vaniagala: January 2013

Thursday, January 17, 2013

NEWS

AUDITION FOR DANCERS for new creation by Vânia Gala

Seeking male and female dancers with minimum 3 years of versatile performing experience with strong technical skills in contemporary dance to participate in a new international coproduction by Angolan-Portuguese choreographer Vânia Gala scheduled for period Spring / Summer 2013, premiering May 24, 2013 and to be held over for 2013/14 season.

The co-producers of this new work, choreographed by Angolan-Portuguese choreographer Vânia Gala are: FLOTA Slovenia (www.flota.si), Pro Progressione from Hungary (www.pro-cult.com), and Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (www.danceincroatia.com). The new work will toured in 2013-14 and with the possibility to be featured at international festivals: Dance Week Festival (Croatia) and Front@ of Contemporary Dance (Slovenia).

Rehearsal period between February 25 and May 23, 2013
Opening Night : May 24, 2013, Zagreb Dance Centre.
This is a six week contract for rehearsal/ production and minimum 8 performances.  

Auditions schedule:

Zagreb, Croatia at Zagreb Dance Centre, Ilica 10
February 2 and 3, 2013
9.30am – 4pm
Send resume no longer than 2 pages, with photo, and a short letter of interest via email to: hipp-tsp@zg.t-com.hr

Ljubljana, Slovenia

February 5 and 6, 2013
9.30am to 4pm, KUD BAOBAB, Parmova 25
Send CV no longer than 2 pages, with photo, and a short letter of interest via email to: flota @flotasi

In Budapest, Hungary,

February 8 and 9, 2013
9.30am to 4pm
Send CV no longer than 2 pages, with photo, and a short letter of interest via email to: petranyi.barna@pro-cult.com

Deadline to apply for an audition time is January 25, 2013.
Dancers will not be paid for the audition nor will any expenses related to auditioning (travel, accommodation) be reimbursed. The organizers may be able to assist with finding affordable accommodation if so required.

NEWS

Last week of residency at Espaço do Tempo for creation of Invited Guests by Vania Gala.

Vania Gala

Vânia Gala is a choreographer and researcher based in London. She holds a BA in Dance from EDDC (European Dance Development Center, Arnhem) and Master of Arts in Choreography with Distinction (Trinity Laban). She is a PhD candidate at Kingston University and a PASS studentship awardee. Gala’s research, choreographies and "conversational performances" explore the critical potential of opacity and withdrawal in choreography in the present time. Latest performative interventions include the give&take series at Tate Modern and Mesa para Práticas de Cabeça para Baixo ou de Pernas para o Ar at Museum of Modern Art Calouste Gulbenkian (2019). Collaborations as performer have involved Les Ballets C. de La B., Constanza Macras and Sonia Boyce. She has collaborated as a choreographer with visual artists Sonia Boyce, Harold Hoffeh and Griot theatre company.. Commissions include “Cooling Down Signs” a Pan- European commission by Beyond Front@ performed at Dance Week Festival (HR), D.I.D (AT), Front@ Festival (SI), Bakelit (HU). In 2019 she was awarded Best Choreography Award by Theatre Guide Awards (Portugal) for her collaboration with GRIOT. Her choreographic work has been performed in Angola, Portugal, Norway, Germany, Ireland, UK, Russian Federation and Austria. In 2005 she was awarded with “Best Female Performance” at the Dublin Fringe Festival, was part of Aerowaves Festival at the Place, London and of the 1st Triennial of Luanda (Angola). In 2007 she performed at the 1st African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Vânia Gala has supervised MA and MFA dissertations (practice-based, practice-as-research and fully written) and has taught practice released based technique, Composition Modules and Choreography. Prior to Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance she taught undergraduate modules at Northampton and Kingston Universities.