R A V E L
An online publication for Choreographic reviews
Initiated by Amalia Kasakove
Read more about the initiative on https://ravel-review.hotglue.me/
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Ravel has sprung from a wish to gather within the field of dance and choreography around writing next to and with works, as ways of accompanying them and their makers. The project reflects on the fixity offered by the traditions of (e)valuation and review writing. And in turn considers it as an artistic, or choreographic, format in itself. It dives into thinking what the gesture of writing with dance might convey or make present, and how the act of writing can extend the thinking that the work is already doing.
The choreographic reviews, or reviews on choreography, could take the form of letters, poems, recipes, fan fiction, short stories, scores, fantasy, fables, footnotes, epilogues, essays, toasts, maps, playlists, voice memos and beyond!
For now, Ravel invites 3 people from the field of dance and choreography to respond to a specific work and/or its process. The aim is that the curatorial process will take multitudes of shapes and ways, include others, mobilize questions, fluctuate and continuously position processes of co-thinking. This project hopes to continuously attach and collaborate with various venues, sites, festivals and events!
Ravel is initiated by Amalia Kasakove, a Stockholm based artist working in the gutter between animation and choreography with works that bend into the forms of performances, stop-motion animation, comics and curatorial proposals.
The project is supported by Weld and currently taking part in Weld's Spring 2024 Program.