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<\/a><\/p>\nCoFestival is the meeting of three contemporary dance festivals in one -Modul Dance produced by Kina \u0160i\u0161ka, Pleskavica produced by Fi\u010d\u008do baleta and Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, and MedUkrep produced by PTL – Dance Theatre Ljubljana. This year\u201c\u0080\u0099s edition CoFestival under the common moto The Art of Co-living runs in two parts: from 17th<\/sup> to 21st<\/sup> June and from 23th<\/sup> to 26th<\/sup> September 2013.<\/p>\n Within the programme MedUkrep by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, the second cycle of the platform ]open-closed[ will be held from 24rd to 27th September, when people will be invited to join the already existing group from the workshop of Matej Kej\u017ear. The choreography workshop with the working title Vertigo will run as an open methodological process which will attempt to think choreography based on creating dance in different spaces. The mentor of the process will be Eduardo Torroja who collaborated with Wim Vandekeybus from the very beginning of the renowned dance company Ultima Vez, being a dancer and\u00c2\u00a0 assistant director in Wim Vandekeybus very first dance performance \u201c\u0080\u009cWhat The Body Does Not Remember\u201c\u0080\u009d(1987).<\/p>\n About the workshop<\/b><\/p>\n Participants will explore and confront Vandekeybus’ energetic vocabulary through floorwork, partner- and contact work, and movement as a ‘theatrical act’ rather than as a ‘technique’.<\/p>\n About the mentor<\/b><\/p>\n Eduardo Torroja was born in Madrid, Spain, where he studied dance and theatre. In 1986 moved to Brussels to collaborate with Wim Vandekeybus as a choreography assistant, trainer and performer for the very first Ultima Vez productions \u201c\u0080\u009cWhat The Body Does Not Remember\u201c\u0080\u009d(1987), \u201c\u0080\u009cLes Porteuses de Mauvaises Nouvelles\u201c\u0080\u009d(1989), \u201c\u0080\u009cThe Weight of a Hand\u201c\u0080\u009d(1990) and the film \u201c\u0080\u009cRoseland\u201c\u0080\u009d(1991).<\/p>\n During the nineties, he worked with Rosas – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in \u201c\u0080\u009cErts\u201c\u0080\u009d and \u201c\u0080\u009cMozart -Concertaria\u201c\u0080\u0099s: Un Moto di Gioia\u201c\u0080\u009d. And also with Needcompany – Jan Lauwers – Grace Ellen Barkey in \u201c\u0080\u009cRood-Red-Rouge\u201c\u0080\u009d, \u201c\u0080\u009cMorning Song\u201c\u0080\u009d, \u201c\u0080\u009cThe Miraculous Mandarin\u201c\u0080\u009d, \u201c\u0080\u009cCaligula\u201c\u0080\u009d and \u201c\u0080\u009cKing Lear\u201c\u0080\u009d.<\/p>\n He signed the choreography of \u201c\u0080\u009cStarmania\u201c\u0080\u009d, a french-canadian rock opera directed by Lewis Furey (1993-2000).<\/p>\n He has undertaken the teaching of \u201c\u0080\u009cHands\u201c\u0080\u009d (P.A.R.T.S. – Brussels and IT Dansa – Barcelona), \u201c\u0080\u009cFrisking\u201c\u0080\u009d (State School of Athens and Ballet des Jeunes d\u201c\u0080\u0099Europe) and a duo from \u201c\u0080\u009cLes Porteuses de Mauvaises Nouvelles\u201c\u0080\u009d (Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris) and has given Ultima Vez repertoire workshops in Leuven, Volgograd, Brussels, Madrid, Amsterdam, Seville, Rotterdam, Lisbon, etc.<\/p>\n In 2000 he moved back to Madrid and since then he is acting in film, TV and theatre productions, assisting director for films and going back to Brussels for different projects: artistic assistant for Ultima Vez \u201c\u0080\u009cBlush\u201c\u0080\u009d(2002) and HGH<\/a> \u201c\u0080\u009cSonic Boom\u201c\u0080\u009d(2003)…<\/p>\n Photo: Danny Willems","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MedUkrep Workshop schedule: 23.-26.09.2013, 10.00-17.00, with a lunch break, Studi Baobab, Parmova 25, 1000 Ljubljana. Public presentation: 27. Sept. 2013 – 17.00 – MSUM\/U3 – Free entrance CoFestival is the meeting of three contemporary dance festivals in one -Modul Dance produced by Kina \u0160i\u0161ka, Pleskavica produced by Fi\u010d\u008do baleta and Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delavnice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cofestival.si\/2013\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}