Cie Gilles Jobin and Neopostist Ahrrrt present
GENEVA SESSIONS 2008 / from 9th to 20th of June
Free International workshop for professional dancers
The Geneva Sessions 2008 is an international workshop for professional dancers lead by choreographers Gilles Jobin and Foofwa d’Immobilité.
Now in its second year, this annual encounter aims at creating a motivating artistic environment for experimented professional dancers in Geneva.
This year’s 2 weeks sessions will give the opportunity to work on deep contemporary dance technic with top technical classes in the morning and creative choreographic research in the afternoon. The participants will be a combination of international professionals and Geneva/Swiss based dancers.
Our 2008 guest of honor is the Dancer’s Career Development Center from Seoul South Korea that will support south korean dancers to participate. For the first time in our own studios, this year’s edition offers as well a studio residency to upcoming choreographers.
sunday 8th of June
reception of participants
9th to 13th of June Studios 44 / Rue de la Coulouvrenière 44
10h00-12h30 Banu Ogan (New York) Technical class and Cunningham repertory
13h30-17h30 Foofwa d’Immobilité (Geneva) choreographic research
16th to 20 th of JuneStudios 44 / Rue de la Coulouvrenière 44
10h00-12h30 Hee-Jin Kim (Grenoble/Seoul) Technical class and variations
13h30-17h30 Gilles Jobin (Geneva) choreographic research
thursday 12th and 19th of June
20h00 Dance video at cinéma Spoutnik / Rue de la Coulouvrenière 11
Banu Ogan was born in Ankara, Turkey and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana where she studied ballet with Lila Higgins and won a National Society of Arts and Letters Career Award in Dance. She was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1993 to 2000. Banu has been a faculty member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio since 1998 and has also taught technique class and repertory workshops across the USA, and Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Mexico and Turkey. She has staged Cunningham’s work for the Royal Swedish Ballet and for the Lyon Opera Ballet (Beach Birds, 1991) between others. She teaches at the Merce Cunningham Studio and at the Juilliard School. Banu will teach Cunningham style classes and give an unique opportunity to approach Merce Cunningham’s repertory.
Hee-jin Kim was born in Seoul South Korea. She was a member of Jean-Claude Gallotta’s Groupe Emile Dubois from 1997 to 2005. She is since developing her own projects in the Grenoble region. She has been teaching in the Centre Chorégraphique de Grenoble, Ballet Prejlocaj, and Gilles Jobin company between others. She will be teaching technical class and fluid variations of her own repertory.
Foofwa D’Imobilité http://www.foofwa.com/
Gilles Jobin http://www.gillesjobin.com/
The Geneva Sessions 08 are being made possible thanks to the generous support of Département de l’Instruction Publique Geneva, Pour-Cent Culturel Migros.
Gilles Jobin et Foofwa d’Imobilité companies benefit of a triennal associated support (2007-2009) from the City of Geneva, the Canton of Geneva and Pro Helvetia the arts council of Switzerland
Hye-Kyung Kimm, Claire Granier, Ki-Hun Kim, Goran Turnsek, Simone Truong, Miikka Ryytty, Sung-Im Kweon, Chimène Costa, Moriah Evans, Isabelle Rigat, Francesca Honnegger, Hye-Rin Lee, Marcela Donato, Hee-Eun Min, Foofwa d’Imobilté, Marthe Krummenacher, Ruth Childs
Photo’s Gilles Jobin’s workshop
Photos Hee-Jin Kim’s class
Photos Banu Ogan’s class
Photos Foofwa D’Immobilité’s workshop
