Residency sharing on 16th of nov within the framework of “A movement to hold” -a two day programme gathering artistic practices and presentationsd from visual and performing arts, curated in collaboration with Alba Folgado.
Nefeli Gioti and Elena Novakovits will research and explore what dance can do and what it cannot do. They will explore potentialities of togetherness in collaborative processes, and how, even if we love dance, can we critically think about its importance in the Western context? They have an urgency to understand further the promises and dreams circulating in the discourses of dance and choreography, how they are generated, what are they carrying with them and what they render invisible.
Elena Novakovits is a cultural worker in the fields of dance, choreography and performance: dramaturg, researcher, writer, and curator. She collaborates with independent artists in the context of their artistic trajectory and works in cultural event production. She curates performative, discursive, and educational encounters and platforms. She co-runs the independent curatorial platform undercurrent. She has been selected as a fellow in the fourth cycle of Critical Practice (Made in Yu), where the collective systering was formed. Her research interests focus on ecologies of work, politics of labour, curatorial and dramaturgical practices, and cultural models.
Nefeli Gioti (she/her) is a dance researcher, choreographer and dancer who works between Greece and Sweden. She has completed her MA in choreography at the University of Arts in Stockholm as well as her BA studies in Environmental Science in Greece. Her work delves into the narrative operation in the fields of dance and choreography by exploring discursive practices. Website: https://giotinefeli.wixsite.com/research-choreograph