Visiting Artist - Andreas Dyrdal (Norway/Portugal)


Andreas Dyrdal completed his professional training at Laban, London, where he was awarded the Simone Michelle Award in Choreography.  As a free-lance performer/interpreter he has worked for a wide range of artists within the performance domain and in a wide range of styles.  Since 2005 he has been making a name for himself as an independent choreographer and has presented internationally in Portugal, Norway and England.

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Before arrival Andreas writes:

Hi Ana!
Do you mind forwarding this little text underneath to all the participants in the workshop.
Looking forward to land Friday night, it's been (well, still is) chaotic here lately. :)

Kisses
Andreas

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Dear Participants.

I've thought a lot lately about our up and coming meeting together, so I wanted to quickly write you all and ask you a few things before we meet next Monday in Athens. I don't know to which degree you're all creators, but at this moment I don't think it really matters so much, as long as we are engaged as creative bodies involved with a creative stage. It also doesn't really matter for our meeting what type of work/style you do, love or are engaged with, as this individuality is exactly one of the things that we can work with. 

I will ask you all to do the following things before we meet, if you can find the time. Sit down, preferably as long as you want and takes some notes to the following (You can write it in any form that suits you best):
- Who are you?
- Where do you come from? and what relation do you have with these places?
- In terms of performance arts, what brought you to where you are today?
- Which are your sources for inspiration? What inspires you to be creative?
- Which needs do you have as creator?
- How do you collaborate with? and how? 

Some things that you should bring to the workshop if possible are:
- Something to write with and on, or a laptop
- Your notes (as asked for above)

I'm very much looking forward to meeting you all.

Andreas