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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
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