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#37 Residency in Croatia

The first week of Dancing Together, Again! Residency went way more beautiful and faster than expected. This is my first residency outside my homeland and especially with 11 people from different cultures, different roots, which back home would make me kind of uncomfortable in terms of socializing, but when I met the participants and got to know the creative processes I felt amazing without any difficulties. The people and atmosphere turned out to be very enlightening and I have connected with every single participant and felt gratitude to this whole project.

During this week we’ve had impressive talks and communicated with a deep level of understanding and sharing about the topic of sustainability and not only. It was astonishing to hear all these different perspectives and share one common idea of a healthier environment. We have discussed different topics, made mind-maps and marked some highlights which helped us a lot to guide towards our individual projects. 

Besides intensive verbal sharing, we experienced several workshops. An amazing workshop & practice by Zak, had energetic somatic body movement class with Aleksandra and learned the basics of House dance with Justyna. 

We also explored some parts and beautiful beaches of Rijeka and around. We had a surprising workshop in the sea by Jasna, which was extremely meditative for me and will stay in my mind forever. Moreover, we also have attended the Periskop festival.

Additionaly, by the end of the week we did presentations of our ideas, started to see our future work more clearly and linked to one another for collaborations.

To sum up, this week was a beautiful start to an important program which I believe will have a lasting impact on individuals as well as a collective. I'm more than thankful to be part of this program full of beautiful creative minds and kind souls. Through the professional directions from the participants, I have felt my creative potential stronger than ever and it has given me a lot of motivation which pushes me to create artworks under the subject of sustainability.





By Xosilita (Nino Khositashvili)


Prvi tjedan Dancing Together, Again! Boravak je prošao puno ljepše i brže od očekivanog. Ovo je moja prva rezidencija izvan domovine i posebno s 11 ljudi iz različitih kultura, različitih korijena, što bi mi kod kuće bilo pomalo neugodno u smislu druženja, ali kada sam upoznao sudionike i upoznao kreativne procese osjećao sam se nevjerojatno bez ikakvih poteškoća. Ljudi i atmosfera pokazali su se vrlo poučnima i povezao sam se sa svakim pojedinim sudionikom i osjećao sam zahvalnost prema cijelom ovom projektu.

Tijekom ovog tjedna imali smo impresivne razgovore i komunicirali s dubokom razinom razumijevanja i dijeljenja o temi održivosti i ne samo. Bilo je zapanjujuće čuti sve te različite perspektive i dijeliti jednu zajedničku ideju o zdravijem okolišu. Razgovarali smo o različitim temama, izradili mentalne mape i označili neke naglaske koji su nam puno pomogli u usmjeravanju prema našim pojedinačnim projektima.

Osim intenzivnog verbalnog dijeljenja, iskusili smo nekoliko radionica. Nevjerojatna radionica i praksa od strane Zaka, imao je sat energičnog somatskog pokreta tijela s Aleksandrom i naučio osnove House dancea s Justynom.

Također smo istražili neke dijelove i prekrasne plaže Rijeke i okolice. Imali smo iznenađujuću radionicu u moru od Jasne, koja je za mene bila izuzetno meditativna i ostat će mi zauvijek u sjećanju. Štoviše, bili smo i na Periskop festivalu.

Dodatno, do kraja tjedna odradili smo prezentacije naših ideja, počeli jasnije sagledavati svoj budući rad i međusobno se povezivali za suradnju.

Ukratko, ovaj je tjedan bio prekrasan početak važnog programa za koji vjerujem da će imati trajan utjecaj na pojedince, kao i na kolektiv. Više sam nego zahvalan što sam dio ovog programa prepunog prekrasnih kreativnih umova i dobrih duša. Kroz profesionalne upute sudionika, osjetila sam svoj kreativni potencijal jači nego ikad i to mi je dalo veliku motivaciju koja me tjera da stvaram umjetnička djela na temu održivosti.

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