Callout for East Midlands-based Dancers / Movers

Image by Philippe Gerlach, Bless This Place (2018), performance by Aaron Ratajczyk.

As part of the Re-Framing Dance, curator/producer Nora-Swantje Almes and choreographer/artist Aaron Ratajczyk are looking for dancers/movers based in the East Midlands for a paid workshop. Higher dance education is not essential, but strong physicality is desired.

WHEN - 7 and 8 July, 4 hours per day
PAYMENT - £200 per performer 
WHERE - Dance4 Nottingham

The movement exploration will include techno-somatic and rhythmic environments, resonance, polyphonic and fragmentary presences. Nora’s residency explores how can galleries and arts organisations accommodate bodies and what can we learn from queer club culture to create safe spaces of experimentation.

Please send a brief informal expression of interest (with links to previous projects if applicable) or any questions to nora.almes@gmail.com by the Sunday 27 June or earlier if possible.

Nora-Swantje Almes is a German curator, producer and writer, currently based in Glasgow. Her research explores topics of intersectionality, queerness and gatherings as a performative format for platforming a multiplicity of voices.

Nora-Swantje is working with Dance4 and Primary to undertake a three-week residency, where she will develop skills in producing new work as part of Re-Framing Dance. This project considers in what ways independent producers can be supported to enhance the current presentation of dance in the gallery.