Contemporanea Dance Week is an immersive experience rich in creative tools, training, exploration of various poetics and techniques, viewing of performances, engaging symposiums, and enjoyable dance jam sessions. All of this takes place at the T.Off theater space in the heart of the city of Cagliari, in Sardegna.
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WHEN
Contemporanea Dance Week takes place from July 1st to July 6th, 2024.
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Morning classes run from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm, with evenings featuring a rich program of meetings, events, and performances.
The morning training is designed to be attended in its entirety while afternoon/evening activities are optional.
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PROGRAM
Monday, July 1st, 2024
9:00 Welcome breakfast
9:30 - 11:00 Davide Iacobone (LARVÆ) - TOOLS FOR PERFORMANCE
11:30 - 13:00 Vittorio Pagani (LARVÆ) - DRAMA GRAMMAR: Dancing in the Present Tense
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5:30 pm Hiking - Sella del Diavolo, Cagliari
8:30 pm Dance Film Screening: Elegy of Lost Things / T.Off theater space
Film by Stefano Mazzotta (director and choreographer)
(Best dance film at danza&danza awards 2021, Best feature film at riff festival Norway 2022, Best experimental film at dance and music film festival Toronto 2022, Official selection at riff festival Norway 2022, official selection at Ziel Dance & Film Festival New York 2022, official selection at Portland Dance Film Fest 2022)
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Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 Davide Iacobone (LARVÆ) - TOOLS FOR PERFORMANCE
11:30 - 13:00 Elisa Zedda (OLTRENOTTE) - PRIMAL SCREAM
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7:00 - 8:30 pm Dance Salon - Free Conversations on Stage Art & Buffet
TOPIC: "from factory of emotions to factory of conventions" with playwright Anthony Mathieu
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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 Vittorio Pagani (LARVÆ) - DRAMA GRAMMAR: Dancing in the Present Tense
11:30 - 13:00 Elisa Zedda (OLTRENOTTE) - PRIMAL SCREAM
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6:00 - 9:00 pm Dance Salon - Free Conversations on Stage Art & Buffet
TOPIC: "a curatorial idea for contemporary dance" with Giulia Muroni, co-artistic director of the Dance Production Center Fuorimargine
TOPIC: "authorial voices" with Lupa Maimone, choreographer and artistic director of Oltrenotte company
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 Sara Angelucci (KAIHO) - TELLING BODIES
11:30 - 13:00 Brandon Lagaert (KAIHO) - LIZARD IN SHOES
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8:00 pm Dance Film Screening: The Currency of Time / T.Off theater space
A short film made in collaboration with students from the Pera School of Performing Arts, set in the natural landscape of Cyprus. In this story, a small community gathers to guide the transition from one plane of existence to the next.
Directed by Brandon Lagaert, assistant director Sara Angelucci
8:30 - 10:00 pm Dance & Music Jam Session
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 Nunzia Picciallo - GAGA MOVEMENT LANGUAGE
11:30 - 13:00 Sara Angelucci & Brandon Lagaert (KAIHO) - THEATERDANCE: Creative Tools of the Company
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9:00 pm Performances: Logos Festival / Sa Manifattura
Continuum by Niosbel Osmar González Rubio
Around 5:65 by Vittorio Pagani
What really happens?! by Ludovica Pinna
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Saturday, July 6th, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 Arianna Berton (OLTRENOTTE) - SPACE - RHYTHM - BODY - GESTURE
11:30 - 13:00 Lupa Maimone & Arianna Berton - OLTRENOTTE Choreographic Repertoire
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9:00 pm Performances: Logos Festival / Sa Manifattura
Tavolo19 by Lunella Cherchi
In an instant by Brandon Lagaert & Sara Angelucci
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To learn more about the training program, email us at danceweekcontemporanea@gmail.com
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