As we are falling into 2010 there is no better time for you to check out the Critical Path website for the 2010 program details.  In particular a few fantastic programs which are taking place early in the year or for which you need to apply for early in the year. So please check the Critical Path website!
www.criticalpath.org.au





       

Critical Path’s first Master class is with Vancouver-based Crystal Pite who is Associate Dance Artist at the Canadian National Arts Centre and Associate Choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater.  She is being brought out to Australia by the Sydney Festival 2010 which will be presenting her haunting piece, Dark Matters.

Crystal Pite is an extraordinary dancer and a supremely inventive choreographer whose distinct style fuses classical elements, the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation, and a strong theatrical sensibility. In partnership with the City of Sydney, Critical Path will be offering places to choreographers  to participate in a master class with this influential choreographer.

Secondly, a great opportunity Critical Path has partnered with Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson and Atelier associate, Rosalind Crisp/Omeo Dance, to facilitate a 6 week research residency for an Australian based choreographer. In the following year, 2011, the second part of the exchange will occur, with Rosalind Crisp returning to Critical Path to bring French and Australian artists together in a residency and conduct a laboratory with local choreographers.

Initiating new creative directions this choreographic exchange is a self directed residency with the support of Anne Sauvage-Paoli Secrétaire Générale /Managing Director Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson. Anne Sauvage will offer a place in the  Meredith Monk workshop June (8-12). Rosalind Crisp has offered a mentorship / artist exchange, however the nature of the relationship is open, with the nuances of the exchange to be developed once the artist is selected. The successful applicant will receive $6,000 which is intended to cover their travel, living allowance and accommodation. The exchange will be offered though an application process with peer assessment. Applications must be post dated February 1 (national)

Another national opportunity is Dance Dialogues with Singaporean dramaturg-curator Tang Fu Kuen who will mentor eight choreographers through a ‘Dance-Dialogue’ process in which biography, praxis and critique are pitched to form documents of artistic encounters.

 
Bridging conversations between traditional and contemporary dance, Fu Kuen’s dialogue couplings have resulted in works such as the critically acclaimed 'Pichet Klunchun and Myself", a dialogue between French conceptual choreographer Jerome Bel and Thai classical dancer Pichet Klunchun. Fu Kuen will also give public talks on dance dramaturgy and criticism.

Margi Medlin