Events

How do we create text material for the stage? This workshop will discuss the relationship between topics, content material and the text that is created for a performance. What topics and issues are relevant and in what form and language...

Practices of Empathy researches capacities and limits of radical empathy through choreographic practices deriving from authentic movement. It is an invitation to create understanding and mutual support through art and dance, in response to contemporary political and social challenges. The...

This workshop invites participants to explore their bodies and voices as unique instruments of artistic expression. Participants will be guided through a variety of exercises, encouraging them to complete different tasks to help discover their own unique instrument–voice and body...

Electroflamenco 3.0 is a trio stage performance work in which the live electronics and sound art of Artomático open a space for creation and dialogue, alongside the flamenco dance of Paula Comitre and the contemporary saxophone of Juan M. Jiménez....

The creators and performers of Electroflamenco 3.0 will lead a 4-hour workshop that uncovers all the different key aspects of a performance that uses flamenco tradition as the foundation for a contemporary work.  The workshop is intended for musicians, dancers,...

Reminiscence: From Memory to Matter witnesses the role of reminiscence in shaping cultural identity–the often unconscious process by which significant memories are integrated into the present. Reminiscence is central to artistic expression, enabling the adaption of elements from memory into...

This workshop aims to explore ceramic handbuilding techniques while focusing on abstract forms. Participants will handbuild pieces using the coiling method, while group discussions and exercises will guide them towards an exploration of abstraction. Participants must have advanced experience and...

Electroflamenco 3.0 is a trio stage performance work in which the live electronics and sound art of Artomático open a space for creation and dialogue, alongside the flamenco dance of Paula Comitre and the contemporary saxophone of Juan M. Jiménez....

This workshop invites participants to immerse themselves in the body’s inherent physical intelligence, playfully exploring its logics, poetics, and inner musicality. By guiding attention through both inner and outer bodily landscapes, the workshop will delve into varied sensations of presence,...

Rooftop Rituals is a multidisciplinary dwelling on a classic downtown rooftop. Two physical performers and a musician invite you to become part of their playful explorations of this in-between space. Linger with them between city and sky, between private and...

Two performers armed with—or trapped in—a single scene. A customer orders a drink from a waiter, and then things go awry. Played again and again, the scene starts spinning out of control. Nightmarish spiral or grotesque farce? Roles flip back...

Invisible is a game that takes you into public spaces to participate in a shared, collective experience. In a small group of 8 to 12 people, and starting from a short score and account of a past experience, you carry...

Two performers armed with—or trapped in—a single scene. A customer orders a drink from a waiter, and then things go awry. Played again and again, the scene starts spinning out of control. Nightmarish spiral or grotesque farce? Roles flip back...

The D-CAF Festival has historically presented performances in public spaces until the late 2010s, when increasing difficulties made it no longer feasible. Public space, however, remains a vital setting to bring art into everyday life and society. As part of...

This workshop aims to explore cultural projects and methods capable of building social connections and highlight interdependencies between research, creation, production, and audience experience. Participants will be introduced to various research-theatre creation methods developed by Ishyo Arts Centre and its...

What does writing for the performing arts involve? Collecting memories, rephrasing nightmares, conducting interviews, transcribing rehearsals? Working with archive material, descriptions of photographs, lists, lyrics, manifestos and speeches? A real or imagined life, a multitude or a single point of...

In this powerful duet, choreographer and dancer Nacera Belaza, alongside actress Valérie Dréville, explore the body as a vessel for the imagination. L’echo delves into the potential and expressive nature of dance, which they find to be a spoken word...

Abdallah Aldhanhani will uncover multiple historical narratives through the lens of his own family history and the current conditions of the world. In Lawrence, he engages with the secrets and mysteries surrounding the presence of Major Thomas Edward Lawrence in...