Contemporary dance to be celebrated in Bucharest

The eighth edition of eXplore dance festival – Bucharest International Contemporary Dance and Performance Festival will promote eXchange, the focus of this year’s eXplore dance festival artistic selection. Encouraging choreographic research, supporting the younger generation of dancers and choreographers and the diversity of contemporary forms of dance and performance, increasing visibility among the wide audience, this year’s programme focuses on future generations.

eXplore dance festival 2013 will unfold around 3 essential points: international cooperation, continuous education, the development of a new platform for production and distribution in contemporary dance and performance and will include: presentations, performances, installations, films, workshops, coaching projects, artist talks, conferences and lectures.

The special guest of the edition is the well-known German choreographer Raimund Hoghe, Pina Bausch’s dramaturge, much acclaimed on the international stages through his unique personality. “Pas de deux”, one of his most recent creations, will be presented on November 9 at WASP – Working Art Space and Production.

The most important event for contemporary dance and performance in Romania will be staged at WASP – Working Art Space and Production, until November 9. Tickets for the performances cost RON 20.

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On stage this weekend

ALESSIO CASTELLACCI (DE/IT) – in picture

18.10.2013 / 18:00 – 20:00 / WASP

SOUNDING BODIES | MOVING VOICES

sounding bodies│moving voices – Coaching project

We explore the realm of subconscious physical and acoustic imagery as an available source for voice and movement expression, first contacting our voice at an intimate level, strengthening the connection between breath, movement and sound, activating a readiness for non-ordinary forms of vocal engagement, then diving into our free-associative body by catching and riding the trajectory of each fleeting physical-vocal impulse in response to the environment, channeling their energy in readable and articulated forms.

We will play as well with gestures, automatic speech, surreal storytelling, trying to convey all the fun and playfulness into a rich and aware performative state. We will share small ensemble iimprovisations and learn from each other.

Alessio Castellacci is a performer, teacher and sound composer based in Berlin since 2007. In the last ten years he has developed a pedagogical approach to voice & movement exploration based on pleasure, intuitive precision and perceptive awareness which he teaches regularly throughout Europe. He is member of the collective Fingersix, and the artistic director of the program for training in experimental performance SMASH-Berlin.

Oana Vasiliu