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YoutubeINSPIRATION FROM HISTORY: MARGARETHA HOLDS FORTH (NEW VESION) & BREATH MADE VISIBLE
Part of the KoresponDance Festival 2012
performance length: 110 min
Contemporary dance with roots in Post Modern Dance live and on the screen
no language barrier
coaching of choreography and dramaturgy: Dominique Boivin, Benjamin Tuček, Béatrice Massin, Gabriele Wittmann
conceived, choreographed, and performed by: Barbora Látalová
design, video: Michaela Huffsteter, Nikola Semotánová
editing: Šárka Sklenářová, Petra Vladyková
light design: Jan Beneš
movie cast: Anna Halprin, Lawrence Halprin, Merce Cunningham, A.A. Leath, John Graham, Rana Halprin
movie directed by: Ruedi Gerber
produced by: Eva Papánková Vlachová
realization: Barbora Látalová, Michaela Huffsteter, Nikola Semotánová
conceived, choreographed, and performed by: Barbora Látalová
design, video: Michaela Huffsteter, Nikola Semotánová
editing: Šárka Sklenářová, Petra Vladyková
light design: Jan Beneš
movie cast: Anna Halprin, Lawrence Halprin, Merce Cunningham, A.A. Leath, John Graham, Rana Halprin
movie directed by: Ruedi Gerber
produced by: Eva Papánková Vlachová
realization: Barbora Látalová, Michaela Huffsteter, Nikola Semotánová
The Festival KoresponDance 2012 loosely develops the philosophy of the previous editions that presented talented European choreographers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France and Germany. The 2012 edition deals with the question “Can history be a source of inspiration in contemporary creation?” We will search for possible answers in two eras: the Baroque and the Post Modern Dance (the 1970s in the USA).
MARGARETHA HOLDS FORTH (NEW VERSION) /Bára Látalová and company
“...An exalter of the idyllic country life I shall not become... Here stands a grave and cool figure of life, forbidding games, forbidding dreams – yet real, relentless, rigorous...“ (I.G. Diary of the Soul, 1885)
A dance solo inspired by the poetry and life of Czech poet Irma Geisslová. Through transformations of one woman using mute word, the voice of dance and videographology, this performance takes a moment to look for connections between women at the turn of different centuries.
"Somebody once told me that I live in the last century. So I told myself not to be ironic and I took a look at that time. In order to be able to do so, I had to learn to stop myself. One of things that helped me do so were the poems of Irma Geisslová. Stopping for a minute and becoming aware of oneself, just for a few seconds, an historical compression, a feeling, and experience taking from looking back into the past, a past I may even have lived and which probalbly influences my present-day experience." (Bára Latálová)
The new version of the production was created during the International Workshop of Coaching in Dramaturgy organised by SE.S.TA in Prague in 2012.
Bára Látalová graduated from the Duncan Centre Dance Conservatory in Prague and continues her studies to this day within the projects of SE.S.TA. Since 2003 she is a member of the NIE international performance group. Apart from dancing and choreography she also teaches dance to children.
As part of the Dance in Schools project she created the dance performance for children Fg=Gm1m2/r2. From 2005-2007 she taught movement for actors at the HINT High School in Norway.
M. Daniel Huffsteter
After studies at the Václav Hollar Art School and the Centre for Electronic Art, she had a year-long placement at AVU in the New Media Studio and studied at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre of the DAMU theatre academy. She is now focussed on independent theatre and costume creation, as well as graphic design. She is a founder of the open group Kolouchův sen, an independent group of women artists, with Michaela Huffsteter and Hana Poislová at its core. The group probes unconventional methods of creation and presentation of clothing and accessories. Performances are site – specific – using and adapting to the unique atmosphere of unusual spaces.
Nikola Semotánová graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Department of Metalwork and Jewelry. She still works on design and on jewelry, but works mostly as a conceptual artist. She has exhibited in the Czech Republic, England, Italy, Germany, and Australia. She has also presented work as part of shared exhibitions in the Školská 28 space, in the castle mill in Jindřichův Hradec and elsewhere. Since 2008 she has been an active member of the Kolochův sen group.
In 2010 she exhibited to success in London (as part of the Mind the Gap exhibition; at the Crypt Gallery and The Stones of Menace exhibition; in the Brutalist Church St. Paul Bow Common)..
BREATH MADE VISIBLE / Ruedi Gerber
The first feature length film about the life and career of Anna Halprin, the American dance pioneer who has helped redefine our notion of modern art with her belief in dance's power to teach, heal, and transform at all ages of life. This cinematic portrait blends recent interviews with counterparts such as the late Merce Cunningham, archival footage, including her establishment of the first multiracial dance company in the U.S., and excerpts of current performances such as “Parades and Changes” at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, to weave a stunning, inspiring account of one of the most
important cultural icons in modern dance.
Film in English with English subtitles
MARGARETHA HOLDS FORTH (NEW VERSION) /Bára Látalová and company
“...An exalter of the idyllic country life I shall not become... Here stands a grave and cool figure of life, forbidding games, forbidding dreams – yet real, relentless, rigorous...“ (I.G. Diary of the Soul, 1885)
A dance solo inspired by the poetry and life of Czech poet Irma Geisslová. Through transformations of one woman using mute word, the voice of dance and videographology, this performance takes a moment to look for connections between women at the turn of different centuries.
"Somebody once told me that I live in the last century. So I told myself not to be ironic and I took a look at that time. In order to be able to do so, I had to learn to stop myself. One of things that helped me do so were the poems of Irma Geisslová. Stopping for a minute and becoming aware of oneself, just for a few seconds, an historical compression, a feeling, and experience taking from looking back into the past, a past I may even have lived and which probalbly influences my present-day experience." (Bára Latálová)
The new version of the production was created during the International Workshop of Coaching in Dramaturgy organised by SE.S.TA in Prague in 2012.
Bára Látalová graduated from the Duncan Centre Dance Conservatory in Prague and continues her studies to this day within the projects of SE.S.TA. Since 2003 she is a member of the NIE international performance group. Apart from dancing and choreography she also teaches dance to children.
As part of the Dance in Schools project she created the dance performance for children Fg=Gm1m2/r2. From 2005-2007 she taught movement for actors at the HINT High School in Norway.
M. Daniel Huffsteter
After studies at the Václav Hollar Art School and the Centre for Electronic Art, she had a year-long placement at AVU in the New Media Studio and studied at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre of the DAMU theatre academy. She is now focussed on independent theatre and costume creation, as well as graphic design. She is a founder of the open group Kolouchův sen, an independent group of women artists, with Michaela Huffsteter and Hana Poislová at its core. The group probes unconventional methods of creation and presentation of clothing and accessories. Performances are site – specific – using and adapting to the unique atmosphere of unusual spaces.
Nikola Semotánová graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Department of Metalwork and Jewelry. She still works on design and on jewelry, but works mostly as a conceptual artist. She has exhibited in the Czech Republic, England, Italy, Germany, and Australia. She has also presented work as part of shared exhibitions in the Školská 28 space, in the castle mill in Jindřichův Hradec and elsewhere. Since 2008 she has been an active member of the Kolochův sen group.
In 2010 she exhibited to success in London (as part of the Mind the Gap exhibition; at the Crypt Gallery and The Stones of Menace exhibition; in the Brutalist Church St. Paul Bow Common)..
BREATH MADE VISIBLE / Ruedi Gerber
The first feature length film about the life and career of Anna Halprin, the American dance pioneer who has helped redefine our notion of modern art with her belief in dance's power to teach, heal, and transform at all ages of life. This cinematic portrait blends recent interviews with counterparts such as the late Merce Cunningham, archival footage, including her establishment of the first multiracial dance company in the U.S., and excerpts of current performances such as “Parades and Changes” at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, to weave a stunning, inspiring account of one of the most
important cultural icons in modern dance.
Film in English with English subtitles
With the support of: The Czech Ministry of Culture, Download & Update, SE.S.TA, Motus – producers of the Alfred ve dvoře Theatre and Institute of Intermedia.
