Open enrolment Talent week January 2012

It is with pleasure that we look back on Oktober Dansmaand, the month during which Tilburg was alive with Dance. But in 2012 too, we offer an inspiring and innovative dance programme. Tilburg Dansstad (a cooperation between various cultural institutions) is busy with the organisation of the second Talent week. This will take place from Sunday January 22nd until Thursday 26th 2012. And you could be one of the participants. We have a number of open enrolments available for this five-day intensive programme, which is only open to choreographers. This intensive programme takes place in Tilburg, and is organised by Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, Dance Academy), Danshuis Station Zuid, Theatre De NWE Vorst, Kunstbalie and Productiehuis Noord-Brabant (’s Hertogenbosch) in cooperation with Mundial Productions.

The programme
The programme is mainly a special opportunity for you to develop further as a choreographer / dance maker. You will be able to learn from the other participants (25 in total), do some networking, and work in an innovative way on dance in relation to other disciplines. During a five day intensive program of lectures, performances and workshops by well-known artists, you can meet other choreographers and exchange to invest and nurture your own creative development. You will be challenged by guest speakers from other disciplines. Furthermore, we offer workshops by, amongst others, Ulrika Kinn Svensson, Pia Meuthen, Arno Schuitemaker and Paulo Nunes The themes of the week will be introduced by a talk with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. We will inform you of the definite programme by the middle of December. Since meeting others is an important part of the programme, the meals (lunch and dinner) will be taken together and are included in the price. We ask you for a contribution of 120 euros which includes programme, meals and tickets. Participants are themselves responsible to arrange transports and lodgings.

Several quotes from last year’s participants:
- “My head is really full.” (Kim Leeuw)
- “It felt like a real present, both physical and mental.” (Ineke Wolters)
- “The week was perfect. Every part of my brain got tickled.” (Brenda Adoyo)
- “I wasn’t even aware of certain possibilities of using the public space. Now, I want to take this home.” (Shawn)
- “Dancing the embracement. Living the embracement. Evolving the embracement.” (Joost Vrouenraets)
- “The realization that my own background is not a curse. I will follow my own vision more.” (Milla Virtanen)
- “Making new friends. As well as a reunion with old friends.” (Lucie Petrusova)

Theme: Mirrors of identity
The theme of this second edition is Mirrors of identity - inspirational bodies.
• How do we, as artists, form and transform our identity in dialogue with others and the world around us?
• What are the bodies that inspire us? Literally, other skin, other age, other abilities, other
professions… but also metaphorically.
The recent developments in neuroscience (e.g. the mirror neurons) underline how we basically learn through imitation and how we integrate and embody the unknown, the other both sensorial and somatically (e.g. in synaesthesia) and intellectually and verbally (with metaphorical thinking as an inane process). I is an Other.
A strong focus will be again on transdisciplinary practices: how do people work and think in other disciplines, the arts, science, sociology, anthropology, and how can we translate these practices into our own creative process.

Participation
Do you want to take part in the Talent week? Then mail your reaction, curriculum cv, as well as your motivation and expectations (max. 1 a4) for participation, before Monday 5th December 2011 to Maartje van de Pol, m.vandepol@fontys.nl, stating open enrolment Talent week 2012. Selection will take place on the basis of motivation. We will let you know as soon as possible if you are one of the participants.

So, maybe we’ll meet at the Talent week 2012!

With kind regards,
Tilburg Dansstad, City of Dance

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