mindlapse / of folk and fable / untitled 24

life as short, eternity as long. the duality of life and its contradictions are the inspiration for this creation. the physicality is based on highly virtuosic, open, athletic movements, different styles and interpretations.

the interplay of diverse components, from movement, text, partnering, improvised scores, lipsynch to the individual skills of the group, are fruitful contributions to this collaborative process.

let's discover what lies between the real world and the surreal!

let's transcend into new dimensions. and travel into the unknown!

laja field is an international artist, performer and dance educator from salt lake city, usa. her passion is rooted in relatable, non-linear storytelling that invokes the imagination as a gateway to reflecting on the past and present and inviting a liberated future. together with her partner martin durov, she directs lajamartin physical dance theatre. her work has been shown worldwide. as a freelance dancer she developed her own style of physical floor work. founding member and rehearsal director of the vim vigor dance company, new york. she was a member of the johannes wieland company at the staatstheater kassel in germany, where she had the pleasure of working with many incredible colleagues, teachers and artists, including hofesh shechter, ryan mason, sita ostheimer, evangelos poulinas, stella zannou and chris haring.

in this workshop, thoughts, tangents and games are shared and form the basis for a collaborative creative process. the collections of stories in our bones are taken as a starting point; myths, believed or imagined; body and memory, intertwined by inner and outer forces of nature. in exploration and a practice of informed play, a beginning opens, built with structure, architecture and together.

in the exploration and practice of informed play, a beginning opens up, built with structure, architecture and holding together. we dance through questions and vital presence.

what is individual and what is recreated through context; expanded to the whole or focused on a source? a blueprint for what will be emerges in creative coming together.

 

lea ved is a performing artist and choreographer from the usa. she graduated from the juilliard school in new york and has danced internationally with the rubberbandance group, the royal swedish ballet and the nederlands dans theatre and most recently as a guest artist with kidd pivot. her most significant creative experiences have been with victor quijada, crystal pite, hofesh shechter, marina mascarell, sharon eyal and in the role of julia in mats ek's julia and romeo. Collaboration as a choreographer with göteborgsoperans danskompani, ndt, korzo theatre, heavy hitters breaking crew and cadance festival, among others. led a series of creative research workshops, including at b12 (berlin), out innerspace (vancouver), gibney dance (new york city), no)one. art house (los angeles), motion lab (eindhoven), and nederlands dans theatre.

the basis of this workshop is the exploration of movement techniques and tasks aimed at strengthening the connection between instinctive and analytical dance. clear choices, rules, games and obstacles challenge the mind to embrace and create a movement vocabulary. within a flow of movement, fluid transitions are continually created as well as opportunities to generate and regenerate in order to fully utilise the natural intelligence of our individual bodies.

The workshop invites us to explore, develop and recognise the freedom and limits of the body and to enjoy all that is possible in the moment.

james vu anh pham is an internationally working freelance dance artist and certified countertechnique teacher. he has worked with the akram khan dance company, with chunky move under the direction of anouk van dijk and with eastman under the direction of sidi larbi cherkaoui. performance in babel 7.16, a collaboration between sidi larbi cherkaoui, damien jalet and antony gromley, which was performed at the festival d'avignon. guest dancer at the royal ballet of flanders, the göteborgsoperans danskompani, the bayerische staatsoper munich and the theatre basel, among others.

as a freelance dancer, he has made guest appearances with the australian dance theatre under the direction of garry stewart, with christophe coppen at the opera house in brussels; other international collaborations include with ross mccormack, stephanie lake and lauren langlois. in 2014 he received the helpmann award for best male dancer in a dance or physical theatre piece and the australian dance award for outstanding achievement by a male dancer.