BIT Dansdramaturgie » Jochem Naafs

Processing Dance – Relations in the creative process

Jochem Naafs — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:40:24 +0000

In het weekend van 25 en 26 september geeft Jochem Naafs een lezing en een workshop in Tanzfabrik Berlin tijdens het Perfect Wedding festival. Voor meer informatie bezoek de website van Tanzfabrik Berlin of neem contact met hem op.

The weekend of September 25th and 26th Jochem Naafs will give a lecture and teach a workshop on process dramaturgy at Tanzfabrik Berlin during the Perfect Wedding festival. For more information visit the website of Tanzfabrik Berlin: www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de or contact him.

“Processing Dance – Relations in the creative process” – Public Lecture & Workshop

25.9._Sa_13 h_Public Lecture_25. & 26.9._Sa/So_Workshop_in Englisch
What does affect you when you are making a performance? Is it the performer or the technician you’re working with, or are you also influenced by the technology itself, by the chair in the studio, by the sounds from outside? Every process has its dramaturgy, its time based story with interacting actors. During this workshop we will become aware of the human and non-human “actors“ that are working with or against us in a creative process. We will work on a small becoming-performance. By being aware of the relations between makers, objects and questions in various phases of the process we will be able to process, and then stimulate the practice of others. The workshop will start with a public lecture that is used as a theoretical framework for processing dance in process.

Jochem Naafs is a researcher, dramaturge, writer and live artist based in Utrecht and Berlin. He studied Theatre and New Media Studies (MA) at the Utrecht University. In his work he constantly merges theory and practice. Currently he is working as a researcher for the research group Theatre-making processes (HKU) and as a lecturer for the Professional School of the Arts Utrecht. He worked as a dramaturge with Powerboat, Michael Pinchbeck, Jack Gallagher and participants of Choreoroam, wrote articles for various organisations and magazines. As a live artist he created the lecture performance Jij, and the performance Pauze.
www.playfulperformance.nl | www.bit-dansdramaturgie.nl

The workshop is part of a research on transdisciplinary making processes and is made possible by the research group Theatre-making Processes of the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU). http://tmp.hku.nl/

Public lecture “Processing Dance“
25.9.2010, 13 – 14 h

Workshop
25.9.2010, 14 – 16 h /20 h, The Half, performance (part of the workshop)
26.9.2010, 13 – 16 h
Level open Fee: 45,- / 35,- € concessionary rate on arrival of the full workshop fee before 13.9.10 and for professional performers; Performance The Half is included

Application workshop@tanzfabrik-berlin.de

Ort: Tanzfabrik Berlin/Wedding in den Uferstudios
Uferstr. 23, 13357 Berlin

Relaties in het transdisciplinaire maakproces

Jochem Naafs — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:41:15 +0000

Recently I published my master thesis Theatre Studies online. It is available in Dutch on Igitur, the publishing and archiving service of the Utrecht University. You can access it here: studenttheses.library.uu.nl. A revisited version in which I propose a way to use the analytical method as a dramaturg will be available soon via the Utrecht School of the Arts.

Abstract (for Dutch see below)
In this thesis I elaborate on how a heterogeneous and relational perspective can provide new insights in collective transdisciplinary making processes. The main focus is on the creative process of making live art. Live art, in almost every form, is a product of multiple actors; both human (director, performers, spectators) and non-human (props, technology). In what way could a heterogeneous and relational perspective add to the knowledge of theatrical making processes? By using the actor-network theory of Latour, Law and Callon to develop an analytical model this paper suggests a possible method to analyse these processes. This paper aims at gaining knowledge of the making process of live art by focussing on the relations between the different actors in the ever-changing process. The analytical model that is developed takes the questions formed by the actors as a starting point. By selecting one question that is an obligatory passage point for all the actors it is possible to place the actors in their relative positions. Then the method looks at the translation by the actors of this question. By repeating this several times the changes in the making process can be determined.

Abstract
In deze scriptie ga ik in op hoe een heterogeen en relationeel perspectief nieuwe inzichten kan geven in collectieve transdisciplinaire maakprocessen. De focus ligt daarbij op het creatieve maakproces van live art. Performatieve kunst is, in bijna iedere vorm een product van meerdere actoren; zowel menselijke (regisseur, acteurs, toeschouwers) als niet-menselijke (rekwisieten, technologie). Op welke manier kan een heterogeen relationeel perspectief bijdragen aan het begrip van hedendaagse theatrale maakprocessen? Door een analysemodel te ontwikkelen op basis van de actor-netwerk theorie van o.a. Latour, Law en Callon suggereer ik in deze scriptie een mogelijke methode om deze processen te analyseren. Het analysemodel start vanuit de vragen van de actoren zelf. Door een vraag te selecteren die voor alle actoren een verplicht passagepunt is, is het mogelijk om de actoren te positioneren in hun relatieve posities. Vervolgens wordt gekeken naar de translatie van de vraag door de actoren. Door dit enkele malen te herhalen kunnen de veranderingen in het maakproces worden vastgelegd.

Jochem Naafs

Jochem Naafs — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:58:15 +0000

Biografie Jochem Naafs

Jochem Naafs studeerde Nieuwe Media en Digitale Cultuur (MA) en Theaterwetenschap (MA) aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Momenteel werkt hij als onderzoeker voor het Lectoraat theatrale maakprocessen (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht) en als docent voor de Universiteit Utrecht (MA Sturing Creatief Ontwerp). Hij richt zich daarbij met name op het transdisciplinaire maakproces van theater en dans. Daarnaast werkt hij als freelance (dans)dramaturg en schrijver. Op dit moment werkt hij als dramaturg bij Stut Theater en de afgelopen jaren werkte hij als dramaturg met theatercollectief Powerboat, live artist Michael Pinchbeck en choreograaf Jack Gallagher. Hij schreef o.a. artikelen voor Springdance, Danslab en Dansateliers. Op het moment werkt hij aan een artikel over de dramaturgische positie in het maakproces van hedendaagse performance.
www.playfulperformance.nl

jochem [at] bit-dansdramaturgie.nl

Biography Jochem Naafs
Jochem Naafs studied New Media Studies (MA) and Theatre Studies (MA) at the Utrecht University. Currently he is working as a researcher for the Research group Theatre making processes (Utrecht School of the Arts, HKU) and as a lecturer for the Utrecht University (MA Creative Development). His focus is on the transdisciplinary making process of theatre and dance. Furthermore he works as a freelance (dance) dramaturge and writer. Currently he works as a dramaturg for Stut Theater and in the last years he worked with theatre collective Powerboat, live artist Michael Pinchbeck and choreographer Jack Gallagher. He wrote articles for Sprindance, Danslab and Dansateliers ao. He is now working on an article on the dramaturgical position in the creative process of contemporary performance.
www.playfulperformance.nl

jochem [at] bit-dansdramaturgie.nl

terug naar Over BIT

I think about…

Jochem Naafs — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:57:29 +0000

I think about my role of the dance dramaturge in the creative making process. On which moment do I have to act in what way? Do I have to ask questions and what kind of questions should I ask? Do I have to tell what I see or rather what I miss? Should I suggest and what would I like to reach with these suggestions? Can I introduce theory into the process or should we really start working in the studio now?

Currently I work on a translation of my theoretical research on creative making processes into the practice of the dramaturge. In principle you can divide any making process into phases. An artist can go one or several times through any phase during a creative making process. As a dramaturge you go through these phases as well. But, more interesting, you can try and track in which phase the artist is. And then see how you can use this knowledge as a dramaturge.

As a dance dramaturge you don’t work for a choreographer, but with a choreographer. You are making together. Dramaturgy is not only there in the performance; it plays a role during the entire making process. Dance dramaturgy is processing dance: it is both being in the process and dealing with the process.

Jochem Naafs