In partnership with UArts Philadelphia (USA)
For the fifth time since 2018, ICI—CCN is hosting the Summer School of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia (UArts - MFA in Dance) in cooperation with the master's exerce programme. This program will bring together a community of 50 student-artists and teachers from 19 June to 31 July 2023.
→ More info on the degree course: https://www.uarts.edu/academics/graduate/dance-mfa
6th study cycle
A symposium open to the public - entitled Critical Bodies: borders|ACCESS|care - is also being organised at ICI—CCN from 10 to 13 July 2023. This symposium, programmed by Thomas F. Defrantz and Isabelle Ginot, will bring together prestigious artists and researchers for lectures, discussions and workshops.
Critical Bodies: borders|ACCESS|care
A shift in paradigm is currently in process, according to Paul B. Preciado, towards a non-binary epistemology. An epistemology where oppositions that structure hierarchies of values in post-industrial societies – body vs. mind, masculine vs feminine, productive vs unproductive, abled vs disabled - are challenged by global movements of resistance. Trans-bodies, subaltern bodies, migrant bodies …
What are body experiences of being in transition? Re-alignments in age, gender, expressions of sexuality? What are practices of training and un-training?
Geopolitical borders are crucial in our world, and stand as strict material and political limits that many bodies transgress for survival. Other borders, although less material, shape our lives and actions. Aesthetic borders and formations of art. Social differences. City neighborhoods. Academic disciplines. Conceptual categories. A nagging sense of belonging or not being part of... Feeling conformity or feeling strange. Our moves continuously shape and extend the limits of borders, shaping and un-shaping them, twisting their lines, blurring form.
Access, Care; Learning, Study. What do we need to access shared spaces of learning and
un-knowing? Crafting common spaces through discourse and listening, moving and
un-moving. Orienting towards difference; a discourse of criticality and care. Political
renderings of need and desire made manifest through interaction and change. How do we
constitute a commons that cares towards our variety?
During this symposium, we will explore what practices of dance and art, activist actions or
researches are supporting, embodying, or resisting aspects of this paradigm.
Thomas F. DeFrantz & Isabel Ginot
Symposium 2023 programme:
Monday July 10
.12:30-2pm: [Introductions and Grounding Gestures]: Isabelle GINOT and Thomas F. DEFRANTZ
Performance Intervention: Yve Laris Cohen
.2pm-4pm: [Establishing Conditions for Study]: Anne Kezerho, Donna Faye Burchfield, Isabelle Launay, Thomas F. DeFrantz and Isabelle Ginot
Tuesday July 11
.10-12pm: Arkadi Zaides and Isabelle Launay
. 2-4pm: Discussion with Thomas F. Defrantz, Isabelle Ginot, Isabelle Launay and Arkadi Zaides
Wednesday July 12
.10-12pm: Nicolas Bourriaud and Barak Adé Soleil
.2-4pm: Discussion with Thomas F. Defrantz, Barak Adé Soleil, Nicolas Bourriaud and Isabelle Ginot
Thursday July 13
. 10-12pm: Myriam Suchet and Josep Rafanell
. 2-4 pm: Discussion with Isabelle Ginot, Myriam Suchet, Josep Rafanell and Thomas F. Defrantz
→ Free admission by online reservation: HERE
NB: Please book by session (morning and/or afternoon)
There will be simultaneous translation of each conference session.
Live streaming
→ For those who can't be present:
on D-Day, you can activate live streaming: HERE
NB: translation not available via streaming