Dances of Others - Course
10 sessions | Tuesdays, May 12 – July 21
The artist creates in an ongoing dialogue with his artistic environment, the society in which he lives, and his identity. These, in turn, are translated into practices, strategies, and tools—an artistic language that on one hand reflects, but on the other also frames the creator within the identity they construct for themselves, shaped by their education and experience.
Breaking these artistic conventions, re-examining and challenging them, dissolves the rigidity imposed on both language and body. It opens the work to a different gaze, through other eyes, toward another identity and another culture, and in doing so grants permission to play with and challenge what is taken for granted—what is sacred, human, delicate, frightening, cool, and
even ridiculous.
“Dances of Others” invites dance and body artists from various performative disciplines to come together for collective work in a playful and open approach. It seeks to create and reflect on dance, the body, movement, and the performing arts through the perspective of cultural studies.
The course offers entry into unfamiliar territories as a journey of question marks—aimed at refining skills in creation, composition, and improvisation. Through encountering and experiencing dances we do not know—dances of others—we practice unfamiliar modes of performance, body, and choreography, while examining artistic, social, and cultural questions.
“Dances of Others” is part of the Advanced Training Program of Tel Aviv Culture Da Vinci center.
The course is intended for artists for whom body, dance, and/or movement are a central focus of their work.
GagaRoom Paris
July 6 - July 10
We are thrilled to invite you to GagaRoom Paris – our first-ever edition! GagaRoom offers an unparalleled opportunity for experienced Gaga users to take their research over the top and hone tools from this movement language for their daily life. During the 5-day workshop this July, indulge in sensation-filled dancing, engaging discussions, and enrichment activities, all in one of Europe’s most inspiring cultural centers.
GagaRoom sessions will take place from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm each day.
Faculty: Saar Harari, Gaga’s artistic director & Hillel Kogan
Location: Le Carreau du Temple, 4 Rue Eugène Spuller, Paris, France
Price: 3200 ILS – until our program is full.
COMPOSITION WORKSHOP
The materials of my creations are gathered and brought together in a process that begins with improvisation. As a performer and choreographer I am intrigued by the meeting of virtuosic movement and virtuosic improvisation using text, writing and vocalization. Text and movement are performative tools through which I observe social and political phenomena. Alongside this, I endeavor to speak about the art form and the choreographic tools themselves. I am interested in questioning conventions regarding the stage and the dance form, choreographic methods and processes, dancers and the essence of the act of dancing. I am drawn to the deal with what is culturally conceived as scary, human and ridiculous. In my workshops, we experiment with different tools that I draw upon during my creative process. We extract various strategies that I work with, identify their mechanisms, explore them and apply to them new content that is relevant to the participants. We will question the medium itself and the artistic and social conventions surrounding spoken word and body.