- FULL NAME:   ANA STEGNAR, DOUGLAS BECKER, LOUISE CHARDON

- EMAIL ADRESS    :  anastegnar@gmail.com

- PHONE NUMBER: 00 32 497 078 708

- KEY TEACHER (YES/NO. if yes, which partner organization?): YES, Belgian group

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- TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY:   INTERVIEW ROOM

- DETAILED CONTENT DESCRIPTION (300 words or more):

 INTERVIEW ROOM is space  where 12 interviews with dance pedagogues will take place. The interviews will be  realized by Ana Stegnar.

 The space  will be reserved  for the  activity  for one full day. In the space, a fixed  'scenography'   (for example: 2 chairs at  a table, chairs for the listeners, un empty portion of space , microphone, nice lightning ) will facilitate the exchange  about  teaching  practices.

Each interview will  take about 1 hour, will be recorded and filmed.

 Participants of the symposium will be invited  as listeners, the schedule of  the interviews will be announced and exposed as a poster.

 This project gives  possibilities of being listened to, observed, watched, documented by the others....

The teachers will be asked about  their (family, artistic and teacher's) background, teaching contents, arts &esthetics they defend , audience (to whom they teach and where), how they document their teaching practice, as well as about their social and economical situation.

 The process of selection of interviewed teachers will take place before the symposium via a survey and call via   idocde  website.  We are aiming different teachers profiles, looking for teachers  with around 10 years of experience as pedagogues and  teaching internationally  to gasp actual tendencies of contemporary dance teaching   in their connection  to dance history and contemporary art.

- SUMMARY OF CONTENT DESCRIPTION (about 60 words; for

publishing)    

 INTERVIEW ROOM is a space where 12 interviews with dance pedagogues will take place during the Vienna Symposium. One to one exchanges about  teaching practices  in presence of eventual public will be recorded and filmed.  A  survey on idocde.net will  contribute to  select  teachers as the project's ambition is to grasp actual tendencies of contemporary dance teaching   in their connection  to dance history and contemporary art.

- SHORT BIOGRAPHY (for publishing)

Ana Stegnar is choreographer  and maker (www.lesbgm.be ),  former  dancer (Ultima Vez) and dance  teacher inspired by improvisation and instant composition, bodywork and Skinner Releasing Technique .  She is teaching movement and dance classes mainly to  actors , circus artists  and amateur dancers, developing 'contemporary dance for large public'.

Douglas Becker, is a teacher and choreographer, former dancer of Frankfurt Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, and Joffrey Ballet. He teaches Ballet, improvisation technologies, and stages Forsythe repertory across the globe, and is guest faculty at P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels, 1994-present), as well as Master Lecturer at The University of the Arts (Philadelphia 2010-present).

Louise Chardon is dancer (National Ballet of Canada,  Royal Ballet of Flanders , Batsheva Dance Company, Charleroi-Danses...) Since 2007 she directs,  together with Luk Van den Dries  the production house AndWhatBeside(s)Death and the CarWash Theater, a private space for performing arts.  She teaches dance (ballet and contemporary techniques), movement analysis, improvisation and principle of Sensitive and Intimate Theater. 

- AIMED AT WHO (AND HOW MANY PEOPLE MIN /MAX?) 

anybody with interest in contemporary  dance

min 2   max  30 as listeners

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-  TIME         REQUEST              1 day (or approximatively 12 hours)                                                                                                                                                       

- TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS (audio, beamer etc):    audio      recorder                                                                                                                                                                        

- SPACE NECESSITY (studio size etc):  room , conference place or studio

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 Thanks!!!