Ifmc 2016 report
XXIX INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY IN VITEBSK
Dates: November 22-27, 2016
The Festival founders: Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, Vitebsk City Executive Committee, National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus
The General partner: JLLC “Belwest”
The Festival partner: Belarusian Republican Unitary Insurance Company “Belgosstrakh”
The Festival sponsors: JSC “Priorbank”, JSC “Belinvestbank”, Production Association “Energokomplekt”
The Organizer of the Festival: State Institution “Centre of Culture “Vitebsk”
Programme
November, 22 (Tuesday)
National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk), 19.00, Premiere
Ballet “GISELLE”
Music: Adolphe ADAN
Libretto, choreography, staging: Radu POKLITARU
“KYIV MODERN BALLET”, Ukraine
November, 23 (Wednesday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, 19.00
Opening Ceremony XXIX International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk
Presentation of the participants of the International Contest of Modern Choreography
Premiere
Ballet “GISELLE”
Music: Adolphe ADAN
Libretto, choreography, staging: Radu POKLITARU
“KYIV MODERN BALLET”, Ukraine
November, 24 (Thursday)
Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre, 19.00, Premiere
Performance “AKHMAT MODI”
Sound, design: Dmitri MASHKOV
Choreography: Mitia FEDOTENKO
“Compagnie Autre MiNa”, France
November, 25 (Friday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, 18.30, Central Foyer
Performance “ICE ANGELS”
“Emc2 Dance_Company”, Sweden
Performance “THERE”, 19.00
Music of modern composers, Russian folk songs
Choreography: Jo STROMGREN
“Jo Stromgren Company”, Norway
November, 26 (Saturday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, 16.00, Part I.
Final Round of the International Contest of Modern Choreography. Part One
Part II, Premiere One act ballet “SHE”
Music: John Dowland, David Garrett, Sting, Garth Knox, Trio Mediaeval, Bellini.
Choreography: Alexey RASTORGUEV
Perm State Theatre “YEVGENY PANFILOV’S BALLET THEATRE”, Russia
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, 19.00, Part I.
Final Round of the International Contest of Modern Choreography. Part Two
Part II. Premiere Performance “THE SON OF MR. PIERO FROM VINCI”/“MONA LISA”
Music of modern composers
Choreography: Sona OVSEPYAN
Perm State Theatre “YEVGENY PANFILOV’S BALLET THEATRE”, Russia
November, 27 (Sunday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, 16.00
Closing Ceremony XXIX International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk
Part I.
Award Ceremony and performance of laureates of the International Contest
Part II.
Ballet “SIX DANCES”
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Choreography: Jiří KYLIÁN
Ballet “THE LITTLE DEATH”
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Choreography: Jiří KYLIÁN
National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus
PARTICIPANTS of the International Contest of Modern Choreography IFMC’2016 according to the results of the preliminary video-round (68 applications were submitted):
1. Choreographic ensemble “Alesya”, Mogilev
2. A joint project of the department of choreography (Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts) and Maciej Kuzminski, Minsk-Warsaw
3. Xenia Androsova project, Minsk
4. Dance Theatre [REFLECTIONS], Minsk
5. “Skvo’s Dance Company”, Minsk
6. Contemporary dance group "Reroll", Minsk
7. Dance theatre “Altana”, Minsk
8. Theatre of modern choreography of Belarusian State Youth Theatre, Minsk
9. Theatre-studio of modern choreography of Diana Yurchenko, Vitebsk
10. Central Song and Dance Ensemble of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China
11. The project of Ekaterina Vodzyanskaya and Anatoliy Vodzyanskiy, Kiev
12. Dance Theater “nOga", Omsk
13. “Skånes Dansteater”, Malmö
14. “Tabile Modern Ballet”, Kiev
15. Helin Jürmann Dance Project, Tallinn
16. The project of Anastasiya Kharchenko and Pyotr Naku, Kiev
17. Anna Gerus project, Kiev
18. Denis Chernyshev project, Chelyabinsk
19. The project of Bogdan Kirilenko and Vladislav Detyuchenko, Kiev
20. Theatre-studio of modern choreography, Moscow
21. Dance company of Evgeniya Sizmina, St. Petersburg
22. «2» Dance Company, Russia, Moscow
23. Modern choreography ensemble “Perpetual Motion”, Kemerovo
24. The Feliks Parnell General Ballet School in Łódź, Łódź, Poland
25. Dance company of Konstantin Keykhel “Aqueduct”, St. Petersburg
26. Theatrical enterprise of Yuliya Bacheva, St. Petersburg
27. Theatre Oshi (O΄She TheARTe), Vologda
28. Special project of Ilya Manylov (“MINOGА.D.C.”) and Olga Zimina (dance theatre of O. Zimina), Yekaterinburg
29. Untitled (3) Dance Project, Vilnius, Lithuania
30. Dance company of Marina Kremnyova, Perm
31. Department of Choreographic art and movement performance, Chisinau
32. Contemporary dance company “Prostrannye tantsy”, Zarechny
International Jury of IFMC’2016:
The Jury Chairperson – choreographer, theorist and teacher of dance, professor of Beijing Dance Academy Xiao SUHUA, China
The Jury members:
- People’s Artist of Belarus, choreographer, artistic director of ballet of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus Yuri TROYAN, Belarus
- choreographer, teacher, PhD at Goldsmith University in London Jorge CRECIS, UK,
- choreographer, teacher, Course Director of the MA Contemporary Dance Performance at the University of Limerick, the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance Mary WYCHERLEY, Ireland,
- artistic director of the theatre “Eva Yerbabuena Ballet Flamenco”, choreographer, dancer Eva YERBABUENA, Spain,
- choreographer, teacher, professor, Director of the Modern Choreography Programme at Latvian Academy of Culture Olga ŽITLUHINA, Latvia,
- choreographer, laureate of international competitions, artistic director of Academic Theatre “Kyiv Modern Ballet” Radu POKLITARU, Ukraine.
Expert Council of IFMC’2016:
Chairperson of the Expert Council – music and theater critic, member of the expert councils and member of the jury of Golden Mask National Theatre Award, artistic director of the International Contemporary Dance Festival “Na Grani”(“On the Edge”), director of School of Theatre Criticism at Association of Theatre Staff Members of Russia Larisa Barykina, Russia
Members of the Expert Council:
- choreographer, laureate of international competitions, Candidate of Philological Sciences, professor, Head of the Department of Choreography at Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts Svetlana GUTKOVSKAYA, Belarus,
- Candidate of Art Criticism, musician, journalist, researcher of the theatre and modern dance Tatyana RATOBYLSKAYA, Belarus-Germany,
- Director of the Department of Choreography and Physical Improvement at the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, professor, Chairperson of the Association of Artists and Choreographers of Moldova Zoya GUTSU, Moldova,
- Doctor of Art Criticism, professor, Professor of the Department of World History and World Culture at Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov Tatyana KOTOVICH, Belarus.
Special Award winners and laureates of the International Contest of Modern Choreography IFMC’2016
Special diploma of the General Partner of the Festival JLLC “Belwest” -
“For steady creative growth”
Theatre-studio of modern choreography, Moscow, Russia
Artistic director, Honored Artist of Russia - Irina Afonina
Diploma “Recognition of colleagues”
Contest performance “Salt”
Music: Franz Schubert
Choreography: Anastasiya Kharchenko
The project of Anastasiya Kharchenko and Pyotr Naku, Kiev, Ukraine
Special Award
«For worthy embodiment of the theme of man and virtual reality»
Contest performance “Error”
Music: Ben Frost
Choreography: Denis Chernyshov
Denis Chernyshev project, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Special Award
“For the direction and choreography of the performance”
Contest performance “Five”
Music: John Matthias, Joby Burgess
Choreography: Olga Gorobchuk
Dance Theater “nOga", Omsk, Russia
Third Prize
Contest performance “Memorize = memories”
Music: Holly Herndon
Choreography: Helin Jürmann
Helin Jürmann Dance Project, Tallinn, Estonia
Second Prize
Contest performance “Four images of sin”
Music: Alfred Schnittke
Choreography: Tatiana Chakavaya
“Tabile Modern Ballet”, Kiev, Ukraine
Second Prize
Contest performance “Second Floor”
Music: James Blake
Choreography: Ekaterina Vodzyanskaya, Anatoliy Vodzyanskiy
The project of Ekaterina Vodzyanskaya and Anatoliy Vodzyanskiy, Kiev, Ukraine
First Prize
Contest performance “After before”
Music: modern composers
Choreography: Maciej Kuzminski in co-operation with performers
A joint project of the department of choreography (Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts) and Maciej Kuzminski, Minsk-Warsaw
Grand Prix
Contest performance “My meredians”
Music: Anonymous author
Choreography: Zhang Qian
Soloist of Central Song and Dance Ensemble of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Yuchen Yao), Beijing, China
Teachers of practical workshops:
- Olga Labovkina, Dmitry Zalessky, Inna Aslamova, Belarus
- Simone Mousset, Luxembourg
- Jan Ivar Lund & Ivar Örn Sverrisson («Jo Stromgren Kompani»), Norway
- Olga Žitluhina, Latvia
- Jorge Crecis, UK
- Maria Tikhonova (“Yevgeny Panfilov’s Ballet Theatre”), Russia
- Mitya Fedotenko (Compagnie Autre Mina), France
Seminars and theoretical master classes:
- “Aesthetics of decadence in the 21st century: death of the spirit as a grotesque challenge of matter (stage projects by Susanne Kennedy “Orpheus” and “Medea. Matrix”, “Maler-project” by Alain Platel). Moderator: Tatiana Ratobylskaya, Belarus-Germany,
- “Flamenco. Retro and perspectives”. Presenter: Eva Yerbabuena, Spain,
- Experience of involving people with disabilities in the artistic process on the example of “Skånes Dansteater”. Speaker: Tanja Mangalanayaga, Sweden,
- “The emancipated body of contemporary dance. (In)correct body of contemporary dance». Dance critic: Svetlana Ulanovskaya, Belarus,
- “The development of plastic theater. Dance festivals in Russia, Finland, France, Germany. The space of Vitebsk festival of modern choreography. To the 30th anniversary of the festival”. Moderator: Larisa Barykina, Russia.
Exhibition projects:
- Painting exhibition “Music of Colours”. Author: member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Belarus - Oleg Kroshkin, Vitebsk,
- Photo exhibition “Human Landscapes”. Author: Anna Moyseyuk , Minsk,
- Photo exhibition “Experiments”. Author: Olga Rabetskaya, Minsk
Authors of photos IFMC’2016 - Igor Gusakov, Dmitry Abletsov, Sergey Makhov.
IFMC'2016 poster and booklet
Eduard Chernivchan
IFMC Executive Director