S i t e B o d y E x p l o r a t i o n
Lusatian and Zittau Mountains (Czech Republic)
International Interdisciplinary Open–Air Workshop for dancers and artists exploring the relation among body, art and landscape led by Frank van de Ven (NL) and Milos Sejn (CZ)
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The program will include:
• MB - (mind/body, muscles/bones) movement training
• practice of and reflection on physical and mental training
• walking and wandering, silent walk, pilgrimage and nocturnal journeys
• various modes of experiencing body, movement and landscape
• investigating divergent senses of space and time
• peripatetic records, drawing, writing, immediate contact with surroundings
• mental topography of a location, myth, archaic mind and genius loci
• geology, archaeology and history of Landscape as a model of self: layers, vertical connections and labyrinths
Participants profile:
for artists and advanced students working in performance, dance, landscape art, sculpture, photography, architecture, theatre, visual arts, biology and natural history.
Selection of participants will be based on c.v. and motivation.
No previous (dance) training is necessary but the workshop will be physically demanding. A good overall condition is required.
Workshop Fee:
• Euro 350 (students/unwaged Euro 320) + Euro 190 (food and lodging)
• Czech participants 5000 CZK (students/unwaged 4500 CZK) + 4800 CZK (food and lodging)
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APPLICATION
To apply send name, a short c.v. and a motivation letter to
frank.bwa[at]xs4all.nl, or katerina.bilejova[at]fhs.cuni.cz
The number of participants is limited. We recommend early applications.
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More info about Bohemiae Rosa project
http://bohemiaerosa.org/brosa/2025_lusatian_mountains.htm
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