Utlysning: Bli en av deltagarna på det internationella danslabbet, Keðja presents Stretch Vitlycke

What´s the story?

Stretch Vitlycke, Sweden 2023 – What´s the story? is a creative lab inviting dance artists to explore dance and heritage hosted by Region Västra Götaland, Sweden on behalf of the network Keðja.

Keðja is for the second year organising a lab for dance artists from Norway, Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Scotland and Sweden.

The lab will be held at Vitlycke Centre for Performing Arts and Vitlycke Museum in the west of Sweden.

The lab

Vitlycke is a site of bronze age rock carvings and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With the world heritage as a back drop the lab invites dance artists to consider their own artistic practises through a lens of heritage, history, tradition, education, choices, happenstance and circumstance.

The lab will be a space for artists to exchange experiences, ideas and to develop their own artistic practises through talks, discussions, seminars and workshops.

The artists will spend four days together before they are joined by the partners in the Kedja network for an additional three days of lab.

The lab will be facilitated by Benedikte Esperi.

Benedikte Esperi is a performance artist, choreographer, film maker, researcher, producer and curator based in Sweden. She is published in a variety of venues, such as public sites, galleries, theatres, festivals and elsewhere. The encounter with sites, intentions and people nurture her choices and actions where the body is both an object and a subject, mediating current topics. Her works range from solo, co-lab and community art within the genres performance/live art, installations, dance for screen and choreography. Artistically she´s often referred to post-modern dance and avantgarde aesthetics. She invented the public video concept KOREOARTscape Esperi is artistic director, board member and curator at Finnekumla Dance & Art space, Galleri 54 , Dansfilmfestivalen and The Tiny Festival Producers 

In the lab you will also encounter Francesco Scavetta, choreographer, dancer and teacher and Lars Strid pedagogue at Vitlycke Museum.

Who is the lab for?

The lab is targeted at professional dance artists with an established artistic practise and an interest in exploring their practise in collaboration with peers in an international context. Participants need to be able to commit fully to the lab dates. There will also be two group sessions ahead of the lab that will be held digitally and all artists will be expected to contribute to evaluation afterwards. We particularly recognise the rich potential for exchange between dance artists from different practices, perspectives and experiences and encourage members working across an expansive range of styles, techniques, practices and approach to apply.

The total number of artists are ten.

Festival HERE

During the lab we will also be able to take part in the dance festival HERE, program to be released spring/summer.                                    .

Keðja

Keðja is an international network of dance organisations. Together we aim to create open meeting places for those working in dance. Keðja facilitates events that gather individuals from dance communities to meet, share and learn together. Keðja wants to empower dance professionals to connect and collaborate across borders.

Partners:

·       Contemporary Dance Association (LT)
·       Dansverkstædid (IS)
·       Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts (NO)
·       Estonian Dance Art and Dance Education Union (EE)
·       Förvaltningen för Kulturutveckling (SE)
·       Latvian Dance Information Centre (LV)
·       PTL Dance Theater Ljubljana (SI)
·       Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland (FI)
·       The Work Room (SC)

Vitlycke CPA

Vitlycke Centre for Performing arts is a non-governmental independent organisation, founded with the aim of providing an inspiring space for performing arts. Initiated by internationally renowned choreographer, dancer and teacher Francesco Scavetta, Vitlycke is a user-created, innovative informal institution. Its activities include: residencies, performances and informal showings, after-talks, workshops for professional dancers, master-classes for non-professional participants, concerts and music events, film projections and seminars.

Application

To apply please send a document, no more than three pages, to eyrun.thorhallsdottir@vgregion.se no later than the 23rd of March with the following information:

Name
E-mail
Address

1. Information on you and your practice: This should be a short artist statement that tells us about your dance practice along with examples of work and projects. You can include one link to a website or video.
2. Why you are interested in participating in the STRE-TCH lab? Please tell us about areas of your practice you are interested in developing, your experience or interest in peer exchange and what new influences are you hoping to connect with?
3. The questions or enquiries you would like to bring to the lab?  
4. Please notify us on any communication or other access requirements we should be aware of in order to support your participation.

Practical information

Fee
All artists will receive a bursery of 900 €, travel to and from Vitlycke, Sweden and all meals provided.

Location
Vitlycke Centre for Performing Arts
Vitlycke Gård 3, Tanumshede

Vitlycke Museum
Vitlycke 2, Tanumshede

Accommodation
27th of August – 31st of August – Vitlycke Centre for Performing Arts
31st of August – 3rd of September – Tanums Gestgifveri

Travel
Travel day artists 27th of August
Travel day partners 31st of August
Travel home 3rd of September

All participants will have some kitchen duties during the week.

Keðja presents - Stretch Vitlycke, Sweden 2023 is hosted and supported by Region Västra Götaland, Sweden and a collaboration with Vitlycke Centre for Performing Arts and Vitlycke Museum.