A shared relief
The three dancers Paulina, Roula and Maxime, take a closer look at techniques of relief.
From different angles, all three worked with the concept of ‘releasing tension’ ; through music and vibrations, through touch and senses and through the expression of anger. How do techniques of relief, the feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from an intense feeling or state, affect their way of dancing and their way of choreographing? Is it a starting point or an end in itself? Inspired by the dancer Chrysa Parkinson’s self-interview on Practice, they distinguish practice and performance. They research the translation from practice to performance in a participatory way. By involving an audience, they are figuring out what roles the performer and the audience take and what their subsequent experiences are.
This research is informed by their background in the field of Dance and Participation in Copenhagen.
HOLDET BAG
Maxime Kroot (NL)– Biography She is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and researcher in the field of contemporary dance. In her artistic work she questions the relation to our own body- the bodies around us- and our surroundings. Her latest work,FOAM 2024, challenges the kinaesthetic empathy of a participating audience. Improvisational practices are dominant in her work. She holds a Master degree in Dance and Participation from DDSKS, Denmark and has extensively worked in site-specific and participatory projects with Dansnest, Netherlands.
https://www.researchcatalogue.
Paulina Rewucka (PL)- She just graduated Mfa degree in the Dance and Participation program at the DDSKS. She is facilitator of “Współ_pracownia” community focusing on contemporary dance practice, activist fundraising through dance jams organization to support crises on the polish-belarusian border, guest-writer of magazines and freelance educator and performer next to it. Her interest lies in the power of embodied knowledge, dance as a social act and behavior and movement language as a universal communication tool.
Roula Samiotaki (GR)
Roula is a dancer and performer, based between Stockholm Sweden and Crete Greece. Her work is focused on moving as a way of coming together, with her own senses and with others. She explores dancing as an embodied exploration of the potentiality of being present, being affected, and affecting. In her own artistic research, she explores topics of identity, the female body, restrictions vs desires, imagination and fiction.She graduated from the BA Dance Performance at Stockholm University of the Arts. She has also studied Dance Didactics in Contemporary Times at Stockholm University of the Arts and Finance at Athens University of Economics and Businesses.
She has been working as a performer, creating her own work, and working collectively.
https://samiotakiarguri.
