Internationally mixed Crossover/55/2 - a European dance exchange project 2012 (DE/ NL/ES)

55 students from three universities will work together with choreographers Georg Reischl and Iván Pérez. A central aspect of the project is the collaboration between music and dance. Two composers Christiaan Richter and Benjamin Scheuer will contribute their compositions to the artistic process. These works will be performed throughout the tour by the Orchestra De Ereprijs. Both of the composers will be mentored during their creative process by recognized conductor Wim Boerman. From the 5th to the 29th of June 2012 the choreographic results of a unique one-year exchange process between three universities will tour across Europe.The uniqueness of Crossover/55/2 internationally mixed lies in the multifaceted and multidimensional goals that this project will build and nurture. Besides the creation of complete works, the intensive interdisciplinary involvement and the successful creation of an international network between students, artists, scientists, teachers and the public are both goals and justifications for this project.
Each phase of the project will be documented and organized into a book and a DVD, and in November/December it will be presented at the closing presentation. The project started in June 2011. Since then, seminars and working groups have regularly been organized in conjunction with the project. An intensive exchange at artistic and organizational levels is a fundamental aim of Internationally mixed Crossover/55/2. As well as the question of how variant styles and methods of choreography and composition will be integrated, there will be discussions about the relationship between the body and society, intercultural processes, and gender relationships within the greater theoretical framework of the project.
The international network created between all the participants guides us towards collective research and work, prods us into a deeper understanding of art, and helps us to surpass the borders of our horizons.
Until the premier on the 5th of June 2012 in Valencia open rehearsals will be programmed. There will be an open rehearsal on the 16th May in Cologne and Arnhem beginning 12:00 o´clock.

Partners: University of Music and Dance Cologne /Centre for Contemporary Dance (CCD), Germany // ArtEZ School of Dance, Netherlands //Conservatorio Superio De Ensenanzas Artistivcas (ISEACV)/ Fundacion Cuidad de las Artes Escenicas, Spain.

Artists: Georg Reischl – Choreographer / Iván Pérez- Choreographer / Benjamin Scheuer Composer / Christiaan Richter Composer / Orchestra de Ereprijs

more information:
www.internationally-mixed.eu
www.crossover-55-2.eu

Cologne: 16th/19th/20th June 2012, 20.00 h, University of Music and Dance Cologne

Aachen: 18th June 2012, 19.30 h, Stadttheater Aachen

open space - performances, work-in-progress, showings, sharings, lectures, discussions

Everybody can present something and put it up for discussion: excerpts, work-in progress, concepts...

The individual items on the agenda result from the requests of participating students'

of CCD and can be between 5 to max. 45 minutes long.

If several projects are being presented then the performance program shall not exceed 45 min. to ensure sufficient time for subsequent discussions.

Please get in touch with the direction of CCD (at the latest two weeks in advance) and communicate the approximate length of your presentation.

There will be no use of light, no technical support or any rehearsals in space. Open space is meant to be a format in which you can present, communicate and discuss approaches, ideas, and results of your rehearsals.

location: Studiotheater CCD, Turmstrasse 3-5, Köln-Nippes

date: monthly, every third Thursday, (except holidays and semester breaks)

time: 20.00 hrs.