2022.01.21 |
Friday |
Competition Program |
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Beatrice PANERO
Beatrice PANERO: A hypothesis of Do-rilla
choreographer: Beatrice PANERO (IT) in collaboration with Winston ARNON (NL)
performer: Winston ARNON (NL)
Beatrice PANERO (1991, IT) dancer, choreographer and teacher. She graduated from the Leon Battista Alberti State Art School in Florence and dances until 2009 in the Junior Dance Company of the BallettO di ToscanA. In 2010 she enters directly to the third year of studies at the Codarts Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Rotterdam, graduating in 2012 (Bachelor of Dance). In 2013 she started choreographing her own work and in 2015 she received the 3rd prize at the Solo-Tanz-Theater Choreographic competition Stuttgart Festival with her piece TZID. In 2018 she was invited to the 32nd Competition International Choreography in Hannover. In 2019 she is guest choreographer at Theater Ulm for the dance production Faces of Love. Latelly she has been invited by The Future Dance Festival with her choreography ‘A hypothesis of Do-rilla’ to perform in New York at The Joyce Theater.

Winston Ricardo ARNON (1984, NL) was born in 1984 in Paramaribo, Suriname. He graduated at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. He was also an exchange student at Alvin Ailey School in New York. He gained his first professional experience by joining the dance company Conny Janssen Danst in Rotterdam where he worked from 2008-2013. He collaborated in the works of Conny Janssen, Tabea Martin, Hillary Blake Firestone, Mor Shani and Jasper van Luijk. Further projects as a dancer took him to Sally Dansgezelschap Maastricht, Dansateliers Rotterdam and Korzo Den Haag. From 2013-2020 he joined the company Tanzcompagnie Konzert Theater Bern, where he collaborated in the works of Koen Augustijnen, Felix Landerer, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Kor’sia, Estefania Miranda, Sharon Eyal, Jo Stromgren, Ihsan Rustem, Po-Cheng Tsai, Etienne Béchard, Nanine Linning, Guy Nader, Maria Campos, Guy Weizman, Roni Haver and more. He produced parallel to his dance career a numerous pieces in the company and outside with other institutions. In the spring of 2014 he choreographed the piece “Invisibility would be preferred” within the choreographic platform of Konzert Theater Bern. Other choreographies in 2016 “Remote” and in 2018 “Flesh, Blood and Bones.” For the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste he choreographed “Chrysalis” with the first years students in 2018. He choreographed a series of duets related to the complexity of relationships. “We both like to party”, “Crazy Coocoo Cunt”, “Equilibrium of the Rigid Bodies” and “Lost and Maybe Found”. He engaged in 2020/2021 in several residencies to research new works and ideas: CIR Choreographers in Residence, CH. Pool Architekten Zurich Loop Residency, Ch. Sally Dansgezelschap Maastricht Danslab, NL.
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A hypothesis of Do-rilla |
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Lucas VALENTE
Lucas VALENTE: Scent of her Gardenias
choreographer: Lucas VALENTE (BR)
performer: Michelle WILLEMS (FR), Matthew KNIGHT (ENG)
Lucas VALENTE (1990, BR) Brazilian choreographer, who currently lives in Zürich. Raised in São Paulo, city in which started dancing, and where he graduated in Phylosophy. Danced in companies and small projects in Brazil, Cuba, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, and currently at the Zurich Ballet. Started working as a choreographer in 2013, and since then produced solos, duets and full length pieces in Sao Paulo and Zurich.

Michelle WILLEMS (1993, FR) is French. She studied at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and at the Atelier Rudra-Béjart in Lausanne. After two seasons with the Junior Ballett, she joined Ballett Zürich in the 2016/17 season. After solo roles in Giselle and Schwanensee, she danced Kitty in Christian Spuck’s Anna Karenina, Marie in Spuck’s Nussknacker und Mausekönig and Gretchen in Edward Clug’s Faust, and in Spuck’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern. She has also appeared in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Crystal Pite, George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Douglas Lee, and Filipe Portugal She was awarded the «Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich» in 2018.

Matthew KNIGHT (1993, UK) is British. He completed his training at the Elmhurst School and the Royal Ballet School in London. After a season with the Junior Ballett, he joined Ballett Zürich in the 2014/15 season. He presented Jane Doe and Mocambo as part of the «Junge Choreografen» series. He has danced in choreographies by Mats Ek (Cavalier in Dornröschen), William Forsythe, Marco Goecke (Moor in Petruschka), Jiří Kylián, Douglas Lee, Sol León/Paul Lightfoot, Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, and Filipe Portugal. He was Leonce in Christian Spuck’s Leonce und Lena, Nathanael in Spuck’s Der Sandmann and the Clown in Spuck’s Nussknacker und Mausekönig. In 2018 he also appeared as the title roles in Edward Clug’s Faust and in Marco Goecke’s Nijinski. In 2016 he was awarded the «Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich».
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Scent of her Gardenias |
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BARTÓK Eszter
BARTÓK Eszter: I?
performer, choreographer: BARTÓK Eszter (H)
BARTÓK Eszter (2004, H) I am a student at Dózsa György Secondary School, I attend Dance Art course, currently in 11th grade. I have only had my own experiments within the school so far. The everyday challenges I face in my own life and the chance to improve at any point in time are the most important things from which I draw inspiration and help me push forward.
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I? |
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Anat OZ
Anat OZ: Introtention Coda
choreographer: Anat OZ (IL/PL)
performer: Anat OZ (IL/PL), Shani LICHT (IL)
Anat OZ (1990, IL) worked for several companies: ‘Israel Ballet’ ,’Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’, ‘Roy Assaf dance’ and ‘Idan Sharab & dancers’. started choreographing in 2019, and won different prizes in mane choreography competitions in Germany (24th Solo-Tanz Stuttgart, 35th Hannover, 13th soloduo cologne). In 2020 she established her Israeli ensemble ANA including herself and 5 other dancers. In December 2021 she premiered her new short choreography for ‘National Theater Mannheim’ (NTM TANZ), and in April 2022 she will premiere her new choreography for ‘Mir dance company’.

Shani LICHT (1994, IL) Danced for Batsheva Ensemble Dance Company, Inbal Theater Dance Company and Vertigo Dance Company. As a freelancer she worked with choreographer Ronit Ziv, Noa Shadur, Mats Van Rossum and Rebecca Laufer. Currently working with choreographers Anat Oz, Ido Gidron and Idan Sharabi. She is a certified Gaga teacher and is studying Psychology and philosophy in the Open University of Israel.
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Introtention Coda |
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Leah HARTLEY
Leah HARTLEY: Getting There
performer, choreographer: Leah HARTLEY (USA)
Leah HARTLEY (1994, USA) Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Leah began her dance studies at California Dance Theatre. At 18 years old she moved to New York City to continue her training at The Juilliard School under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. She has also studied with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She has had the privilege of performing the work of Sharon Eyal, Alex Ketley, Spencer Gavin Hering, Ohad Naharin, Robert Moses, Camille A. Brown, and Laurie Sefton. She has been a company member with Clairobscur Dance since 2018. Leah is also a choreographer and has made work for the Los Angeles Dance Festival, Dance Network TV, RAW Artists Hollywood, BLIPSWITCH, the San Pedro Festival of the Arts, Santa Monica College, and Juilliard Dance. In addition to dancing, Leah has played classical cello for over 20 years and is currently working on developing a way to combine her love of dance and music in live performance.
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Getting There |
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Judyta PAKULSKA, Artur KUNTUSZ
Judyta PAKULSKA, Artur KUNTUSZ: Basic…?
performer, choreographer: Judyta PAKULSKA (PL), Artur KUNTUSZ (PL)
Judyta PAKULSKA (1998, PL) currently a fifth-year student at the Faculty of Dance Theater in Bytom (AST Kraków), a certified jazz dance technique instructor – Mazovian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, semi-finalist of the “Young Dancer of the Year 2019” competition organized by TVP Kultura and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In the same year she completed a 4-month Erasmus + scholarship at the Anton Bruckner Privat Universitat in Linz at the Faculty of Dance. She tries to combine various techniques and dance styles: Cuban salsa, salsa Los Angeles, contemporary dance, popping, jazz dance.

Artur KUNTUSZ (1998, PL) as a child was professionally involved in figure skating representing the City Skating Club in Łódź, currently he is in a fourth year of Physiotherapy at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice. On a daily basis he shares his knowledge of popping and hip-hop with children, teenagers and adults by conducting classes in four dance schools in Katowice. He actively participates in hip-hop culture events, incl.: Future Pace Battle, Thunder Waves Event, also by taking part in jams and by organizing local workshops for dancers.
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Basic…? |
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GELB Nikolett Noémi
GELB Nikolett Noémi: I wanna go home
performer, choreographer: GELB Nikolett Noémi (H)
GELB Nikolett Noémi (2002, H) is a student of Dózsa György Gimnázium és Táncművészeti Szakgimnázium, currently in the 13th grade. She attends at several projects, performances at school, often in productions she created on her own. Her main motivations are experiencing the creative creation of procedures, discovering her own style and exploring new ways and methods.

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I wanna go home |
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Łukasz SZLESZYŃSKI, Julia LEWANDOWSKA
Łukasz SZLESZYŃSKI, Julia LEWANDOWSKA: Foreesia
performer, choreographer: Łukasz SZLESZYŃSKI (PL), Julia LEWANDOWSKA (PL)
Julia LEWANDOWSKA (1995, PL) A daughter of monument conservators. A graduate of BA studies in workshop graphics. She has performed with Teatr KoInspiracja, Pijana Bedroom, Living Space Theater Association and the Center for Theater Practices in Gardzienice. A graduate of the Academy of Theater Arts at the Faculty of Dance Theater in Bytom. Rose Bruford College of Theater and Performance scholarship holder. She conducts animation activities – BodyVoicing – a holistic workshop method in order to activate a body musically nad physically. She works at the Rozbark Dance and Movement Theater in Bytom.
Łukasz SZLESZYŃSKI (1995, PL) Actor-dancer, performer. Member of the artistic team of the Bytom Dance and Movement Theater Rozbark. A graduate of the Academy of Theater Arts. Stanisław Wyspiański in Kraków, Department of Dance Theater in Bytom. Contemporary dance instructor, assisting teachers at yoga school – slowly entering the teaching path.
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Alicia VERDÚ MACIÁN
Alicia VERDÚ MACIÁN: Minerva
performer, choreographer: Alicia VERDÚ MACIÁN (ES)
Alicia VERDÚ MACIÁN (1994, ES ) is a performer, maker and teacher living between Amsterdam and Valencia. After graduating at the Conservatory of dance of Valencia she moved to The Netherlands in 2012 to continue her studies at ArtEZ. She has been performing across Europe and South Africa pieces from Keren Levi, Krisztina de Châtel, Itamar Serussi, Marco Goecke, Reut Shemesh, Niki Van Callandt and others as well as dance films. At the same time, she started her own research on Associative Mental Images which developed in different pieces. Currently she is working on a solo, Minerva. Alicia’s physical language and inspiration comes from different art forms such as floorwork, contact improvisation, physical theater, martial arts, ballet and other related forms. All of them influenced her movement practice which is based on Giving-Receiving and RecycledEnergy. These two principles create a loop to generate movement and bring us into a full 3D body, searching for our limits through repetition, expansion and exhaustion.
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Minerva |
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SIMON Veronika, VAIDA Clotilde Marie
SIMON Veronika, VAIDA Clotilde Marie: Body soul
choreographer, performer: SIMON Veronika (H), VAIDA Clotilde Marie (H)
VAIDA Clotilde Marie (2002,H) I started my studies in Budapest where I was born. Later at the age of 15 I enrolled to the School of Dance and Fine Arts in Győr where I graduated last year and I am now doing an extra year to get a national qualification in Dance.I have taken part in several performances and competitions the last 4 years. In Veszprém, Pécs and Győr.My motivations are my teachers and family but most importantly it is to travel the world with a dance company and can show my creativity through choreos.

SIMON Veronika (2002, H) I started my studies in Keszthely. Later at the age of 15 I enrolled to the School of Dance and Fine Arts in Győr where I graduated last year and I am now doing an extra year to get a national qualification in Dance. I have taken part in several performances and competitions the last 4 years. In Veszprém, Pécs and Győr. Dance helps me to conquer my fears and with my anxiety from the everyday life. When I’m improvising I feel complete and freedom surrounds me.
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Body soul |
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Kacper SZKLARSKI
Kacper SZKLARSKI: not now, not here
performer, choreographer: Kacper SZKLARSKI (PL)
Kacper SZKLARSKI (1996, PL) he studies in Academy of Dramatic Arts, Dance Theatre Department. Recently he works as a freelance dance artist in Poland and abroad. In addition to classes during studies and work experience, he has taken workshops all over the Europe and Asia to broaden the horizon of his movement possibilities. He had opportunity to learn styles such as kathak, traditional West African dance, Chinese classical dance, tai chi, traditional Mongolian dance. He works a lot individually to research and understand the essence of the movement to create specific feeling attached to specific quality.
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not now, not here |
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SZENT-IVÁNY Kinga
SZENT-IVÁNY Kinga: Obsession
choreographer: SZENT-IVÁNY Kinga (H)
performer: PLUHÁR Lilien (H), ALMÁSY Beáta (H)
Kinga SZENT-IVÁNY (1976, H) was a student of the Kolozsvári Ballet School from 1984 to 1988. She has been living in Hungary since 1988. Between 1988 and 1995, she studied ballet at the Hungarian Dance Academy. From 1992 to1994 she was a member of Béla Földi’s dance company. Between 1994 and 1996 she performed in the ensemble of Andrea Ladányi. From 1996 to 2000 she was a member of Sándor Román’s dance company. Between 2000 and 2004, she graduated as a modern dance teacher. From 2000 to 2006, she was a member of the Central European Dance Theater. Between 2000 and 2007, she worked as the artistic director of the Modern Dance Workshop in Martfű. Between 2003 and 2007, she studied choreography at the University of Theater and Film Arts. In 2005 she started teaching at the Keleti István School of Art. From 2006 to 2008 she was a member of the Yvette Bozsik Company. Since 2010, she has been teaching at the Nemes Nagy Ágnes High School and the University of Theater and Film Arts.

PLUHÁR Lilien (2004, H) I practiced rhythmic gymnastics for 4 years with Lazsányi Erika. I learned fitness and showdance with Andrea Simkó for 2 years. I danced for 3 years at the Madách Musical Dance School. I graduated at the Nemes Nagy Ágnes High School in dance major.

ALMÁSY Beáta (2002, H) I started dancing at the Hunyadi Mátyás Primary School, then I was competitively present in the modern / contemporary dance category at the Juliett Sports Association for 7 years. In addition, the teacher of my school ballet class was Gyula Szilágyi, from whom I was able to study for 8 years. I continued my studies at the dance department of the Nemes Nagy Ágnes High School. In addition to these, I also go to Béla Földi’s elite training to take professional classes.

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Etienne SARTI
Etienne SARTI: ,,._’:.!,.-^.?’ (Komma, Punkt)
choreographer, performer: Etienne SARTI (F)
Music: Clarissa RAY PORST, Kaspar KUOPPAMÄKI
DEtienne SARTI (1996, F) studied Ballet and contemporary dance in the CRR of Avignon and the CNSMD of Lyon. He graduated in 2019 from his Master studies in dance interpretation at Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, and worked as a freelance dancer with NeuerTanz – VA Wölfl and Theater der Klänge. Besides, he has been part of photos and video projects in Düsseldorf. In 2020 he choreographed ,,._’:.!,.-^.?’ (Komma, Punkt) and performed it in Germany and Portugal.

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Liron KICHLER
Liron KICHLER: “Give me a break”
choreographer, performer: Liron KICHLER (IL)
Liron KICHLER (1993,IL) Dancer in different Independent projects and create by herself. She was a member of the “Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company” and “Fresco Dance Company”. She danced in a dance theater production at the “Habima National Theater” named Frida, created by: Avihai Haham. During her professional career she has worked with the choreographers: Idan Sharabi, Michael Getman, Ronit Ziv, Idan Grolizki Yankalle Filster and Maya Michlal. This year (2021), she performed her duet, “FullFeel”, created by Ruth Aharoni and herself, as part of “Akko Festival”.

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“Give me a break” |
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Weisheng XU
Weisheng XU: Geminate flower
choreographer: Weisheng XU (CHN)
performer: Qing YIN (CHN), Hui ZHOU (CHN)
Weisheng XU (1985, CHN) 1997 studied classical ballet in Shanghai Far East ballet art school, and then graduated from modern dance in Chongqing University. The main dance works include in and created works were exhibited at Aberdeen Art Festival, Guangdong Modern Dance week, Beijing modern dance fortnight, France China France environment month, Chongqing dance competition, “new works” young editors and creators, tank warehouse of Sichuan Academy of fine arts, etc.The reason why I like dancing, including choreography, is because I have so much things to express. I want to use my unique body to express what I want to express. It is the way I speak.

Qing YIN (2000, CHN) graduated from Chongqing University of Humanities and technology in 2022, majoring in modern dance. He has studied Chinese traditional dance for many years, has a strong interest in diversified art and continues to explore and study. He once went to Hong Kong CCDC urban contemporary dance troupe for systematic master class. In October 2021, he was invited to participate in the shell breaking performance of the contemporary art performance season.
Hui ZHOU (2001, CHN) is now studying modern dance in Chongqing University of Humanities and technology. He has studied Chinese dance for many years, has great interest in modern dance and keeps learning. In October 2021, he was invited to participate in the show of shell breaking action in the contemporary art performance season.
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Geminate flower |
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