UPCOMING EVENTS

PERFORMANCES:

IMPROVISATIONAL RENCONTRE
Guillaume Vittard, contra-bass; Jeff Gburek, prepared guitar; Ephia, danse.
October 2, 2008 at galerie Le Réverbère, 38, rue Burdeau 69001 Lyon.

MIRRORMINDED CURIOUSITEASE
a performance inspired by the restless corpse of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake
and the deviant eye of his daughter Lucia.
Dance: Ephia and Benjamin Kraus. Live Sound: Jeff Gburek. Video Projection: Diegonante presented in Potsdam at @ UNIDRAM 15. Festival fuer junges Theater in Europa
19:00 November 5, 2008.

James Joyce, giant of modern literature, continually on the verge of becoming blind, named his only daughter Lucia. She was his mirrorminded, cross-eyed saint of vision. Through his thick “fathom glasses” he watched her dance, setting fires left and right, fueling the creation of Finnegans Wake, burning her own tethers to reality.

View photos of MIRRORMINDED CURIOUSITEASE by Marc Tiedemann.

WORKSHOPS:

Body Mapping/Getting Lost: dance-theaterworkshop
with DJALMA PRIMORDIAL SCIENCE
29. - 31. December 2008 and 2. - 4. January 2009
During this time of changing years,
we research a poetic anatomy,
together forming a bridge to cross into the unknown.

Five hours daily training of body, voice, sensory perception, observation: We begin with a rigorous warm-up, unleashing the body's energy reserves and moving this charge through the collective body of the group, establishing the voice and breath as an extension of the organs. With blind eyes, we construct a map of the body's history, in order to get lost. Standing still to discover an Earth in constant movement. We transplant our heart into new soil and listen for the unpredictable patterns of growth. We thread our nerves through the material of the universe, cultivating an inner connection to the outer environment. This study of the transformative habits of Matter, Sound and the Ur- Matter of Space leads us towards a dance of existing rather than expressing, a dance that lightly touches the transparent limits of the Subtle and rattles beyond the thresholds of the Extreme. In a moment of confusion we encounter our foreign body: a shifting emotional landscape, a map undergoing disruption.

Live sound by Jeff Gburek accompanies the entire workshop. Mixing environmental sound materials and electronics he creates atmospheres that help to deepen the internal experience of the mover, facilitating the inward search for movement that defies social and aesthetic boundaries.

Time: 12:00 - 17:00 daily. Location: Exploratorium Berlin Mehringdamm 55 (Saroti-Höfe), 1 hof, 3. OG. Cost: 300 Euro (early payment discount: 280 Euro, if paid in full by 08.12.08). Registration: requires 50 Euro deposit which counts towards the cost of the workshop to reserve your space. Make payment to Ephia Gburek Berliner Sparkasse Girokonto-Nr. 6010974869 BLZ 100 500 00 BIC-/SWIFT-Code: BE LA DE BE To apply please contact djalmaprisci@hotmail.com Telephone +33 (0)6 26 31 00 58

PAST EVENTS

MIRRORMINDED CURIOUSITEASE
Dance: Ephia and A.M. Palermo.
Live Sound: Jeff Gburek. Video Projection: Diegonante

September 7, 8, 9, 2007.
@ Espace 44, Lyon, France.

September 27-28, 2007.
@ La Menuiserie, Rodez, France.

DJALMA + ODBO théâtre de sons
Ephia (danse), Jeff Gburek (guitare preparée, ordinateur) + Audrey Rocher (objets, trombone), Roland Devocelle (objets, saxophone). Visit ODBO théâtre de sons.

September 15, 2007. 21 hr.
@ La Maison Peinte, Toulouse, France.

September 16, 2007. 16hr.
@ l'Atelier Blanc, Villefranche de Rouergue, France.

MYOPIA: the secret boxcars of pubescence
unsound body: Ephia, Live sound: Jeff Gburek.

Une jeune fille à demi aveugle devant le regard du public.
Elle fouille de ses yeux crispés les formes qui l’entourent.
Son malaise se répercute sur les choses qu’elle touche.
Elle est dans cet état de déséquilibre quand tout ce qui précède la puberté nous quitte.
Myopia révèle le trouble d’observer et d’être observé. Cette fille en pleine mutation physiologique reçoit douloureusement la réflexion de son corps. Cette chose qu’elle ne peut pas vraiment regarder ni agripper.

September 20-21, 2007. 20h 30.
@ Le Croiseur. Lyon, France.

October 2, 2007.
Le Petit Carre D'Art, St. Affrique, France.

en.ve.lope/djalma: events (interlacing)

Djalma Primordial Science performs;
EN.VE.LOPE creates a video artifact.
"Dying Breath" completed in January 2005.
Visit www.envelopeproject.com to see VIDEO.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

coming soon...