interviews intro
The American performer and choreographer Eleanor Bauer interviewed 46
artists, critics, producers and dramaturges from the Brussels dance
community including herself. The red thread through these dialogues was the
question: what does a community mean in a time of transnational mobility.
For each interviewee a file was made that represents the interview in an
'abstracted' way. It contains audio-excerpts from the interview, drawings
that were made during and after the interview, a photo, biographical
information, a summary of the talk and some words that were floating in the
air during the interview. Marijke De Moor was responsible for the
abstracts.
Delphine Hesters, a sociologist, has actively followed Eleanor Bauers
research and contextualises the working method. Some striking impressions
and conclusions from Eleanors interviews were the starting point for
several activities, events and publications. Delphine Hesters has written
'The facts and fixions of B-loning', a text in which she examines the idea
of the Brussels dance community from a sociological perspective. Eleanor
Bauer staged her self-interview in the frame of Alien Resident in Berlin
and she has given a lecture 'Becoming room, Becoming Mac' in
Kaaitheaterstudio's. Besides, the B-Chronicles think tank has developed a
community game which was presented in the same context.

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