Body Weather Amsterdam

Autumn 2011

2011-08-30T23:26:00.014+02:00

September 10-16 Bohemian Paradise Czech Republic
Body – Site - Exploration Interdisciplinary workshop with Milos Sejn (Academy of Fine Arts Prague) and Frank van de Ven
Info and flyer: ms@sejn.cz or frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

September 17-18 Body Weather Workshop Archa Theatre Prague
Body Space Object. Archa Theatre Lab studio, Zlatnická 8, Prague 1
Info and flyer: petra.cechova@divadloarcha.cz Tel: +420- 221 716 333

October 15-16 Body Weather Workshop Brussels
Body Space Object Info and flyer: ozan.aksoyek@gmail.com tel: +32-(0)495 695 806

October 17-21 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5 -day intensive workshop
See workshop description below this list
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl Tel: +31-(0)20-6842568

November 7-11 Training and Solo Performance workshop London
Info and flyer: neilca@hotmail.com tel: +44(0)7739 459 153

November 18-20 Melaka Art & Performance Festival Melaka Malaysia
Info and flyer: www.melakafestival.com

2012
February 20-25 Body Weather Workshop Auckland New Zealand
6 -day intensive workshop
Info and flyer: info@soulcentre.co.nz Ph: +64.9.8173051
All registrations due by 30th Nov 2011.

March 3-9 Body Weather Workshop Sydney Australia
Work on images with Tess de Quincey and Frank van de Ven
Info and flyer: info@DeQuinceyCo.net T +61 (0) 2 4337 5651

Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5- day intensive
with Katerina Bakatsaki and/ or Frank van de Ven

Body Weather is a comprehensive training and performance practice that investigates the intersections of bodies and their environments. Bodies are not conceived as fixed and separate entities but are - just like the weather - constantly changing through an infinite and complex system of processes occurring in- and outside of these bodies.
This introductory workshop proposes a re-examination of the habitual body and it's accompanying mental structures as a means of indicating and reflecting upon possible areas of change in the perception and the actual state of our own body and that of others.

As a training, Body Weather is of relevance to anyone interested in exploring the body and physical presence and can be aligned to various dance and theatre practices.

The daily training-routine consists of:
- ‘MB’ (mind/body, muscles/bones)
An energetic, dynamic and rhythmic movement work-out that observes the kinaesthetic sensitivity and co-ordination potential of the body-in-motion while developing strength, endurance, flexibility and grounding.

- ‘Manipulations’
Structured and paced work with partners, concerned with breathing, stretching, alignment and the notion of ‘relaxation’.

- ‘Laboratory’
A wide forum of explorations including work on segmentation, different speeds within the body and the notion of time, sensory investigation, spatial awareness inside and outside the body, image-to-movement work.
Emphasis is given on observation and feedback as a means to objectify experience and to sharpen and articulate the perception of bodies.

The term & philosophical basis for Body Weather was founded in the early 1980's by dancer Min Tanaka and further developed by Laboratories worldwide. Bakatsaki and van de Ven were members of Min Tanaka’s Maijuku Performance Company in Japan, from 1983-1991. Since 1993 they lead Body Weather Amsterdam, a platform for training and performance.

DATES: Monday 17 to Friday 21 October 2011

TIMES:
Mon - Tue -Wed   10.00h - 16.00h
Thu                       13.00h - 18.00h
Fri                         10.00h - 17.00h
The studio will be open 30 minutes before start.

PLACE: 1e Nassaustraat 7, 1052 BD Amsterdam

WORKSHOP FEE: Euro 210

For further information or application: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl
T: +31 - (0)20 - 6842568

Spring - Summer 2011

2011-03-20T17:32:00.006+01:00

March 7-13 Body/Landscape Kooyoora State Park Victoria Australia
Info and flyer: peterlfraser@gmail.com

April 15 Rencontre / Projection "Memoires de danse" Christine Quoiraud and Katerina Bakatsaki
April 16-17 Body Weather Workshop Angouleme France
with Katerina Bakatsaki.
Info and flyer: Christine Quoiraud chques@hotmail.com

April 18-22 Body Weather Workshop Bilbao Spain
at Muelle 3. From touch and manipulation to performance and dance
Info and flyer: Olatz De Andrés olatz76@hotmail.com

May 6 performance Atem der Nacht Club APEX Göttingen
with Günther Heinz a.o. Info: wetware@web.de

June 6-12 Body/Landscape Lake District U.K.
info and flyer: Neil Callaghan neilca@hotmail.com

June 15 Dance and Music Overtoom 301 Amsterdam
Stuart Lynch – Daniel Schorno – Frank van de Ven
info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

June 18 performance Atem der Nacht Kunstverein Marburg Germany
with Günther Heinz a.o. info: wetware@web.de

15-21 July Body/Landscape Itxassou Pays Basque
Workshop embedded within the Errobiko Festival combining work in the studio with hikes through the Pyrenees.
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

August 24-30 Body/Landscape Workshop Ardennes Belgium
Info and flyer: ozan.aksoyek@gmail.com tel: +32- (0) 495 695 806

Activities Autumn 2010

2010-09-19T22:26:00.021+02:00

August 30–Sept 5 Body/Landscape Workshop Ardennes Belgium
Info and flyer: ozan.aksoyek@gmail.com tel: +32- (0) 495 695 806

October 18 -22 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5 -day intensive workshop
Info and inscriptions: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl Tel: +31-(0)20-6842568

November 2-10 Body Weather Workshop Academy of Performing Arts Prague
Info and flyer: Martin Kukucka kukulo1@yahoo.com

November 6-7 Body Weather Workshop Archa Theatre Prague
Archa Theatre Lab studio, Zlatnická 8, Prague 1
Info and flyer: alena.prokopova@archatheatre.cz Tel: +420- 221 716 333

November 22-26 Body Weather Workshop Barcelona
Info and flyer: solpico@solpico.com

2011
February 14-18 Body Weather Workshop Brussels
10-1 Body Weather training 2-5 Solo Performance Development
Info and flyer: ozan.aksoyek@gmail.com tel: +32- (0) 495 695 806

February 21-25 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5 -day intensive workshop
Info and flyer: kat.bwa@xs4all.nl Tel: +31-(0)20-6842568

March 1-5 Body Weather Sydney workshops and performances
Info and flyer: info@bodyweather.net

March 5 Impro Night Fraserstudios Sydney 7pm with Tess de Quincey, Victoria Hunt, Jim Denley, Sam Pettigrew, Mayu Kanamori and Clytie Smith

March 7-13 Body/Landscape Kooyoora State Park Victoria
Australia Info and flyer: peterlfraser@gmail.com

Activities first half 2010

2009-12-27T14:08:00.029+01:00

March 6-22 performances and workshop Monash University Melbourne
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

March 11-12 Body Weather Workshop Dancehouse Melbourne
Info and flyer: Peter Fraser peterlfraser@gmail.com

March 20 Body Weather Workshop Sydney
Saturday 9am-midday at Frasers Studios, 10 Kensington St, Chippendale
Info and flyer: info@bodyweather.net

March 27 - April 8 Katerina Bakatsaki with Teatro del Chile / Manuela Infante and Universidad Mayor. Santiago, Chile

April 1 18h30 Performance with musician Peter Jacquemyn
Transmedia Series. Sint Lukas Art Academy Brussels
www.impactsessions.be <http://www.impactsessions.be>

April 6-10 Body Weather Workshop Academy of Performing Arts Prague
Info and flyer: Martin Kukucka: kukulo1@yahoo.com

April 15-17 Body/Landscape Workshop Angouleme France
Info and flyer: maud.brethenoux@free.fr

May 10-21 Katerina Bakatsaki with SNDO 2, Amsterdam and PAF- France

June 11-13 performance and workshop Katerina Bakatsaki in Festival Champetre des Arts Vivants de Russin in Switzerland
info and flyer: al.plojoux@bluewin.ch +41(0)76 349 69 37

June 27 – July 3 Body/Landscape Lake District U.K.
info and flyer: Neil Callaghan neilca@hotmail.com

July 16 -22 Body/Landscape Itxassou Pays Basque
Workshop embedded within the Errobiko Festival combining work in the studio with hikes through the Pyrenees. Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

August 30 – Sept 5 Body/Landscape Workshop Ardennes Belgium
Info and flyer: ozan.aksoyek@gmail.com tel: +32- (0) 495 695 806

Activities Spring Summer Fall 2009

2009-04-07T12:33:00.010+02:00

April 12-16 BW Workshop in Los Angeles
Info and flyer: oguribwl@verizon.net

April 17 lecture and perf Bodies on Words - Words on Bodies. Frank van de Ven & Victoria Looseleaf. Metabolic Studio/Farmlab Los Angeles http://farmlab.org/

April 29 - May 1 Body Weather Workshop Barcelona 3 -day intensive.

Info and flyer: info.lucier@gmail.com

May 4-15 Body Weather Workshop (Intern)
3rd year SNDO (School for New Dance Development) Amsterdam

May - June Something Here that is not There
10- day residency at Artoll Labor Bedburg-Hau Germany http://www.artoll.de/
followed by Performances in Amsterdam and Utrecht
Dir by Katerina Bakatsaki. Invited participants

June 11-17 Body/Landscape Wales, U.K.
info and flyer: Neil Callaghan neilca@hotmail.com guest teacher: Peter Snow
June 18 performance presentation at Living Landscapes Conference at Aberystwyth University, Wales, U.K.
Info and flyer: www.landscape.ac.uk/2009conference.html

July 10 -16 Body/Landscape Itxassou Pays Basque
Workshop embedded within the Errobiko Festival combining work in the studio with hikes through the Pyrenees. Together with OGURI
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

August 24-30 Body/Landscape Haranger Fjord Fykse Norway
1 hour east of Bergen info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

September 13-19 Body/Landscape the Burren Ireland
info and flyer: seamusd62@eircom.net

September 28 - October 2 Body Weather Workshop Provence - South West France
5 -day intensive workshop
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl Tel: +31-(0)20-6842568

October 12 -16 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5 -day intensive workshop
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl Tel: +31-(0)20-6842568

October 17 -18 Body Weather Workshop Brussels
Info and flyer: ozan.aksoyek@gmail.com tel: +32- (0) 495 695 806

Activities 2nd half 2008 / begin 2009

2008-09-06T11:51:00.017+02:00

September 14-20 Body/Landscape Inis Oirr Aran Islands Ireland
info and flyer: seamusd62@eircom.net

October 13 -17 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5 -day intensive.

October 25-26 Body Weather Workshop Paris
2-day workshop exploring Touch and Manipulation with Christine Quoiraud and Frank van de Ven. Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

November December ‘08 January February‘09
Something Here That Is Not There ongoing training / performance project. Training in Amsterdam, for invited participants. Performances, in homes for the elderly, day shelters for drug addicts and homeless, private and semi public spaces in Utrecht. Dir by Katerina Bakatsaki

Activities 1st half 2008

2008-01-17T23:09:00.009+01:00

February 11-17 Something Here that is not There residency Artoll Labor Bedburg-Hau Germany http://www.artoll.de/

February 25-29 Body Weather with Katerina Bakatsaki
a FRAME-workshop for dancers and makers organized by Giulia Mureddu
DANSLAB Den Haag / www.danslab.nl

February – March Something Here that is not There Performances in various old age homes and shelters for homeless in Amsterdam. Dir by Katerina Bakatsaki.

March – April Body Weather at SNDO Amsterdam
8 weeks daily training at School for New Dance Development

March 17-21 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5 -day intensive.

March 31- April 4 Body Weather Workshop Antwerp
Studio ‘t Werkhuys http://www.werkhuys.be
Info and flyer: domimime@hotmail.com

April 18-20 Body Weather Workshop Reykjavik Iceland
Info and flyer: : frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

June 20-26 Body/Landscape Landmannalaugur Iceland
Hiking thru the pearl of Iceland’s interior. Early inscription necessary.
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl or
Solla Bergsteinsdottir info@solla.org

July 11-17 Body/Landscape Itxassou Pays Basque
Workshop embedded within the Errobiko Festival combining work in the studio with hikes through the Pyrenees
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

July 21 – Aug 30 Opera Magic Flute, Revival. Salzburg Festival 2008
Katerina Bakatsaki in charge of choreography, originally by Min Tanaka. Director Pierre Audi Conductor Ricardo Muti

August 18-23 Kuks Spa & Elbe River Valley Czech Republic
Body – Site - Exploration Interdisciplinary workshop with Milos Sejn (Academy of Fine Arts Prague) and Frank van de Ven
Info and flyer: bohemiaerosa@tiscali.cz or frank.bwa@xs4all.nl
work will evolve around the famous baroque sculptures of Matthias Bernard Braun (1684 -1738)

August 22-23 Kuks Theatrum festival
Performances with Gunther Heinz (trombone and electronics) and Milos Sejn

September 6-7 Body Weather Workshop London
Venue to be announced. On Movement and Language.
Info & flyer: Moni Hunt monihunt@uktheatre.net tel: +44-7837819789

Performances Dresden

2007-09-25T11:33:00.000+02:00

October 5 22h30 Festspielhaus Hellerau Dresden

Wittgenstein - eine Collage über das mathematische Denken und Fühlen – Wolfgang Weber words - Ute Wassermann voice - Günter Heinz trombone - Jo Siamon Salich visuals - Andre Bartetzki elektronik - Frank van de Ven dance -
info and flyer: wetware@web.de

2007-05-17T19:24:00.000+02:00

Body/Landscape 12-19 July 2007

Basque Country France

Intensive 8-day dance workshop with Frank van de Ven in the South of France. Headquarters will be in the village of Macaye, situated at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains on the French side of Basque Country. A stunning landscape rich with wild life and a strong local tradition. The river Nive/Errobi flows 20 km towards the ocean. The workshop is embedded within the annual Itxassou Festival of Music and Art.
Body/Landscape: The workshop proposes strategies to confront our bodies with the multiplicity, unpredictability, directness and autonomy of the natural environment. The aim is to explore and develop consciousness of the body itself being an ever evolving landscape within a greater surrounding landscape.

registration and information : + 31 (0)20 68 42 568 / frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

summer / fall Workshop list

2007-04-17T22:38:00.000+02:00

June 9-15 Body/Landscape Workshop Leitrim County Ireland
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

May/ June x3-weekend workshop leading to performance for ‘Het Kabinet Danst’ Amsterdam
Info and flyer: www.hetkabinetdanst.nl Tel: +31 –(0)20 -4205541

July 8-10 Festival FabricaDanse Toulouse
rencontres de Danses Actuelles Frank van de Ven solo ‘Facing Up’
Info and flyer: cn.flammin@libertysurf.fr

July 12-19 Body/Landscape Itxassou Pays Basque
Workshop embedded within the Errobiko Festival combining work in the studio with hikes through the Pyrenees
Info and flyer: frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

August 17-23 Kuks Spa & Elbe River Valley Czech Republic
Body – Site - Exploration Interdisciplinary workshop with Milos Sejn (Academy of Fine Arts Prague) and Frank van de Ven
Info and flyer: bohemiaerosa@tiscali.cz or frank.bwa@xs4all.nl
work will evolve around the famous baroque sculptures of Matthias Bernard Braun (1684 -1738)

October 15 -19 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam
5 -day intensive Body Weather workshop
Info and flyer: kat.bwa@xs4all.nl Tel: +31-(0)20-6842568

Something Here That Is Not There - Performances March 07

2007-02-21T03:12:00.001+01:00

Dance: Joa Hug, Ailed Izurieta, Milou Veling, Ema Nik Thomas
Training and Direction: Katerina Bakatsaki

- Saturday 3 march: 19.00, 20.00 and 21.00hrs
- Sunday 4 march: 14.00, 15.00 and 16.00hrs
3 performances daily in a private house.

- Saturday 10 march: 16:00 and 17:00hrs
- Sunday 11march: 16:00 and 17:00hrs
2 performances daily in a private house.

Something Here That Is Not There is an ongoing training / performance project. It first operated in the Kabinet Danst Festival Amsterdam June 06 and continues since.

Photo above: alex ivanov Dance: ema nik thomas

February 07

2006-12-20T02:26:00.000+01:00

January 20-21 Body Weather Workshop Oslo
Info and flyer: sunhasta@hotmail.com Tel: +(0)47-9220 4954

February 5 21.00h Monday Match Dance & Music Impro Bimhuis
impro lab curated by Michael Moore and Frank van de Ven
http://www.bimhuis.nl

February 10-11 Body Weather Workshop Berlin
Dock 11 Kastanienallee 79 10435 Berlin
www.dock11-berlin.de phone: (004930) 4481222

February 10-11 20.30h Instant Composition Performance Evening
Dock11 Berlin

'Noughts' - Daniel Schorno: music - Frank van de Ven: dance
'Angel Meat' - Kyungsun Baek: dance - Bertram Dhellemmes: music

'February 28 - March 1 & 2 Archa Theatre Prague Solo Performances

www.archatheatre.cz Frank van de Ven directs solo’s for young makers

March 5-9 Body Weather Workshop Amsterdam

Something Here That Is Not There - Performances December 06

2006-11-21T00:26:00.000+01:00

Dance: Joa Hug, Ailed Izurieta, Ema Nik Thomas, Milou Veling
Direction and Training: Katerina Bakatsaki

- Friday, 1 December: 16.40hrs at the entrance gate of ADM, Hornweg 6 Havens-West Amsterdam. Entrance: free

- Saturday, 2 December: 21.00hrs at Overtoom 301, Amsterdam. Entrance: 6 euro
http://www.squat.net/overtoom301/

- Saturday, 9 December : 19.00, 20.00 and 21.00hrs
3 performances in a private living room. Entrance : 5 euros

NewMediaPocketOpera Forum Neues Musiktheater Stuttgart > 28-29 July 2006

2006-07-09T17:00:00.000+02:00

for ISCM World New Music Festival 2006
First performance of NewMediaPocketOpera

garden of dream / folie à deux - a pocket opera by Daniel Schorno

garden of dream / folie à deux
a pocket opera by Daniel Schorno
after the short story `Folie à deux` by Rebecca Brown

Komposition, Video: Daniel Schorno
Regie: Frank van de Ven
Bühnen- und Kostüm-Design, Video: Yoko Seyama
Tanz: Frank van de Ven
Elektronisches Piccolo-Heckelphon: Ernest Rombout
Live-Illustration, Elektronische Objekte: Pascal Boudreault

Stimme , Text: Camille Hesketh
Virtueller Darsteller: George Balcombe
Instrumentenbau: Jorgen Brinkman / STEIM
Produktionsassistenz: Erika Combeé / STEIM
Musikalische und Dramaturgische Beratung: Dirk Haubrich

Body/Landscape in Killarney National Park, Ireland > 10-16 September 2006

2006-05-08T19:18:00.000+02:00

Interdisciplinary Open-Air Workshop exploring the relationship between Body, Art and Landscape led by: Frank van de Ven (Body Weather Amsterdam) and Milos Sejn (Academy of Fine Arts Prague)

Information and registration: tel :+ 31 (0)20 68 42 568 / frank.bwa@xs4all.nl

Body/Landscape in Itxassou > 14-20 July 2006

2006-04-07T00:22:00.000+02:00

Information and inscription : tel :+ 31 (0)20 68 42 568 / frank.bwa@xs4all.nl