January 2010 - Dance Ireland

Source: Sayaka KaiwaSayaka KaiwaWaltz & Guests and conducts variousworkshops throughout the world.Sayaka Kaiwa was born in Japan, lived andeducated in Japan, Thailand, USA (HampshireCollege and New York City) and Belgium. Aftergraduating from P.A.R.T.S. in 2006, she workedas a freelance dancer in Germany, Denmark, andBelgium. In 2008, she became a choreographicassistant to Ted Stoffer and Veronika Riz. Shesees physical movement as a basis ofcommunication and dance as a fundamentalform of universal expressionThe International Associate Artist Programmewas established in 2008 to give internationaldance artists the opportunity to critically reflecton their artistic practice and take time, inresidence at DanceHouse, to further developtheir own unique artistic process. And at thesame time, create opportunities to connectwith Irish dance artists. The aim of theprogramme is to strengthen internationalcontacts, promote creative exchanges andfacilitate dialogue among dance artistsnationally and internationally.The International Associate Artist Programmewill continue in 2010 with Hanneke Hansen(USA) in residence in the spring and AnnabelleBonnery (FR) in residence in the autumn.www.danceireland.ieTHINKING, TALKING,WRITING DANCEA pilot writing project, led by Jeffrey Gormly29 January 12 - 4pm26 February 12 - 4pm26 March 12 - 4pmDance Ireland wishes to support a communityof writers who engage in ideas about their ownartistic practice, and the creative work of othersacross a wide range of disciplines. JeffreyGormly, editor of choreograph.net, will bring hisexperience as writer, dramaturge, editor andcultural producer to a process of discoveringwhile addressing the needs of creativeproducers.The aim of the pilot is to identify and addressthe needs of creative artists around writing. It isacknowledged that there are three generalaspects to the use of writing in artisticprofessional practice and development:Writing as process: use of notebooks,reading and research as part of thecreation of artistic material;Writing as interface: creation of texts forpublicity, marketing, and artisticproposals;Discursive practices as a means ofdeveloping artistic ‘working friendships’,community and eliciting feedback:blogging, article writing, dialogical anddiscursive formats.This pilot will involve raw thinking and talking,note-taking, discussion, and development of acritical, associative field of ideas relating to theparticular thoughts and ideas occupying eachparticipant’s mind. The programme alsoincorporates space /time for free dance as anessential and constructive part of an embodiedthinking process. The final session of theworkshop will include publishing texts andimages produced by the participants in a rawthinking thread on choreograph.net, for thosehappy to do so.5