The 7th edition of In-presentable festival starts today (17/06), in Madrid, with new features: Juan Dominguez, director of the festival, invited 14 artists, who were part of the 6 months 1 location/ex.e.r.ce.08 project, to share the curatorship and the organization of the event. Among them are Brazilian artists Neto Machado and Thiago Granato. 6M1L took place between July and December 2008, at the
Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier, in France.
During the 12 days of In-presentable 09, Casa Escendida receives works from about 30 national and international artists, who discuss issues related to body and dance. In this edition, six shows and other experiments will be presented, proposing a reinvention of the meanings of interpreting, dancing and creating choreographies. The program will last whole days, starting with workshops in the morning, works in progress in the afternoon and shows in the evening.
The festival will open with Documancipation#1, by Gérald Kurdian, at 18h30, and It’s in the air, by Mette Ingvartsen and Jefta van Dinther, at 22h. All of them were part of the 6M1L/ex.e.r.ce.08 project. Thiago Granato presents We are not superficial, we love penetration on June 26, at 18h30, and Neto Machado presents Infiltrations (foto abaixo) on June 28, at, at 18h30 and at 19h30.
Infiltrations / Foto divulgação
Also within the program, the workshop Crítica activa, with Isabel de Naverán and Bojana Cjevic will be held. Starting with the question ‘what is the meaning of criticism today?’, they will propose debates and explore new work forms through interviews with artists, text production, debate moderation etc. The meeting will take place every day in the morning.
In-presentable 09 will go on until June 28. Click here to see the festival’s complete program.
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