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b12 summer main event
asteroids area 51
b12 participants work out and research ideas with a choreographer in order to present them in a site-specific performance setting. the following workshop description is the starting point for the piece to be developed. the draft will then be presented to the public.
Johannes Wieland
performance projects
dates (nn)
not barrier-free
Johannes Wieland
conceived in lisbon and born in berlin, johannes wieland completed his bfa at the amsterdam university of the arts and worked, thereupon, in various companies with an extensive array of choreographers. after performing with the béjart ballet lausanne, he relocated to new york city, where he received his mfa in contemporary dance and choreography at nyu / tisch school of the arts. while running the company johannes wieland in new york, he built from scratch what, for fiftheen years, has been known as the contemporary dance company at the state theatre of kassel, germany, holding positions as a resident choreographer, artistic director, and director of the dance department. his continued cinematic interest led him to making short movies. creating multi-disciplinary work through his berlin company, mind eraser/johannes wieland is his newest playground, and aside from being commissioned by companies and teaching for universities, his critically acclaimed pieces have been invited to tour internationally to festivals and events. johannes is also directing and curating b12 - the festival for contemporary dance and performance art (www.b12.space), which runs annually in berlin. he is a 1st prize winner of the kurt jooss prize and has been awarded numerous other prizes, recognitions, scholarships, and grants. johannes was a nominee for the german theatre prize der faust, in 2016, for his creation you will be removed. he works on non-categorising art.
framing performance project area 51
johannes' team of performers will start with a character build - everyone has to invent a character. during the project, we will discuss the foundation of a convincing character and what it means to perform it. we will also build little islands of ideas, which we will create and thread together. they can be theatrical, very physical, voice directed, or anything in between. space will influence us and we will influence space. the team of filming practitioners will work closely together with chrysanthi badeka, getting themselves familiar with the basic cinematographic principles, storyboarding, decoupage, reperage, dynamic filming with gimbal and other cinematic equipment. on specific dates they will be in one space with us. they will observe the characters and the storylines we will develop, analysing the movement and body narrations. we will co-work on the pre-production phase, the reconstruction of the choreography for the camera and the shootings. everyone who is interested is welcome, whether dancers, physical performers, actors/actresses, singers, circus artists etc. please be ready to create, take risks, both physically and emotionally. b12 will provide the final outputs to all participants from both teams (short dance films and the documentation video of the site-specific performance). All the digital outputs can be shared publicly. if you are interested in a performance project and a cinematographic experience full of adventure and cross pollination, one of these two teams might be for you! choose the team you want to participate in: performance team, led by johannes wieland or filming team, led by chrysanthi badeka.
performers
johannes wieland // framing performance project area 51
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