Vera Rosner: film presentation: Open-ended processes: How detours expand local knowledge

Gemma Cook / Meriel Norris / Cherry Kilbride / embodiment & ethics /creative mixed abilities Gemma’s guests: Shiv Grewal, Jon Cooper, Richard Luke, Emma Livingstone

Maria Chatzichristodoulou / Paul Bevan / live-art & auto-ethnography/self-documentation

Re-embodiment & Dis/abilities Workshop 1 Films

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Keynote artist:

Vera Rosner

Vera Rosner was born in Vienna; she is a DanceAbility trainer, and works as a choreographer, performer, dancer and quality manager. She lives in Vienna. She has been leading a weekly open workshop group for several years, and since 2011 an advanced training group, which also performs at Jattle, BAM + Poetry, which are evenings with live music and poetry slams, where mixed improvisation groups regularly present and exchange ideas. She teaches various workshop formats throughout Austria and workshop formats (e.g. Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Bremen, Porto, Helsinki, Munich, Bologna). From 2005-2009 she danced with Danse Brute. In 2006 she founded the A.D.A.M. - performances "6 tanzen", "Auf freiem Fuß", "dancing with paints" (cooperation with L.A.C.E. Theatre/Los Angeles), "(Ruderal-)Flora" and "Fuss-Noten". In 2011 she founded the Dance Gang, which creates performances for young audiences. "The Song of Silence" has been shown to more than a thousand children and is combined with workshops in schools.3 In 2009 she founded the ‘Teacher's UP’ programme, an advanced training programme for choreographers, dancers and trainers. Interesting artists are invited to lead intensive weeks to get to know their way of working. In 2017, the work with Doris Uhlich began with dance in the piece 'Habitat' at the Donaufestival, at Tanzquartier Wien 2018 and 2020 'Habitat pandemic version'. The piece 'Everybody Electric' toured from 2017 (Vienna, Leipzig, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Venice Biennale and Sao Paulo, ...). Vera Rosner is always looking for collaborations with artists and groups of different genres such as theatre, performance, visual artists and creates joint actions, performances and street art interventions (like Invalidenstraße). She collaborates on the design and as a performer in various art projects such as 'Parcour de Danse' (Pontebba/ Italy). In 2011, the DanceAbility Europe founding congress took place in Vienna, which generated a lot of interest with the DanceAbility Day as part of the ImPulsTanz Festival, not least due to the presence and support of Steve Paxton. She is a founding member and on the board of MAD Coproductions where, in addition to SWAYING, education and training, symposia, networking, Jattle, BAM + Poetry, a lot of attention is paid to the Mellow Yellow school project, which led to an Erasmus+ project DOOL (Dance out of Line), she is responsible for the artistic direction together with Frans Poelstra. Vera’s film Open-ended processes: How detours expand local knowledge will be shown at the symposium.

Vera’s workshop: Ruderal species

A ruderal species is a plant species that is first to colonize disturbed lands. The disturbance may be natural – for example, wildfires or avalanches – or a consequence of human activity, such as construction (of roads, of buildings, mining, etc.) or agriculture (abandoned fields, irrigation, etc.). The word ruderal comes from the Latin rudus, meaning "rubble". Ruderal species typically dominate the disturbed area for a few years, gradually losing the competition to other native species. However, in extreme disturbance circumstances, such as when the natural topsoil is covered with a foreign substance, a single-species ruderal community may become permanently established. In addition, some ruderal invasive species may have such a competitive advantage over the native species that they, too, may permanently prevent a disturbed area from returning to its original state despite natural topsoil.

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