Create/Change – A workshop on creative industries and social entrepreneurship
Linda Birkedal. Photo: Molitrix Scenekunst
On 12 July, a workshop entitled “Create/Change” will take place
at Kinitiras Studio in Athens with the participation of Norwegian dancer
and choreographer Linda Birkedal.
The workshop is a part of the 5th
International Kinitiras Choreography Lab and will focus on creative
industries and social entrepreneurship. It is arranged in collaboration
with the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC)
and is a part of EUNIC’s project “Arts for Social Development”. Artists
NGOs, educators and policy makers who wish to attend the workshop are
encouraged to read more about it and sign up here before Friday 11 July. See also the programme and the invitation below and attached on the right column.This year dancer, producer and choreographer Linda Birkedal has been invited from Norway to share her experience from working with Molitrix Scenekunst based in Stavanger, Norway. After graduating from the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London in 1995, she has worked on a number of different projects in Norway and abroad, both as a dancer and as a choreographer.
Birkedal will also hold her own workshop “Between threads” 10 and 11 July. In between relates to what is between, not on the edge or on the border, but between. It also relates to what is not yet finished, what is on the way, and in process.
5th International Kinitiras Choreography Lab, 1 to 25 July 2014For close to a month this July, Greek and international dancers meet up at the yearly event the International Kinitiras Choreography Lab to share their experiences and upcoming projects. The Lab creates a welcome space for artists to develop their talents both personally and professionally.
The purpose of the yearly Kinitiras Choreography Lab is to “promote new artistic development through providing access to long-life education of the participant artists in order to reevaluate the contribution that dance makes to our contemporary society given current economic and social challenges.”
A number of international artists have been invited and with this the Lab manages not only to link dance practitioners in Greece with the international dance sector, but also to create and sustain an international community that encourages artists to collaborate on projects across the world.
The International Kinitiras Choreography Lab is supported by the Norwegian Embassy and the Norwegian Institute at Athens. The workshop on 12 July is a collaboration between Kinitiras Studios and the following EUNIC members in Athens: The Austrian Embassy, the British Council, the Hellenic Institute of Culture, the House of Cyprus, the Norwegian Embassy, the Norwegian Institute at Athens and the Swedish Institute.
