Join us for the 2024 edition of the Performing Arts Project, an international exchange of skating artists working to expand contemporary skating as an art form. This year's schedule features workshops, performances, and discussions with artists from around the world.
The Contemporary Skating Alliance will gather again in 2024 – save the date!
Once again, we will meet at the CyberGlace ice rink in Monéteau, France. You will find all the information you need to get there below.
You can now purchase your tickets for this edition of the Performing Arts Project. Secure your spot!
Register nowIn this performance workshop you will dive with Maja into the first explorations for a new piece. This is a collaboration with London based composer Tom Bradbury and the skaters. Explorations will revolve around the concepts of spatial expansion, interconnectedness with the sound and other movers as well as pushing the expectations and patience of the audience. Interested? Come join and get ready to explore!
We will expand your creative toolbox with movement exercises from contemporary dance with a focus on contact improvisation and floorwork. You will learn how to find and use new movements and figures to keep going by yourself. You will gain an insight into the infinite potential of movement on ice skates. After a warm-up, we work on various movement tasks and always with the very individual prerequisites and possibilities. The focus is on authenticity and spontaneous movement development. Prerequisites: Curiosity, openness to the unfamiliar, basic skating skills (gliding, breaking). The first part of the workshop is On Ice, the second will extend the ideas we found on the floor.
Are you ready to dance your way across the ice? Our immersive workshop will introduce you to the exciting fusion of jazz dance and figure skating. Through a series of creative improvisation exercises, you'll explore the dynamic energy, musicality, and expressive movements that define jazz dance.
Play with your blades! Exploration around the blades: rhythm, musicality, sound, narration.
Intro to Exploration on the Ice. This workshop introduces skaters to AIT’s philosophy of contemporary skating focusing on the connection between our bodies, the ice, and the space all around us. We will explore these concepts through mindful movement and improvisation guiding participants to explore self expression, collaboration and creativity on the ice.
We will explore the process of creating a piece, from the initial concept to a sellable product that tells a story, whether crafted for a live audience or for being filmed for a movie project.
The show starts at 7:00 PM, the rink opens at 6:30 PM. All participants are invited by Moins 5! You can get your tickets on the following link and use the code we will email you soon to get 100% off.
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In this workshop I want to explore how playfulness can serve as a catalyst for creativity and freedom in any artistic endeavor. We will also take a closer look at how it can serve as a starting point for mindfulness and thus help us to take on other tasks. Taking interdisciplinary approach and drawing inspiration from theatre and dance exercises, we will look for the ways to expand our imagination, improve our focus and – yes, you guess it – have some fun!
Coming from Paris-Bercy train station, you can take a train towards Monéteau-Gurgy station. It takes about 1h38 by TER train.
Trains in Europe are very comfortable and easy to get to most parts of the countries. You can take the train to Monéteau. Let us know in advance and we can arrange things to pick you up!
The ice rink is surrounded by 6 hotels: Campanile, Première Classe, 2 B&B, Quick Palace. There are also special rate for skaters through a partnership between the ice rink and the Cerise Hotel, book directly on 03 86 40 55 92.
We can also recommend the airbnb “La Demeure du Palais” in Auxerre, 5 km from the ice rink, with 5 bedrooms. A car might be needed to get to the ice rink from this location if you don't want to use public transportation.
The rink is only two minutes away from supermarkets, shops and restaurants by walking. Some snacks will be provided during the event, but no meals are included in the registration fee.
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