APPLICATIONS UNTIL 20 MAY >> APPLICATION FORM

In the 7th edition of the Summer School — In Practice, choreographer Ali Chahrour and Syrian singer, composer and improviser Lynn Adib propose a research centred on body and sound, considering the body as a carrier of memories, history and daily life, traversed by multiple layers of personal and collective experiences. These layers are revealed in the singular quality of each participant’s movement.

Sonic Bodies — Movement, sound and voice as an extension of the body focuses on the exploration of the quality of movement and its specificity in each body. Through exercises of presence in space and time, dance is approached not only as movement, but as a practice of listening to our own body and to others.

Alongside movement, we explore sound and voice as an extension of the body and as a medium of expression. Grief is often reflected physically, but also through breath, vibration, silence, trembling and resonance of the voice. We will work with vocal improvisation, listening exercises and collective sound practices where the voice becomes movement and movement becomes sound. The voice is approached beyond language, allowing participants to express what words sometimes cannot hold, creating a shared space of presence and emotional resonance.

We focus on the stages of grief, where words fail and the body and the vibration of sound take over. Considering grief as a celebration of life and a transformation of the body’s presence in relation to the absent one.

A ritual of recalling and awakening our senses where body and voice become one tool.

The singing body and the dancing voice.

This workshop includes tools to suspend time and embrace slowness, discovering new details and nuances in the body that we tend to skip in the rhythm of daily life.

Exercises to rediscover time and space.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Participants: Artists, researchers, and students from all disciplinary fields, as well as anyone interested in movement and singing or, more broadly, in exploring the relationship between movement and sound.

Maximum of participants: 15
Applications: Until 20th May
Evaluation of applications: 21st to 28th May
Communication of the results: 29th May

The sessions will be held in English.

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Application fee

125 € (10% discount for FLUL students)*
Includes all the activities, accommodation, meals and insurance. Does not include traveling expenses.
*Every year, we offer a scholarship to the Summer School to one person from each of the partner schools:
— Students at the Programme in Theatre Studies or Researchers at the Center for Theatre Studies at FLUL
— Students at the Master’s in Choreographic Creation and Professional Practices at the Superior School of Dance
— Students at any Master’s courses at ESAD.CR – Superior School of Arts and Design, Caldas da Rainha

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Accessibility of the space

Access: Access to the venue is via Carsoscópio (Carsoscópio – R. do Alviela, 2380-421 Louriceira). Entry to the building is guaranteed by a ramp outside, next to the parking lot. WC: The space has an accessible WC. Parking: Two parking spaces for people with disabilities are available in front of the Carsoscópio building.

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Application mode

The interested people must fill this form. The applications will be analysed and there will be a selection, considering the diversity and relevance of the profile of the participants in the constitution of a workgroup and in the development of the proposed issues. Multidisciplinarity and intergenerationality will be valued.