Andrea Fagarazzi ANDREA FAGARAZZI HAS BEEN INVITED TO TAKE PART ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DBM MEETINGS IN BEIRUT (2007) AND BARCELONA (2008)
The official report of DBM Meeting in Beirut 2007 is now available
Andrea Fagarazzi's report from pag. 10 to 13 and pag. 20.
Download the document HERE
DBM – Mediterranean Dance Meeting
From May 2007 till March 2008, four Mediterranean dance organisations will closely collaborate to organize three international dance meetings dedicated to the development of contemporary dance in the Mediterranean region. The organizations are: DBM – Danse Bassin Méditeranée (headquarters in Lisboa, Portugal); çATI Contemporary Dance Artists Association (Istanbul, Turkey); Maqamat Theatre Dance (Beirut, Lebanon); La Mekanica (Barcelona, Spain).
The Mediterranean Dance Meetings will take place in three Mediterranean capitals that have succeeded in becoming centres of artistic excellence and boast a strong and lively contemporary dance scene. The meetings are poen to all dancers, choreographers, dance teachers, dance critics, researchers, cultural operators and arts students with an interest in contempoary dance from the Mediterranean area – be they from Europe, the Mediterranean Partner countries or beyond.
DBM November Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon | from 9 till 11 November 2007
Organized by DBM, in partnership with Maqamat Theatre Dance and in collaboration with Al Madina, Theatre and Metropolis Art Cinema.
ACTIVITIES:
» Conference - Opportunities for the development of Contemporary Dance in the Middle East and its artistic, social and civic implications;
» Guided visit to the Beirut Contemporary Art Scene;
» Working groups;
» Conference about the Mediterranean Dance Map project by DBM, in the presence of collaborating researchers and dance critics from Algeria, Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Albania and Palestine;
» Dance Criticism Seminar and Solo Creation Workshop;
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Choreographer Residencies;
» Arab Dance Platform.
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5th DBM ANNUAL MEETING in Barcelona, Spain | from 22 to 24 February 2008
Organized by DBM, in partnership with La Mekanica and in collaboration with Festival Complicitats 2008.
ACTIVITIES:
» Conference - Dance and the body in the Mediterranean Region;
» DBM General Assembly;
» Contemporary dance workshops;
»
International Encounter of Choreographers from the Mediterranean;
» Dance Platform of contemporary dance from the Mediterranean.
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DBM - Danse Bassin Méditeranée [www.d-b-m.org]
DBM is an independent membership organisation that aims to dinamize the development of contemporary dance and the performing arts in the Mediterranean, by facilitating networking and stimulating communication between artists and arts professionals from the region, Europe and the rest of the world and by supporting member-based activities, productions and events that enhance artistic exchange and collaboration.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Culture is at the heart of contemporary debates about identity, social cohesion, and the development of a knowledge-based economy. Respect for the diversity of cultures, tolerance, dialogue and cooperation, in a climate of mutual trust and understanding, are among the best guarantees of international peace and security. [We] aspire to greater solidarity on the basis of recognition of cultural diversity, of awareness of the unity of humankind, and of the development of intercultural exchanges.
Universal Declaration of Cultural Diversity, UNESCO, Paris 2001
The Mediterranean is a region where different civilizations and cultures meet. It is a place with a long and extremely rich history, full of cultural exchanges, reciprocal influences, but also oppositions; a somewhat puzzling conjunction of region and border area that is going through an intense process of change. DBM believes that cultural exchange is a crucial instrument to help the Mediterranean neighbours understand and respect each other. It holds that the creative work of our artists and its fruition by our publics stimulate the dialogue between peoples, because it lets our art and our cultural realisations speak for ourselves and create dialogues with the Other. In the view of DBM, the Euro-Mediterranean dimension is a central axe in the construction of solidarity and understanding and, at the same time, part of a vast network of connections on a global scale.
