Ingrid Berger Myhre
LAB “ Dancing and Seeing”
August 5 - 9
12.15 - 17.00 H
Studio F
Professionals
In English
What do we see when we look at dance? If dance is a type of language, how does it speak? In this lab, we will move through a series of scores related to two things: dancing and seeing. We will do this either altogether or in small groups and will alternate between moving, writing, watching and dancing. Our activities might resemble games more than exercises. We will see how games function as choreographic structures and discuss the notion of play in performance. We will also find time to reflect together: Can a dance be anything? And what conditions the way we ‘read’ and ‘write’ these dances?
Ingrid’s overall research “Literacy in Dance” will provide a base for exploring different intersections between language, dance and play. Her practice and material from previous pieces „BLANKS“, „In Other Words“ and „Spelling Spectacle“ will serve as starting points and offer tools to explore these questions together. „Spelling Spectacle“ will be part of the performance program of the TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA 2024.
Ingrid Berger Myhre is a Norwegian choreographer and performer based in Brussels. She holds an MA in Choreography; Research and Performance from ex.e.r.ce at the Choreographic Centre in Montpellier and later deepened her project „Literacy in Dance“ at the Research Studios at P.A.R.T.S. Since 2015, she has developed her work as associate artist of Dansateliers Rotterdam, and from 2019 – 2020 with the support of the Dutch Performing Arts Funds. Language and semiotics are central elements to Ingrid’s artistic work. Her curiousity for how we read and understand dance, comes together in unpretentious and humorous performances. Since 2020 her work is supported internationally by Caravan Production and the advancing performing arts project (apap) network.