KIADA Korea International Accessible Dance Festival

KIADA2024 WORKSHOP

KIADA2024
Dance Workshop

KIADA KREATE

Inviting choreographers from various countries
to promote cultural exchange between Korea
and other nations
Providing an opportunity to respect and experience
cultural diversity by experiencing works and techniques
of choreographers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Enhancing understanding of various dance genres
such as contemporary dance, improvisational dance, physical theater,
and sign language dance

DATE

8. 11. SUN
~ 8. 12. MON

VENUE

Inclusive Dance Studio

CHOREOGRAPHER

Karen Peterson Corash / USA

Maite Gámez / Spain

Maylis Arrabit / Taiwan

Andile Vellem / South Africa

Manuel Monrò, Susana Villegas/ Spain

Susanna Curtis / Germany

Purpose

Application of various educational methodologies towards non-disabled and disabled participants of KIADA2024
Expansion of artistic capabilities of the participating artists through global accessible dance educational practices
Improvement of accessible dance awareness through the provision of integrated dance education activities
Facilitating a vision for systematic methodologies and execution of domestic integrated dance education

Content

Inviting choreographers from various countries to promote cultural exchange between Korea and other nations
Providing an opportunity to respect and experience cultural diversity by experiencing works and dance techniques of choreographers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Enhancing understanding of various dance genres such as contemporary dance, improvisational dance, physical theater, and sign language dance

Purpose

Application of various educational methodologies towards non-disabled and disabled participants of KIADA2024
Expansion of artistic capabilities of the participating artists through global accessible dance educational practices
Improvement of accessible dance awareness through the provision of integrated dance education activities
Facilitating a vision for systematic methodologies and execution of domestic integrated dance education

Expected Outcomes

Participants improve their dance skills by learning dance methodologies and techniques from other countries
International choreographers share their professional experiences and creative discoveries with aspiring disabled artists
Expanding the scope of global accessible dance education and accessible dance workshops

Choreographer Introduction

Karen Peterson Corash

Founder and Artistic Director of Karen Peterson and Dancers
Graduate of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Created over twentyfive physically integrated, full staged works that have been showcased at various local, national and international venues and festivals in; New York City, Atlanta, Cleveland, Brazil, Italy, Scotland, Bosnia, Serbia, Guatemala, Montenegro and Ireland
Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 from the New World School of the Arts
Title of the “Queen of the Arts” by the Miami Herald 2014

Maite Gámez

Graduated in Classical Ballet from the Royal Professional Dance School of Madrid
Diploma in Improvement in Contemporary Dance by The Contemporary Dance School (London)
Title of Master in Inclusive Performing Arts from the 「PBMLF」
Dance coordinator, performer and choreographer of 「PBMLF」
Dancer in the 「Africa Morris Company」, London Contemporary Dance School of London, 「Arunda Danza company」, and 「Aracaladanza company」

Maylis Arrabit

French disabled dance artist
Trained mainly in contemporary dance and contact improvisation
Working experience with 「AXIS Dance Company」, Adam Benjamin, Jordi Cortes and most assiduously 「Stopgap Dance Company」.
Artistic director of <Habrá Que Ponerse Cachas> since 2018
Established inclusive dance company, 「In()Between」, in 2022

Andile Vellem

Full time performer at 「Remix Dance Company」 from 2005 to 2012
Resident Choreographer and Dance Teacher for 「Unmute Dance Company」 which he cofounded in 2013
Choreographer of <Unmute> and <These Hands>

Manuel Monrò

Graduate in Choreography and Performance from the CSD at the Institut del Teatre (Barcelona)
Professional working experience with La [Sic] (Belgium), Elvi Balboa (Galicia), Lorena Nogal (Barcelona), Vanhölzer (Austria), etc.
Premiered first solo work, <Aquí Nadie> as an emerging choreographer at the Alegría Theater (Terrassa)
Founder of La Tulpa in 2023, Director, dramaturge, and performer in <Ensayos Sobre Nadie>

Susana Villegas

Degree in dramatic art within textual interpretation, image and sound technician
Graduated from the dance conservatory with a specialty in contemporary dance and carries out private studies in gestural theater (clown and pantomime)
Working since 2018 at 「Danza Mobile」, teaching the clown workshop
<Curiosos>, Festival Escena mobile 2016 and <lost>, Festival Escena mobile 2021
Dancer of <Ensayos Sobre Nadie> for the company 「La Tulpa」 with Manuel Monrò

Susanna Curtis

Founder of Curtis & Co. – dance affairs in 2000
Language studies at the University of Oxford
Training in dance at the Rotterdam Dansacademie, NL
Dancer for B.W.Gung Dance Company Ulm, Municipal Theatre Regensburg, Czurda Tanztheater
Choreographer Municipal Theatres (Gießen), Regensburg and Trier, and Junges Theater Bremen
Hospital clown since 2005 for Klinik Clowns Bayern
Recipient of the Cultural Prize of the City of Nuremberg in 2014
Recipient of the WolframvonEschenbach Prize for Culture in 2020
Founder of the inclusive dance project, EveryBody, in 2021

Timetable

Date	Instructor	Country	Content	Venue
August 11th	Karen Peterson Corash	United States	Solos, Duos, Trios - Exploration and Connection Create and share choreographic dances using the tools of contact and movement improvisation	Inclusive Dance Studio
	Maite Gamez	Spain	Interconnecting bodies and spaces Exploring the spatial conception of our body in relation to others
	Maylis Arrabit	France (Taiwan team)	Whimsical Water Wonderland Exploring the different forms of water in relation to our bodies, the space and people around us
	Andile Vellem	South Africa	Sign dance class Creation of movement through the use of South African sign language
August 12th	Manuel Monro, Susana Villegas	Spain	Physical theater and composition for dancers Discover new relations between gesture, dance, dramaturgy and composition
August 12th	Susanna Curtis	Germany	Exploring my borders Warm up the bodies, voices and minds and explore the theme of borders

August 11th
Karen Peterson Corash United States
Solos, Duos, Trios - Exploration and Connection
Create and share choreographic dances using the tools of contact and movement improvisation
Maite Gamez Spain
Interconnecting bodies and spaces
Exploring the spatial conception of our body in relation to others
Maylis Arrabit France (Taiwan team)
Whimsical Water Wonderland
Exploring the different forms of water in relation to our bodies, the space and people around us
Andile Vellem South Africa
Sign dance class
Creation of movement through the use of South African sign language
August 12th
Manuel Monro, Susana Villegas Spain
Physical theater and composition for dancers
Discover new relations between gesture, dance, dramaturgy and composition
Susanna Curtis Germany
Exploring my borders
Warm up the bodies, voices and minds and explore the theme of borders
Inclusive Dance Studio