Nairobi Festival of Solos and Duets: Anna Konjetsky & Sahra Huby, Oct 11 2012 @ Goethe-Institut

Dance Forum-Nairobi, in cooperation with Kenya Performing Arts Group and the Goethe-Institut, presents the Nairobi Festival of Solos and Duets Residency Edition 2012.

Established in 2007, the dance festival has presented and hosted numerous performances and dancers from different countries over the years. The focus of this edition lies on residency programmes in which choreographers and dancers begin an exchange process that leads to a main platform in 2013.
Workshops, presentations and discussions will be conducted by each of the two invited choreographers, Jens Breegaard from Denmark and Anna Konjetsky from Germany.

Choreographer and dancer Anna Konjetzky received several scholarships and prizes for her work and is going to perform, together with Sahra Huby, the 20 min solo show “Abdrücke folgen” on the 11th October 2012.

Nairobi Festival of Solos and Duets: Presentation & Discussion by Jens Bjerregaard, Oct. 6 2012 @ Goethe


Dance Forum Nairobi in cooperation with Kenya Performing Arts Group and the Goethe-Institut, presents the Nairobi Festival of Solos and Duets Residency Edition 2012. Jens Bjerregaard, who will make a start, is best described as an architect of movement, with a natural instinct for structure, often inspired by contemporary art and design. He will present his 15 min solo show “Opaque” on the 6th October 2012.

As agreed with the organizers, his performance will start at 5:30 pm – so don’t get confused because of the information given on the posters. In addition, the participants of the already ongoing workshop will present their own short performance and Jared Onyango will be on stage as well.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QOoKSHxBU] Afterwards, you are very welcome to take part in a discussion with the artists!