The event will present a thoughtfully curated program of performances, workshops, and conversations that are both poetic and political, and resolutely queer.
Price: Completely free of charge thanks to the support of Malmö stad, Region Skåne and Kulturrådet
Age restriction workshops: Adults (from 16 yo)
Age restriction performances: Recommended from age 10 and up
Language workshops & talk: English
Language performances: see below
Info: come for the whole day and evening, or at the beginning of each programme point
Note: the performances include partial nudity
Drop-in accepted in limit of available spots. Booking recommended.
PROGRAMME
15.30 – 18.15 · Almost Not Ballet + dance history crash course (workshop by Frédéric Gies)
1 hour of dance practice and 1,5 hour of dance history crash course mixing theory and practice. The workshop is open to everyone, regardless of any background in dance and is designed for both first timers and dance nerds.
Almost not ballet:
Frédéric Gies shares their practice of using ballet movement vocabulary as a means of exploring and embodying anatomical structures.
Dance history crash course:
Taking one of the dances of Terpsichore in Scorpio – Deposition as a case study and navigating between theory and embodied practice, we will draw connections between this dance made in 2021 and various landmarks in Western dance history, from Vaslav Nijinsky to Dominque Bagouet and from Trisha Brown to Cristina Caprioli.
18.15 – 19.00 · Mingle + Buffet
Mingle and enjoy our buffet in the foyer.
19.00 – 20.15 · Terpsichore in Scorpio – Deposition (performance by Frédéric Gies)
Frédéric Gies offers a dancing archive of 30 years of career on stage. An intimate portrait, a lover letter to dance and an exploration of all identities and memories gathered by and in a body in movement.
"I started to work in the dance field thirty years ago, in the fall 1991. In Terpsichore in Scorpio – Deposition, I offer my body as a living, somatic archive of thirty years of dance – thirty years of dance that occurred not only on stage or in the studio, but also on the dance floors where I danced for countless hours. The dances that constitute this piece originate in my deepest kinesthetic memories, in the sediments left by movements I have danced or seen. The sometimes intact, sometimes putrefying dance materials contained in my body constitute the fertile soil for new dances. In the title, deposition refers to the legal term for a written document consisting of the testimony of a witness.
Scorpio, in astrology, represents death, rebirth, transformation and regeneration. It is associated with deep emotional experiences. Terpsichore refers to the Greek muse of dance and to the asteroid Terpsichore. In the fall 2021, this asteroid returns to its placement in the sky when I was born."
Choreography and dance: Frédéric Gies
Dancers in the videos: Elise Brewer, Disa Krosness, Maria Naidu, Malin Stattin, Andrea Svensson, Thomas Zamolo
Music: Fiedel
Lighting Design: Thomas Zamolo
Costumes: Grzegorz Matlag
Videos: Andrea Keiz (editing) and Frédéric Gies (filming)
Coproduced by Inkonst and Skogen
Residence at Danscentrum Syd, Inkonst and Skogen
With the support of Kulturrådet and Malmö stad
20.30 – 21.15 · Artist talk
Conversation with Frédéric Gies.
Doors close at 21.30
Photos : Natalia Reich/ Haus für Poesie, Thomas Zamolo, Frédéric Gies
About Frédéric Gies
Frédéric Gies is a dancer, choreographer, and the artistic director of Dance is Ancient. Their dance pieces navigate between meticulous composition and the raw intensity and chaos generated by bodies surrendering to internal desires and external forces. Gies’ work highlights the power of dance to communicate without the need for representation. In their performances, bodies do not reinforce identities but instead uncover the complexity of their layers. Additionally, Gies' work is deeply intertwined with techno music, creating a unique and immersive experience.