02 Aug Mill of Performing Arts #11- Lust for Life: Open call for participation in dance residency with Vasiliki Bara
In view of the 11th edition of the Mill of Performing Arts that will take place in Larissa from 20 to 29 September 2024, SMouTh is addressing a call for participation in the dance residency with Vasiliki Bara.
Through a 6-day workshop of Contemporary Dance, amateurs, semi-professionals and professional dancers, with or without disabilities, will collaborate to create and present a thematic dance performance on the feeling of passion.
How is the feeling of passion expressed in our everyday life? What do we desire in our lives? What is it like to not be able to express our desire and passion for something? “Lust for Life” highlights the concepts of excitement, joy, freedom, enjoyment of life, and the lack of all of these.
The workshop includes exercises in Contemporary Dance, improvisation and theatre. The dance in “Lust for Life” is inspired by Grotesque aesthetics and is based on the movement exercises of the dance performance “Lust” (2023), which Vasiliki choreographed for LTT Company in Leipzig, Germany.
Workshop dates: Monday 23 – Saturday 28 September 2024, morning hours
Venue: Mill of Pappas, main building
Performance: The performance will be presented on 28th of September at the Mill of Pappas’ Ballet Stage.
Participants: The workshop is open to amateurs, semi-professionals and professional dancers, with or without disabilities. All participants must have experience in dance or movement. The creative process, as well as the final performance will be adapted to the needs of the group.
Applications: To apply please send a brief resume, contact information and -if available- an audiovisual (video) footage of previous dance experience to info@smouth.com the latest by Sunday 8th of September. Please also let us know of any accessiblity requirements. Individuals selected to participate will be notified by Friday 13 September.
*Participation in the residency is free of charge
Vasiliki Bara (Short Bio)
Vasiliki Bara works in Leipzig as a choreographer, dancer and dance teacher. She studied “Dance Education and Choreography” at Tanz-Zentrale Leipzig and “Dance Science” (MA) at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2019 she completed her Master’s degree with her thesis on the perception of the disabled body in contemporary dance. Vasiliki presented her choreographic works “A Piece of God” (2019) and “From the other Side” (2021), as well as the mixed-abled productions “Der Traum” (2022) and “The Person I am” (2023) at Lofft – Das Theater (Leipzig). In 2023 he also choreographed “Lust” for the semi-professional dance theatre group Leipzig, which was performed at Schaubühne Lindenfels and Werk II. As a dancer she has worked on works by Alexis Blake, Ildikó Toth, Irina Pauls, Mandy Unger, Marlen Schumann and René Reinhardt. In recent years she has received funding, grants and residencies for her artistic work from the Fonds Darstellende Künste, Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and 4fT e.V.