☀️ SUMMER NEWS - Conferences & Events (2023)
FREE & OPEN TO ALL
For all events, it is mandatory to arrive 10 minutes before in order to access the room. Events will start on time, and we can not guarantee access if you are not there in advance.
SUNDAY JULY 16 (7:30-9PM)
GRAHAM TECHNIQUE & PEDAGOGY : A HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTRODUCTION
- Inaugural Conference with Rafael Molina
@MVAC Paris Centre - Site Marais. 5 rue Perrée, 75003, Paris
Accès : métro République (ligne 3-5-8-9-11), métro Temple (ligne 3)
Picture of Rafael Molina during his conference ‘Graham educational practices: collection, analysis and transmission' at the Centre national de la danse in February 2021.
mONDAY JULY 17 (7:30-9pm)
DISCUSSING THE GRAHAM REPERTORY FOR THE 21TH CENTURY
@MVAC Paris Centre - Site Marais. 5 rue Perrée, 75003, Paris
Accès : métro République (ligne 3-5-8-9-11), métro Temple (ligne 3
Picture of Martha Graham in ‘Errand into the Maze’. Credit: Michael Ochs
Tuesday July 18 (6-8pm)
PANEL DISCUSSION WITH RESEARCHERS IN FRENCH Tuesday July 18 (6pm-8pm)
6-6:30pm → Mouvement et émotion chez Martha Graham : une perspective philosophique - Lola Maridet-Coulon
6:30-7pm → Grahamoire, Martha Graham et la mythologie grecque - Laura Rivet
7-8pm → Corps de souffle, principes fondamentaux de la médecine énergique au service de l’enseignement du Graham - Emily Regen
@ENS, École Normale Supérieure. 45 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris
Accès : métro Censier-Daubenton (ligne 7)
Picture of Christine Dakin in 'Primitive Mysteries' by Martha Graham. Credit: John Deane
“Nothing is more revealing than movement” -Martha Graham
Wednesday July 18 (7:30pm-9:30pm)
PANEL DISCUSSION IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH
7:30-8pm → Graham For Actors and Method Acting - Isabelle Zhigondi
8-8:30pm → Chekhov acting method in Graham performance - Dominika Benakova
8:30-9:30pm → Encarnar la técnica Graham al español - Esteban Aranda, Lola Bernal, Tancredo Tavarez
@MVAC Paris Centre - Site Marais. 5 rue Perrée, 75003, Paris
Accès : métro République (ligne 3-5-8-9-11), métro Temple (ligne 3)
Picture: Graham For Actors Workshop in Lebanon. Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh (June 2022).
Events on Thursday and Friday are in the Salle des fêtes of Paris Centre City Hall (2 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris)
Thursday July 20 (5:30-6:45pm)
SHOWING AND DISCUSSION WITH CHRISTINE DAKIN “LA VOZ DEL CUERPO/THE BODY SPEAKS, THE PERSONAL POETICS OF A MARTHA GRAHAM’S DANCER”
@MAIRIE Paris Centre. 2 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris
Accès : métro République (ligne 3-5-8-9-11), métro Temple (ligne 3)
Picture of Christine Dakin. Credit: Peter C Cook
Friday July 21 (5:30-6:45pm)
MARTHA GRAHAM & GREEK MYTH
By Nina Papathanasopoulou
Artistic Direction: Penny Diamantopoulou.
Dancers: Vassia Koliou, Eleftheria Iliopoulou, Mara Tsourma.
@MAIRIE Paris Centre. 2 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris
Accès : métro République (ligne 3-5-8-9-11), métro Temple (ligne 3)
Picture Prof. Nina Papathanasopoulou and dancer Eleftheria Iliopoulou. Photo ©Dimitris Mamaloukos.
Saturday July 22
FINAL EVENT
STUDENTS SHOWING at 3:15pm
Warm up and rehearsals between 12 and 3pm.