bipod 2015

Duration: 45 minutes

The performance in Beirut is supported by Instituto Cervantes | The Spanish Embassy in Beirut | INAEM

About the artist

Julien MAIRE, 1969 is a new media artist currently resides and works in Brussels . In his artworks and performances, Julien Maire systematically re-invents the technology of visual media. His research is a manifest hybrid between media-archeology and the production of new media constellations. His Performance "Demi-pas" receive an Honorary mention in Ars electronica in 2004 , His performance, "Digit" and the installation "Exploding Camera" receive both an Honorary mention in Ars Electronica 07,  "Exploding Camera" also receive the award of New Media Art from the Fondation Liedts-Meesen in 2008. His work was finalist for the "World Technology Award" in New York in 2009.

About the exhibition

Julien's stereolithographic projector is  a conceptual game around 3d cinema, this old myth recently arrived in theaters and TV consumer technologies. He proposes his 3d cinema which generates a unique quality of image with a real depth of field. The projector uses a 3d printed film designed by the artist and shows an endless animation of a man digging in the ground accumulating the earth on a heap: substracting and adding, as in new and old fabrication technologies.

Through expanding & contracting pieces, and stereolithographic projections, Julien Maire's installations indirectly address new technologies, media archaeology and manipulate fiction.

13th - 14th of April 2015 | Chouf, Lebanon
within BIPOD- Beirut International Platform of Dance 

With the support of Maqamat Beit El-Raqs, British Council and prohelvetia
In collaboration with Institut Francais Deir El-Qamar & Baakline National Library
 


LEYMOUN is a platform to showcase the work of talented young Arab artists in order to make their work visible for international presenters and dance producers. The success of the three previous editions has been well recognized and many young artists had been able to establish themselves and make use of the opportunity they have been granted. LEYMOUN's success in the three previous years has proved to create a continuously renewed level of understanding and approach that allowed more visibility, collaboration, networking and exchange between artists amongst themselves and international dance presenters. It has also established a ground for new conceptual and thematic approaches by opening discussions towards creating a new theoretical condition for the understanding of dance and the body within our cultural and social environment.

For this next edition, around 10 talented emerging dancers/ choreographers coming from different Arab countries will present and talk about their work, show their technical skills in a presentation that would be the result of a 3 days workshop, be part of round tables that will highlight on their present situation, needs and visions. 

DANCERS /CHOREOGRAPHERS

AMAL KHATIB (PALESTINE) 

CHANTAL RABAY ( LEBANON) 

FOUAD NAFILI (MOROCCO) 

HABIB RAHME (LEBANON)

KAMAL AADISSA (MOROCCO) 

JADD TANK ( LEBANON) 

PIERRE GEAGEA ( LEBANON)

SHARAF DAR ZAID ( PALESTINE)

About MOULTAQA LEYMOUN

Leymoun- Arab Dance Platform was first created in BIPOD 2009 BIPOD initiated a very strong concept that aimed at establishing an Arab Contemporary Dance Platform and Network. Choreographers from all the Arab countries participated to present their work, attend lectures, workshops, and most importantly various meetings that discussed future collaborations, exchange and networking between them.

International guests and artists from all over the World took part in witnessing the beginning of this Platform and found interest in collaborating with many artists. This project was an exceptional opportunity for artists to meet and exchange ideas about dance and cultural issues related to ‘the body’ and ‘movement.’ It was directed towards enriching, widening, and making visible the creative and conceptual potential of Lebanese and Arab performers and ‘makers’. LEYMOUN presented a space to discuss contemporary concepts and dance development. It was a huge step closer towards creating a new definition and a stronger movement of dance in Arab Countries.  

The three editions of the platform in 2009, 2011 and 2013 were a great success with the participation of more than three hundred artists, international presenters, festival directors, critics, and dance professionals.

The outcome of the three platforms was beyond expectations. Artists were invited to present their work internationally, to participate in residencies, to collaborate with other choreographers, and to be co-produced by international festivals and venues. 

From to 11 to 1pm

Trained in the classical Indian dance styles of Kathak and Bharatanatyam in India and the UK, Aakash Odedra has a unique movement vocabulary combining an array of dance styles. Aakash is an experienced tutor, and has been delivering dance workshops for over 8 years. He offers challenging material and task based exercises while relating inspiring personal stories of his own journey through dance.

Rich in history, this centuries old form comes from the word ’Katha’ which means story. Kathak technique is characterized by graceful hand movements, virtuosic turns and precise footwork. Workshops for beginner adults may on occasions include Kathak compositions which fit into specific rhythmic time-cycles.

Aakash’s workshop will draw on his background in the classical Indian dance disciplines while remaining intrinsically contemporary in style.

Limited places
Price: 70$
Registration required in advance
71 61 66 24

Organizers  
Maqamat Dance Theatre
Leymoun