Research 2006

Research 2006

Xavier Le Roy
PRO SERIES: Lets try again

Pro Series
Week 2, 24.7.–28.7.2006
10:00–16:00
Renn 2
Lets try again. In this project the group digs again into the field of relationships that link methods of work and their products ,i.e.choreographies. The participants are animated by a desire to change what each one usually produced. That is probably one of the most difficult tasks of our future. In the past we already have failed a lot to solve this question, but some times on our path we have found something like, for example, repetition and reproduction as a strategy to produce difference, games to generate choreography... That sounds from yesterday but lets try again. Assumptions: 1: works of choreography are experiments about production and understanding of "movements" or acts of transformation, 2: an experimental protocol, like any other technical-scientific disposition is responsible for its results, in other words, a methodology of work can only allow the production of a certain kind of products. Hypothesis: if we want to change what we produce we have to change how we produce. The group will explore one or many procedures to produce choreographies. We will exchange knowledge, visit the adventure, work and rework on ideas and concepts from a piece called “project” (2003) (more info at: http://www.insituproductions.net and http://www.projectproject.org/ ), develop more research with writing and performing scores and/or work on procedures deviated from technologies for moving images. The participants are people who have questions and interest in these matters and who enjoy as much to do as to discuss, or beiing spectators. Xavier Le Roy Xavier Le Roy, born 1963 holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. During the last years of his study he takes classes in Modern Dance with Véronique Larcher and from 1990 with Ruth Barnes and Anne Koren. From 1991 to 1995 he danced with the "Compagnie de l‘Alambic" in Paris (Christian Bourrigault) and parallel to that from 1992 to 1997 with "Detektor" (Berlin). 1993 he founded 'Le Kwatt' with whom he produced "Things I Hate To Admit", "Zonder Fact" and "Blut et Boredom". After that he works with "Quator Albrecht Knust" (Paris) to restage Yvonne Rainers "Continuous Project - Altered Daily" (1970) and Steve Paxton's "Satisfying Lover" (1968). 1997 he produces "Burk" and "Narcisse Flip" with Le Kwatt and "Das To.Be.Projekt" with A. Birntraum. 1998 he intiates 'namenlos' - a research project, and is invited by Meg Stuart, Christine de Smedt, David Hernandez and Danças Na Cidade to participate in "CrashLanding@Lisboa", to 'body currency' at Wiener Festwochen, and to 'Berlin Biennale'. 'Self Unfinished' premieres in 1998 at 8. Cottbusser Tanztage. From 1999 onwards he pursues his solowork, a.o. the lecture performance "Product of Circumstances" (at Podewil/Berlin). He dances in Mårten Spångberg's "Avant Garde"and for Alain Buffard (Paris) in "MORE et encore". Furthermore he sets up 'in situ productions' together with Petra Roggel and invites choreographers, dancers, video artists and theoreticians for "E.X.T.E.N.S.I.O.N.S.", with the first part of this project taking place in Berlin (Internationales Tanzfest) and in Antwerp in the context of the interdisciplinary event "Laboratorium". In 2000 he produces Jérôme Bel's "Xavier Le Roy" and Yvonne Rainer's "meeting" at Internationales Tanzfestival in Berlin. In 2000 'in situ productions' does E.X.T.E.N.S.I.O.N.S. #2.7 at Podewil, Berlin, in 2001 its version # 3.2 for the Springdance Festival and "tricoter (provisory title)" at the Kunstenfestival des Arts. At the Festival d' Avignon he does "Giszelle", a choreographie for and with Eszter Salamon in the context of "Le vif du sujet". 2003 he produces "project" for CAPITALS (Gulbenkian Foundation), Lisbon and does directing/choreography/staged reading/composition of the opera "Theater der Wiederholungen" (theatre of repetitions) of Bernhard Lang at "Steirischen Herbst". Since 2004 he has given numerous workshops in a wide range of international contexts and institutions: Universität Giessen, P.A.R.T.S, Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Perpignan, Sommerakademie Mousonturm, Summer School, London, etc. 2005 he directs, together with Bernhard Lang a scene in the opera project "Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence» at Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden. For 'Wien Modern 2005' he planned and directed «Mouvements for Lachenmann», an concert evening with music written by Helmut Lachenmann. 2007 und 2008 he will be Associated Artist at the Centre National Chorégraphique de Montpellier in France.
Xavier Le Roy