The Blog features theoretical reflections on SE.S.TA Centre for Choreographic Development’s activities and interviews with artists participating in our programs. Their authentic testimony serves as the guide for other interested parties who may be wondering what to expect from a stay with us and how their artistic work might develop.
Marie Kinsky talks with choreographer Mirka Eliášová (CZ), professor on Academy of Performing Arts in Prague about the usage of specific choreogrephic tools in her teaching and creations, about improvisation as an opening tool for later choreography, about the influence of William Forsythe technic and her research on these principlas in relation to the contact improvisation
What if words were the key to working? The Brazilian choreographer Volmir Cordeiro, who lives in Paris, begins a wide-ranging conversation wit the Madrid- born dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and visual artist La Ribot, currently based in Geneva, where she teaches at HEAD (Haute école des Beaux - arts et de design) - on creation, including decision making and freedom in work, as well as relationships with others…. Shaping ideas: what is that? We introduce the excerpt of their interview which was published in Watt - contemporary dance magasine in 2017 and which can guide you in the process of their thinking.
Marie Kinsky talks with choreographer Vicki Amedume (UK) about her history as a dancer and maker, about her working process, theme of their project Catch me dweling into questions of intimacy, gender, age and ethnicity, her community and last but not least her stay in the Castle during the festival KoresponDance 2019 in the frame of Round about Residency.
