Dancing Together, Again! Creative Residencies Programme

Previous week was very interesting for all the participants. We had a chance to take part in each other’s performances. So the whole week was full of practicing and working. It should be noted that we also worked with local dancers and actors, that made the process more enjoyable and fun.  Trips were very informative and interesting for partisans. Foreigner participants had a chance to get know Georgian Writer’s story. We met an artist who established the puppet theatre by himself in his own house, and so we were able to see couple of his mini performances.  Trip to Kakabeti and Sagarejo was also very interesting for us, as we saw ‘’ongoing project’’ by Levan and Iuri. We were able to listen their ideas about the new school and to explore the surrounding area.  By Oliko Barbakadze წინა კვირა ძალიან საინტერესო იყო ყველა მონაწილისთვის. ჩვენ გვქონდა ერთმანეთის სპექტაკლებში მონაწილეობის შესაძლებლობა. ასე რომ, მთელი კვირა სავსე იყო ვარჯიშით და მუშაობით. აღსანიშნავია, რომ ჩვენ ...

I started working with the actors on Monday. I conducted two workshops, the first part of which consisted of voice and body exercises, and the second part was devoted to Raza Box. Raza Boxing is an exercise where you awaken 8 emotions in a person and then express action with these emotions. Raza Box became the main structure of the performance. After the workshops, instead of the eight emotions, I left the actors with only those emotions that are related to Abkhazia for Jaba and the path that he has traveled. While feeling these emotions, artists have complete freedom of expression, whether they want to write, draw or move.  By  Kote Liparteliani მსახიობებთან მუშაობა ორშაბათიდან დავიწყე. ჩავატარე ორი სემინარი, რომლის პირველი ნაწილი ხმის და სხეულის ვარჯიშებისგან შედგებოდა, მეორე ნაწილი კი რაზა ბოქსს დაეთმო. Raza Boxing არის ვარჯიში, სადაც ადამიანში 8 ემოციას იღვიძებ და შემდეგ ამ ემოციებით გამოხატავ მოქმედებას. რაზა ბოქსი სპექტაკლის მთავარ სტრუქტურად იქცა. სემინარების შემდეგ, რვ...

Hi everyone…  This is my second report on our 2nd week and so far is so creative, full of dance and curiosity. In the end, ART can only save us and we can find ourselves in the art.  This is the street I am passing through every day if I want to reach a New Theatre and I am really enjoying that walk through the city. I am personally very happy because of my whole process of growing, but also because i am engaged in other work in progress and can be involved in other perspectives and see the truths from many angles. Big hug to you all, Sandra  By Sandra Sok Გამარჯობა ყველას… ეს არის ჩემი მეორე რეპორტაჟი ჩვენს მეორე კვირაში და ჯერჯერობით ისეთი კრეატიული, სავსეა ცეკვითა და ცნობისმოყვარეობით. საბოლოო ჯამში, ART-ს მხოლოდ ჩვენი გადარჩენა შეუძლია და ჩვენ შეგვიძლია აღმოვჩნდეთ ხელოვნებაში. ეს ის ქუჩაა, რომელსაც ყოველდღე გავდივარ, თუ მსურს მივაღწიო ახალ თეატრს და ძალიან მსიამოვნებს ქალაქში გასეირნება. მე პირადად ძალიან ბედნიერი ვარ ჩემი ზრდის მთელი პროცესის გამო, მაგრამ ასევე იმიტო...

Intensity, felt in knees, felt in belly, felt in mind. Walking around surrounded by contradictions, impossible connections, potentials, faith. Strength sometimes mocking us, inviting to streach out more.  By Josipa Bubaš ინტენსივობა, იგრძნობა მუხლებში, იგრძნობა მუცელში, იგრძნობა გონება. წინააღმდეგობებით გარშემორტყმული სიარული, შეუძლებელი კავშირები, პოტენციალი, რწმენა. ძალა ხანდახან გვცინის, გვპატიჟებს გაშლას მეტი.

The trip to the Marneuli region was proposed by Levan Khetaguri and Luri Mgebrishvili - curators of the Georgian Residency in Tbilisi. Marneuli, due to its location, is a region that combines Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani culture and tradition. On the 9th of June, we had the opportunity to observe the work of the Marneuli Cultural Centre, where young people and children presented traditional folk dance. But the biggest surprise of the day was Armen Hovanesian's Puppet Theatre. We were invited to the actor Armen Hovhannisya's …. living room to expirence puppetry etudes inspired by legends of this region. We could admire the magnificent handycraft - both the scenography and puppets were made and designed by the actor himself. In the end, a couple of beautiful puppet scenes were presented, charming the whole group with the magic of it all - the flawless execution of the work, the concept and direction, as well as the movement of the puppets. Immediately you could see his lov...

On the morning of June 3rd and 4th, I attended the workshop of Atsushi Kakumoto, a theatre director, who founded the Tokyo-based company d’UOMO ex machina. His work was focused on the control of body movements which are really important also in dance choreography. He was really precise in explaining us directions and ways of walking. But the day I got to the heart of my residency was the 5th of June. That day I gave a workshop in order to find performers for the choreography I intended to create during my stay in Georgia. To my surprise, there were about twenty people to attend it. Sandra Sok was responsable for the first part of the class while I led the second part. Assuming that all of us have parts of the body that we are ashamed of, emotions that we try to hide, things about ourselves that we would like to change because they are not socially accepted, I invited the participant to move starting from the part of their body or from the emotion they were thinking about. I wanted to p...

Everything is going well, every day i am feeling more and more in love with the smells of Georgia,amazing people,wine,food and artist.  One more thing that i can say : "i am very grateful to share this amazing life journey with these people."  By Tony Flego   ყველაფერი კარგად მიდის, დღითიდღე უფრო და უფრო მიყვარდება საქართველოს სუნი, საოცარი ხალხი, ღვინო, საჭმელი და ხელოვანი. კიდევ ერთი რამ, რაც შემიძლია ვთქვა: "ძალიან მადლობელი ვარ, რომ გავუზიარე ეს საოცარი ცხოვრებისეული მოგზაურობა ამ ადამიანებს."