Laughter Yoga
18:30 ARGEkultur Foyer
Pava Ukrainian Choir, 25’
Dance Films 2
19:00 ARGEkultur Studio
Barbara Foldesi: Network
Slackline Performance / Premiere, 45’
Lamento
20:30 ARGEkultur Studio
Tomaž Simatović & András
Meszerics:
Needy Expressions
Duo / Premiere,
60’
For everyone to join in, 25'Invitation to a relaxed 20-minute laughter yoga session laughing together, taking deep breaths, and loosening up to start the main program with ease. Fun and good mood guaranteed! No prior experience needed!
Born in Salzburg, Marie-Christine Pham-Funk is a trained dancer and dance teacher, as well as a yoga instructor specialised in laughter yoga. She also runs online breathing and movement classes, is a Tuina massage therapist and a professional cuddle therapist, and has an interest in sound healing and hypnosis.
www.youtube.com/@MarieChristine.PhamFunk/videos
‘Dance is my life!’: Micheline Faure, now 86, once a successful prima ballerina with John Cranko’s Stuttgart Ballett, chose to have children and thus turned her back on a career as a dancer, but found other forms of expression. This short film explores the essence of this woman, who is as highly sensitive as she is strong-willed.
with Micheline Faure
directed, choreographed, edited by Editta Braun
camera, post-production Menie Weissbacher
2nd camera Lucy Harz
assistant to Mrs. Faure Caroline Pflanzl
music, audio post-production Thierry Zaboitzeff
As a dancer, choreographer and stage director, Editta Braun enjoys an international reputation with her editta braun company. For several years now, she has also made a name for herself with highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning dance films, for which she handles not only the choreography but also the direction and editing.
www.editta-braun.com
FB: @edittabrauncompany
IG: @edittabrauncompany
https://vimeo.com/edittabrauncompany
https://www.youtube.com/@edittabrauncompany
A young woman and her friends join a car repair shop as “Belia”(colloquial Egyptian for apprentices) to learn the craft from the “Ustas” (craft headmasters).
They explore what this relationship creates as it merges labor with everyday life rhythms to open up a new space for movement.
with Amr Taher, Hany Atef, Islam El-Arabi, Mohamed Mahmoud Toto, Eman Hussein
conceived, choreographed & directed by Eman Hussein
dop Hassan El Zanaty
color correction Omar Khaled
assistant director Hanin Tarek
editor Ahmed Al Sa’aty
sound design Youssra El Hawary
production manager & distributor Mariz Kelada
Eman Hussein, trained in street theatre (NAS independent school), acting and theatre directing (BA, Helwan University, 2017), prof. dance (Cairo Contemporary Dance Centre, CCDC) and various martial arts styles (Taijiquan, Shaolin Kung Fu, etc.). Choreographer and director of the dance film “A Skewed Conversation” (Egypt, 2019), which has been screened at several international film festivals.
https:///cargocollective.com/cairocontemporarydancecenter
FB: @cairocontemporarydancecenter
A short dance film by The Batsheva Ensemble: When nineteen dancers make the running track their stage, shenanigans ensue.
with Zoe Bayliss Nagar, Amit Ben-Yesh, Zachary Burrows, Jesse Callaert, DanDan Cohen, Victor Duval, Eddieomar Gonzales Castillo, Shira Kestenboum, Larissa Leung, Ori Manor, Maya Marom, Roee Mazurik, Celia Merai, Naama Morad, Chase Peterson, Leann Reizer, Kelis Robinson, Noga Sneh, Toam Suis
created by Dor Averbuch, Ori Manor & Dandan Cohen
produced by Batsheva Dance Company
directed, edited by Dor Averbuch
concept, movement direction Dandan Cohen, Ori Manor
cinematographer Shai Parag
grading Ella Michaeli
Batsheva Dance Company, a contemporary dance company from Israel, founded in 1964. At first shaped by co-founder Martha Graham, now internationally touring with own productions influenced by Pina Bausch and William Forsythe.
In 2004, Wim Vandekeybus shot a 52-minute feature based on his successful performance “Blush”. Carried by the music of David Eugene Edwards and “Woven Hand” and with texts by the Flemish author Peter Verhelst, “Blush” is a dazzling voyage swinging between the heavenly landscapes of Corsica and the slummiest depths of Brussels.
with Laura Arís Alvarez, Elena Fokina, Jozef Frucek, Ina Geerts, Robert M. Hayden, Germán Jauregui Allue, Linda Kapetanea, Thi-Mai Nguyen, Thomas Steyaert, Wim Vandekeybus
a co-production by COPRODUCTION CCCP (Brussels), Sciapode (Paris), Ultima Vez (Brussels)
with the support of het Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), le Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, ADAMI, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse & France 3 Corse, Telesonne, Image Plus
distribution Ultima Vez & Sciapode
The Belgian choreographer and dancer Wim Vandekeybus is a defining voice in contemporary dance. Known for a visceral, physical language that fuses energy, risk, instinct, and emotion, his work blurs boundaries between dance, theatre, film, music, and visual art. His cinematic work further expands his artistic language beyond the stage.
www.ultimavez.com
IG: @ultimavezofficial
FB: @UltimaVez
Duo / Premiere, 60'
When unexpressed, when unshared, grief and queerness echo in the body. Breathing and dancing become key to unlock the lament—a blessing that makes us feel and do the strangest yet the most beautiful things.
concept, performance Tomaž Simatović and András Meszerics
co-produced by Zavod Move in Dance Izola
supported by SZENE Salzburg, tanzhouse
Tomaž Simatović and András Meszerics, two Salzburg-based performing artists, collaborate artistically since 2019, developing dance and participatory projects, and practice-based research that deal with social and political topics, with a focus on listening, imagination, embodiment and sound.
https://vimeo.com/tomazsimatovic
FB: @tomaz.simatovic, @meszerics.andras
IG: @tomaz_simatovic, @almabandi