presented by Northern School of Contemporary Dance
The contemporary dance company Bodhi Project comes to Leeds in partnership with the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Bodhi Project which has its residency in SEAD - Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance is a platform for new choreographers and postgraduate dancers in the international contemporary dance scene. Bodhi Project has presented more than 100 performances internationally. In 2016 the company also had their first performances in Tel Aviv and New York which were very positively received by audiences and press alike.
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At this event, Bodhi Project will present two pieces of work in one evening, with an interval inbetween:
Performance 1
“bodhi” by Mala Kline (SVN)
It is said that the site of the bodhi tree is the last place on earth that would be destroyed when the world comes to an end, and when the world reappears it would be the first site to be created. The Slovenian choreographer Mala Kline and the dancers of Bodhi Project explore the potential of the tree as an image, a diagram, as a site where the world dreams itself into being. It unfolds itself moment by moment, from within the body that is itself a tree, from the intervals between bodies that are a tree. bodhi is a tree that dreams, a tree that dreams itself into being through dance.
*bodhi is based on SaphireTM. SaphireTM Work is a registered trademark of Catherine Shainberg.
Premiere: October 26th, 2016, republic / SZENE Salzburg (in the frame of tanz_house festival 2016) Concept and choreography: Mala Kline Project Assistance and Light Designer: Barnaby Booth Performance: SEAD's BODHI PROJECT: Camilla Teixeira Oliveira, Dimitri Christos Kalaitzidis, Juliette Valerio, Michele Ferrer, Simon Kriisin, László Takács
Music Compositions: Gašper Piano Production: SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in cooperation with SZENE Salzburg.
Duration: approx. 20 minutes
Performance 2
EXSTESIA by Iratxe Ansa (ES) and Igor Bacovich (IT)
Exstesia is the latest work of Bodhi Project. In cooperation with the internationally known dancers and choreographers Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich they developed this new creation which premiered in the frame of New Faces New Dances festival in republic in February 2017.
Exstesia means nothing. Synesthesia, Ecstasy and Aesthetics means something. Exstesia is a fantasy word made up blending those concepts together. Please enter my abstract capsule for a while and let go the laws of time, space and power. Explore my world made of dreams and absurd impressions where one dream relieves the next, and you fall, fly and balance between reality and fantasy. In this extravagant world what really matters is you and me. Premiere: February 22nd, 2017 / republic Theatre, Salzburg (New Faces New Dances Festival)
Choreography: Iratxe Ansa (ES) and Igor Bacovich (IT) Performance: Camilla Teixeira Oliveira, Dimitri Christos Kalaitzidis, Juliette Valerio, Michele Ferrer, Simon Kriisin, László Takács, Aleksandra Krajewska Music: Robert Henke imbalance computer music 2007; Vlotho Exter, Ahab, Norden, Vom Boot Zum Haus; Rechenzentrum - John Peel Session (Kitty-Yo 2001)
Thanks to: Donald Beteille for musical advice
Production: SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
Duration: approx. 30 minutes The performance is supported by; Austrian Culture Forum London, Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, Salzburg Land culture and Salzburg City culture. Find the event online; http://www.leeds.gov.uk/carriageworks/Pages/Event.aspx?s=5878
