Residency of Scene Change
hosted by Het TheaterFestival VlaanderenParticipating countries:
- Belgium
- The Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Circus
- Dance
- Theatre
Period
- From 19-08-2024 to 12-09-2024
Website
Address
Antwerpen
Belgium
Belgium
Project summary
For the third time now The TheaterFestival Vlaanderen (HTF), het Nederlands Theaterfestival (NTF) and Battersea Arts Centre (BAC, London) are collaborating on SCENE CHANGE: an international exchange programme at three festivals in the late summer of 2024. During the Here & Now Showcase in Edinburgh, HTF in Antwerp and NTF in Amsterdam, the Scene Change artists will engage with performances, discuss their artistic practices and connect with fellow creatives and arts professionals. The group, two artists from each country, will reflect on the performances from their personal perspectives and work practices, contextualising within the international arts ecology. They will also share their critical observations and questions with the public through a reflective podcast.
Artist
Scene Change
Biography:
Hazel Lam is a multi-disciplinary artist working across theatre, film and outdoor work, developing a common language across these three artistic fields through harmonious yet contradictory amalgamations.
Pierre-Patrice “pépé” Kasses is a queer artist living and working in Brussels. He graduated as a graphic designer from E.R.G. in 2017 and found his way into performance through the cabaret and queer scene.
Anahita Shamsavari graduated in theatre directing and dramatic literature at the Faculty of Art and Architecture, Azad University in Tehran. Her thesis focused on characterisation, gender and femininity in Iranian Drama. Since then, she has worked as a theatre director, dramaturge, critic, writer and photographer in Iran, Switzerland and The Netherlands.
Anne-Fay Kops works on the crossover lines between electronica, gospel, soul and hip-hop. Her musical tracks are all provided with an eye-catching video and a socially critical message colourfully presented with love, passion and creativity to make the world a bit more beautiful.
Samir Kennedy is a British/Algerian dance, performance and sound artist based between London and Marseille. His works centres the body as a site from which to perform notions of class, race otherness, queerness and abjection through the use of archetypal figures which drive complex readings.
Colette Dalal Tchantcho is a Cameroonian-Kuwaiti actor and theatre-maker. In her own work as a theatre-maker, Colette is developing Dreamer, a semi-autobiographical solo piece exploring the experiences of black womxn in Arab Society and how issues around race, gender, sexuality and anti-blackness manifest in modern Arab society.
Pierre-Patrice “pépé” Kasses is a queer artist living and working in Brussels. He graduated as a graphic designer from E.R.G. in 2017 and found his way into performance through the cabaret and queer scene.
Anahita Shamsavari graduated in theatre directing and dramatic literature at the Faculty of Art and Architecture, Azad University in Tehran. Her thesis focused on characterisation, gender and femininity in Iranian Drama. Since then, she has worked as a theatre director, dramaturge, critic, writer and photographer in Iran, Switzerland and The Netherlands.
Anne-Fay Kops works on the crossover lines between electronica, gospel, soul and hip-hop. Her musical tracks are all provided with an eye-catching video and a socially critical message colourfully presented with love, passion and creativity to make the world a bit more beautiful.
Samir Kennedy is a British/Algerian dance, performance and sound artist based between London and Marseille. His works centres the body as a site from which to perform notions of class, race otherness, queerness and abjection through the use of archetypal figures which drive complex readings.
Colette Dalal Tchantcho is a Cameroonian-Kuwaiti actor and theatre-maker. In her own work as a theatre-maker, Colette is developing Dreamer, a semi-autobiographical solo piece exploring the experiences of black womxn in Arab Society and how issues around race, gender, sexuality and anti-blackness manifest in modern Arab society.
Contact:
nora@theaterfestival.be
Website:
https://www.annefay.com
Participating festivals
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Leading festival
Het TheaterFestival Vlaanderen
Contact https://www.festivalfinder.eu/festivals/het-theaterfestival-2023-brussel -
Partner festival 1
Battersea Arts Centre
Contact https://www.festivalfinder.eu/festivals/battersea-arts-centre -
Partner festival 2
Het Nederlands Theaterfestival
Contact https://www.festivalfinder.eu/festivals/netherlands-theatre-festival