IMMEDIATUS BIENNALE 2024

IMMEDIATUS BIENNALE 2024 is the first edition of the international festival of improvisation and instant composition of dance and music in BRNO.

The festival brings fresh performative constellations emerging from the interconnection of local and international artists in the field of dance, music and visual arts.

Aside from the main festival programme, we also prepare a rich accompanying programme in the form of two dance workshops, a dance and music masterclass, discussions and a space for meeting the artists.

DANCE WORKSHOPS

Saturday 21. – Monday 23.9.
10:00-16:00
Moravian Gallery

SKINNER RELEASING TECHNIQUE & IMPROVISATION
by Lily Kiara (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
In the workshop, Lily Kiara will introduce the „Skinner Releasing Technique“ (SRT) and will bridge it into an improvised dance creation. The workshop will show how the principles and practices in SRT support improvisation and instant creation of choreography.
The workshop will be led in English.
More info
Registration here

Tuesday 24. – Thursday 26.9.
10:00-14:00
Moravian Gallery

THREE APPROACHES TO INSTANT DANCE MAKING
by Gianna Grünig (CH), Yeonji Han (CH), in tandem Mish Rais and Mirka Eliášová (CZ)
This three-day workshop will be led by two local and two foreign dance artists with extensive experience in dance improvisation. They will share with you their specific approaches and practices in the instant creation of dance, composition and choreography.The workshop will be led in English.
More info
Registration here

MAIN PROGRAMME

Wednesday 25.9.

19:30
Klub Leitnerova

This Song We’re In / performance lecture
A performance by Lily Kiara in which she shares about her work in the fields of dance, music and poetry, as a response to the invitation to create a performance lecture for this festival. 
“It’s never been a matter of choice, but more about listening to that which moves each song or dance or poem to come to form. We cannot see the wind but we can see what is moved by the wind. Most of my work perhaps is work to listen closely to the wind.”
dance, singing, guitar: Lily Kiara
(Amsterdam, Netherlands, www.lilykiara.com)

21:00
Klub Leitnerova

Opening of the festival with refreshments

Thursday 26.9.

17:00-19:00
Klub Leitnerova

Converging threads: Instant Composition in Contexts / lecture, performance, discussion
I. Lecture by Mish Rais and Mirka Eliášová
II. Short composition of the participants of the workshop Three Aproahes to Instant Dance Making
III. Discussion with artists (Mish Rais, Mirka Eliášová, Gianna Gruenig, Yeonji Han, Lily Kiara, Tomáš Janypka a Robie Legros)

20:30
Klub Leitnerova

Pošli (mi) pohled odněkud, kam nepojedeš / pre-premiere
dance: CreWcollective – Mish Rais, Jana Novorytová
music: Václav Kalivoda 
(Prague, www.crewcollective.com)

21:30
Klub Leitnerova

Constellation I. / dance, music
This is an open format to which the festival artists can inscribe and make together a compilation of compositions based on a partiture.

Friday 27.9.

masterclass
9:00-10:30
Radnická 8

Before the Word Comes / theatre-dance masterclass
by Dalibor Buš (CZ)
Masterclas by actor Dalibor Buš focuses on body language before the word comes. 
“We will be interested in exploring the possibilities of realistic, stylized and dance-like actions in everyday life situations.“

16:30
Distillery

Young Winters + Kikötő/The Harbour / music, performance
A compilation of two smaller format performances.
Young Winters / music performance

Kikötő/The Harbour / dance performance
creators: Ágnes Valovics, Dániel Attila Kovács

18:30
Klub Leitnerova

Upon the Edge / dance
student performance
dance: Andrea Goldbergerová, Tereza Juráková, Michaela Ondrašinová, Agáta Přikrylová, Alice Šimečková
sound: Matthieu Legros
light: Jaroslav Hensl
choreography support and direction: Robie Legros

20:00
Klub Leitnerova

TERRA 5 / performance
The Swiss collective NNN Dance will present the Czech premiere of their new performance.
directions and choreography: Maya M. Carroll (IL)
with and by: Yeonji Han (KR), Charlotte Elise Böttger (DE), Maija Ripatti (FI)
production: NNN Dance (Basel, Switzerland, www.nonstopillusion.tumblr.com)

21:00
Trojka Café

Improvisation and instant composition of music / concert
Five musicians, thirty limbs, one woman and one hat.
music: Sylvia Bruckner, Jaroslav Šťastný, Yoram Rosilio, Ivan Palacký and others

Saturday 28.9.

masterclass
11:00-13:00
small gym MUNI “Pod hradem”

Enter your Inner Landscape / somatic-movement masterclass
by Berrack Yedek (TR)
Berrak Yedek is the founder of Limpid Works and Somatic Dialogue method (Somatik Diyalog®). Having gone through a long experience in dance she worked as a performer, choreographer and dance teacher. For many years she has been dedicating herself to this method in private sessions as well as group workshops.
Somatic Dialogue is a gentle practice of body and mind in movement. It uses a soft approach to the body and enables the mind to accompany the body in a loving way. Through guided dance improvisation and hands-on techniques, the participants can enter into an intimate dialogue with themselves, the other and with the world surrounding them.

16:30
Distillery

Moving the past 2 / dance-music duet
Duet of musician and improviser Ivan Palacký and dancer Michaela Ondrašinová.
A movement poem about memory, remembering and forgetting, about the moving waters of the past. Moving (the) past – the history that moves us and the history we move. The uncertainty of memories and their transformation in the flow of time.
dance: Míša Ondrašinová
music: Ivan Palacký

18:00
CED Cellar stage

Constellation II. / dance, music
Constellation is a performance where local and foreign artists of dance and music meet in the creation of an instantly composed work.
dance: Christa Stoffelbauer (AT), Tomáš Janypka (CZ/SK)
music: Pasi Mäkelä (FI), Yoram Rosilio (FR)
visual recording of performance: Dana Tomečková (SK)


20:00
Klub Leitnerova

Constellation III. / dance, music
Three duets. Dance & piano.
dance: Gianna Gruenig (CH), Elena Waclawiczek (AT), Robie Legros (CZ/SK)
music: Sylvia Bruckner (AT), Jaroslav Šťastný (CZ)
visual recording of performance: Dana Tomečková (SK)

Sunday 29.9.

10:00-13:00
courtyard of the Moravian Gallery
(in case of rain Distillery)

Brunch
Breakfast meeting, space for conversation, sharing and networking… Audience, artists, festival team, musicians, the public…everyone is welcome.
Price: 350 CZK/person (food+drink buffet)
Please, register for the brunch in advance by sending an email to immediatusbiennale@gmail.com with the subject „BRUNCH“ until September 25.

TICKETS

Workshops

Skinner Releasing Technique – 3500 CZK / student 2800 CZK
Three approaches to instant dance making – 3000 CZK/ student 2400 CZK
bargain price for both workshops – 5500 CZK / student 4800 CZK

Main programme

Performance – 300 CZK / student 200 CZK
Masterclass – 500 CZK / student 400 CZK
Festival pass (all performances) – 1200 CZK / student 800 CZK
Festival pass + Masterclass (all performances, both masterclass) – 1600 CZK / 1200 CZK

Tickets can be purchased through the GoOut Sales Network.

VENUES

Klub Leitnerova – Leitnerova 434/2, Brno
Distillery – Pekařská 436/78, Brno
Trojka Café – Dominikánská 9, Brno
CED Cellar stage – Zelný trh 294/9, Brno
Moravian Gallery – Moravské náměstí 1A 680, Brno
Radnická 8 – meeting in front of the building od the old town hall
Small gym MUNI “Pod hradem” – Údolní 3, Brno

CONTACT

immediatusbiennale@gmail.com

The project is realised by group ORBITA, with financial support from the European Union through the National Recovery Plan, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Fund of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Statutory City of Brno and City District Brno-střed.