from 06 October
to 08 October

Free

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During the 33rd edition of the FIT International Festival of Theatre and Contemporary Scene (Lugano, 04-13.10.2024), choreographer and performer Arkadi Zaides proposes a workshop addressed authors of Theatre, Dance and Performance

For about a century, documentary theatre has reconstructed factual information to analyse specific events or phenomena. Visual artists and filmmakers have joined this trend, demonstrating how factual information can be altered and questioned. The field of choreography, driven by critical experimentations, remains largely uncharted in adopting factual information into its corpus. Choreographers often include documentary elements as sources of inspiration in their artistic process, yet little of these elements remain in the final stage work. However, the intersection between embodied and documentary practices opens possibilities to articulate new modes of engagement and intervention in social and political realities.

In his artistic practice, choreographer Arkadi Zaides investigates the possibilities of choreography to relate to today's societal urgencies through the use of documentary materials. In this workshop, Zaides will share his artistic work and its challenges, as well as question the participants' possible modes of engaging with their respective realities.
Participants, makers within the field of theater, performance, and choreography, are requested to arrive at the workshop accompanied by clear documentary materials with which they would like to engage through their artistic practice.

Applications in digital format must be submitted no later than 23 August 2024.

The selection of applications will be made at the sole discretion of the organizers and the outcome will be communicated to applicants no later than 30 August 2024.

Applicants must send the following documents by e-mail (documents have to be sent in English):

- fully completed application form (download here)
- a PDF with bio and photo (maximum one A4 page)
- access to photos and videos of the candidate's work

Attendance is compulsory for all workshop days, under penalty of exclusion. When applying, it is compulsory to indicate any problems in securing the attendance requirement.
Should the application lack the required data and information, it will not be accepted.

For further information: https://www.fitfestival.ch/en/arkadizaides-workshop/

COST: Participation in the workshop is free of charge.

START OF THE WORKSHOP: On the first day of the workshop, the start is scheduled for 10.00 am. It will therefore be necessary to be in Lugano on the morning of Sunday, 6th October.

ACCOMMODATION: For participants living outside of Ticino, free accommodation will be provided (15 minutes by bus from the city centre, in multiple rooms shared with the other participants) for the entire duration of the workshop. Those who wish may stay in Lugano until the end of the festival, continuing to benefit from free accommodation and meal vouchers.

FOOD: Meal vouchers can also be purchased at the convention price of CHF 18.- per meal.

TRAVEL: Travel costs will be borne by the participants.

TICKETS FOR SHOWS: Workshop participants will have access to tickets to the Festival’s featured performances (courtesy price: CHF 10.-).
Selected applicants will be sent a show-booking form which must be sent back in response to the email notifying them that we have accepted your application, absolutely no later.

Arkadi Zaides is an independent israeli choreographer and visual artist of Belorussian origin, currently living in France. In Israel, he performed in several companies such as the Batsheva Dance Company and the Yasmeen Godder Dance Group before embarking on an independent career in 2004. He obtained a master's degree at the AHK Academy of Theater and Dance in Amsterdam (NL). He is currently working on his joint practice-based PhD degree at Antwerp University and Ghent University. He is a member of CORPoREAL research group at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp and a member of S:PAM (Studies in Performing Arts & Media) at Ghent University. His performances and installations have been presented in numerous dance and theatre festivals, museums, and galleries across Europe, North and South America, and Asia. He is a recipient of numerous prizes, among them a prize for demonstrating engagement in human-rights issues, awarded to Zaides by The Emile Zola Chair for Interdisciplinary Human Rights Dialogue (IL).