AUDITION: CONTEMPORARY DANCER
DEADLINE
WHO
Based on interdisciplinary research based-collaborations, and non-hierarchical collective creative process, Gray Box creates and curates site-specific projects, focus on ecology, socio-cultural changes and subcultures, question hegemonic class, gender, normative behaviors, and dominant ideologies. Choreographies, public performances, exhibitions, fashion collections together with workshops echo the broader socio-political context, and challenge the body as both a historically disciplined, shaped, and colonized archive and a living public/private site, where power is constantly contested and negotiated. In the past years Gray Box has performed across Europe (France, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Hungary...), in major cities and small towns alike. It has been in-residence with many formal and informal cultural, artistic and alternative spaces (France, Malta, Austria, Serbia, Armenia, Hungary...).
WHAT
We are looking for a professional contemporary dancer who is interested in the question of legitimacy, experimenting with anger and combativeness.
PROJECT
Have you ever felt yourself illegitimate? Have you ever hesitated to enter an art space, speak up in a political conversation, join an activist community, because you felt that you maybe don't have enough knowledge to have relevant things to say, or enough personal experience to have interesting feedback to share? Why do we feel excluded in some cases, why do we have the feeling of not having the right to express ourselves on this or that topic or to fight for this or that cause? Why do we have this inferiority syndrome and why do we practice self-censorship? Is it due to a lack of academic knowledge, or a need for validation?
Can a men create a feminist artwork? Can a rich person talk about poverty? Can a cis heterosexual person claim for queer rights? Can someone defend minority groups without being part of? Can I talk without reading ? Can I express my opinion without having theoretical references? Do my experiences and emotions have the same weight as my knowledge? Can knowledge replace personal experiences? Is experience a type of knowledge by the way? What should I do, what should I know, who should I be, what story should I have to obtain the legitimacy to fight for those values and ideologies I truly believe in, but I am personally not concerned with? Who has the right to fight and who doesn't? Who is empowered to decide it?
WHEN & WHERE
Please note, that if you are coming from abroad or if for some reason you can not attend the audition every day, we can discuss about it, this shouldn't be a barrier for your application.
Number of participants: 6 dancers / audition.
Audition program: Through the experimentation and practice of play fighting and movement improvisation, you will be encouraged to raise your voice, echo freely the broader socio-political context, challenge hegemonic class, gender, normative behaviors, and dominant ideologies, develop your capacities to resist and revolt against others' judgements, expectations and oppression. During the workshop-audition, instead of "contemporary dancing", reproducing shapes, proving to the others our flexibility and technical knowledge, we will develop self-confidence, learn the difference between acceptable and unacceptable, rehearse to say "no" and shout for "help", recycle denials and fears into self-empowerment and courage.
Audition held by:
Session of November 9-13:
Anna Adam, choreographer of the company Gray Box, maker of the upcoming piece
Júlia Gaál, dancer of the company Gray Box
Session of November 30 - December 4:
Anna Adam, choreographer of the company Gray Box, maker of the upcoming piece
Rebeka Petra Kiss, dancer of the company Gray Box
Response: Maximum 2-4 weeks after the audition
Venue: Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (95), France
Venue: "School of Disobedience" Residency & Healing Center, Balatonalmádi, Hungary
Creation program: exchange, debate, experimentation, creation
YOU
YOUR BENEFITS
APPLICATION
Send the following information to graybox.audition@gmail.com
UPDATE: You are many to send us random applications with showreels, 10-minutes-long improvisations made years before, edited videos, full performance recordings, attached files... Please, people, note that we will watch your material carefully, we will really take our time to consider your application. Please consider our audition notice in the same way and send us what we are asking for. Thank you so much!
- Where are you based currently (city, country)
- On which week (days) would you be available for the audition (November 9-13. 10-13h or November 30 - December 4. 10-13h or November 30 - December 4. 14-17h)
WHY
If you want to better understand why we are launching this audition notice, why we don't work with always the same dancers, why we are open to dancers who we don't know personally, why we don't want to receive your CV, what our values are and what we believe in, please, read our manifesto.
SOCIAL MEDIA & STUFF
Gray Box:
@grayboxprojects
School of Disobedience:
@school_of_disobedience
www.schoolofdisobedience.org
Anna Adam:
@annaadamstudio
www.annaadam.net
- 2021. October 24th
- You usually hear back maximum a week after submitting your application.
- If you want a decision early, apply early.
- Since applications are processed as they come in, available spots can fill up quickly.
WHO
Based on interdisciplinary research based-collaborations, and non-hierarchical collective creative process, Gray Box creates and curates site-specific projects, focus on ecology, socio-cultural changes and subcultures, question hegemonic class, gender, normative behaviors, and dominant ideologies. Choreographies, public performances, exhibitions, fashion collections together with workshops echo the broader socio-political context, and challenge the body as both a historically disciplined, shaped, and colonized archive and a living public/private site, where power is constantly contested and negotiated. In the past years Gray Box has performed across Europe (France, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Hungary...), in major cities and small towns alike. It has been in-residence with many formal and informal cultural, artistic and alternative spaces (France, Malta, Austria, Serbia, Armenia, Hungary...).
WHAT
We are looking for a professional contemporary dancer who is interested in the question of legitimacy, experimenting with anger and combativeness.
PROJECT
Have you ever felt yourself illegitimate? Have you ever hesitated to enter an art space, speak up in a political conversation, join an activist community, because you felt that you maybe don't have enough knowledge to have relevant things to say, or enough personal experience to have interesting feedback to share? Why do we feel excluded in some cases, why do we have the feeling of not having the right to express ourselves on this or that topic or to fight for this or that cause? Why do we have this inferiority syndrome and why do we practice self-censorship? Is it due to a lack of academic knowledge, or a need for validation?
Can a men create a feminist artwork? Can a rich person talk about poverty? Can a cis heterosexual person claim for queer rights? Can someone defend minority groups without being part of? Can I talk without reading ? Can I express my opinion without having theoretical references? Do my experiences and emotions have the same weight as my knowledge? Can knowledge replace personal experiences? Is experience a type of knowledge by the way? What should I do, what should I know, who should I be, what story should I have to obtain the legitimacy to fight for those values and ideologies I truly believe in, but I am personally not concerned with? Who has the right to fight and who doesn't? Who is empowered to decide it?
WHEN & WHERE
- Audition:
Please note, that if you are coming from abroad or if for some reason you can not attend the audition every day, we can discuss about it, this shouldn't be a barrier for your application.
Number of participants: 6 dancers / audition.
Audition program: Through the experimentation and practice of play fighting and movement improvisation, you will be encouraged to raise your voice, echo freely the broader socio-political context, challenge hegemonic class, gender, normative behaviors, and dominant ideologies, develop your capacities to resist and revolt against others' judgements, expectations and oppression. During the workshop-audition, instead of "contemporary dancing", reproducing shapes, proving to the others our flexibility and technical knowledge, we will develop self-confidence, learn the difference between acceptable and unacceptable, rehearse to say "no" and shout for "help", recycle denials and fears into self-empowerment and courage.
Audition held by:
Session of November 9-13:
Anna Adam, choreographer of the company Gray Box, maker of the upcoming piece
Júlia Gaál, dancer of the company Gray Box
Session of November 30 - December 4:
Anna Adam, choreographer of the company Gray Box, maker of the upcoming piece
Rebeka Petra Kiss, dancer of the company Gray Box
Response: Maximum 2-4 weeks after the audition
Venue: Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (95), France
- Creation:
Venue: "School of Disobedience" Residency & Healing Center, Balatonalmádi, Hungary
Creation program: exchange, debate, experimentation, creation
- Premiere:
YOU
- We are looking for a professional dancer with or without degree: we are interested in you, and not in your papers.
- We appreciate dancers who are risk-takers, who don't afraid of failure, and who are willing to progress, to gain new experiences, and to step out of their comfort zone.
- If you are a fighter, a warrior, a punk, a dissident, a marginal, an outsider, you should definitely apply.
- Our values are sincerity, generosity and authenticity. If superficial and fake things bother you, if you have also enough with this image- and marketing-focused society, apply.
YOUR BENEFITS
- Discover a non-judgmental and non-hierarchical space for producing and sharing knowledge and tools, create new forms of aesthetics based on empathy, inclusion, connection and collective creation ;
- Challenge artistic conventions and traditional canons, confront standards, beauty norms ;
- Gain a new collaborative, experimental and research-based working method ;
- Liberate yourself from your fears, transgress your boundaries, go beyond your limits and push yourself out of your comfort zone ;
- For the creation in Hungary: covered travel expenses, accommodation (shared room), covered food expenses, salary.
APPLICATION
Send the following information to graybox.audition@gmail.com
UPDATE: You are many to send us random applications with showreels, 10-minutes-long improvisations made years before, edited videos, full performance recordings, attached files... Please, people, note that we will watch your material carefully, we will really take our time to consider your application. Please consider our audition notice in the same way and send us what we are asking for. Thank you so much!
- Practical information:
- Where are you based currently (city, country)
- On which week (days) would you be available for the audition (November 9-13. 10-13h or November 30 - December 4. 10-13h or November 30 - December 4. 14-17h)
- A not-edited video link (not WeTransfer, not attached file) of maximum 1-3 minutes of recent improvisation (no matter the recording quality, nor the space).
- A not-edited video link (not WeTransfer, not attached file) of maximum 1 minute in which you watch in our eyes (through your phone / camera), and tell your story only with your eyes. No need to speak, we will understand :)
- No photo
- No information about your age
- No CV
- No showreel
- No motivation letter
WHY
If you want to better understand why we are launching this audition notice, why we don't work with always the same dancers, why we are open to dancers who we don't know personally, why we don't want to receive your CV, what our values are and what we believe in, please, read our manifesto.
SOCIAL MEDIA & STUFF
Gray Box:
@grayboxprojects
School of Disobedience:
@school_of_disobedience
www.schoolofdisobedience.org
Anna Adam:
@annaadamstudio
www.annaadam.net
