I am not interested in the concept of partnering in dance but I am attracted by the idea of bodies encountering, bodies in relation and bodies practicing "a meeting". I am also obsessed with studying how bodies are read and in the possibility to decontextualise these meanings.

I propose a place where to erase the "memories of the body" and where to find, provoke, generate and question different ways to meet. Trying to forget, trying to "not remember" how the body is perceived, how it is supposed to behave, how it used to move and relate with other bodies. "Trying to forget" as a strategy to become available and to redefine "body", body movement and body encounters.

Exploring the limits of unknown and negotiating with the weight and the "power" of known. Looking for the loss, looking for getting lost, as a rich and productive state… The loss as a state of change, as a beginning, as a research. Loosing the control, loosing the shape, loosing the expectations, losing the meanings...

THE BODY JUST AS A TERRITORY

THE ANATOMY AS A CONTINENT TO VISIT

THE SKIN AS A MEETING POINT

WAYS OF WORKING

I propose a space for a physical and intellectual investigation, an intensive workshop where technique and practice will be the main protagonists. There will be two strong interests, one towards physicality and movement research and another one towards "creation processes". We will get into the work through diverse exercises, improvisations, experiments, duo and group works within different spaces, contexts and situations.

STRUCTURE

1. Training

An energetic routine of exercises to explore and increase strength, stamina and concentration. Using different strategies, coming from different techniques and practices such as Body Weather, Shamanic Rituals, Tui Shou Technique - making the body ready, warm and available.

2. Lab

Experiences and experiments to play around the themes and points of interest of the workshop: "meeting" and "surrendering". (We will use the work of the Situationists as a reference as well as Judo training and other performative games)

3. End

There we'll learn sequences of stretches and manipulations in couples and hopefully enter in an intense discussion and reflective mode.

AITANA CORDERO (Spain/Netherlands, 1979)

Aitana is a choreographer, performing art maker and a performer.

She trained for many years in dance and improvisation. She did Judo for 13 years in the past and she is still investigating and studying other martial arts such as Tui Shou (the Chinese martial art also known as "pushing hands).

In June 2006 she graduated in her choreography studies at the SNDO (School for New Dance Development) in the University of Amsterdam and in June 2008 she finished the Master in choreography and new technologies Dance‐Unlimited also in Amsterdam.

Since 1999 she has created her own work, performs for other makers and collaborates with different artists in multidisciplinary projects.

Her pieces and video works have been shown in Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Brussels, Helsinki, Vienna, Berlin, Antwerp, Shanghai, Nueva York, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Beirut among other places.

From 2001 she has given workshops and classes in different schools, Universities and venues in Madrid, Paris, London, Beirut and Amsterdam.

Some of the recurring interests in her works are the body and how it can encounter other bodies, intimacy, sex(n)uality, the physicality of violence, strategies of sharing and the exploration of the protocols of theatre.

Other relevant interests that use to condition her processes are philosophy, cinema, literature, gender studies, painting and food.

Lately she's been busy preparing for a marathon.

For more information about projects, artistic statements and other written material:

www.aitanacordero.com

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Aitana CORDERO

JUHENDID UNUSTAMISEKS

ehk reeglid kohtumiseks,

100 suudlust ja uuendatud keha

Ma ei ole huvitatud partnerluse kontseptsioonist tantsus, küll aga tõmbab mind idee kehade kohtumisest, kehade omavahelises seoses olemisest ja kehade võimest “kohtumist” üldse praktiseerida. Mind valdab kinnisidee - uurida, teada saada, katsetada, kuidas kehasid lugeda, kuidas kehasid loetakse; olles huvitatud võimalusest tekkinud tähendusi seejärel dekontekstualiseerida, neid originaalkontekstidest välja rebida.

Ma pakun välja koha, kus kustutada „keha mälestused” ja kus leida, provotseerida, genereerida ning küsida erinevaid võimalusi kohtumiseks. Püüdes unustada, püüdes mitte-mäletada, kuidas keha tajub, kuidas ta peaks käituma, kuidas ta on harjunud liikuma ja suhestuma teiste kehadega. "Püüd unustada" kui strateegia muutumaks kättesaadavaks, ümbersõnastades "keha" kui sellise, selle liikumise ja võimalikud kohtumised.

Avastades tundmatuse/tundmatu piire; pidades läbirääkimisi kaalu ja teadaoleva/mitte-tundmatu "jõuga". Otsides kaotust, otsides ära kadumist - kui rikast ja produktiivset seisundit. Kaotus kui muutuse seisund, kui algus, kui uurimine, uurimus. Kaotades kontrolli, kaotades vormi, ootused ja tähendused…

Keha kui üksnes territoorium.

Anatoomia kui kontinent, mida külastada.

Nahk kui kohtumispaik.

Töömetoodika

Pakun välja ruumi füüsiliseks ja intellektuaalseks (vaimseks) avastuseks. Intensiivne töötuba, kus peategelasteks tehnika ja praktika. Seal saavad olema kaks tugevat huvipunkti: üks füüsilisuse ja liikumise uurimise suunas, teine loomisprotsesside suunas. Hakkame tööle läbi mitmekülgsete harjutuste, improvisatsioonide, katsetuste, paaris- ja grupitööde; läbi erinevate ruumide, kontekstide ja situatsioonide.

Struktuur

1 Treening

Energiline harjutuste süsteem, avastamaks ja suurendamaks tugevust, vastupidavust ja kontsentratsiooni. Kasutades erinevaid strateegiaid, mis tulenevad erinevatest tehnikatest ja praktikatest nagu: Body Weather, Tui Shou, šamanistlikud rituaalid – tehes keha valmis, soojaks ja kättesaadavaks.

2 Kogemused ja katsetused

Mängida teemade ja huvipunktidega nagu näiteks "kohtumine" ja "alistumine".

3 Lõpp

Seal õpime venituste jäjrjestusi ja paaris-manipulatsioone ning loodetavasti siseneme intensiivsesse vestlusse ja tagasi-peegeldavasse laadi.