Workshop Dance your Research

This workshop will gather scholars from across the different research institutes of UCLouvain and provide them with the opportunity to reflect upon their research through a new, artistic, and embodied perspective. With theoretical lectures and practical dancing practices we will provide participants with concepts and tools useful to mix dance and science and find ways of expressing scientific results through choreographed movement. Towards the end of the workshop we will offer personalized coaching to help each participant turn their research into dance.  

Professors: 

D. Mertens: Performance artist and pedagogue based in Brussels, D. Mertens was initially trained in geography and oceanography, in movement pedagogy and in performance art at KASK (Conservatorium of Ghent),where they are currently studying the Feldenkrais method and the fascia-therapy. She is part of the collective NOON as a maker and performer (BUDA, C-TAKT, KAAP,..) and works as a performer for the Cie Ontroerend Goed (Sélection officielle d’Avignon). In the past, they worked with H. Lacrosse in Mythologies (Charleroi Danses), B. Tirtiaux and the collective Makral, Honoré d’O at Bozar and many others. Pedagogy is central in their practice, D. Mertens has teached in places such as ISAC ARBA-ESA (Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles), different academies, in the Dalcroze Institute and in CPAS. 

G. Hernandez Castro: Artist, dancer and choreographer from Brussels, G. Hernandez Castro was trained as a contemporary and folklore dancer at Academia de la Danza Mexicana INBA (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes). She holds a Master in choreography from Escuela Nacional de Danza Clasica y Contemporanea INBA-CENART (Centro Nacional de las Artes). Mrs Hernandez Castro was a co-organizers of the 2020 and 2022 ‘Dance your PhD @ UCLouvain’ doctoral workshops. 

N. Kervyn: Trained as a psychologist, Prof. N. Kervyn is a Professor of Marketing at LSM and researcher at the LouRIM (UCLouvain).

Eligibility:

All UCLouvain academics pursuing research, from PhD student to emeritus professors of any Research Institute.

All dancing levels are welcome, no prerequisite required.

Dates

Five mornings (8:30 to 13:00) from Monday April 08 to Friday April 12, 2024. 

Schedule