REAL TIME COMPOSITION WS

REAL TIME COMPOSITION WORKSHOP
with João Fiadeiro

Becoming thing. Becoming duration. Becoming event.
To be occupied by a body. Being occupied with a body.
Disappear in the obvious. (Re)appearing in the absence.

Real Time Composition practice offers a set of concepts-tools that allows the practitioner to postpone the answer and prolong a “not knowing” quality, enabling a precise and clear formulation of the questions which are carry by artists and improvisers. The condition for this practice to be successful is directly connected with the ability we have to develop and strengthen the capacity to inhibit reflex actions. The reason is simple: being “time” the most precious asset we possess when confronted with the unknown, if we act reflexively, on impulse, without taking into account the situation but solely our personal needs and points of view, the (distended, suspended, increased) time span every situation offer us, decreases dramatically. Without this (real) time, there is no duration. And without duration there is no relation, the most important ingredient when composing.

João Fiadeiro, Portugal (1965) belongs to the generation of choreographers that emerged towards the end of the 1980s and gave rise to the Nova Dança Portuguesa. A large part of his training was carried out between Lisbon, NYC and Berlin where Contact Improvisation played a central role in the beginning of his career. In 1990 he founded the Atelier RE.AL Company that supported the creation and diffusion of many choreographers besides his own work, regularly presented in Europe, North and South America. Between 1995 and 2003 he collaborated intensely with the Portuguese theatre company Artistas Unidos where he staged plays by Samuel Beckett, Sarah Kane and Jon Fosse. Between 2008 and 2014 he co-directed with anthropologist Fernanda Eugenio the AND Lab, a research laboratory around sustainable coexistence, working on the relation between ethics, aesthetics and politics. In 2014, after a 6 year hiatus, João comes back to his choreographic work trough the re-enactment of some of his early solos and the creation of a new group piece called “What to do with what remains”. Real Time Composition has lead him to coordinate workshops in MA and PhDs programs in several schools and universities such as Forum Dança (Lisbon); ex.e.r.ce (Montpellier); SODA MA (Berlin), MA of Performance Studies (Hamburg); MA of Choreography and Theatre-DasArts (Amsterdam); MA in choreography at the University of the Arts (Helsinki); or the Máster en Práctica Escénica y Cultura Visual (Madrid).
He is currently attending a PhD degree in Contemporary Art at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Whom:
This workshop is addressed to any performer artist coming from dance, theater or performance, with experience with improvisation and composition technics.

When:
October 23.-27 2019. Every day from 10-17h (incl. 1h pause)

Where:
TIP School Studio, Vauban Freiburg Germany

Costs:
early bird registration till Sept 23: 270€, after 300€.
TIP students registrationspecial price 250€ only till Sept 23.

Registration:
Please send a short CV regarding your movement/artistic practice and a short letter of motivation to contact@dani-ecki.com

We will confirm your participation, and in order to reserve your place you will need to send 100 euros deposit. If you will cancel we will keep them.
Organized by dani-ecki / Daniela Schwartz & Eckhard Müller

Accommodation:
If you come from outside of Freiburg we will help you find accommodation. We can offer you to sleep in the dance studio for about 6 euros per night. Please let us know if you would take this option.