Saturday, 9 September 2023, 15:00 IST
Invisible Dance 2023: The Body in Friction
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As an attempt to explore possibilities of intercultural exchange and comparative understanding of experiences among performance-makers in South Asia and South East Asia - Goethe-Institut, in collaboration with the Conflictorium, hosted a process-based laboratory titled Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction, in Ahmedabad in April 2023. During the three weeks of the residency, the participants built a network of ideas drawing on their respective practices and cultural contexts. This intensive residency culminated with a work-in-progress sharing by the participating artists at the Conflictorium, Ahmedabad.
This online session is a process sharing of this exchange between the residents, focussing in particular on the value of facilitating dialogue and creative exchanges among artists in the south globe.
The residents of Invisible Dance 2023 are:
Aaron Kaiser Garcia (Philippines) | Anandita Khan (Bangladesh) | Ashish Karnawat (India) | Ayu Permata Sari (Indonesia) | Toan Doan (Vietnam) | Ishvara Devati (Indonesia) | Khursheed Ahmad (India) | Umeshi Rajeendra (Sri Lanka) | Veenadari Lakshika Jayakody (Sri Lanka)
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Invisible Dance - The Body in Friction
Departing from the notion of ‘invisibility’ in Augusto Boal’s invisible theatre and social choreography, the Goethe-Institut initiated a process-based laboratory for performance-makers in India and Indonesia in 2022. The Indonesian Garasi Performance Institute and Indian choreographer Mandeep Raikhy jointly developed Invisible Dance as a platform for artists to explore invisible connections between social experiences and dance. In this first edition of the project in 2022, seven artists and art collectives from geographically and socially diverse backgrounds in Indonesia and India were invited to develop new performance-based works by responding to the question of the ‘invisible’ in their respective cultural contexts.
Following the findings of the project in 2022, the project continues in 2023 with a specific thematic engagement of the body in relation to the idea of friction. How do socio-cultural conflicts and tensions become integral to the structuring of our everyday experience? In what ways does the embodied experience of friction reside in our bodies? How does conflict articulate itself or find resolution through the movement of our bodies?
Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction seeks to explore the hidden choreography of conflict and friction and, in doing so, considers movement practice as a means of producing counter-movements and choreographies. This objective was explored during a three-week residency that was held at the Conflictorium in Ahmedabad, India, between 10-30 April 2023. The Conflictorium is a museum that enables different sections of society to engage with conflict through a range of disciplines.
As an attempt to explore possibilities of intercultural exchange and comparative understanding of experiences among performance-makers in South Asia and South East Asia - Goethe-Institut, in collaboration with the Conflictorium, hosted a process-based laboratory titled Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction, in Ahmedabad in April 2023. During the three weeks of the residency, the participants built a network of ideas drawing on their respective practices and cultural contexts. This intensive residency culminated with a work-in-progress sharing by the participating artists at the Conflictorium, Ahmedabad.
This online session is a process sharing of this exchange between the residents, focussing in particular on the value of facilitating dialogue and creative exchanges among artists in the south globe.
The residents of Invisible Dance 2023 are:
Aaron Kaiser Garcia (Philippines) | Anandita Khan (Bangladesh) | Ashish Karnawat (India) | Ayu Permata Sari (Indonesia) | Toan Doan (Vietnam) | Ishvara Devati (Indonesia) | Khursheed Ahmad (India) | Umeshi Rajeendra (Sri Lanka) | Veenadari Lakshika Jayakody (Sri Lanka)
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Invisible Dance - The Body in Friction
Departing from the notion of ‘invisibility’ in Augusto Boal’s invisible theatre and social choreography, the Goethe-Institut initiated a process-based laboratory for performance-makers in India and Indonesia in 2022. The Indonesian Garasi Performance Institute and Indian choreographer Mandeep Raikhy jointly developed Invisible Dance as a platform for artists to explore invisible connections between social experiences and dance. In this first edition of the project in 2022, seven artists and art collectives from geographically and socially diverse backgrounds in Indonesia and India were invited to develop new performance-based works by responding to the question of the ‘invisible’ in their respective cultural contexts.
Following the findings of the project in 2022, the project continues in 2023 with a specific thematic engagement of the body in relation to the idea of friction. How do socio-cultural conflicts and tensions become integral to the structuring of our everyday experience? In what ways does the embodied experience of friction reside in our bodies? How does conflict articulate itself or find resolution through the movement of our bodies?
Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction seeks to explore the hidden choreography of conflict and friction and, in doing so, considers movement practice as a means of producing counter-movements and choreographies. This objective was explored during a three-week residency that was held at the Conflictorium in Ahmedabad, India, between 10-30 April 2023. The Conflictorium is a museum that enables different sections of society to engage with conflict through a range of disciplines.