In the final episode of Wording Dances, we invited Sofia Dias & VĂtor Roriz to drift through thoughts and situations of their choreographic work, amid âThe Noise of the Chairsâ.
Dias & Roriz are a duo of artists and choreographers, collaborating since 2006. The hybrid nature of their research, connected with their curiosity and need for experimentation, has led them to the creation of various shows, performances, audio tracks, videos, podcasts, and installations, crossing different contexts and blurring the boundaries between artistic areas. Their performances conceived for stage, mainly performed by the two of them, employ a refined choreographic language combined with text and voice. In 2011, they were awarded the Prix Jardin d'Europe and won the first place at Aerowaves Spring Forward 13 for their performance âUm gesto que nĂŁo passa de uma ameaçaâ. They served as curators for PACAP (Advanced Program for Creation in Performing Arts) at Forum Dança in 2018 and 2023, and during the 2023/2024 biennium, they are artists in residence at the Champalimaud Foundation.
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in Portuguese and English, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.
A co-production between EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association, hosted by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.
Credits:
Guest artist: Sofia Dias & VĂtor Roriz
Curator: Carlos Manuel Oliveira
Music (credits): Tom Maciel
Music (Episode), mixing and recording (Excerpt): Sofia Dias & VĂtor Roriz
Sound engineering and distribution: Nuno Cruz
Translation and subtitles: Marta Amaral
Sound recording support: Electronic Warfare / Rua das Gaivotas 6
Design and video: Creative Minds
Co-production: OPART | EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association
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Neste novo episĂłdio de Falar as Danças, convidĂĄmos Angela Guerreiro a escrever e ler-nos um texto seu, intitulado âO Decolonial nas Artes, os Museus e a 'ARTE DE SE COMPORTAR MAL'â.
Neste novo episĂłdio de Falar as Danças, recebemos deufert&plischke, o âArtistwinâ, para nos ler um texto seu escrito exclusivamente para esta ocasiĂŁo, intitulado âGrand Openingâ.
Neste episĂłdio de Falar as Danças, a bailarina e coreĂłgrafa inglesa Siobhan Davies lĂȘ-nos âPostcards from a life which dancesâ (Postais de uma vida que dança), um texto que escreveu exclusivamente para esta ocasiĂŁo. Siobhan dedica-se Ă recolha de imagens, desenho, escrita e conversação como extensĂ”es da dança e da coreografia. Com um corpo de trabalho que se estende ao longo 50 anos de atividade, criou obras tanto para teatros como para galerias e, em 2006, juntamente com a arquiteta Sarah Wigglesworth, criou os Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, em Londres. Reformou-se dos estĂșdios em 2020, mas continua a trabalhar como professora associada na Universidade de Coventry (Cdare).Â
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In this ninth episode of the Wording Dances podcast, we invited Angela Guerreiro to write and read us a text, titled âThe Decolonial in the Arts, Museums, and THE ART OF BEHAVING BADLYâ.
A. Guerreiro is a mother, an independent artist, dance mentor, producer, researcher, activist, festival and conference curator, movement therapist and somatic movement educator. She was a resident choreographer at Kampnagel Hamburg between 1995 and 2002, her works touring internationally. She is currently a PhD candidate in the âPostcolonialisms and Global Citizenshipâ program at the Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, a member of UNA-UniĂŁo Negra das Artes, and president of the board of Natureza Arte Corpo e Alma Association.
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in Portuguese and English, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.
A co-production between EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association, hosted by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.
For the eighth episode of the Wording Dances podcast, we invited Ivana MĂŒller to read to us a text written for this occasion, titled âThoughts on Togethernessâ. Ivana is a choreographer, artist and writer. Through her choreographic and theatre work, she rethinks the politics of spectacle and the spectacular, revisits the place of the imaginary and imagination, questions the notion of âparticipationâ, investigates the idea of value and its representation, and is continuously inspired by the relationship between performer and spectator. Besides her artistic practice, she curates artistic and discursive encounters and lectures in different contexts. She currently lives in Paris and works internationally.
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in english and portuguese, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.
In a co-production between EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association, it is curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.
Credits:
Guest Artist: Ivana MĂŒller
Curator: Carlos Manuel Oliveira
Music: Tom Maciel
Sound engineering and distribution: Nuno Cruz
Translation and subtitles: Marta Amaral
Design and vĂdeo: Creative Minds & The Other Studio
In this new episode of Wording Dances, we invited Bojana CvejiÄ to read to us an adapted excerpt from a book chapter in manuscript, titled: âWe work with the materials that resist usâ. Bojana is the author of several books, such as âChoreographing Problemsâ, from 2015, and âToward a Transindividual Self: A Study in Social Dramaturgyâ, co-written with Ana VujanoviÄ. Since 1996, she has made, performed and collaborated on numerous works of opera, dance and theater in Europe as co-director, dramaturg or performer. Bojana also co-authored several videos and video-installations exploring dance and choreography, such as ââŠin a non-wimpy wayâŠâ, with Steve Paxton, in 2013; âYvonne Rainerâs WARâ, from the same year, and âSpatial Confessionsâ, for Tate Modern, in 2014. Her research in social choreography, transindividuality, and critical theory drives her politically to organize collective platforms of self-education and experimental production, such as PAF â Performing Arts Forum in St. Erme. And since 2017 she divides her time between Oslo, where she is Professor of Dance Theory at the Oslo National Academy of Arts, and Brussels, where she teaches at P.A.R.T.S.
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in english and portuguese, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.Â
In a co-production between EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association, it is curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.Â
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in english and portuguese, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.Â
In a co-production between EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association, it is curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.Â
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in english and portuguese, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.
In a co-production between EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association, it is curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.
In this new episode of Wording Dances, we invited Jonathan Burrows to read from a couple of texts which he wrote in recent years and which were also compiled in a book published by Varamo Press in 2022, with the title "Writing Dance".
Jonathan Burrows is a choreographer whose main focus is an ongoing body of pieces with the composer Matteo Fargion, with whom he continues to perform around the world. He is also the author of "A Choreographer's Handbook" (Routledge 2010), and is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University.
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in english and portuguese, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.
In a co-production between EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Parasita Association, it is curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.
Credits:
Guest Artist: Jonathan Burrows
Curator: Carlos Manuel Oliveira
Music: Tom Maciel
Sound engineering and distribution: Nuno Cruz
Recordings in London: Stefan Smith
Translation and subtitles: Margarida Bak Gordon
Design and vĂdeo: Creative Minds
Co-Production: OPART | EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Associação Parasita
In this new episode of âWording Dancesâ, we welcome deufert&plischke, the Artistwin, to read to us from a text which they wrote exclusively for this occasion, entitled âGrand Openingâ.Â
Dr Kattrin Deufert and Thomas Plischke have formed the artistwin deufert&plischke in 2001, and in the last 22 years they have realised over 50 theatre projects that deal with artistic production situations and the complex social dynamics of artistic processes. They have created the Anarchiv series, the Emergence Rooms, the Entropic Institutes, the DURCHEINANDER series, and the dance history project Just in Time, to name a few of their many outputs. All series of works span thematically wide arcs from the origins of Greek mythology to the pressing questions of our time: How do we communicate in a community of strangers? How do we make decisions together? How do we take responsibility for ourselves and for others? Their works go beyond the boundaries of dance and theatre and deal with individual participation and the social everyday in artistic events.
In this episode of Wording Dances, Brazilian dancer and choreographer Marcelo Evelin invites Neguxa Uau, an artist, performer and influencer from Teresina, to read to us "Life is life, and life is babado", a text which he wrote at our invitation. Marcelo lives between Teresina and Amsterdam, and works in Brazil, Japan and many European countries as an independent artist. He coordinates the Demolition Incorporada Platform, based in CAMPO, a Performing Arts Residency and Resistance space in Teresina, PiauĂ. Marcelo began working as a choreographer in 1989 and has a body of work comprising more than 30 pieces, of which Barricada, A Invenção da Maldade [The Invention of Evilness] and ai, ai, ai are still touring. He teaches at the Amsterdam University of the Arts since 1999 and is responsible for artistic creation projects at universities and master's courses, such as ISAC (Higher School of Arts and Choreography of Brussels), the Reina Sofia Museum (Madrid), EXERCE (Montpellier) and Centre National de la Danse (Paris). In 2019, he was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Federal University of PiauĂ. His works are performed in theatres and festivals all over the world, such as Festival d'Automne (Paris), Kunsten Festival des Arts (Brussels), Teatro Rivoli (Porto) or Festival Alkantara (Lisbon), where this year he presents Demolition Incorporada's latest piece, UIRAPURU.
Credits:
Guest Artists: Marcelo Evelin e Neguxa Uau
Curator: Carlos Manuel Oliveira
Music: Tom Maciel
Sound engineering and distribution: Nuno Cruz
Recordings in Teresina: Red Bike Audio Lab
Translation and subtitles: Margarida Bak Gordon
Design and vĂdeo: Creative Minds
Co-Production: OPART | EstĂșdios Victor CĂłrdon and Associação Parasita
Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in english and portuguese, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking. In a co-production between EstĂșdios Victor Cordon and Parasita Association, it is curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.
In this episode of Wording Dances, English dancer and choreographer Siobhan Davies reads to us "Postcards from a life which dances", a text which she wrote exclusively for this occasion. Davies is engaged with image gathering, drawing, writing and conversation as extensions of dance and choreography. She has been active for over 50 years, making work for both theatres and galleries and, in 2006, together with architect Sarah Wigglesworth, created the Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, in London. She retired from the studios in 2020, but remains an associate professor at Coventry University (Cdare).
