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Dear friends / Queridos Amigos
(mais informação em Portuguese em baixo)
Hope you are healthy and well
as the world continues to go bananas
On the 29th of May 2021 an event that changed my life forever has occurred.
My dear father Dani Karavan, a wonderful man, father, international artist and peace fighter has left his 'Vessel' and began his travel to a place we can no longer perceive.
I still feel his presence in every moment of my life, but his physical being so full of passion and energy, love, creation, inspiration and purpose, is no longer here to be hugged.
My father was already 90 years of age when leaving us, and has managed to fulfilled most of his dreams.
A man that knew how to bite into life's potential and make the most of it.
I luckily managed to be there, near him, and spend the last night at his side. Some say he waited for me and I feel so grateful for his love and that even in his last drops of energy he made the effort to show us how much he cared.
May his body rest in peace and may his soul continue to transform our world into a better place.
Find bellow info about him and about our imminent premiere of Pela nossa Pele (Our Skin), a Dance film, installation with audience participation/ workshop / performance on themes of climate change in collaboration with Rita Vilhena, Francisca Manuel and more, dedicated to my fathers' life and art.
The show must go on, and life must go on with it side by side, even more so now, with the aim to continue my fathers' path and mission.
Hope to hug you soon...
xxYael
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Photo by Carlota Lagido
Pela Nossa Pele
Dance-Filme Performance
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Workshop com a Comunidade
25, 25, 27 Junho
no Auditorio Jose Afonso / Setubal
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2/3/4 Julho em Castanheira de pera
Inscrições: particulaextravagante@gmail.com
+ Informações contactar Joana Cordeiro: 916102849
A pandemia fez-nos pensar na necessidade, enquanto sociedade global, de olharmos para a nossa relação com o planeta Terra. A ciência diz-nos que, se não tomarmos medidas ativas para alterar a nossa relação com o planeta, haverá inundações, crises de refugiados, incêndios e pandemia. Acreditamos que a actual pandemia pode ser um apelo a que atuemos. Pela nossa Pele é um projeto que visa refletir sobre o lugar onde vivemos e lembrar que somos natureza.
Pela Nossa Pele é um vídeo arte-dança criado por Yael Karavan e Rita Vilhena, realizado em colaboração com a realizadora Francisca Manuel, as performers Joana Castro, Thamiris Carvalho e Jim Clark, design de figurinos da Carlota Lagido. Filmado na natureza selvagem do Coentral Grande, em Castanheira de Pêra, o objeto artístico é composto por imagens captadas com lentes micro e macro da pele das árvores, as veias dos rios e o corpo das bailarinas, contrariando a separação existente na sociedade urbana. Um filme que observa e questiona como nos influenciamos uns aos outros: Corpo-Terra, Terra-Corpo.
Neste processo o filme explora a transformação do corpo feminino a fundir-se com a paisagem rural. As fronteiras da performance dos corpos das mulheres e da paisagem desaparecem, evidenciando a continuidade do “estar vivo”.
WORKSHOP + PERFORMANCE
Rita Vilhena e Yael Karavan dirigem a comunidade local numa ação performativa com a intenção de sensibilizar e motivar o pensamento crítico dos participantes sobre o tema em questão. A apresentação de Pela Nossa Pele é acompanhada de uma performance que resulta de uma oficina com a comunidade. A oficina culmina numa ação performativa com apresentação pública.
Este projecto insere-se no universo da arte pública, com a intenção de abranger pessoas independentemente do seu meio financeiro, classe ou inclinação artística. Pretendemos trazer de volta a natureza para diferentes espaços urbanos, onde outrora existiu e assim lembrar-nos que não somos independentes dela. Queremos devolver a presença da natureza silvestre, à cidade.
Residências: Estúdios Victor Córdon e Re-Union com Rumo do Fumo
Projecto apoiado pela República Portuguesa - Cultura/ DGArtes - Direcção Geral das Artes e Câmara Municipal de Castanheira de Pera
Watch teaser HERE
More info HERE
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Pela Nossa Pele
Film sharing (with no performance)
at Antecamera Gallery, Anjos, Lisboa.
1st - 15th July
Photo by Josefa Searle
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Oficina de Butoh em Faro
5 - 10 de Julho 17h-20h
no Teatro das Figuras, Faro.
Butoh é uma dança de vanguarda, uma filosofia e um método que foi criado no Japão, no final dos anos 50, por Tatsumi Hijikata e Kazuo Ohno. Não se trata de uma técnica, mas de um método e uma abordagem da dança que nasce dentro de nós e nos conecta a nossa essência, natureza, universo e aos ciclos da vida e da morte.
Yael Karavan tem mais de 20 anos de experiência, durante os quais teve a oportunidade de trabalhar com os fundadores do Butoh no Japão: Kazuo Ohno e Motofuji San - esposa de Tatsumi Hijikata - bem como com Tadashi Endo, Yumiko Yoshioka, Sankai Juku, Atsushi Takenuchi, Minako Seki, Akira Kasai, Natsu Nakajuma entre outros.
Os principais elementos que serão trabalhados na oficina são: metamorfose, presença, contraste, expansão da dança através de imagens (Buoth- Fu) e tensão entre opostos.
O objetivo é libertar o corpo “domesticado” do conjunto de gestos e movimentos preconcebidos permitindo o acesso à profunda e autêntica essência do movimento.
Inscrições e informações: assproducao@teatrodasfiguras.pt
Mais informação AQUI
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Dani Karavan
07/12/30 - 29/05/21
It is not always easy to be born to a famous artists. For years I had to prove to myself that my art is thanks to myself and not because I am the daughter of! But with time I definitely understood that it was thanks to this great man that I have had such an inspiring life so far!
My father was an incredible artist and a fighter for peace and human rights around the world. His work is political and uncompromising always in relation to nature and the human scale, fighting for justice.
I have learnt so much thanks to him and he always taught us that beyond art what's most important is to be a good, honest and generous human being!
When I was a child he would encourage me to play on his environmental sculptures and later I created performances on his monumental breathtaking works in Japan, Germany and Spain.
If you are curious to know more here is a link to an article in the Guardian about his life and work.
on Here is a link to a Louis Vuitton Fashion show on one of his biggest works north to Paris- L'axe Majeure
To mark 30 days since his departure there will be a special film screening of the documentary Dani Karavan this coming Saturday in Tel- Aviv Lev Cinemas for last remaining tickets press HERE
Detail from Moru Art Park by Dani Karavan in Japan
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Empathic Action / Art for the planet
We have recently launched our new website and are still open for your contributions/ work submissions.
Created in collaboration with Vincent Ordonenz
PRESS HERE TO SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES!
Dear friends of the world, in the face of the current state of our world we feel the need to break the silence and take action for our planet. Waiting for authorities to take act upon these urgent matters is a waste of time and we need to unite in the face of this crises in order to imagine a better future. Protecting our environment and ourselves is of most importance and must be done now before it’s too late. As part of this wondrous nature we must have more empathy and collaborate. We invite you to join our Empathic Action towards our one and only Home- Planet Earth, by adding in your Art and Heart. Please email us to if you'd like to be part of our project and add your work to it.
artfortheplanet.action@gmail.com
LINK TO MANIFESTO
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CAN ART SAVE OUR PLANET ?
Photo by Josefa Searle taken from the show MA-MA
I have already announced the relaunch of the Total Theatre Magazine website
And I would like to deeply recommend it to you all! especially people with interest in the performing arts. When I moved to the UK in 1996 I studied at Ecole Phillipe Gaulier and used to wait with anticipation every 3 months for the Magazine to come out in a book shop around the corner from the school in Camden. Last Autumn I participated in the Total Theatre Artists as Writers 2020 programme, It was such a rewarding experience and I am so proud to share my 1st published article here entitled - Can Art Save our Planet?
Please like and share and all that sort of stuff, to help us spread the word @TotalTheatreMag
You can also find other article from the Artists as Writers course they are all extremely worth wile on the site....
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