Artist laboratory #3: other artists, other bodies

Date: September 30, 2019 - October 4, 2019
Location: Netherlands

The third Europe Beyond Access lab was hosted by Holland Dance Festival on the theme ‘Other Artists, Other Bodies’.

Led by UK dance artists Adam Benjamin and Jeanefer Jean-Charles, performers from Greece, Italy, Sweden, Serbia, Holland, Germany, UK and Poland came together for a week to focus on choreographing duets, group work and experimenting with new ideas. 

A film to document the lab will be published in Spring 2020.

  • Workshop leader Adam Benjamin in the studio
  • Two dancers with their eyes closed touch one hand in the middle, sensing each other's presence
    Dutch dancer Gihan Koster reaches out to Greek dancer Irini Kourouvani as their hands meet in the middle
  • South Korean dancer, Yesol Kim, now based in Sweden glides through the dance studio in her wheelchair
    South Korean dancer, Yesol Kim, now based in Sweden glides through the dance studio
  • Two dancers duet, their arms outstretched, touching each other
    Polish dancer Katarzyna Żeglicka dances with Dutch dancer Maikel Walker
  • Greek dancer Irini Kourouvani duets with another dancer in an embrace
    Greek dancer Irini Kourouvani duets with another dancer in an embrace
  • A brunette dancer stands turned away to one side with her eyes closed.
  • Dancers create a complex group structure reaching forward and backwards together
  • A dancer in a wheelchair closes her eyes and sways to one side with a dancer on the floor reaching her arm towards her
  • An international mix of dancers create a complex group structure in the studio
  • Two female dancers sit back on a dimly lit sofa, their eyes looking ahead, the scene with a rouge glow