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HaRaKa Previous Projects
TransDance Festival The festival for dance and performance 'TransDance', is Egypt's international festival that gathers artists from several cities across the Arabic speaking region, the Euro-Mediterranean and Beyond, to Cairo and through Cairo, to present, create, and develop new works in dance and performance from transdisciplinary and transcultural standpoints. TransDance was established in 2008 by HaRaKa, and operates as a series of events that take place in alternative venues to create more intimate friction with artists and scholars dealing with body-based practices. Previous editions programmed artists such as; Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Hassan Khan, Igor Dobricic, Moataza Salah-Abdelsabour, and other renowned artists working in the field of contemporary visual and performing arts. For more information on the festival, press kits, and to apply to the coming editions, please write to: transdance (at) harakaproject.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dance Community Photographs Initially conceived by dramaturge and artist Myriam Van Imschoot, and produced by the Belgian platform for dramaturgy and dance SARMA, the project aims to question how people and institutions define their sense of belonging to a certain community, and what a 'dance community' means in general, through an open invitation for people to join a collective photo-shoot that aims to document, for that moment and at that given space, the dance community of this town The Dance Community Photograph project in Cairo took place with the support of Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), the designer and photographer Karim Ezzat, Sarma, B-Kronieken and other partners Click here for Dance Community Photographs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dance and the Visual This conference questioned the intersection of the performative (and specifically dance) with the visual medium, and the negotiations that take place technically, artistically, conceptually, and philosophically when both realms meet. The conference was held in 2007, and came together as a collaboration between HaRaKa, Goethe Institut Kairo, Deutches TanzArchiv (Koeln), and hosted talks by Ismail Fayed, Thomas Thorausch, Shahira Issa, Adham Hafez ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HaRaKa Films and Talks Since the establishment of HaRaKa, the necessity for public encounters around dance and choreography has been articulated through several platforms that invite a diverse public to reflect on body-based practices. This operates both an audience-building strategy, fosters a sense of a community within the dance scene locally, and allows possible new partnerships to be developed. The Films and Talks programs included lectures by specialists that include Claudine Dussolier (France/ Public performance lecturer, and producer), Barbara Borcic (Slovenia/ Curator), Sawsan Gad (Egypt/ Demographer and Researcher), and others. To receive the program of upcoming films and talks, send an email to: info (at) harakaproject.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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