27.10 | Initial Boost
Initial Boost 15’00, Bulgaria, 2021 Director: Stanislav Rumenov Genadiev, Assistant Choreographer: Violeta Vitanova, Performers: Violeta Vitanova, Elena Kitova, Costumes: Stanislav Genadiev, Ralitsa Toneva, Psychologist consultant: Stanislava Simeonova, Cameraman, photographer: Marin Kafedzhiyski, Video processing, editing: Vladislav Iliev, Producer: “Areality” association" “Initial Boost”…
27.10 | peri
peri 03’43, Japan, 2021 Director and performer: Yuuki Takita, Camera: Kei T.; Music: otonagi; Special Adviser: Kei T., Choreographer: Yuuki The fusion of traditional Japanese performing arts "Kamigatamai" and outer space was expressed in the form of dance film. Yuuki is an artist of traditional Japanese Kamigata dance, which expresses the minimum motion in the world. Yuuki combines…
27.10 | SILO
SILO 05’00, France, 2022 Director: Jérémie Bouillon, Cast: Aurore Mettray, Anna Beghelli, Maé Nayrolles, Adrien Lichnewsky, Chiara Corbetta, Maureen Mouttou, Maxime Joret, Sarah Adjou, Choreographer: Sarah Adjou; Music: Sebastien Brun; Writer: Sarah Adjou, Jérémie Bouillon A chiaroscuro reveals creatures discovering their environment with instinctive gestures. Warned by metallic echoes,…
27.10 | It's not just a disco under the coconut trees. It's an initiation
It's not just a disco under the coconut trees. It's an initiation 04’27, Greece, 2021 Director and choreography: Anastasia Diga, Performers: Anastasia Diga, Alkisti Pogosian, Mata Afentouli, Camera: Roman Filiev, Edit: Anastasia Diga, Color correction: Roman Filiev, Music: Andreas Lemis, Make up: Marina Diga “When shall I dance once more with bare feet the all-night dances, tossing my head…
27.10 | Herbarium
Herbarium 13’00, Poland, 2021 Director: Iwona Pasińska, Cast: Evelyn Blue, Kacper Bożek, Julia Hałka, Paulina Jaksim, Patryk Jarczok, Jerzy Kaźmierczak, Zbigniew Kocięba, Katarzyna Kulmińska, Dominik Kupka, Daniel Michna, JinWoo Namkung, Pau Perez-Pique, Katarzyna Rzetelska, Zofia Tomczyk, Sandra Szatan, Amily Wong-Andryańczyk, Music: Edward Grieg; Set design and costumes: Andrzej Grabowski;…
27.10 | When the Night Falls
When the Night Falls 10’00, Finland, 2021 Director: Kimmo Leed, Director of Photography: Jarkko T. Laine F.S.C., Choreography: Dance Company Gruppen Fyra, Editor: Otto Heikola, Composer: Mari Sainio, Sound Designer: Otto Heikola, Mikko Heino, Sound Mixer: Mikko Heino, Colorist: Jussi Myllyniemi, Makeup and Costume Designer: Kaisu Hölttä, Graphic Designer: Valtteri Munkki What is it like to…
05.11 | 17:00 | Hale 3 | The World After | presentation of the residency
The World After 05 November 17:00, Hale 3, Hristo Botev blvd. 3, Varna, Bulgaria Result from the creative residency between Vassilia Drebova and Neno Belchev within the frame of the Moving Body festival Today, one step ahead of each of us is our digital representation (our digital alter-ego). We often forget that it is the one that communicates with the digital reproductions of others in…
05.11 | 11:30 | The Bookstore | CIRCADIAN publishing house presentation
Introducing the Berlin-based independent publishing house CIRCADIAN 05 November 2022, 11:30, The Bookstore, Preslav 12 str. In a pleasant atmosphere with coffee, tea, and light breakfast we will meet Diego Aguillo who will introduce us to the unique books of the independent publishing house CIRCADIAN. You'll be able to hear, browse, ask your questions and buy print creations which aim to…
04.11 | 22:00 | Cymatic | Festival Party
Festival Party Moving Body 04 November 2022, 22:00, club Cymatic What's a festival without a party? Come dance and celebrate together Line - Up: ZEITMASCHINE (Tinnitus) Plamen Prodanov, going by the name Vagus, Pro Therapy (he's probably settled on Zeitmaschine by now), is one of those who remember what used to occur at Club Comics by heart. listen here XDEX xDEx, or Viktor…
06.11 | 19:30 | Otec Paisii | IN C
IN C Dance performance 06 November 2022, 19:30, stage Chitalishte "Otec Paisii", Bratja Bakston str. 12A, Varna, Bulgaria Duration: 47 minutes Concept and choreography: Sasha Waltz, Berlin, Music: Terry Riley, Costumes: Martina Varijska, Photography: Cahaya Eleven, Produced by RCCI Topocentrala in cooperation with, and the financial support of Goethe-Institut Bulgaria, Cast: Ana Petkova, Vasilia…
05.11 | 19:30 | City Art Gallery | THE SOFT ACT OF KILLING
THE SOFT ACT OF KILLING Performance 05 November 2022, 19:30, City Art Gallery Varna, Lyuben Karavelov 1 str., Varna Bulgaria Duration: 60 min. Trailer Solo performance by Agata Siniarska, Mentors: Litó Walkey, Sophia New, Inside/outside eyes: Ania Nowak, Mateusz Szymanówka, Lights: Diego Agulló, Special thanks to: Eva Meyer-Keller, Julia Rodriguez, Sonia Fernandez Pan, Christian Hackenberger,…
04.11 | 19:30 | City Art Gallery | In search for the oracle's body
In search for the oracle’s body participatory event 04 November 2022, 19:30, City Art Gallery Varna, Lyuben Karavelov 1 str., Varna Bulgaria Duration: 120 min. In search for the oracle’s body is the result of a project-laboratory by Maryna Makarenko and Diego Agulló led in the frame of Moving Body festival. Devil, devil, this is yours, give mine back! Ukrainian magic spell poetry…
29-30.11 | The Center | Workshop by People Doing Moves | Open Call
29 – 30 October , 11:00-15:00, The Center Street Dance School Shipka 4 str., Varna, Bulgaria Workshop by People Doing Moves DEADLINE TO APPLY: 22 October 2022 WAYS TO APPLY: Simply fill out this application form and we will be in touch: GOOGLE FORM Maximum number of participants: 30 Participation fee: 10 BGN Pay attention to a single movement Pay attention to personality With your…
31.10 - 04.11 | The Center | In search for the oracle's body | Open call
In search for the oracle's body | Open call Project-laboratory led by Maryna Makarenko & Diego Agulló Full duration: 31.10 - 04.11 Schedule: 31.10 - 03.11 Everyday practices between 12:00-16:30h. 04.11 Preparation between 15:00-19:00. Participatory event at 19:30h. Location: Varna, Bulgaria (The Center & City Art Gallery) ___ MOVING BODY FESTIVAL #7 invites you to spend 5 days…
The pitfalls of identity
Identity has become a dividing line in contemporary political discourse and an important element in geopolitical doctrines on both sides of a new ideological conflict. The human body is at the center of this conflict. At least according to the PM of Hungary, famous for coining the term “illiberal democracy” and for closing universities, whose recent speech outlined “race” and “gender” as threats…
What the body doesn’t know it knows
Drawing from Asian-Pacific heritage, mythology and religion, the dance movie TAIAO unfolds in a flat dramaturgy with a female body taking central stage in a series of black-and-white vignettes. This is Xiao Ke, a cult figure of the Shanghai underground scene, a performer and a maker, former collaborator of Zhang Xian, the grandfather of Chinese independent theatre. With her shaved head and…
Black bodies under a white gaze
Structured in three dance chapters, intercepted by a documentary style confessional monologue, Making Men is about (the crisis of) masculinity. Four black men from the Brussels-based company Dunia dance theater move in tune with the fluid life-like camera of Belgian director Antoine Panier. The film starts with a personal account of a man’s reasons to choose dance as a career – “the least…
Maya Wuytack’s Beyond the Body: A Visual Exercise in Corporeal Mythmaking
As someone whose most aesthetically impressionable age coincided with the early 00s, I was schooled in the poeticality of close-up images of the human body through the MTV channel. Two instances of these early encounters with the body-as-art immediately come to mind: Björk’s “Hidden Place” and D’Angelo’s “Untitled (How Does It Feel).” In the former, the camera zooms in on Björk’s makeup-free…