Provisional Cairo Seminar schedule update
3, 4, 5, 6 January Monday to Thursday
11:00-18:00 workshop with Canadian choreographer Benoît Lachambre
with: Artists from AMCh Program, and HADS Program
Studio Emad Eddin
18 Emad Eddin Street, Downtown, Cairo.
Skype link with Amsterdam Theatre School, with artist Branka Zgonianin and invited guests from Dasarts Program, Artez Program
Blog exchanges from experience of the workshop, the connections with Cairo-based artists and extensions from Brussels Seminars theme of Hospitality of “La Zone” Program
5 January
Evening event: Zar Performance
Time: 9pm
At: MAKAN: 1 Saad Zaghloul Street/ Mounira, Cairo.
6 January
Arrival Jeroen Fabius, and Susan Rethorst: Attending the last day of the workshop of Benoit Lachambre with the international group of artists
7 January Friday
Free day: COPTIC CHRISTMAS/ EGYPTIAN WEEKEND
8 January Saturday
11:00- 13.00 reading discussions exploring the reader developed with dramaturge Ismail Fayed
First text: “Veils” – Cixous
Second text: “Orientalism”- Said
Readings guided and moderated by Sher Doruff
Skype connection with Branka Zgonjanin
Blog discussion in relation to readings in Cairo
Lunch break
19:00- 21:30 update session Branka Zgonjanin – with invited guests in Amsterdam, and in the presence of the local group in Cairo
Online Conference at Amsterdam time 18.00
9 January Sunday
11:00- 13.00 update session Adham Hafez
(For all update sessions skype connections with Amsterdam)
10 January Monday
11:00-13:30 update session Pere Faura
Lunch Break
14.30-17.00 update session with Diego Gil
11 January Tuesday
11:00-13:30 update session Gilad Zloto Ben Ari
Lunch Break
14.30-17.00 update session Begüm Erciyas
Evening: Attending: MINIATURES Project second piece in Cairo
”Les Fleurs de Jardin”- by French Choreographer Marie Al Fajr
Presentation by: Adham Hafez and Ismail Fayed
Venue: Rawabet Theatre
Time: 8pm
Later: Party at Adham’s place
12 January Wednesday
Departure: Susan Rethorst and Sher Doruff
Evening: Zar Performance (optional)
Or: Alexandria visit for others
Visit to Alexandria, the Alexandria Opera House, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Greek/Roman Alexandria, ACAF Centre and attending the new Opera production of Mozart’s “Magic Flute”
Collect and share documentation on blog
B.Zgonianin public interview in 4.06 with invited guest
13 January
Reception: 2BContinued Festival
Attending / reporting first two performances
14 January Friday
MORNING OFF/ WEEKEND
Evening: Attending/ reporting second two performances
15 January Saturday
Panel/ Public discussion inviting the AMCh artists/mentors and some of HADS participants, to interview publicly and engage in a discussion with the makers of the previously presented four performances, within the 2BContinued festival
Reports of performances of previous night on blog
Branka public event in 4.06
16 January Sunday
Reports of performances of previous night on blog
Branka public event in 4.06
17 January Monday
Premiere of PsychOpera in festival – closure of festival
18 January Wednesday
PsychOpera Continues
19 January Thursday
Adham’s open studio 8/28 on past works with collaborators, discussing previous questions and future questions that are developing within the current research at AMCh and how it feeds into what comes next
Still present: Pere, Begüm – others?
Present: Claudine Dussolier, Blandine Delcroix, …
Later in January Skype session on production planning for final presentations second years with Velvet and Dave and Jeroen – date (provisional) 30, 31 May in Frascati 2 and Beeldmedia Studio
Program invites: Dr. Nihad Saliha at a certain point within the events/ workshops
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