Andie Flores: BAD DANCING (workshop)
BAD DANCING is an open group ecstatic dance session that encourages participants to lean all the way into cringe.
In an exploration of embarrassment as process, CopenhAustin/Unlisted Projects artist-in-residence Andie Flores leads BAD DANCING, two hours of dancing for cringe, dancing for social disaster, dancing for sweet clown freedom, all set to a diverse music selection. Join us as we dance alone together in an open space. All welcome, no experience required.
How to attend: The workshop is free and you can RSVP HERE
ACCESS NOTES
Language: English.
Sessions: Feel free to come to all or just one session. Attendance both days is not a necessity, but we of course hope you can.
Who can participate: All are welcome! (Some music selections may not be suitable for children.) Participants should bring an open mind and at least semi-energetic spirit.
Range og movement: Suitable to everyone. Range of physical movement and intensity 100% up to each attendee. You know your body best. Taking breaks encouraged. Comfy clothes and footwear suggested. Water and light snacks provided.
Accessibility details of space: Warehouse9’s workspace has level free entrance to the space and an accessible toilet that can be accessed via a stairlift.
All events at Warehouse9 are considered “relaxed”. We operate with a safer space policy and ask that you orientate yourself with it upon entry to the space.
ABOUT
ANDIE FLORES (b. 1990) (she/her) is a performance artist based in Austin, Texas, who uses embarrassment as a medium for investigating hyper, almost obsessive, visibility in a racialized body across barriers of border, history, and capital. Her practice works to unsettle categorical, site-specific expectations of genres of performance (femininity, Latinidad, drag, citizenry) and aims to recontextualize the mechanisms required to do the work of the absurd. Flores creates experimental live performances that pair identity and comedic culture moments with over-exaggerated, often grotesque shapes and sounds. She is fascinated by the urgent task of world-building at the edge of the limits of art-making.
www.andieflores.com
Performative ritual for the bat species (ATX,USA)
Note: This event takes place in Austin, Texas (USA)
Connect with a bat species and feel the freedom of flying and screaming!
In our time of biodiversity crisis where 52 % of bat species in North America are at risk of populations declining severely in the next 15 years, we meet up to celebrate the magical creatures of the night and the diversity of life.
This is the final presentation of performance artist and climate activist Linh Le who has reached her end of the 1-month residency as part of Unlisted Projects, a collaboration between Warehouse9 and MoHA. During her stay, she has been volunteering at the Austin Bat Refuge, collaborating with visual artist Laura M Cañas P, opera singer Sir Beauregard Elliot, Esquire and artist Andie Flores.
Linh Le is inviting everyone to take part in her performance ritual 7-8 pm and join for dinner and talk 8-9 pm.
OPEN CALL: COPENHAUSTIN RESIDENCY
Warehouse9 (Copenhagen, Denmark), Unlisted Projects (Austin, TX) and The Museum of Human Achievement (Austin, Texas) have come together to offer a residency exchange of one artist from Texas and one artist from Denmark. This international residency opportunity is intended for queer artists working within live performance and designed to support network building, the creation and sharing of new work in an international context. Residents are given the time, space, freedom and financial support to concentrate upon the development of their own work. This residency programme is funded and has a fixed duration of one month. This residency opportunity will be awarded following an open call and application process. Residency artists will be selected in partnership with participating organizations and host a public sharing of work created during their residency at both their host and home organization.
The purpose of this residency programme is to support artistic development and facilitate cultural exchange, and long-term connections between artists, organizations and the greater communities of Texas and Denmark. A unique dimension of the call is a commitment to the intersection of LGBTQIA+ issues and environmental sustainability practices.
Read more & Apply: https://form.jotform.com/233183832201144
This first call is specifically for Artists based in Denmark applying for a residency in Austin.
Submission deadline: 12th January 2024 at 23.59PM local Denmark time (CET).
This Residency is funded with the support of:
Embassy of Denmark Washington D.C.,The Consulate General of Denmark in Houston, Scan Design Foundation, the Danish Arts Foundation, the Cultural Arts Department in Austin and The City of Copenhagen.
