Workshops 2018

Workshops 2018

Aimilios Arapoglou moves down a sloping sand hill; the setting of the black-and-white photo looks like a sandy desert.

Damien Jalet
Physical Verses

© Damien Jalet
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Week 2, 23.7.–27.7.2018
17:00–20:00
Arsenal E

Physical Verses

Find freedom and creativity

In this workshop we will work around certain choreographic ideas, some of them coming from previous creations. Exploring different qualities of movements, using intuition and personal background, each participant will be invited to develop and transform some taught repertory phrase or original ideas. How can one find freedom and creativity within a strict frame? We will use those physical concepts and imagery for compositions and improvisations.

PLEASE BRING SNEAKERS!!!!

This workshop is assisted by Aimilios Arapoglou.

Aimilios Arapoglou is a greek dancer and dance maker who has been creating and performing professionally in Greece and Internationally since 2011. He is a graduate of both the International and European Relations program of University of Piraeus as well as the Greek National State School of Dance. Now Brussels based, Aimilios has worked with many talented art makers, including Linda Kapetanea and Josef Frucek (Rootlessroot)in collaboration with the musician John Parish and his band, David Zambrano, Damien Jalet, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui ,Scottish Dance Theatre,Mor Shani, jukstapoz dance Company and fashion designers Hussein Chalayan,Riccardo Tisci and Iris van Herpen.In October 2014 he was invited to perform at la Monnaie de Munt ,of Brussels, in Shell Shock, an opera choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, written by Nick Cave and composed by Nicholas Lens, which is gonna be performed again at la Philarmonie of Paris in November 2018.In April 2016 he joined the company of Eastman to start rehearsing for the performances of "BABEL 7.16 " at the cour d'Honneur palais des Papes of the festival of Avignon during July 2016 under the direction of Damien Jalet and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui .Notably, Aimilios was invited to take part of the project, "Bolero", in Paris Opera Garnier,as an assistant choreographer of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet and the performance artist Marina Abramovic. This trio asked for his help again in 2018, when he was a choreographic advisor for the newly adapted rendition of Debussy's "Pelleas et Melisande". He was also invited to collaborate on the original movement research for, "Vessel" that was created at the art residency Villa Kujoyama of Kyoto a collaboration with Visual Artist Nawa Kohei and Damien Jalet. Another exciting recent project was contributing to and premiering the creation of "Skid", a creation by Damien Jalet and visual artist Jim Hodges in Gothenburg, Sweden. In addition to freelance touring throughout Europe, The United States and Japan, Aimilios looks forward to a creative residency in Mexico this August at the invitation of Ceprodac Dance Company. There, as a guest artist and choreographic assistant of Damien Jalet, he will collaborate on a new work, "Omphalos" which is set to premier in Mexico City in November 2018.
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