Call for performers
Research workshop towards a re-activation of Xavier Le Roy’s ‘Project’
Led by Rosanna Irvine
Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 November
at Dance4’s Studio, Nottingham
Xavier Le Roy performed ‘Project’ as part of Nottdance Festival 2004, a work that, typical of Le Roy’s approach, is concerned with posing specific problems. Addressing the relations between production, process and product, Le Roy worked with groups of performers to develop rules for games that would be ‘performed’ in theatre situations. The problem he probed in ‘Project’ was around the co-existence of ‘choreographic rules’ with ‘the application of rules’ that are made for games (Le Roy). In situating the subsequent ‘games’ as choreography the project raises questions around representation, authorship and spectatorship.
For more about ‘Project’ and Xavier Le Roy see www.insituproductions.net
Click on 'Here", then ‘Productions’ then on ‘Project 2003’
In the research workshop, over three full days, we will work with Le Roy’s ‘General Rules Score’ for ‘Project’ to begin to construct (new) games and new rules. This will involve working together while talking, moving, playing, negotiating, agreeing, disagreeing and more. It may also involve microphones, pre-recorded music and live video. We will perform these (new) games as a choreographic event to an invited audience at the end of the three days.
If you would like to participate please contact [log in to unmask] with a paragraph giving an indication of your background and why you are interested in the project. Dance artists and performers with an interest in conceptually orientated, physical, and improvisational approaches to performance-making may be particularly interested – but those who are less familiar with these approaches and open to trying something new are also invited to get in touch.
This is an unpaid opportunity but some contribution to expenses – such as travel - may be available from Dance4. Please indicate when you get in touch if travel costs will restrict your availability to participate.
If you are interested but unable to attend these dates, please also get in touch.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
For Rosanna’s work see: www.rosanna-irvine.co.uk
This is part of an AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award with University of Northampton and Dance4
Rosanna Irvine
+44(0)7791783498
www.rosanna-irvine.co.uk
www.dance4.co.uk/about-us/artists-practitioners/research-artists/rosanna-irvine/
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