Focused on dance as an experience producing knowledge and events, dedicated to promoting the creation and diffusion of contemporary dance, woven into the articulation between professional artists, guests, researchers and the public, the 11th Multiple Dance – International Festival of Contemporary Dance between the 24th and May 30, entirely online, offers four workshops given by five professionals between May 25 and 30, at different times.

With certificates, free registrations and 25 vacancies (100 in total) conditioned to a selection process with the sending of a short curriculum, the classes ensure different audiences and approaches. The festival is made possible by the Elisabete Anderle Culture Support Award – 2020.

“Sankofa – Dance as a Present” is under the responsibility of Orun Santana (PE), “Multiple Critics” is taught by Néri Pedroso (SC), “Dance in Words: Experience with Audio Description” by Lilian Vilela (SP) and the dancers Denise Namura and Michael Bugdahn, from Cie. To Fleur de Peau (France), they propose “Dancing Our Stories”, the result of which wins a presentation show.

Orun Santana, artist, dancer, capoeirista, teacher, researcher in dance and afro culture from Recife (PE), structures the concept of the workshop in his dance research entitled “Ancestralidade do Presente”, in which he uses the principles of dance of the orixás and the acogny technique of African dances as an investigative method of the body in sankofa, which portrays a bird firmly on the ground, its head back, and symbolizes the need to look at the past, access the history lived to learn. Ancestral body, primordial dance that emerges in the construction of a relationship with time, the dancer teacher wants students over the age of 16 because he proposes a practical dance experience. “Moving time within us, building new gifts for ourselves”, Explains Santana to whom the ancestral movement is anchored in time, creates a connection of the past present in the body, builds new futures.

The “Multiple Criticism” workshop  serves students, artists, researchers, teachers, spectators, opinion makers and those interested in the practice of a critical text. In the light of the age of communication, from a theoretical reflection on the role of criticism, it brings together criticism and creation in the emergence of a repertoire in tune with contemporary dance. Each two-hour meeting is given by journalist Néri Pedroso, also one of the articulators and press officer of Múltipla Dança. She wants to share her experience in cultural journalism in the role of editor and coordinator of notebooks in which she has always maintained a cast of critics, as she understands that artistic production requires legitimation and careful analysis that allows thinking about creation from another perspective, in addition to mediating views between artists and spectators, as well as producing memories about works and events.

A differentiator of the 11th Multiple Dance is to emphasize the desire for critical texts. Participants are invited to experiment, they can produce a text about the 11th Multiple Dance with a focus on a show, workshop, dialogue, conference, any of the actions or on the whole festival. Of the set, appreciated by an editorial committee, five texts will be paid – R $ 300.00 – and will be published on the Midiateca de Dança and Conectdance websites. In addition to Néri Pedroso, the committee has dance critics Ana Francisca Ponzio and Sandra Meyer.

Cultural journalist, critic and dance curator, Ana Francisca wrote for some of the main vehicles of the Brazilian press – such as newspapers “O Estado de S. Paulo”, “Folha de S. Paulo”, “Valor Econômico” and “Bravo!” magazine. She is the author of the book “Escola de Dança de São Paulo – 80 Anos”. She has performed dance events such as Dança em Pauta and Panorama Sesi de Dança, she is the creator and editor of the Conectedance website. Sandra Meyer is an artist and researcher. Full professor at the Arts Center (Ceart) of the University of the State of Santa Catarina (Udesc), she taught between 1989 and 2016, dance and body techniques in the degree course in theater and in the Graduate Program in Theater. PhD in communication and semiotics, author of books on dance. Acted as a dance critic for the cultural section of the “A Notícia” newspaper (Joinville / SC). He directed the documentary “Limiares” (2014), she was curator of the Recife International Dance Festival (2009/10) and member of the Artistic Council of the Joinville Dance Festival (2008/10). He was a member of the Municipal Council for Cultural Policies of Florianópolis, as a representative of the dance area (2008/10). He is part of the collective Corpo, Tempo e Movimento and chairs the Meyer Filho Institute.

Over 60 years old

The Cie. Fleur de Peau, made up of Denise Namura and Michael Bugdahn (France), has as its target audience people over 60 years old with motivation and desire for regular participation in a dance-theater workshop, whose main objective is the practice of the playful movement, treated with humor and sensitivity. From the pleasure of dancing, they want to develop the exercise of memory and release the imaginary, that is, how to express themselves with the body and dance inspired by their own gestures, stories and memories. Denise and Michael have the human at the center of artistic practice, the development of the relationship of individuals within a group and the creation of a space of freedom. Due to the pandemic, through a screen, in the virtual space, the participants create some modules danced from certain indications, they use elements from the spaces where they are in social isolation and / or linked to their own stories. The choreographers, who consider teaching and transmission to be essential aspects of their research, also suggest learning some dance sequences. The result of the workshop wins a show of creative process, on May 29th and 30th, at 6pm, on Youtube. Denise is Brazilian, Michael is German. They have lived in Paris since 1979, where they founded the company in 1989. They develop hybrid choreographic pieces, with a meaningful gesture, poetic writing and tragicomic humor. The result of the workshop wins a show of creative process, on May 29th and 30th, at 6pm, on Youtube. Denise is Brazilian, Michael is German. They have lived in Paris since 1979, where they founded the company in 1989. They develop hybrid choreographic pieces, with a meaningful gesture, poetic writing and tragicomic humor. The result of the workshop wins a show of creative process, on May 29th and 30th, at 6pm, on Youtube. Denise is Brazilian, Michael is German. They have lived in Paris since 1979, where they founded the company in 1989. They develop hybrid choreographic pieces, with a meaningful gesture, poetic writing and tragicomic humor.

Accessibility and interaction

The workshop “ Dance in Words: Experience with Audio Description”Instigates experiences with audio description, an accessibility resource for people with visual impairments, low vision, among others. Linguistic mediation activity that transforms visual information into verbal ones, the technique enables greater participation and interaction of people in the world of the arts. Professor Lilian Vilela warns that prior knowledge about the audio description resource is not necessary, just be interested in participating. The workshop proposes to elaborate phrases of written movements and to enter into danced stories with the intention of sharing experiences with and without the use of the sense of vision. Professor in bachelor’s and undergraduate courses in scenic arts, and in the Postgraduate program in Arts at the Arts Institute of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), in São Paulo. She has a degree in dance, master in motor education and doctor in education. Performer and creator in dance with Balangandança Cia., Saia Rodada Group and other groups with which she made presentations in different States of Brazil, Portugal, Finland and Australia. Audio-writer and dance consultant in audio-written works (AD) with performances as screenwriter and narrator in theater and dance shows and shows.

MULTIPLE DANCE TECHNICAL SHEET

• Direction, program coordination and curatorship: Jussara Xavier and Marta Cesar
• Executive production: Gisele Martins
• Graphic design and electronic media: Paula Albuquerque
• Press office: Néri Pedroso
• Photography and video: Cristiano Prim
• Streaming operation: Casarinha
• Translation and interpretation in Libras: Danielle Sousa and José Ednilson Gomes de Souza Júnior
• Articulators: Jussara Xavier, Marta Cesar, Néri Pedroso and Paula Albuquerque
• Illustration: Fabio Dudas, on photography by Arnaldo JG Torres (Miriam Druwe – Cia. Druw).
• Acknowledgments: Ana Francisca Ponzio, Elke Siedler, Regina Levy and Sandra Meyer

SERVICE

• What: 11th Multiple Dance – International Festival of Contemporary Dance
• When: 24 to 30.5.2021, daily
• Where: Zoom, Meet, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook
• How much: free (all actions)
• Classification: free for all audiences

WORKSHOP SERVICE

• Registration: free, with the right to a certificate
• Link to registration form:  https://forms.gle/Jcdn5Z7HrgvoSVk29
• “Sankofa – Dance as a Present” – Orun Santana (PE)
• May 28 to 30, 3 pm to 5 pm, Google Meet ”
• “Multiple Reviews” – Néri Pedroso (SC)
• May 25-27, 2 pm to 4 pm, Google Meet
•  “Dancing Our Stories” – Cie. To Fleur de Peau Denise Namura and Michael Bugdahn (France)
• May 26-28, 3 pm – 5 pm, Google Meet
• “Dance in Words: Experiences with Audio Description” – Lilian Vilela (SP)
• May 25, 26 and 28, 10 am to 12 pm, Google Meet
• Creative Process Exhibition
• With the participants of the workshop “Dançar Nossas Histórias”
• May 29th and 30th, 6pm, YouTube
• Realization: Government of the State of Santa Catarina, through the Catarinense Cultural Foundation (FCC), with resources from the Elisabete Anderle Award for Support to Culture ∕ Arts – Edition 2020

Contacts:

Jussara Xavier (48) 99946-4731 and Marta Cesar (11) 94926-5110

Press Office: NProduções

Néri Pedroso ( journal ) neripedroso@gmail.com.br

Face: Néri Pedroso (48) 99911-9837 whatsapp