Ifmc 2018 report
XXXI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY IN VITEBSK
Dates: November 20-25, 2018
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 partners: RUE “Vitebsk Zonal Institute of Agriculture of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”, RUE “Vitebsk Agency for State Registration and Land Cadastre”
The Festival sponsors: Belarusian Republican Unitary Insurance Company “Belgosstrakh”, Private Production and Trade Unitary Enterprise “Vitebsk Forklifts”, Production Association “Energokomplekt”
The Organizer of the Festival: State Institution “Centre of Culture “Vitebsk”
Programme
November, 20 (Tuesday)
National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk), 19.00,
Performance “ROSSINI OUVERTURES”
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Choreography: Mauro Astolfi
“SPELLBOUND CONTEMPORARY BALLET”, Italy
November, 21 (Wednesday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, box А, 18.30
Dance performance “LITTLE JOY”
Choreography: Joshua Monten
“JOSHUA MONTEN COMPANY”, Switzerland
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, the Big Hall, 19.00, Part I
Opening Ceremony XXXI International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk
Presentation of the participants of the International Contest of Modern Choreography
Part II
Performance without words, festival version “CALIGULA”
Music: Pavel Akimkin
Director-choreographer: Sergey Zemlyansky
Moscow Provincial Theater under the direction of Sergey Bezrukov, People’s Artist of Russia, Russia
November, 22 (Thursday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, the Big Hall, 19.00
Two-act ballet “SLEEPING BEAUTY”
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Radu Poklitaru
KYIV MODERN-BALLET Theatre, Ukraine
Palace of Culture of Railway Workers (Gomel), 19.00
Performance “ROSSINI OUVERTURES”
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Choreography: Mauro Astolfi
“SPELLBOUND CONTEMPORARY BALLET”, Italy
November, 23 (Friday)
Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre, 19.00, Part I
Dance performance “AIR”
Music: Dmitry LADES/ AORTHA. Music of Johann Sebastian BACH
Choreography: Olga LABOVKINA
Cast: Alexander FILIPPOV, Sergey TOLKACH, Olga LABOVKINA
Part II
Ballet suite “TOLSTOY”
Music of classical and modern composers
Choreography: Aleksey Rastorguev, Dmitry Antipov, Yulia Bacheva, Alexander Mogilev, Konstantin Keykhel, Pavel Glukhov
Perm State Theatre “YEVGENY PANFILOV’S BALLET THEATRE”, Russia
November, 24 (Saturday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, the Big Hall, 16.00, Part I
Final Round of the International Contest of Modern Choreography. Part One
Part II
Choreographic performance “THE PANOPTICON”
Music: Sergey Ivanov
Choreography: Aleksey Rastorguev
Perm State Theatre “YEVGENY PANFILOV’S BALLET THEATRE”, Russia
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, the Big Hall, 19.00, Part I
Final Round of the International Contest of Modern Choreography. Part Two
Part II
Performance-tribute “STAR 62090”
Music: Victor Tsoy
Choreography: Sergey Rainik
Perm State Theatre “YEVGENY PANFILOV’S BALLET THEATRE”, Russia
November, 25 (Sunday)
Concert Hall “Vitebsk”, the Big Hall, 18.00, Part I
Closing Ceremony XXXI International Festival of Modern Choreography in Vitebsk
Award Ceremony and performance of laureates of the International Contest
Part II
Performance “ROSSINI OUVERTURES”
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Choreography: Mauro Astolfi
“SPELLBOUND CONTEMPORARY BALLET”, Italy
PARTICIPANTS of the International Contest of Modern Choreography IFMC’2018 according to the results of the preliminary video-round (65 applications were submitted ):
1. Rima Pipoyan project, Yerevan
2. Dmitry Bezzubenko project, Belarusian State University of Art and Culture, Minsk
3. Contemporary Dance Workshop under the direction of Mikhail Kaminsky, Belarusian State University of Art and Culture, Minsk
4.Theatre-studio of modern choreography of Diana Yurchenko, Vitebsk
5. Contemporary dance group "Reroll", Minsk
6. M.Y.D.C., Belarusian State University of Art and Culture, Minsk
7. Project of Xenia Androsova and Pavel Luntsevich, Minsk
8. TREMORS Dance Company, Minsk
9. “Self Handwriting” project, Vitebsk
10. Creative association “Contemporary Choreography”, Vitebsk
11. Valentin Isakov project “Х-perIments”, Gomel State College of Arts named after N.F. Sokolovsky, Gomel
12. Sina Rundel project, Hamburg
13. AlphaZTL Dynamic Art Company, Brindisi, Italy
14. The Central Academy of Drama, Beijing
15. NIU Huaiyu, Beijing
16. Alyona Shulgina and Sandor Torres Monteagudo project, Cuba-Russia
17. Kaunas Choreography School, Lithuania
18.University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland
19. “Dance-Class” studio of the ensemble named after B.F. Kadykov, Perm
20. Ekaterina Pisareva project, Moscow
21. Elvira Pervova's dance theatre “Scream”, Samara
22. Olga Vinogradova project, St. Petersburg
23. “The Road from the Town” dance theatre, Kazan
24. Dance Theater “nOga", Omsk
25. Ilya Oshi project, Vologda
26. Denis and Kristina Chernyshevy dance project, Chelyabinsk
27. “Chroma” dance company, Tyumen
28. Dance Theater “Grin” of Boris Grinchenko Kyiv University, Kyiv
29. Totem Dance Group, Kyiv
30. Contemporary Dance Theatre "Plastilin", Chernomorsk
31. n’Era Dance Group, Kyiv
32. Artyom Shoshin project, Ukraine-Japan
International Jury of IFMC’2018:
The Jury Chairperson - choreographer, laureate of international competitions, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, laureate of Taras Shevchenko National Prize, “Person of the Year 2017” award, People's Artist of Moldova, main choreographer of Academic Theatre “Kyiv Modern Ballet” Radu POKLITARU, Ukraine
The Jury members:
- People's Artist of Belarus, Prima Ballerina of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus Olga GAIKO, Belarus,
- choreographer, theorist and teacher of Chinese dance, professor of Beijing Dance Academy, permanent president of Ballet Committee of Chinese Dancing Association Xiao SUHUA, China,
- choreographer, dancer, teacher, artistic director of “EDGE” Dance Company of London Contemporary Dance School Jeanne Yasko, Sweden,
- Honored Worker of Culture – Gloria Artis of the Republic of Poland, laureate of international festivals, choreographer, theatre expert, ballet historian and dance theoretician, PhD in History of Art, Deputy-Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Head of the Department of Dance at the University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz Alexandr AZARKEVITCH, Poland-Germany.
Expert Council of IFMC’2018:
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
- dance writer, literary translator, researcher of contemporary dance and theater, author of the blog dedicated to Hungarian contemporary dance Kristóf Farka, Hungary
- Candidate of Art Criticism, musician, journalist, researcher of the theatre and modern dance Tatyana RATOBYLSKAYA, Belarus-Germany
- dancer, choreographer, teacher, Head of the Contemporary Dance Association Lina Puodžiukaite, Lithuania.
Special Award winners and laureates of the International Contest of Modern Choreography IFMC’2018:
Special Award
«For actuality and social value»
Contest performance «Viola(ta)»
Music by contemporary authors
Choreography: Vito Alfarano
AlphaZTL Dynamic Art Company, Italy
Special Award
«For actuality and social value»
Contest performance "Dandelions"
Music: from the repertoire of "Counterrevolution" band
Choreography: Denis Chernyshev
Denis Chernyshev dance project, Chelyabinsk
The Evgeny Panfilov's Special prize
Contest performance: "I wasn't told about the main thing. About the main thing I do not have time…"
Music: Benjamin Britten & Viola Tunnard
Choreography: Ilya Oshi
Ilya Oshi project, Vologda
Third Prize
Contest performance "I'm Missing"
Music: Evgeny Stankovich
Choreography: Artyom Shoshin
Artyom Shoshin project, Kyiv
Second Prize
Contest performance: «Look»
Music by modern composers
Choreography: Vladimir Slizhik, Ivan Slizhik and Daria Tarasova
TREMORS Dance Company, Minsk
Second Prize
Contest performance «ALPHA»
Music: «Radiofillz» band
Choreography: Vladislav Detyuchenko
n’Era Dance Group, Kyiv
Second Prize
Contest performance "Transition"
Music: Brian Ferneyhough
Choreography: Dmitry Bezzubenko
Dmitry Bezzubenko project, the Department of Choreography, Belarusian State University of Art and Culture, Minsk
First Prize
Contest performance «Woman before decision making»
Music: Murcof-«Una», «Death and the Maiden»
Choreography: Rima Pipoyan
Rima Pipoyan project, Armenia
Grand Prix
Contest performance «Game of adults»
Music: When the rain stops in the Masumi
Choreography: LIU Meichi and ZHANG Yinwen
The Central Academy of Drama, China
Teachers of practical workshops:
- Olga Labovkina, Belarus
- Sandra Klimek, Switzerland
- Jeanne Yasko, Sweden
- Giuliana Mele, Giacomo Todeshi (Spellbound Contemporary Ballet), Italy
- Maria Cossu, Mario Laterza (Spellbound Contemporary Ballet), Italy
Exhibition projects:
- the exhibition-installation “Museum-Archive”, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the festival;
- the photography exhibition “The Dialogue with Oneself”. Author: Anna Moyseyuk-Barkovskaya, Belarus-Lithuania;
- the sculpture exhibition by Andrey Vorobyov, Belarus.
IFMC'2018 poster and booklet
Notes of the members of the expert council on IFMC'018
Authors of photos IFMC’2017 - Igor Gusakov, Dmitry Abletsov, Alexey Karasev
Eduard Chernivchan
IFMC Executive Director