Atelierbezoeken Amos Ben-Tal

Langzaam en voorzichtig* starten we naast de Digital Dialogues ook weer ons reguliere atelierbezoekprogramma op. Tot 1 juli 2020 kun je je aanmelden voor een atelierbezoek van Amos Ben-Tal.

Amos Ben-Tal, choreograaf, danser, musicus en artistiek leider danscollectief OFFprojects, zal op woensdag 22 en donderdag 23 juli 2020 een aantal atelierbezoeken afleggen bij kunstenaars in Den Haag. Hij omschrijft zijn interessegebieden als volgt:

"The things that interest me in my own work as a choreographer and musician, in no specific order:
The intuition of the moving body, new forms of articulation (movement, space, time, musicality), movement and/or observation of movement as engines for empathy, songwriting, text as choreography, choreography as poetry, the interaction between a specified (movement) language and free-choice by the performer, the artistic act as an 'encounter' between maker and audience, the role of context in shaping this encounter, the role of spectatorship, the fine line between the relatable and the virtuosic, the psychological and emotional impact of all the above. For the past 3 years I've been focusing on the theme of time-perception. In parallel I've been involved in an ongoing research about the relationship between choreography and architecture. Over the years I've also gained some experience in areas such as: collaboration, working in a collective, self-producing, light design, composing music for dance/theater, performance-installations, education. It should be noted that I don't have any formal education in visual art, nor a wide knowledge of the history or workings of the scene. I'm interested to meet anyone who feels they can be stimulated by interacting with this 'outsider' point of view and I look forward to exchanging perspectives."

Aanmelden
Als je geïnteresseerd bent in een atelierbezoek van Amos Ben-Tal kun je dat uiterlijk woensdag 1 juli 2020 laten weten. De binnengekomen reacties worden samen met eventuele suggesties vanuit Stroom aan Amos Ben-Tal voorgelegd. Uit de lijst zal hij een keuze maken op basis waarvan het bezoekprogramma zal worden samengesteld. Je ontvangt alleen een bericht wanneer je door de Amos Ben-Tal bent geselecteerd voor een atelierbezoek.

Beknopte biografie
Amos Ben-Tal (Israel, 1979) is a choreographer, composer and artistic leader of the artistcollective OFFprojects. Amos started dancing at the age of thirteen in various schools in Israel and completed his training in 1997 at The National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada. He then moved to Holland where he danced at Nederlands Dans Theater, performing with the company for nine years. It is also at NDT where he developed his passion for choreography. The success of his piece Discontinyou, made for the annual NDT Choreographic Workshop, led to a commission to create a work for NDT1- Track. The piece was premiered in 2005 and was hailed as ‘an exhilarating theatrical experience' by Dance Europe magazine. In 2006 Amos left NDT to dedicate himself full-time to developing his own work. He then created several works under the wing of Korzo Productions in The Hague (Ziggurat and We Are Not Humanity among others).

In 2012 Amos founded OFFprojects, a collective consisting of former dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater, Emanuel Gat Dance and Batsheva Ensemble. With this group he has created several full-evening works (a.o. OFFline and Might) as well as a myriad of shorter pieces, installations and events. In 2016 the group won the prestigious Dioraphte Dance Prize for their production Howl, a collaboration with known Dutch poet and musician Spinvis. Their latest work 60 was premiered at Julidans Festival 2019 in Amsterdam and was made in collaboration with the dance company ICK Amsterdam. OFFprojects has performed extensively all over The Netherlands as well as in France, England, Germany, Czech Republic and Russia. Amos' commissioned work for companies includes Ballet Nationale de Marseille (France), Junior Company Of Zapalla Danza (Italy), Ballet im Revier (Germany), Arts Umbrella Dance Company (Canada), North West Dance Project (USA) and Aura Dance Company (Lithuania).
Amos composes the music for all his pieces as well as for other choreographers and he is the lead singer of the rock band Noblesse.