DanceOutsideDance is a podcast of interdisciplinary conversations. We consider it an open research forum; a bridging space where we embrace the unresolved. Our ...
Igor x Moreno in conversation with Daniela Perazzo (guest curator) and Julia Pond
Part of the special curated series enDurANCE, curated and guest hosted by Daniela Perazzo, and supported by the Ivor Guest Research Grant and the Race and Gender Matters Research Group at Kingston University, we discuss notions of endurance, perseverance, repetition and what they really require in art and life. Discussing their new work KARRASEKARE (the Sardinian word for Carnival) the conversation probes ideas of what collectivity can offer to duration and asks how cultural traditions can speak to our contemporary world and art. Keywords: Endurance, contemporary dance, dance research, perseverance, tradition, carnival As of publication in September 2023, Igor x Moreno are preparing for new tour dates in 2023/24 across the UK and Europe. All information can be found here: http://igorandmoreno.com/calendar/Igor x Moreno is the name under which the works created by choreographers Igor Urzelai and Moreno Solinas – in collaboration with an extended group of artists – are presented. Igor x Moreno’s works stem from a fascination for people and what makes us such special animals. They use choreography and mostly non-verbal languages to create experiences which can surprise, energise and unsettle. Their works – highly constructed whilst deeply concerned with liveness – visit and escape different genres and styles.Igor x Moreno’s creative processes favour questions over answers, action over narration, communication over expression, alterity over diversity, patience over productivity. They don’t see entertainment as their duty, but as a useful communication tool. They work with rigour and playfulness. They value pointlessness. The team – based across Europe – gathers in Sardinia and London, from where Igor x Moreno’s works have toured extensively in Europe and also in North and South America, Africa and Asia. Awards and recognitions include the Rudolf Laban Award and National Dance Awards and Total Theatre Awards nominations; their works have been selected for Aerowaves (2011, 2013 and 2015), NID Platform, British Council Showcase and British Dance Edition. Moreno Solinas and Igor Urzelai are affiliate artists of The Place (London), co-directors of Sardinian production company S’ALA (www.s-ala.com) and members of the Cultural Advisory Board of British Council Italy.Daniela Perazzo is a dance and performance scholar with a specialist interest in the intersections of the aesthetic and the political in interdisciplinary movement practices and experimental dramaturgical processes. She is a Senior Lecturer in Dance and Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the Department of Performing Arts and the School of Arts. She received a PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Surrey, funded by a university scholarship (2004-2007). Her first monograph, Jonathan Burrows: Towards a Minor Dance, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019 in the "New World Choreographies" series. Other recent publications include articles in Dance Research Journal, Performance Philosophy, Performance Research, Choreographic Practices and Contemporary Theatre Review.
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Lenio Kaklea in conversation with Daniela Perazzo (guest curator) and Michaela Gerussi
Introduced by Michaela Gerussi, this episode follows a conversation between Daniela Perazzo and invited guest Lenio Kaklea. It is one episode in a three-part series, enDurANCE, co-curated with Daniela. The series has been produced with the support of an Ivor Guest Research Grant awarded by the Society of Dance Research and the Race/Gender Matter research group of Kingston School of Art.works by Lenio discussed in the conversation:Practical encyclopedia - http://www.abd-contents.com/choreography/encyclopedie_pratique.phpdetours - http://www.abd-contents.com/choreography/detours.phpbalade - http://www.abd-contents.com/choreography/ballad.phpΑγρίμι (Fauve) - http://www.abd-contents.com/choreography/fauve.phpΑγρίμι (Fauve) will be presented in London at Serpentine in early winter 2024Lenio mentions a quote on 'the institution' from American artist Andrea Fraser Bios:Lenio Kaklea is a dancer, choreographer, director and writer who was born in Athens and is based in Paris. She studied at the national conservatory of contemporary dance in Athens where she trained in classical ballet and American modern techniques. In 2005 she was awared a scholarship and moved to France. Lenio's artistic practice uses a wide range of media including choreography, text and video, and is influenced by feminisim and post-colonial critique. In her work she explores the production of subjectivity through the organized transmission of movements and reveals the intimite spaces in which we construct our identity. In 2009 Lenio founded abd with Lou Forster. The company develops choreographic and curatorial projects that explore the intersections of dance, research and critical theory.Daniela Perazzo is a dance and performance scholar with a specialist interest in the intersections of the aesthetic and the political in interdisciplinary movement practices and experimental dramaturgical processes. She joined Kingston University London in 2014, having previously taught at the University of Surrey. She is a Senior Lecturer in Dance and Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the Department of Performing Arts and the School of Arts. Her first monograph, Jonathan Burrows: Towards a Minor Dance, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019.
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Anne Bourne in conversation with Laura Colomban
Anne Bourne With experience in international intermedia performance and recording, composer/artist Anne Bourne (based in Tkaronto) creates emergent streams of cello, piano and field recordings. Anne facilitates environmental listening through the text scores and listening practice of Pauline Oliveros and walking. A Chalmers Fellow, Anne explores equanimity, microtonal sound, listening and the wave patterns of water.I met Anne during the workshop Creative Composition at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada, and had the opportunity of collaborating with her at the Venice Biennale for the sound installation Cassini’s Dream created by the artist China Blue. What stroked me from the moment I start to be with Anne in the same room, creating (and also not, just chatting and giggling) is her presence and presence to the sound, the one already present and the one created, as she composes the aliveness of the present moment, with the environment and I have been a witness of how this fine attunement changes not just the whole quality of the room, but also the listener.‘What is heard is changed by listening and changes the listener..’ Pauline Oliveroscredits for audio elements of Nearshore: a one hour sound installation under the Gardiner Expressway composer: anne bourne Some of the topics we have coveredPauline Olivieros / Deep ListeningClimate: Sea level rise Wave patterns, shorelines, singing practicesChant traditions: Sardinia, throat singing and harmonic chants in FranceListening walksOcean Space, TB21 AcademyClimate refugees, frontline issues Listening according to perspectivesTerritorial Agency and ocean literacy through Ocean SpaceReferences we have talked about:Hildegard Westerkamphttps://hildegardwesterkamp.ca/Tb21Academy https://www.ocean-space.org/about/tba21-academy China Bluehttp://chinablueart.com/Cassini’s Dream:https://vimeo.com/349192449?login=trueKaren Power https://karenpower.ie/listening-antartica.htmlLibrary of Water https://www.west.is/en/service/library-of-waterAstrida NeimanisBodies of Water: Posthuman Feminist PhenomenologyQuantum ListeningPauline Oliveros, Ione, Laurie Anderson, Aura Satz
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Alessandro Sciarroni in conversation with Daniela Perazzo (guest curator) and Laura Colomban
Today, Laura Colomban from the DanceOutsideDance team has the pleasure to introduce Daniela Perazzo, Senior Lecturer in Dance at Kingston University, who will lead the conversation with Alessandro Sciarroni. This episode is part of a three-part series, enDurANCE, co-curated with Daniela, kindly supported by an Ivor Guest Research Grant awarded by the Society of Dance Research and also by the Race/Gender Matter research group of Kingston School of Art.Alessandro Sciarroni is an Italian dance and performance artist whose work goes beyond traditional definitions of genre. His creations are presented in the context of contemporary dance and theatre festivals, museums and art galleries, as well as in unconventional spaces. They are created through the involvement of collaborators from a range of disciplines. Among his numerous awards, in 2019 Sciarroni was awarded the Venice Biennale Golden Lion for his dance career. Through the repetition of practice to the limit of the performers’ physical endurance, his works aim to expose the obsessions, fears and fragility of the act of performance. His pieces have been presented all over Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and Asia. Some of the topics we have coveredEnduranceRepetition Time Audience expectations Audience participation Lost dances Polka chinataItaly Permission Contemporary performance art Fom theatre to dance Performative space CirculartimeReferences we have talked about:Save the last dance for mehttps://www.alessandrosciarroni.it/work/save-the-last-dance-for-me/?lang=enDreamhttps://www.alessandrosciarroni.it/work/dream/?lang=enFolk-s will you still love me tomorrow?https://www.alessandrosciarroni.it/work/folk-s/?lang=enChroma_don't be frightened of turning the pagehttps://www.alessandrosciarroni.it/work/chroma/?lang=enBio guest curator:Daniela Perazzo is a dance and performance scholar with a specialist interest in the intersections of the aesthetic and the political in interdisciplinary movement practices and experimental dramaturgical processes. She joined Kingston University London in 2014, having previously taught at the University of Surrey. She is a Senior Lecturer in Dance and Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the Department of Performing Arts and the School of Arts. Her first monograph, Jonathan Burrows: Towards a Minor Dance, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019.
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J Neve Harrington in conversation with Michaela Gerussi and Daniela Perazzo (guest curator)
This is the second episode in a two episode mini-series on the theme of Re-enchanting British dance, guest-curated by Daniela Perazzo and supported by Kingston University. These two episodes are three-way conversations between an invited artist, a member of the podcast team, and Daniela Perazzo.This joint conversation between Michaela Gerussi, Daniela Perazzo and invited guest J Neve (Neve) Harrington takes Neve's recent project Satelliser (and accompanying digital publication satellising) as a starting point to discuss her work through a range of topics, concerns and approaches. Below is a short text on Satelliser to help situate the listener: “Satelliser: a dance for the gallery is a durational performance work for an intergenerational group of women. These dancers subtly alter their spatial configurations in response to the visitors’ movements, playing with the relationship between performance, visitor, and space...Accompanying the live work is a digital publication and podcast satellising.com. which holds together contexts around Satelliser: a dance for the gallery.” (https://jnharrington.com/satelliser-a-dance-for-the-gallery)Some of the topics that come up throughout the conversation include:containerslabourpartstransparencydance trainingunisondifferencerelationshipsrevealing differencevisibility, the primacy of visionpartial narratives/perspectives/multiple subjectivitiesplayfulnessmaterialitythe nervous systemtouchReferences:Some of Neve's earlier projects which are mentioned in this episode include Screensaver Series (https://jnharrington.com/screensaver-series) and The Human Clock (https://jnharrington.com/the-human-clock-)Neve mentions a previous episode of Dance Outside Dance with artist Florence Peake. That episode cane be found here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/danceoutsidedance/florence-peak-mixdownMichaela quotes from a text on satellising.com which references Ann Cvetkovich. That text is Satelliser as Crafting by Else Tunemyrhttps://www.satellising.com/satellising-publication/satelliser-as-craftingMichaela reads a quote on craft by anthropologist Stephanie Bunn from her text The importance of Materials Bios:Michaela Gerussi is a Canadian dance artist based in London, UK. Michaela’s dance practice is nourished by her inquiry into the nervous system, interoception and attunement, in relation to her studies in Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy. Her choreographic work considers shifting relationships between people, places and materials, layering subtle perceptual detail with a functional, dynamic approach to movement. J Neve Harrington (London, UK) is an artist whose work includes writing, dance & choreography, drawing, video, installation, costume and space design. She works mainly in gallery and non-stage spaces where her work prioritises explorations around access, play, agency, confrontation by times/scales beyond the human, neuroqueer experiences of information processing and attention.Daniela Perazzo is a dance and performance scholar with a specialist interest in the intersections of the aesthetic and the political in interdisciplinary movement practices and experimental dramaturgical processes. She joined Kingston University London in 2014, having previously taught at the University of Surrey. She is a Senior Lecturer in Dance and Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the Department of Performing Arts and the School of Arts. Her first monograph, Jonathan Burrows: Towards a Minor Dance, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019.
DanceOutsideDance is a podcast of interdisciplinary conversations. We consider it an open research forum; a bridging space where we embrace the unresolved. Our investigations engage with diverse modalities and approaches to collaboration, technology and digital media, performance making, relational practice, neuroscience, anthropology and somatics.We try to listen to what arises in the episodes to cultivate critical thinking and open dialogue.DanceOutsideDance is artist-led and self-funded and was initiated by Laura Colomban, Michaela Gerussi and Julia Pond. To support the podcast, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/danceoutsidedance.Intro Soundtrack created by Tom Reeves.CollaboratorsLaura Colomban is developing a bespoke cyclical creative process through performance-making which integrates circular methodologies through expanded choreography and auditory investigation, specifically creating sites within sites through voice, movement, and sound groundwork. inhabitingthebody.org/lauracolombanJulia Pond is investigating embodied practices and modes of being-in-time as pathways to undermining and usurping capitalist structures. Her work also concerns eco-somatics, informed by experience as a direct lineage Duncan practitioner. juliapond.comMichaela Gerussi is a dance artist researching the complexities of how we sense ourselves. Informed by her studies in Craniosacral Biodynamics, her practice is concerned with the intersection of the nervous system, self-regulation, affect and dance-making. michaelagerussi.com