Dance Moves Cities. Sarkandaugava
„Living Room”
Live installations in the urban space and a photo exhibition in 8 apartments in Sarkandaugava
12th September, 17:00 – 21:00
13th September, 11:00 – 15:00
Exhibition and installations are open for 4 hours each day and you can see them at any time during these opening hours.
Free entrance.
Maps with precise locations will be available at the information point at Sarkandaugavas street 2.
Author and choreographer: Willi Dorner (Austria)
Choreographer’s assistant: Esther Steinkogler (Austria)
Photo and video: Lisa Rastl (Austria)
Performers: Evita Birule, Dmitrijs Gaitjukevičs, Elīna Gaitjukeviča, Elīna Lutce, Roberts Muciņš, Eva Vancāne, Kristīne Vismane and 30 dance students from the Latvian Academy of Culture and Latvia Culture College.
Austrian choreographer Willi Dorner’s projects could be best described as body interventions in the everyday environment. Dancers blend into apartment interiors and urban landscapes shifting the viewer’s perception on these daily spaces. The audience is welcome to join in on a journey through one of Riga’s districts Sarkandaugava and its public and private space. A photo and video exhibition will be displayed in 8 apartments in the area and live installations created by the dancers will happen somewhere on the way.
The project “Dance Moves Cities” is a ‘Riga 2014 – European Capital of Culture’ event and a series of performances in urban spaces that contemporary choreographers from abroad create together with Latvian dancers. Dance Moves Cities is an artistic project focusing on the potential of urban spaces to become inspiration sites for contemporary dance creations and international collaboration as a mode of production. Similar projects with the name Dance Moves Cities are also happening in Terni (Italy) and Krakow (Poland).
www.dancemovescities.eu
Upcoming Dance Moves Cities events and performances in Rīga:
September 12 and 13 in Sarkandaugava / Choreographer Willi Dorner (Austria)
October 4 in Rīga / A series of short performances in the urban space by Dance Moves Cities participants (Rīga, Terni, Krakow, Porto).
Dance Moves Cities is a ‘Riga 2014 – European Capital of Culture’ event. Supported by the EU Culture programme, Japan Foundation, EU-Japan Fest, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, Foundation Riga 2014, Culture palace ‘Ziemeļblāzma’, Diena, centre „Wooden Rīga”.
Special thanks to the museum „Dauderi”, Sarkandaugava’s Development Association and the inhabitants of Sarkandaugava – Alija, Dmitrijs, Herta, Līga, Ieva, Sarmīte, Ņikita, Kristīne and Anna for their hospitality.
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