Open call for participation in the program “Art, Politics, Institution, Body” / APIB /
Locomotiva – Center for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture announces an open call for participation in the first, of this type, continuous program titled “Art, Politics, Institution, Body”.
The call is open to young professionals who want to be theoretically upgraded, in writing, analyzing as well as curating in the field of contemporary performing arts.
Lokomotiva – Center for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture is pleased to invite you to a 2-day event dedicated to contemporary dance and culture, which will be held on April 25 and 26 in Kino Kultura – space for contemporary performing arts and contemporary culture. Lokomotiva Skopje as part of its program activities creates new opportunities for creating, developing and advocacy of professionals in the field of contemporary culture and art. Following this direction, in the frame of this event Lokomotiva will present choreographic works and works in the process of young choreographers and performers from Macedonia. Within the programme of the event, parcpants can follow presentations and discussions dedicated to the conditions for development of dance spaces and dance policies in Macedonia.
*** Special guests at the event are the representatives from EDN – European Dancehouse Network, under the program “Encounter”, organized by Kino Siska – Center for Urban Culture, European Dancehouse Network and Nomad Dance Academy.
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Долгорочно планирање и одржливост на проектот со фокус на доглорочен развој на моделот за „Кино Култура“.
Модерирана работна средба со учество на партнери и соработници на проектот „Културни простори за активни граѓани“, во организација на Локомотива- Центар за Нови Иницијативи во Уметноста и Културана, ФРУ- Факултет за работи што не се учат и Театар на Навигаторот Цветко.
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„Caravan Next“ is a project that connects the artists with their local community and the citizens through a network of Theatre organizations and cultural institutions around Europe.
Following the events organized in Subotica and Mostar, European Association for Local Democracy – ALDA, in cooperation with the Theatre of Navigator Cvetko and Lokomotiva Skopje, organizes a series of cultural activities in Skopje. Within this event, several lectures, workshops and performances will be realized. The activities that will be implemented are inspired by the Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the oppressed.
The performance “MAKE IT MAKE IT- DON’T FAKE IT!” is part of the program “Arts, Politics, Institutions and Body” as part of the PLATFORM(a) 2018 -Program for Contemporary Performing Arts, organised by Lokomotiva – Skopje.
MAKE IT MAKE IT- DON’T FAKE IT!
Concept & Performance: Darko Dragičević, Esta Matković, Vanja Smiljanić
Dramaturgy: Jasmina Založnik
Choreographic consultant: Martin Sonderkamp
Coproduction: Lokomotiva – Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture and Nomad Dance Academy in frame of Life Long Burning Project
Supported by: Culture programme of the European Commission, Quartier am Hafen (Cologne), JSKD – Public fund of Republic of Slovenia for cultural activities and STATION Service for contemporary dance Belgrade
With the performance “me again- but not alone”, starts the program “Arts, Politics, Institutions and Body” as part of the PLATFORM(a) 2018 -Program for Contemporary Performing Arts, organised by Lokomotiva – Skopje.
“me again – but not alone”
20 years are gone. The encounter with the musicians Gebrüder Teichmann brought Gisela Müller back on stage. me again – but not alone is a try out performance and an attempt to create a space of resonance where movement and sound converge. A space of exchange and of dialogue where the movement (dance) embodies sound and the sound picks up movement (dance). An interaction of tables, the dance floor and the players which might even lead to a battle.
Mariana Valencia, former Critical Correspondence editor, from USA/NY that visited Lokomotiva in 2016, writes about Nomad Dance Advocates, an event of Nomad Dance Academy, organized by Stanica/ Station- service for contemporary dance in Belgrade, November 2017
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In 2013 Lokomotiva received an AWARD from Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkan for the utmost commitment and valuable contribution to the development and promotion of the contemporary dance in the Balkans through the cooperation project NOMAD Contemporary Dance in the Balkans, implemented in period October 2007 – December 2010, in partnership with Stanica (Belgrade), Tanzelarija (Sarajevo), Tala Dance (Zagreb), Fico Balet (Ljubljana) and BrainStore (Sofia). The award was given in Sarajevo at the final event “Cultural Encounters – Collaboration, Achievements, and Perspectives” organised by the Swiss Cultural Programme in Western Balkan. The event gathered around 100 cultural operators, donors and artists from the region.
Artistic Residency of Snezana Premus with her project Physical manifestation II: Desiring body in Trafó Studio, Budapest 04-13 November 2017. The residency was organized by Nomad Dance Academy (NDA) and Lokomotiva – Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture in collaboration with Workshop Foundation, Budapest in the framework of WILD CARDS program, as a part of the project Life Long Burning www.lifelongburning.eu.
Nomad Dance Academy on 20 and 21 October 2017 organized an event Nomad Dance Advocates in Belgrade . This advocacy initiative has been organized in Skopje in 2012 and Sofia in 2015, and has been developed as a continuous program for advocating for development of contemporary dance art in the region.
Nomad Dance Advocates is meant to be a gathering of artists and policy and decision makers where they can communicate and exchange experiences in a different, more direct and positive way. The idea behind this is to show the world of contemporary dance to the decision makers from a different perspective. Through the performative and less formal communication and discussions, games and art works, the representatives of ministries of culture, city administrations and other decision making bodies encounter artists, discover the world behind the stage and get a better insight into the potentialities of contemporary dance in today’s cultural space.