CONTEMPORARY PARTNER WORK: PRESS RELEASES

ABOUT CONTEMPORARY PARTNERWORK

Contemporary parnterwork is a discipline which derives from contemporary dance, mainly from Contact Improvisation, Release, Flying Low and elements of acrobatics. It is oriented to the development of physical relationships in duets, trios or group work.

Unlike classical partner work, our proposal aims to build complementary relationships between two or more sensitive bodies. We seek to create a precise physical awareness in order to be able to work in relation to the particular physical structure of each student.

Taking into account the differences that relate to gender and diverse physical characteristics, some elements will be used that are applicable to the different body types so that, for example, a female student can lift a male student using the technical idea of a shared axis. In this way we avoid the risk of unecessary wounds and at the same time open a wide range of new possibilities to encourage physical connections.

Our proposal aims to build an intense connection in which the dynamic roles are balanced and both bodies work equally in constant expansion to build one single form.

ABOUT PROFESSORS

Agnese and Juan started working together in 2007.

From the beginning, the main idea of their work was to create and develop the technique of Contemporary partnerwork.

After an intense research process as teachers, performers and directors they have created a new teaching method of the mentioned technique, a strong and original movement language, as well as found a very special way of directing the creation of artistic work based on dance.

Currently they continue their research work exploring physical movement dialogues based on laws of physics and human biomechanics between performers of different areas such as actors, dancers and circus artists.

Since August of 2008 Juan and Agnese teach together at the Teatro del Perro and at Argentina’s National Institute of Arts, apart from giving intensive workshops both nationally and internationally.

Both as performers and teachers, they took part in the International tango festival “Cambalache” in Buenos Aires in 2008 and 2009. The première of their new stage production ”PC” took place at the festival last December.

In 2009, they created PACK, a dance piece created for the Dance Company of the Argentinean National Institute of Arts. Since 2009, they direct together a creative research laboratory.