Repertory workshop: Iwami Kagura, Japanese traditional dances with Tadashi Ishikawa from 28 October to 4 November 2007 in residency at the Royaumont Foundation.
As of 2006, the Centre for Choreographic Research and Composition (CRCC) has opened the notion of repertory to include ancient dances from non western cultures, a heritage passed on through generations via the oral tradition of direct personal contact. Tradition can be a means of questioning modern concerns and, in this case, a possible source of renewing choreographic propositions of contemporary dances today.
The kagura, ancestor of Noh, are dances directly related to the agrarian cycle that have been maintained for centuries by the village inhabitants. The music is essentially made of chants, flutes and percussions. The dances belong to ceremonies where the relationships between music, gestures and objects are codified. They can be a prayer or an entertainment addressed to the divinities. Iwami Kagura, dating from the middle of the 19th century, is the last evolution of this ancient form, with both narrative and abstract parts concerning the founding myths of Japan.
Tadashi Ishikawa, member of the Takatsu kagura shachu from the Iwami region, will direct the workshop, with a musician and a translator (Japanese/French, and English to be confirmed). Susan Buirge, choreographer and artistic director of the CRCC, will co-direct some parts of the workshop.
Information at +33 (0)1 30 35 59 90 and on www.crcc-royaumont.fr
Applications, including a CV, a motivation letter and the attached form, can be sent to the CRCC until 20 September.
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORM
Stipends available. Fee without any stipend: 717 € (including the workshop fee, airport transfers, accommodation and meals at the Royaumont Abbey)
Fondation Royaumont
Centre de recherche et de composition chorégraphiques
95 270 Asnières-sur-Oise
Tel. +33 (0)1 30 35 59 90
Mob.+33 (0)6 753 753 78
Fax +33 (0)1 30 35 58 17
crccbuirge@royaumont.com
Post je objavljen 02.09.2007. u 07:00 sati.