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2018
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Paula Rosolen
Artist(Germany)Choreographer
Residency Period: from 15 October to 1 November 2018
■Research Outline
| Research Theme | FLAGS |
| Brief Description of the Research | Paula Rosolen aimed to explore and research flag semaphore and color guard in terms of aesthetics in order to create a new piece. During her residency, she interviewed flag semaphore’s instructors and visited a color guard team to see their practice and interviewed the coarch. In addition, she deepened her understanding Budo to visit Akira Hino’s dojo. |
■Residency
| 15 October 2018 | Arrives a Morishita Studio |
| 16 to 31 October 2018 | Interviews flag semaphore’s instructors Visits Kawasaki color guard team Visits Akira Hino’s dojo Attends Festival/Tokyo and Kyoto Experiment |
| 31 October 2018 | Public Talk at Morishita Studio |
| 1 November 2018 | Departs Japan |
■Public Talk
| Date | 31 October 2018 |
| Time | 19:00-20:30 |
| Place | Studio S, Morishita Studio |
| Title | FLAGS |
Paula Rosolen gave a presentation on the idea of her new piece and explained the creation process how she apply the outcome of research to choreography and to explore the boundaries of theatre and installation performance.
■Profile
Paula Rosolen
She has been presented her works in major theatre and festivals in Europe including Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Sophiensaele and Théâtre de la Ville. Her major works are Aerobics! – A Ballet in 3 Acts (2015) and Puppets (2016) and her latest piece, PUNK?, was presented at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in June 2018.
In Japan she researched bunraku and shishimai during her stay at Villa Kamogawa. She gave a workshop at Kyoto International Dance Workshop Festival in 2017 and at Owlspot in 2018. She presented Aerobics! – A Ballet in 3 Acts at Dance New Air 2018.
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