Permaculture - situated dance - far° festival et fabrique des arts vivants Nyon

How can we rethink our links to ourselves, to our bodies, to the bodies of others, to our living environments and to the living beings that populate our landscapes ?

A 3-voice workshop between dancer-choreographer Marion Baeriswyl, scenographer-videographer Laurent Valdès and permaculture and environmental humanities researcher Leila Chakroun. With a view to strengthening the links between the performing arts and the care of the living, this day will combine moments of bodily research and sensory experimentation with (self-)reflexivity on one’s practices, in order to anchor these moments in the conscious and offer them as common, shareable material. To let the themes discussed resonate, the day continues with a performance of Laura Kirshenbaum’s The Calling at far° at 7 p.m. (please reserve your ticket via the festival ticket office office).

Marion Baeriswyl and Leila Chakroun both took part in the HIVE residency held at far° in June 2023. Led by choreographer Shannon Cooney, the residency revealed possible ways of co-creating with nature, while drawing inspiration from the collective strategies of bees.

To find out more, discover the various proposals in the vivifying cohabitations program at far° :

Une Leçon de Ténèbres, Betty Tchomanga
La Chaire des Poules, Danae Dario
Mille lieues – in situ, de Marion Baeriswyl et D.C.P
The Calling, Laura Kirshenbaum

In spring 2022, with the PERMA-CULTURE, As part of a perma-curatorial and artistic experiment, far° has embarked on a process of exploring the principles of permaculture, in order to transpose them to its working dynamics. The far° team is convinced that this way of thinking, which originated in the agricultural world, can be relevant in guiding the transformation of the cultural environment in the light of the current challenges of ecological and social sustainability. The fruit of experiments by far° and its partners has given rise to the publication PERMA- CULTURE (work in progress), a perma-curatorial and artistic essay, on sale at the box office.
To take the exchange and circulation of perma-cultural practices a step further, far° is joining forces with the AVDC – association vaudoise de danse contemporaine to organise two days of ddd* meetings as part of the festival.

*ddd meetings – dramaturgie danse dialogue – were initiated by AVDC – association vaudoise de danse contemporaine in 2022. The aim is to understand dramaturgy not as a learned approach, in which the dramaturge is seen as the police of meaning, but as an intuitive and protean practice that moves between people, ideas, work processes and gestures. ddd is structured around two formats: experimental and collaborative dramaturgy at the table, and workshops for sharing practices.