Photo: Paweł Wyszomirski.
The International Competition ?Solo Dance Contest? is a competition for contemporary dance / contemporary ballet solos, intended for artists-dancers, and striving to promote contemporary dance. Organised by Club Żak, the competition is open to contemporary dance artists. The ?Solo Dance Contest 2017? competition attracted 146 solos from 33 countries. Upon due consideration, Club Żak qualified the following 35 pieces for the main competition:
1. Ravid Abarbanel / Israel // Underneath
2. Thomas Barbarisi / France // Slave, choreographed by David Llari
3. Korhan Basaran / Turkey // Broken
4. Jernej Bizjak / Slovenia/Holland //Solo for real, choreographed by Fabio Liberti
5. Roni Chadash / Israel // Ani-ma
6. I-Han Cheng / Taiwan // Birdy, choreographed by Hung Chung Lai
7. Tobias M. Draeger / Germany// Daily madness
8. Samuli Emery / Finland/Austria // Sub / premiere
9. Samuli Emery / Finland/Austria // We do this. We don? talk
10. Pakhamon (Much) Hemachandra / Thailand // Inmost
11. Agnieszka Janicka / Poland// Lead me
12. Willis Marcus Jarrell / USA // Distinguished gentle-man/ premiere
13. David Maurice Johnson / USA // Liminal red
14. Haruna Kondracka Sayaka / Japan/Poland // Yume / premiere
15. Jung In Lee / South Korea/Austria // Skins
16. Axel Loubette / France // Unit777
17. Alisa Makarenko / Ukraine/Poland // Step by…
18. Massari Carlo Massari / Italy// Don?t be afraid, choreographic collaboration Hun-Mok Jung
19. Marina Miguel / Spain // Woher / premiere
20. Ruri Mito / Japan // Matou
21. Daniel Morales/ Spain // IRM Vol.1
22. Deborah Moreau / France // Skin off
23. Joanna Nadrowska/ Poland // Po tamtej stronie, choreographic collaboration Monika Górka
24. Ieva Navickaite / Lithuania /Switzerland // Joke?s on me
25. Joaquin Collado Parreno / Spain // Nereo is drowning / premiere
26. Tomasz Pomersbach / Poland // Kamuflaż, choreographic collaboration Anita Szurek
27. Diego de la Rosa / Spain/Germany // Prisoner of his happiness
28. Kenji Shinohe / Japan/Germany// K(-A-)O
29. Sylvaine Soldano / France // Silver wattle
30. Małgorzata Suś / Poland// Checkpoint
31. Joschua Taake / Germany// The queens room, choreographed by Marek Ranic
32. Maria Novella Tattanelli / Spain// Grab / premiere
33. Zofia Tomczyk / Poland// Valtari
34. Drosia Traintaki / Greece // Souls
35. Monika Witkowska / Poland // I fought piranhas, choreographed by Maciej Kuźmiński / premiere
The organisers are currently waiting for confirmation of participation from the laureates. The competition presentations have been scheduled for 5-9 June 2017 at Club Żak (the presentations will be held as part of the 9th Gdańsk Dance Festival). On behalf of the organisers, we are pleased to invite everyone to Gdańsk!
The jury of the International Competition ?Solo Dance Contest 2017? includes artistic persona ges and contemporary dance experts:
Franz Anton Cramer (Germany), lecturer and researcher who has published on dance performance, founder of the BA course ?Contemporary Dance, Context, Choreography? at HZT Berlin; Ayrin Ersoz, (Turkey) dancer and choreographer, director of the Dance Department at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, holder of a PhD degree in dance? Izabela Sokołowska-Boulton (Poland) former soloist of the Danish National Ballet, currently deputy director of the Baltic Opera Ballet and the Baabus Musicalis children theatre? Charliey Morrissey (Great Britain) pedagogue and choreographer working with theatres and galleries, regular collaborator of Siobhan Davies Dance and the NSCD in Leeds? Anna Piotrowska (Poland) artistic director of the ROZBARK Theatre, author of more than 90 choreographies, originator and coordinator of numerous national and international cultural education projects.
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