Dancing Together, Again! Creative Residencies Programme

The last week of the program was very interesting for us. We now had a chance to show our products which we were working on for previous weeks. I myself was taking part in two performances (Nico’s and Kote’s) as a performer and it was interesting experience, as both of them are radically different works. We had a chance to meet all the members of residency program in Tbilisi, and to talk with each other, exchange our thoughts, tips and expectations for future continuing program. Generally, I would say that these tree weeks showed us what can we actually do with our plans, time managing and all together. How to exchange different cultures but to stay one unity as well. By Oliko Barbakadze გადაცემის ბოლო კვირა ჩვენთვის ძალიან საინტერესო იყო. ახლა ჩვენ გვქონდა შანსი გვეჩვენებინა ჩვენი პროდუქტები, რომლებზეც წინა კვირების განმავლობაში ვმუშაობდით. მე თვითონ ვმონაწილეობდი ორ სპექტაკლში (ნიკოს და კოტეს) როგორც შემსრულებელი და ეს იყო საინტერესო გამოცდილება, რადგან ორივე რადიკალურად განსხვავებულ...

In addition to the creative part, the technical side of Performance was interesting. During the procession of the artists, which went in live mode, the audience watched a 20-minute film created for the performance on the screen. We wanted actors entering process in the theatre and the end of the film to coincide with each other. Before head we had only one rehearsal. After the rehearsal, we had to change the plan for the performance, because the movie started late, and we had 10 minutes to go to the theater. That's why we improvised here as well and increased the procession, fortunately the actors' entry into the theater and the last phrase of the film coincided with each other. I think this played an important role both in raising the mood of the artists and in involving the audience in the performance, because the audience did not have time to get out of the emotion they got from the movie and the actors' words became easier to understand for them! By Kote Liparteliani შე...

The performances were among the most significant events of this past week in Tbilisi. Greetings, dinners and friends made and not left behind during the residency. I believe that in every place there are streets where every memory is cherished by the steps you take, by the patter of shoes on what is now hot asphalt. I decided to treat these reports of mine as logbooks and confidences, small moments of reflection between what happened and what my body took in.  Dust under my shoes, relief and melancholy, like when you find the shade of a tree in the middle of the city. By Iole La Sala სპექტაკლები თბილისში გასული კვირის ყველაზე მნიშვნელოვანი მოვლენა იყო. მილოცვები, ვახშმები და მეგობრები რეზიდენციის დროს გამზადებული და ჩამორჩენილი. მე მჯერა, რომ ყველა ადგილას არის ქუჩები, სადაც ყველა მოგონება იკვებება შენს ნაბიჯებით, ფეხსაცმლის ნაკვთებით, რომელიც ახლა ცხელ ასფალტზეა. მე გადავწყვიტე ჩემი ეს ანგარიშები ჩამეხედა, როგორც ჩანაწერთა წიგნები და თავდაჯერებულობა, მცირე ასახვის მომენტები მომხდა...

Feeling good By Josipa Bubaš   Თავს ვგრძნობ კარგად

The last week is filled with intense preparation for the premiere of the show. I am excited and looking forward to sharing what I’ve been working on.  By Monika Błaszczak ბოლო კვირა სავსეა ინტენსიური მომზადებით შოუს პრემიერისთვის. აღფრთოვანებული ვარ და მოუთმენლად ველი იმის გაზიარებას, რაზეც ვმუშაობდი.

In the last week of the residency, even more happened than in the previous weeks! Each participant had the opportunity to present what they had been working on during the tree-week residency in Tbilisi. The final week was a time for last rehearsals, performances, presentations, and being an audience member at the Movement, Physical & Dance Theater International Festival. However, the most memorable moment for me from this week was the shared meal - supra - at the curator Levan's home. We all gathered together at one big table filled with delicious Georgian food. We listened to the final toast and received certificates of completion for the creative residency "Dancing Together, again!". It was a wonderfully organized farewell! Thank you, Levan & Luri. By Jagoda Łukomska რეზიდენტურის ბოლო კვირაში კიდევ უფრო მეტი მოხდა, ვიდრე წინა კვირებში! თითოეულ მონაწილეს ჰქონდა შესაძლებლობა წარმოედგინა რაზე მუშაობდნენ თბილისში კვირეული რეზიდენციის დროს. ბოლო კვირა იყო ბოლო რეპეტი...

"Theory, practice, farewell" The last week in Tbilisi has been very intense, emotionally, and workwise.  The temperatures rose and it was a great rush between one theatre and another, between one meeting and another.  I was able to give my presentation on "The ritual of Clubbing: the subversive edge in social practice" in front of colleagues and new friends, trying to highlight how Clubbing is a very broad social practice that contains many dimensions in it: politics, ritual, practices of resistance, social costumes, and issues related to corporeality. I didn’t trace a straight road, but I have made continuous inversions and deviations, trying in a short time to give some points of reflections not only to researchers, but also to other artists who want to approach this dimension, or to exchange impressions.  I joined the beautiful dinner at Levan’s house, with so many toasts and so much wine and food, and it was like home, somehow: I really hope to go back soon in T...

The last residency week was the most intense. On June 12th I spent all the available time at the New Theatre, in creating my choreography: Trauma express . From the first moment I decided to create and direct the choreography without dancing. I wanted to have a clear eye of the ensemble. The eighteen performers who decided to be part of my project were completely committed to the rehearsals. I explained them the importance of starting the movement from the part of the body or from the emotion that the previous week, during the research we made, they chose to explore. Between them there were not only other residency colleagues, but also local dancers who dedicated their time and their artistry to me. This was a precious gift that I really appreciated a lot. Always on Monday I had the general rehearsal of Kote's project. With three cars, the other dancers and I reach the point from where we needed to walk through, in order to go back to the theatre and finish our performance. All thi...

So what is the most important part of the every artistic residency? I guess for me to search that powerful connection between my team and community, to connect and reconnect through people and art. This week was the peak of the last three weeks, very playful, creative but dedicated to the purpose and the meaning of the residency and that means Dancing together, again!! I am so happy, grateful I could connect especially during the last week with the people I did not connect in the beginning of the first week, simply was not the time, but when we started communicating and connecting through the movement, touch, breath, simple human gestures the connection began stronger and more sincere. Through this residency I will stay connected for a long time with Georgia and Georgian wonderful people. By Sandra Sok მაშ, რა არის ყველა მხატვრული რეზიდენციის ყველაზე მნიშვნელოვანი ნაწილი? ვფიქრობ, რომ მოვძებნო ძლიერი კავშირი ჩემს გუნდსა და საზოგადოებას შორის, დავაკავშირო და ხელახლა დავუკავშირდე ადამიან...