{"id":122,"date":"2014-03-27T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T11:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dans.ro\/e-motional\/2013-2015\/?p=122"},"modified":"2014-03-27T13:07:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T13:07:23","slug":"call-for-dancersperformers-i-say-to-you-sing-piece-by-olga-zitluhina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dans.ro\/e-motional\/2013-2015\/call-for-dancersperformers-i-say-to-you-sing-piece-by-olga-zitluhina\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for dancers\/performers: “I say to you: sing!” piece by Olga Zitluhina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purpose of the call
\n<\/b>Contemporary dance co-production led by Latvian choreographer Olga Zitluhina, I say to you: sing! <\/em>[working title].<\/p>\n

Who can apply?
\n<\/b>Required:
\n– dancer or performer;
\n– 30-65 years old;
\n– country of origin: Latvia, Portugal, Romania<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Preferably:
\n– ability to play musical instrument;
\n– to know other dance styles besides contemporary (folk, step, hip hop, social, etc.).<\/p>\n

What to do to apply?
\n<\/b>Send by e-mail horasoc@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0the following:
\n– Very short reflection on the text by the choreographer (it can be written text, spoken word, dance improvisation, video, photos, sound); Applicants should request the proposed text via email before starting to answer to the below<\/strong>;<\/strong>
\n– Very short bio and non-bio (a list of wishes and opportunities that you will never be able to use and\/or never used);
\n– Answer the questionnaire:
\n1. The funniest dance you have experienced;
\n2. The funniest situation you have experienced during a performance;
\n3. The funniest situation in your life;
\n4. The funniest thing that has happened to people or things around you (friends, family, pet, computer, house etc);
\n5. The funniest photo of you (frontal, profile or full length).<\/p>\n

Working periods for co-production:
\n<\/b>4\u201318 July, 2014 \u2013 Bucharest (Romania);
\n2 weeks in April, 2015 \u2013 Riga (Latvia).<\/p>\n

Touring dates:
\n<\/b>April 29, 2015 \u2013 premiere in Riga (Latvia);
\nJune 23-26, 2015 \u2013 Bucharest (Romania);
\nJuly 3-4, 2015 \u2013 Porto (Portugal).<\/p>\n

Performers are offered 1500 euro fee (before taxes) for their participation to the project. Travel costs, accommodation and per diem are covered through the project.<\/p>\n

Application deadline<\/b>: May 1, 2014.
\nWeb:<\/strong> www.dance.lv<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Olga Zitluhina<\/b> (Latvia)<\/strong> <\/strong>was a long time artistic director of the Olga Zitluhina Dance Company (1996-2012). The Company was the most influential contemporary dance group in Latvia for more than decade. In different stages of development Company consisted of 5 to 8 dancers, each having a different dance background. Most of the dancers have finished the Modern Dance Department at Latvian Academy of Culture.<\/p>\n

The Company has performed several full length works by Olga Zitluhina \u2013 \u201cWhen the Owl`s Tail Will Blossom\u201d, \u201cTake 735\u201d, \u201cAnd Again About the Same. Part I\u201d, \u201cAll in White\u201d, \u201cDances of the Lost\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The very first production \u201cHerring’s Vocation\u201d had its premiere at the Modern Dance Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania. In 1998 the Company was invited to perform Olga Zitluhina’s choreography \u201cSpitting Whistling in the Ceiling\u201d at the dance theatre workshop East of Eden<\/i> in New York City, USA. Olga\u2019s productions have been performed at several international contemporary dance festivals – Evolution<\/i> in Tallinn, Estonia, New Baltic Dance<\/i> in Vilnius, Lithuania, Baltic University of Dance<\/i> in Gdansk, Poland, Tanzfestival Bielefeld<\/i> in Bielefeld, Germany, Barents Dance festival<\/i> in Hammerfest, Norway, Cornerstone Festival<\/i> in Liverpool, Southbank Centre<\/i> in London (UK) as well as at the festivals of contemporary dance in Kaunas, Lithuania and Vitebsk, Belarus.<\/p>\n

On September 1, 1999 the Department of Modern Dance at the Latvian Academy of Culture was established at the initiative of Olga Zitluhina. For the first time in Latvia it offered a 4-year program for professional education in contemporary dance. Olga Zitluhina is headmaster and modern dance teacher at the Department.<\/p>\n

Olga Zitluhina is artistic director of international contemporary dance festival in Riga \u201cTime to Dance\u201d that takes place in Riga every June since 2006.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

The co-production is part of \u201cE-Motional: rethinking dance\u201d. Project created and led by Gabriela Tudor Foundation (Bucharest) in cooperation with the Association of Professional Dance Choreographers of Latvia (Riga), Fabrica de Movimentos (Porto) and \u201cGeorge Apostu\u201d Cultural Centre (Bacau), with the support of the Culture programme of the European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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