International Interdisciplinary NO BORDERS project

by Vangelis Legakis

This international interdisciplinary project aims to bridge encounters between dance, music, photography, film, sculpture, conceptual arts and philosophy to create an environment for free expression and creation. The collaborators-participants will focus on channeling their emotions to express themselves by researching and reflecting on the subject matters of borders, identity and cross-cultural communication to identify, eliminate, and within such a collective context, go beyond their own individual limits.

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I had the opportunity to participate in this inspiring project in 2013 in Xiamen (China) as a participanta and in 2014 in Tenerife (Spain) as a teacher and facilitator. In this context I created 2 dance videos : ZeroIdentity and Gambling Child.

 

ZeroIdentity

produced in frame of 2nd International Interdisciplinary
No Borders Project
China - Xiamen- 2013
This video is a result of 3 weeks research in improvisational dance and video editing as a tool, which is choreographing artistic product.

The performers had the task of improvising a short duet, after choosing a principle from a set list. One of the performers in the duets represents a constant , so that changes can be clearly observed. The principles were used as improvisation tools during research. Performers were asked what they missed the most, while being away from home. The unity of the principle and missing the thing or person was what inspired the theme of the improvised duet.Missing somebody or something is strongly connected with the urge to fulfill. The things we miss make us feel comfortable, even though they are not present at the moment.   It is important that we acknowledge this emotion without identifying with it. First impressions do not accurately define one's identity. Perception of identity is built upon the idea of feelings.
    
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESULTS:
Neo Yan from Singapur missed his land, a martial artist Sashkes Sarit from Izrael missed her karate pants, David imissed a good home made italian espresso,  Alwa was the only one from China and did not miss anything, Goeff is American, who has been living in China for last few years and he missed  his family the most. Lee peng missed his sister.

3 performers randomly chose “shaking” as a movement principle. “Cultivating the land” is the exercise from Qi Gong.  “Gathering and sending” is a movement principle from Flying Low dance technique. Contact Improvisation is a dance principle.

Original video has 21min and 21 s.
The project lasted 21 days.
 

LINK TO VIDEO

Screenings

2013 NO BORDERS Project , China - Xiamen

2014 VIDEOHOLICA , Bulgaria - Varna

 

CONCEPT
Sandra Anais

CAMERA
Johan Nilsson, Matt Shilcock, Tim Standing

EDITING
Sandra Anais

PERFORMERS
    Lata Tomoko Takahashi,

David Labanca, Lee Peng, Sarah Hashkes,

Matt Schilcock, Neo Yany Zong, Goeff Recynski,

Alva Wu, Chak Leung Tin, Sylvain Meret,

Johan Nilsson, Sandra Anais

 

MUSIC
Dead Can Dance - The Carnival is Over
In the Mood for Love - Angkor Watt Theme III
Balkan Beat Box - Money
Ojos de Brujo - Qien Engana No Gana
M - La Mort de l'ame
Anthony and the Jonhsons - Bird Gerhl
Sara Tavares - Boom feeling
Shirley Bassey - Never, never, never

This video was supported thanks to following CROWDFUNDERS at IndieGoGo:
Rok Vošnjak, Sasha Bezrodnova, Julien Porzadny, Tina Šantl Temkiv, Laura Narvaez, Nenad Petrovčič, Pierre-Yves Diacon, Lejla Delalić, Vesna Maria Maher, Klemen Košir, Nina VovkSašo Rutar
and other anonymous funders

 

 

 

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@ Photo by Tim Standing

@Proofreading by Maja Lovrenov