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| Thomas Körtvélyessy |
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Thomas Körtvélyessy, MA, CKA Thomas Körtvélyessy received his Master of Arts in choreography from DANCE UNLIMITED / ArtEZ Dance Academy, Arnhem, Netherlands and a BA-equivalent (HBO) from the Rotterdamse Dansacademie (now codarts) also in the Netherlands, to teach modern and improvised dance following extended principles of Laban Movement Analysis. His Master-research and thesis examined Open Form Composition as a tool for group interaction in performance, highlighted against his personal practice and experience as a contemporary choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Under the name Reàl Dance Company numerous solo and group-works were created and performed in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Budapest (HU), and New York City since 1996 - often in public space and in an interdisciplinary context. He also co-originated the series con·sens·us with Eva Tremel, a practice that researches and experiments with (sensory-based) agreement in dance and daily life. As part of his involvement with Kinetic Awareness® Thomas Körtvélyessy has written two papers on Elaine Summers and her work, including the first publication about Kinetic Awareness® for dance-teachers in Dutch (Rotterdamse Dansacademie, 1994-1996) He is also co-editor of the forthcoming publication The Elaine Summers Dance Score Book - read his article "40+ Years of dance, intermedia, and empowerment - The magic of Hidden Forest And The Elaine Summers Dance Score Book" published in "Dance Research in the Netherlands, Vol. 5" by the Dutch Society for Dance Research(VDO),Amsterdam 2008
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contact: info@realdancecompany.org |
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