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Dance Forum Pointe to Point
Pointe to Point, as one of the Asia-Europe Foundation's (ASEF) Young Artist Exchange initiative, aims to empower aspiring young artists from Asia and Europe to present their views in the contemporary society through their individual artistic expressions. Pointe to Point is commited to provide young people process-oriented platform for creative exchange process and dialogue through dance. The thinking behind the programme branding Pointe to Point, the Asia-Europe Dance Forum, is to emphasise the significance of dance as a medium of communication that reflects the constantly changing society. Thus, in the process, raising and articulating issues to encourage cultural dialogue and exchange. New inspirations and discoveries between two artistic disciplines: dance and visual are the focal point of this exchange. Divided into two phases, the initial stage was a meeting between prominent and accomplished visual artists and young choreographers. The visits to studios of Anne Rochette (France), Ibrahim Hussein (Malaysia), Benedicto "Bencab" Cabrera (Philippines) and Jose de Guimaraes (Portugal), by young choreographers: Bruno Pradet (France), Chiyo Ogino (Japan), Alden Lugnasin (Philippines) and Paulina Wycichowska (Poland), which took place in Lisbon, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Baguio City and Paris between July-September 2006, witnessed not only the exchange of ideas in the respective artistic practices but also the meeting of cultures and generations.
For the second phase, a new layer to this exchange unfold with the involvement of the twenty contemporary dancers from Asia and Europe during the 8-day workshop scheduled on 24 November-2 December 2006 in Warsaw, Poland. The personal knowledge and expertise that each of the participants brings to Poland and opt to share with his/her fellow dancers and artists provides greater potential to enrich capacities for creative exploration. Over this period, the choreographers' experience during the studio visit is beeing shared with the group of dancers in the creation and recreation of artistic work in dance and visual arts. Simon Dove (The Netherlands/UK) provides mentorship for this group of young artists as this year's Pointe to Point Artistic Director, together with ASEF's Vanini Belarmino who developed the curatorial content for this project. With collaborators coming from different countries: originating from Belgium, Cambodia, China, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore and Thailand, the diverse background allow ample room for discoveries and enable each one to take fresh experiences to share with your fellow artists back home. The Asia-Europe Foundation partnered with the Cinema Art Foundation, Egurolla Dance Studio and Fabryka Trzciny to realise this project. It received generous support from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines). |
