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My Dance History,
by Mette Edvardsen

May 19, 18h30, Lisbon

My Dance History,
by Mette Edvardsen

May 19 at 6:30 pm
Galveias Palace Library • Lisbon
Approximate duration: 2 hours

Free entry, upon registration in the following form available here.

Bio

Mette Edvardsen. Choreographer and performer. Although some of her works explore other media or formats, such as video, books, and writing, Edvardsen’s interest is always in relation to the performing arts as a practice and a situation. She has worked since 1994 as a dancer and performer for a number of companies and projects and develops her own work since 2002. She presents her works internationally and continues to develop projects with other artists, both as a collaborator and as a performer.

 

A retrospective of her work was presented at Black Box Theatre (Oslo, 2015), and in the focus programme Idiorritmias at MACBA (Barcelona, 2018). Her project “Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine” is ongoing since 2010, was presented twice at Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, 2013 and 2017), Sydney Biennale (2016), Index Foundation (Stockholm, 2019), Oslobiennalen First Edition (2019/2020), Trust & Confusion at Tai Kwun Arts (Hong Kong, 2021), and São Paulo Biennale (2021). Edvardsen will present several pieces at Amant, (New York, 2022), and develop a project in residence at Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers (Paris 2022/23).

 

Mette Edvardsen is structurally supported by Norsk Kulturråd (2021/2025) and BUDA Arts Centre Kortrijk (2017/2021). From 2019 to 2021, was an associated artist at Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie (France). She is currently finalizing her research as a Phd candidate at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

 

www.metteedvardsen.be  | www.timehasfallenasleepintheafternoonsunshine.be

About the lecture cycle “My Dance History”

 

“All of us, dancers, choreographers or performers, have received in some way and by some route, more academic or more self-taught, an idea of the History of Dance, or the History of the Performing Arts, from which we feel “descended” (and perhaps we feel descended from several Histories at the same time!). There were certainly choreographic or scenic creators who made us understand the art we make the way we understand it today. Each one has a specific idea of how that History unfolded, and for each one there are certain creators and certain movements and artistic currents that contributed to configure the idea of dance that you have and practice and that, in some way, is responding to that History. These lectures will give us the opportunity to know the History of Dance that each one has created within themselves.”
Vera Mantero

 

Participants
Participants in My Dance History: Ana Borralho & João Galante, André Lepecki, António Pinto Ribeiro, Christine de Smedt, Clara Andermatt, Cláudia Dias, Eszter Salamon, Gil Mendo, Gustavo Ciríaco, Francisco Camacho, Jennifer Lacey, Jeroen Peeters, João Fiadeiro, Joclécio Azevedo, La Ribot, Lia Rodrigues, Lisa Nelson, Loïc Touzé, Madalena Victorino, Marcela Levi, Marcelo Evelin, Mark Tompkins, Meg Stuart, Miguel Pereira, Nadia Lauro, Olga Roriz, Panaibra Gabriel Canda, Rui Horta, Sofia Dias & Vitor Roriz, Sónia Baptista, Vânia Rovisco, Vera Mantero, Xavier Le Roy.

 

The lecture series My Dance History is a project developed since 2011 by O Rumo do Fumo and Forum Dança. The project, initially implemented in Lisbon, was also presented in Viseu, Funchal and Barcelona, in partnership with: Teatro Viriato, Dançando com a Diferença and La Poderosa. The cycle has been hosted by: Edifício (LX Factory), Espaço da Penha, Lisbon Library Network and Victor Córdon/OPART Studios.

 

Rumo do Fumo and Forum Dança are structures financed by the Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts. Project supported by the program contract with the Lisbon City Council / Municipal Directorate of Culture / Division of the Library Network.