Codarts Research Festival, That Will Take Place on Thursday 11 March 2021
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Dear reader, A wholehearted welcome to the fifth edition of the Codarts Research Festival, that will take place on Thursday 11 March 2021. Due to the continuing covid-19 pandemic this will be an online event, with live streamed presentations in ZOOM 1, and online presentations in ZOOM 2. This year's edition has a distinct RASL*) -flavor, as the theme is ‘Social engagement and the Arts.’ As the ‘traditional’ jobs in the arts are under increased pressure, and our society is faced by seemingly insurmountable problems, like climate change and pollution, but also social disintegration and loneliness, many artists feel the need to reposition themselves and look for ways to contribute. The covid-19 pandemic has made these problems even more acute. The Research Festival will address these issues, with (inter)national speakers from the world of dance, music and theater, next to a variety of research presentations from Codarts students and staff. And you are invited to caste your vote for the audience award during the annual Master research competition. *) RASL is the Rotterdam Arts and Science Lab. An intense collaboration between Codarts Rotterdam, Arts & Culture Studies (EUR), Erasmus University College (EUR) and Willem de Kooning Academy, with the aim to examine the relationship between the arts and society in a transdisciplinary way. If you haven’t done so already, we kindly request you to register for the Festival using this link: https://codarts.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIoc-ytpz0tGt2-wNg97GnMHAcBsoMGKw6A Upon registration you will receive a confirmation and the ZOOM link plus password that gives you access to the Festival on the day itself. We are looking forward to seeing you online! Kind regards, Henrice Vonck Henrice Vonck Artistic Research | Research Fund & Festival Codarts Rotterdam 1 CODARTS RESEARCH FESTIVAL March 11, 2021 PROGRAMME (Click on the presenter’s name to read more information) Zoom 1 09:15 Opening Festival | Wilma Franchimon, President Executive Board KEYNOTE | Michelle Teran (Professor Social Practices, Willem de Kooning Academy) Emergent perspectives: Listening with, Learning with, in Dialogue with Moderator: Job ter Haar Zoom 1 Zoom 2 Moderator: Henrice Vonk Moderator: Job ter Haar 10:00 Codarts Research Fund Presentations 10:00 RASL workshop | Vivian Sky Rehberg & Josué Wobbe Kuiper | Theory and Practice Amador |Boundary Work: Exploring Transdisciplinary Rosemarie Samaritter | BHAI. Building Health Compositions in the Arts and Sciences from Arts-based Interventions Suze Steemers | Screening for violinists Soesja Pijlman | Circus talent; spill or 10:40 Merlijn Twaalfhoven | It is up to us (Interview with facilitate? Nicole Jordan) 11:00 Break Moderator: Federico Mosquera Moderator: Katherine Stimson 11:20 Research Platform Launch | Emlyn Stam & 11:20 EXPERT TALK Dance|Prof. Scott deLahunta & Job ter Haar | From Discourse to Discord: Rosemary Lee |Threaded Fine: embracing and creating an online forum for artistic research revealing individuality and commonality with an intergenerational cast 11:50 PLAY & PRESENT Dance | Jonatan Myhre 11:50 EXPERT TALK Art therapies|Simone Kleinlooh | Jørgensen | Chasing the stream of conscious- Dance Movement Therapy for improving self-regulation ness and social engagement 12:10 PLAY & PRESENT Dance |Claudio Murabito 12:10 ALUMNUS Art therapies | Pauline Briguet | Somatic | The dancing organism in the conceptual responses: my body knows best experience of Being 12:30 Lunch break Moderator: Aleksandra Tonelli Moderator: Suzan Tunca 13:20 Research Competition | Ishtar Bakhtali | 13:20 Codarts Professor |Micha Hamel | Listening Space From Patchwork to Fabric: how to weave elements of Indian Classical music into improvisation and composition 13:40 Research Competition | Samuel Wong | 13:40 EXPERT TALK Music theatre |Rajiv Bhagwanbali | Ornamental embellishment J.S. Bach's Aria’s: a Connecting the culture (Interview with Nicole Jordan) toolbox for interpreting and embellishing Bach’s vocal music 2 14:00 Research Competition | Jan Wouter 14:00 Bachelor student Dance in Education |Anneloes Oostenrijk |The Maqam system as a tool for Schuppen | Critical Pedagogies as a tool for preparing horizontal modal melodic developments future dance teachers to engage and work in a multi- diverse workfield 14:20 Break Moderator: Aleksandra Tonelli Moderator: Katherine Stimson 14:40 Research Competition | Cristian Prajescu 14:40 Master choreography student |Silvia Giordano | |Implementing Modern Production Techniques The emerging sense: practicing intuition in my in a Live Music Context choreographic practice 15:00 Research Competition | María Ángeles 15:00 Master choreography student |Yara Boustany | Chaparro |New musical perspectives and Imaginary bodies performing possibilities for the viola in traditional Scottish music 15:20 Research Competition | Elena García Ver- 15:20 EXPERT TALK Circus |Angelique Wilkie |Minding the duras | Dialogues of animated sound and gaps: research as creation and personal creation as visual music research Moderator: Federico Mosquera 15:40 Bárbara Varassi Pega | The Art of Tango: Book presentation and performance 16:15 RESEARCH COMPETITION | Award Ceremony 16:30 FESTIVAL CLOSURE 3 Ishtar Bakhtali | Master of Music student | Research Competition Research Domain: World Music Research Coach: Michalis Cholevas Main Subject Teacher: Chiranjib Chakraborty, Paul van Brugge Biography | Ishtar Bakhtali is a vocalist from The Netherlands. Influences for her music are Indian classical music, sounds of nature, electronics and jazz. In projects she likes to incorporate cross-disciplinarity and transcending styles. Born in The Netherlands to a Dutch mother and Hindustani-Surinamese father she came into contact with different cultures and various kinds of music from a young age. This planted the seed to explore more cultures and languages, leading especially to Portugal and India. During her bachelors study in Jazz at Maastricht and Lisbon she first came in touch with South-Indian music. Over the last few years she spent several months in India, studying vocals and konnakol. At Codarts she currently studies composition and Indian vocals while researching crossover. From Patchwork to Fabric: how to weave elements of Indian Classical music into improvisation and composition Abstract | In this research tools for improvisation and composition were developed by taking elements from melodic and rhythmic improvisation in south Indian music: manodharma and thani avarthanam and classical north Indian improvisation: dhrupad alaap. The motivation for this research came from the wish to be able to creatively weave stylistic elements from Indian music into a new musical context - specifically the crossover between Indian classical music and jazz-related styles - with a deep understanding of tradition while finding ways to make the elements fit the new context. To gain Indian ethnographical insight into the different elements within improvisation, I conducted several interviews with experts, attended multiple classes and concerts, consulted literature on the topic and analyzed improvisations as well as compositions. To turn investigated musical aspects into tools applicable in another context - such as build-up of improvisation, ornamentation, rhythmical patterns, and structure - I conducted experiments, made exercises and designed improvisational strategies. Patterns and structures found in improvisations were used to construct frameworks for composition sketches. In the final creative artistic result all elements come together within a crossover composition. The goal of the research was to gain tools to expand my vocabulary as a vocalist and composer. Performers: Ishtar Bakhtali - Vocals Filippos Glinavos - Guitar Tarang Poddar - Drums/tablas Ildo Nandja - Doublebass Back to overview 4 Rajiv Bhagwanbali | Cultural entrepreneur|Operadagen festival Website: www.connectingtheculture.nl Biography | Rajiv Bhagwanbali started as a dancer in the Hiphophuis and has since developed into a teacher, theater player, theater maker, presenter and also cultural entrepreneur. Through his foundation Connecting the Culture, he realizes his mission to tell stories from different cultures in a multidisciplinary way. For example, three years ago Rajiv founded a carnival group during the summer carnival consisting of artists from the urban sector. Since then, he has been working on Culture Connect, an event where 3 urban dancers research the dance style of their cultural background which are then linked to a traditional musician and spoken word artist from the same cultural background. The result is three performances that form a hybrid between tradition and contemporary dance, spoken word and music. Additionally, Rajiv works as an artistic director at Rotterdam Street Culture Week, a street culture festival in Rotterdam during the Covid-19 pandemic last September. He also works as a director at the Operadagen festival, now renamed the "O festival", where he gives lectures about urban projects where different cultures from the city are brought together to create beautiful performances. Back to overview 5 Yara Boustany | Master Choreography student Research Domain: Choreography Research Coach: Jochem Naafs Main Subject Teacher: Katherine Stimson Biography | Yara Boustany is a Beirut-based dance / theater performer and choreographer. After graduating in Audiovisual studies, she continued her studies in Dance, Theatre and Circus in Spain and is currently doing her Masters in Choreography at Codarts. She is