Exodus Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
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Exodus Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
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The main program included
The Quiet Volume
, a collaboration of Tim Etchells and British choreographer Ant Hampton; Forced Entertainment's
Tomorrow's Parties
; choreographer duo Sofia Dias and Vítor Roriz's
A Gesture that is Nothing but a Threat
; Matthieu Tercieux's interactive installation
Vous êtes ici... et ailleurs
and numerous other works of note in Europe today.
This time, the feature of the Dance Platform of regional dance programs was Asia. Standing out on this program were works by women artists dealing with the subjects of their gender and identity, including Manila- and Brussels-based Philippine artist Eisa Jocson's pieces
Death of a Pole Dancer
and
Macho Dancer
, Indian choreographer Sujata Goel's
Dancing girl
, and South Korean
dawon
(multimedia) artist Jeong Geumhyung's
Oil Pressure Vibrator
.
Other featured works were
Hands around in Yangon
and
F ‘n' F (Face and Fingers)
by Moe Satt, who is also the founder of Yangon's Beyond Pressure festival;
solid.states
by Arco Renz, who continues to works with Asian dancers; Singapore choreographer Daniel Kok's
Gay Romeo
and Choy Ka Fai's
Notion: Dance Fiction
. From Japan,
Zan Yamashita
presents his piece
It's just me coughing
.
Festival Outline
The Exodus Festival is a performing arts festival held in the spring in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia in Central Europe. The festival was held annually from 1995 and in 2011 it was changed to a biennial schedule. Among the past artistic directors have been Jan Fabre and Dave St-Pierre, and for the 2013 holding the artistic director was Forced Entertainment's Tim Etchells. The festival is organized by the Exodus Institute. The main venues are one of Slovenia's largest arts facilities, Cankarjev dom and others.
Festival Outline
The Exodus Festival is a performing arts festival held in the spring in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia in Central Europe. The festival was held annually from 1995 and in 2011 it was changed to a biennial schedule. Among the past artistic directors have been Jan Fabre and Dave St-Pierre, and for the 2013 holding the artistic director was Forced Entertainment's Tim Etchells. The festival is organized by the Exodus Institute. The main venues are one of Slovenia's largest arts facilities, Cankarjev dom and others.
festival name : | Exodus Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts |
country : | Slovenia |
city : | Ljubljana |
venue : | ##theater_e## |
period : | 2013.4.14 -> 2013.4.25 |
URL : | http://www.exodos.si/ |