To date ten contemporary dance artists have participated in a unique 3 week artist residency exchange through Philadelphia Dance Projects (PDP) in partnership with DanceUP and the Hungary Workshop Foundation:
About the
2018 BILATERAL Artists:
Kata Juhasz is a dance choreographer based in Budapest, Hungary. She has been
presenting her own choreographic works
internationally since 2005, including: Off Europa Festival,
Leipzig/Germany, Cowles Centre, Minneapolis/USA, Kunstmuseum, Holstebro/
Denmark, Vis-a-vis Festival in Romania, Prochownia Teater, Warsaw/ Poland among others.
“Over the years, my company has developed a full repertory targeted
towards different age groups, from the youngest audiences to the elderly. My
choreographies are interactive and multidisciplinary art forms, often crossing
the boundaries between audience and performers, merging live music, video art,
spoken words, contemporary circus and theatre.”
Recent Awards and fellowships include
2017 CEC Artslink
Independent Project Awards, New York, USA,
2016 Award at the ASSITEJ
International Children and Youth Festival, Kaposvar, Hungary
2015 Best duet at Solo-Duo
Festival, Budapest, Mu Theatre.
(Kelemen 3rd from
L) in Waiting For Schrodinger
Patrik Kelemen, is an emerging choreographer in Budapest. He has collaborated with other
choreographers and currently is working
on a new solo Celestine, “dealing
with things coming from the sky thus addressing the otherworldly traits of
dance in a poetic manner.”
He has recently performed,
among others, in Kiss by Tino
Seghal (2017), Waiting
For Schrodinger by Lazlo Fulop (2018) and Standing Ground (2018) by Imre Vass, a 2016 BILATERAL Artist.
Kelemen as noted when
citing the BILATERAL Exchange that there are
“growing currents of autonomous, micro-scenes are emerging within each
major European city – that herald their own local circle of artists, circle of
values and circle of dance- and theatre making. They seclude themselves, as
resources for touring & programming are scarce. As a young artist
participating in the circulation of one of this ecosystem I find it hard to
enjoy or even to grasp the true diversity of today’s contemporary dance. Thus,
any program that sets out to address this issue and bridge diverse points of
view are valuable.”
