Intradance Festival: Moscow Swept Up in Dance
Seven choreographers meet seven dance companies: Intradance in Moscow (Photo: Intradance)
18 May 2010
It is a festival of superlatives: Over 100 European choreographers from 18 countries and over 30 Russian dance companies applied to participate in the Intradance dance project in 2009. They put together seven co-productions and now are sweeping up Moscow in dance.
The productions, including one by the Berlin choreographer Christoph Winkler, were created and presented in various Russian cities. The project’s climax will take place from 20 until 23 May with the four-day Intradance Festival in Moscow, where all of the works will be performed again accompanied by workshops, film presentations and panel discussions on the future of contemporary dance in western and eastern Europe.
One vital objective of the largest current EUNIC project is to promote cultural dialogue between Russia and the European Union as well as to network the young Russian dance scene. For while classical dance enjoys high regard and state funding in Russia, contemporary forms of expression are only beginning to slowly gain attention.
A brief impression via moving pictures:
Karine Ponties:
Christoph Winkler:
Asier Zabaleta:
The artists are: Uri Ivgi and Johan Greben from the Netherlands with Provincial Dances from Jekaterinburg, Asier Zabaleta from Spain with the Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theater, Rachid Ouramdane from France with the Ensemble Migrazia from Kirov, Karin Ponties from Belgium with Dialog Dance from Kostroma, Lotte Sigh from Denmark with Pantera from Kazan, Victor Hugo Pontes from Portugal with the Liquid Theater from Moscow and Christoph Winkler with Ed Physical Dance from St. Petersburg.
Intradance is a project by the European Union National Institutes for Culture EUNIC and is funded by the European Union.
