Recruitment

A workshop on the essence of choreography, for the young choreographer. The workshop will begin with the performance of a work, the continue step by step through a presentation by the choreographer, discussion, analysis using photographs, paintings, and videos, revision, re-performance, and further discussion. Prior to the workshop, participants will be expected to engage in photo reportage to sharpen their sense of how a dance is seen. The focus will be on how the act of "seeing" is reflected in both the choreography and the work. By carefully treating both choreography and dance from the perspective of composition, this workshop is an opportunity for participants to focus intensively on their art.

Lorrina Barrientos (neé Niclas) is the founder and was until 1999 the director of the Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Bagnolet. She has traveled the world serving as a judge on dance-related panels. She is particularly interested in the training of young artists who contribute to the worlds of dance and related arts and a renowned author and critic of dance.

Amanda Miller grew up in North Carolina and began her education at the North Carolina School of the Arts. After concluding her training in New York she danced with the Chicago Lyrical Opera Ballet before coming to Berlin to work with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 1984 William Forsythe invited her to join his company in Frankfurt, first as a dancer and later as House Choreographer. In 1992 Amanda Miller founded her own company, Pretty Ugly, which since becoming resident in Freiburg in 1997 is now called Ballett Freiburg Pretty Ugly. Amanda Miller continues to work as a freelance choreographer for companies such as Ballett Frankfurt, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Bat-Sheva Dance Company, Balletto di Toscana, Gulbenkian Ballett, and the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. Since Jochen Ulrich's company Tanzforum in Cologne had to close in 1997, there had been no dance company in residence there until choreographer Amanda Miller and her Pretty Ugly Dance Company were announced as the new Cologne based dance company.

Amanda Miller

Amanda Miller

Amanda Miller grew up in North Carolina and began her education at the North Carolina School of the Arts. After concluding her training in New York she danced with the Chicago Lyrical Opera Ballet before coming to Berlin to work with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 1984 William Forsythe invited her to join his company in Frankfurt, first as dancer and later as House Choreographer. In 1992 Amanda Miller founded her own company Pretty Ugly which since becoming resident in Freiburg in 1997 is now called Ballett Freiburg Pretty Ugly. Amanda Miller continues to work as a freelance choreographer for companies such as Ballett Frankfurt, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Bat-Sheva Dance Company, Balletto di Toscana, Gulbenkian Ballett and the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. Since Jochen Ulrich's company Tanzforum in Cologne had to close in 1997, there has been no dance company in residence, until today now, when choreographer Amanda Miller and her Pretty Ugly Dance Company were announced as the new Cologne based dance company.

KAWAGUCHI Takao（Performer / Dancer）

Amanda Miller grew up in North Carolina and began her education at the North Carolina School of the Arts.A performer and dancer, he has participated since 1996 as a creative member of the performance group Dumb Type. Since 2000, he has also been developing his own solo activities and since 2003 has been collaborating with artists and performers in domains that straddle music and art. Neither dance nor theater, his body of work “can only be described as performance” (Ishikawa Tatsuro, critic, Asahi Shimbun, 12 March 2005).