autumn (D#1)
Trafo Studio (1094 Bp. Liliom u. 41. tel.: 456-2052)
MU Theatre (1117 Bp. Kõrösy József u. 17. tel.: 209 4014)

Research into the Unknown is a residency program that aims at encouraging artists to research on improvisation as an artistic tool, as a means of creation in contemporary dance. Improvisation in dance and other art forms, and its relation to awareness and perception of performer and audience organized by Michaela Hargitay (A) (curator) and Zsóka Nej (H)/Workshop Foundation (coordinator), artistic coach: Eszter Gál (H)
December 15. final presentation - MU Theatre
Anna Biczók (H) with Kata Szili
Zsuzsa Rózsavölgyi (B/H) with Tóbiás Terebessy, István Rimóczy, Bence Molnár, Linda Gergely, Viktor Vicsek
Partner in organizing: Workshop Foundation

September – November 2009.
Karczag Éva (NL/HU) és Vicky Shick (USA) three-week workshop (D#1)
Goli Dance Place (1036 Bp. Perc u. 2. tel.: 250-3046)

Karczag Éva és Vicky Shick ’Set and Reset’ workshop: 13-27. September.
Karczag Éva ’Set and Reset’ workshop: 18-25. November
Two of the original cast members of Set and Reset, Éva Karczag and Vicky Shick, taught a group of dancers of the Budapest Dance School exact sequences from this 1983 piece, and then engaged them in the same unique protocol that Trisha Brown asked her dancers to utilize during its formation. The dancers then generated their own moves, which were shaped into Set and Reset/Reset, a variation on the original choreography that is presented in the final performance. Here, as with her Company in 1983, the dancers are an integral part of both the creative process and the end result. The Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy’s version of Set and Reset/Reset began with a two week-long work period with Karczag and Shick. Following the introduction of the material and their working methods, the dancers continued developing the piece on their own, until they re-convened for a short period in November to make some final decisions. All 14 dancers from both casts were equally involved in the creation of the current version. Presentation of the choreography: 15-16th December, 2009. Trafó
Partner in organizing: New Performing Arts Foundation

November 8. 2009.
Contact and Improvisation Celebration CI37 (D#1)
Trafo (1094 Bp. Liliom u. 41. tel.: 215-1600)

After last years’ successful CI celebrations, we’re organizing another open jam day at the Trafó. You’re all welcome to join from noon to 10 pm. There will be a guided warm up, a moderated discussion, short performances with foreign and Hungarian guests from 5:00 pm, historical video screenings, free drinks and food and – of course – JAM! The door will be open from noon to 10 pm to share the dance, watch, discuss, and enjoy being with us! You can come and leave whenever you want, have or need to – and you can return whenever you wish.
Artistic leader: Eszter Gál.
Warming up with Mirva Makinen (FIN).
Discussion ont he improvisation with Peter Pleyer (D).
Afternoon performance: EllentétPÁROK - Tánceánia Company, music by Bea Palya, Balázs Szokolay Dongó.
Family contact with Györke Tímea
Evening performance: Dance - Tamás Bakó, Viktória Dányi, Eszter Gál, Tímea Györke, Kata Kovács, Péter Lipka, Mirva Makinen (FIN), Zoltán Nagy, Peter Pleyer (D), Pia Lindy (FIN), Zsuzsa Rózsavölgyi
Music - Zsolt Sõrés, Balázs Szokolay Dongó
Partner in organizing: Kontakt Budapest

November 2009. – March 2010.
Initiation program (D#3)
Trafo (1094 Bp. Liliom u. 41. tel.: 215-1600)

Trafó House of Contemporary Arts is organizing "introduction/initiation dance performances, presentations, workshops and discussions" with young, emerging dancers and choreographers and secondary school students in order to help them develop an appreciation for contemporary dance pieces at a young age. In this special “making your own audience” project we are working together with young talented dancers, involving dance teachers with a high level of pedagogy skills and choreographers so as to invent new forms and methods of thinking about dance and creating performances together with the youngsters.
Involved
companies performances artists mentors
Artus Company RoosterRoosterRooster Gáspár Téri, Csilla Nagy, Anna Réti Gábor Goda
Budapest Contemporary Dance School Reset Anna Biczók Iván Angelus
Bozsik Yvette Company Director's Cut Attila Kalm�r, D�ra Hasznos Yvette Bozsik
Pál Frenák Company InTimE Kristóf Várnagy Pál Frenák
Anna Réti Fregoli Syndrome Anna Réti

Pedagogical mentor is: Eszter Gyevi-Bíró (KOHÓ)
Secondary schools involved into the program
  • Balassi Bálint Grammar School (Budapest)
  • Burattino Elementary and Vocational School (Budapest)
  • Chernel István Elementary and Grammar School (Agárd)
  • II. Rákóczi Ferenc Grammar School (Budapest)
  • Nemes Nagy Ágnes Human Secondary School (Budapest)
  • Alternative Economic Grammar School (Budapest)
  • Dózsa György Grammar and Dance Vocational School (Budapest)
  • Reformed Grammar School of Kecskemét (Kecskemét)
  • Vörösmarty Mihály Secondary Grammar School (Budapest)
  • Leövey Klára Secondary Grammar School (Budapest)
  • Pogány Frigyes Secondary School (Budapest)
    Blog of the program: http://beavato.freeblog.hu

    December 15-16. 2009.
    Presentation of training program of Budapest Dance School: Reset (D#3)
    Trafo (1094 Bp. Liliom u. 41. tel.: 215-1600)

    The Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy’s version of Set and Reset/Reset began with a two week-long work period with Karczag and Shick. Following the introduction of the material and their working methods, the dancers continued developing the piece on their own, until they re-convened for a short period in November to make some final decisions. All 14 dancers from both casts were equally involved in the creation of the current version.
    Partner in organizing: New Performing Arts Foundation

    February 8. 2009.
    Anna Réti: Fregoli Syndrome, or it's not the clothes that make the man
    Trafo (1094 Bp. Liliom u. 41. tel.: 215-1600)

    Anna Réti studied in the Rotterdam Dance Academy and worked in Holland with Galili Dance, and Conny Janssen Danst, from 2006 she creates her own choreographies as well.
    Belgium based Claudio Stellato, Italian dancer, choreographer, circus-artist with an experience in street theatre as well, Amos Ben-Tal also Brussels based, an Israeli composer, choreographer, ex NDT-dancer and Újvári Milán ex Pal Frenak dancer whom we could also see in the ever so popular Cirque de Soleil show last year. A youthful energy and an uplifting humour is guaranteed. Creators: RÉTI Anna, Claudio STELLATO, Amos Ben TAL, ÚJVÁRI Milán
    Dancers: ÚJVÁRI Milán, RÉTI Anna
    Music: Amos Ben TAL

    February – April 2010.
    Research into the Unknown (improvisational laboratory) / Spring (D#1)
    Trafo Studio (1094 Bp. Liliom u. 41. tel.: 456-2052)
    MU Theatre (1117 Bp. Kõrösy József u. 17. tel.: 209 4014)

    Research into the Unknown is a residency program that aims at encouraging artists to research on improvisation as an artistic tool, as a means of creation in contemporary dance. Improvisation in dance and other art forms, and its relation to awareness and perception of performer and audience organized by Michaela Hargitay (A) (curator) and Zsóka Nej (H)/Workshop Foundation (coordinator), artistic coach: Eszter Gál (H)
    April 20. final presentation - MU Theatre
    Hadi Júlia (H) with Linda Tabbouch, Balázs Latorczai, Virág Arany
    Anna Nowicka (PL/SLO) with Dóra Szenteleki
    Partner in organizing: Workshop Foundation