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updates and recent news

• 2010.08.31 website on-line
finally the new version of my morethanhuman.com.ar website is up and running! after a long process of refreshing the design and, most importantly, the programming, the site is working.

• 2010.08.31 in Berlin
right now i'm in Berlin. we are starting the last fase of work of 'the Half', the piece initiated by Diego Gil & Igor Dobricic, where i'm working in collaboration with Paz Rojo, Tian Rotteveel, Felix Marchand and, recently, Theresia Knevel. we premiere at the end of the month in Uferstudios.

• 2010.08.31 winter is coming
actually is autumn first, but it's already cold and rainy.

• 2009.12.29 closure
I'm writing in the airport, a couple of hours from being back in Amsterdam. a very intense and full year comes to an end.

• 2009.12.29 closure
I'm returning to The Netherlands after finishing my projects in Argentina and spending a week there with my family. the last 2 weeks before I spent doing the lighting for 'Nocturnos' and 'Kagel', dance performances and a contemporary music concert, all of it directed by Diana Theocharidis. the work was intense, and it confronted me again with a technician culture that I ABHORR: it is not uncommon to be forced to work with technicians who are territorial, selfish and DESCNFIADOS. again I had to cope with a couple of very uncomfortable situations, that on the other hand showed me how much my working methodologies have changed towards being more flexible in the artistic discussions, improvising more and specially giving more and more relevance to the work of running the lights. the projects were also very precious because they brought me back to the collaboration work with Diana, which

• 2009.12.29 Tucumán
the performances in Tucumán went well. The small audience and the people involved in the work were quite positive and interested both in the process and the outcome. It was a pitty that the Company didn't organize a proper diffusion, or at least performances in a venue more appropriate to a small audience. I also felt like the priorities set by the direction of the Company ended up playing against the creative process - for instance, in that the work scheduled in the theater reduced my 2 weeks of research to 1. I felt that I had almost no contact with the dancers after Monday of that second week. in spite of that, it was an interesting space to reflect again on the relation between product and process. what we presented was interesting and had an impact on the audience, in spite of my fears of it ending up being too superficial. on the other hand, it was interesting to explore the differences that can appear within the same material (working with slow motion movements like in Amsterdam and Mexico, but with quite a different approach each time). and also to notice that, in the end, some new material did find its way into the work, out of exploring ideas in collaboration with the dancers.

• 2009.11.21 go on disappearing
tomorrow I fly to Tucumán, the city where I was born, in the northwest of Argentina. I'm going to do a 2 week laboratory with the Contemporary Dance Company of that province. the work will be in the frame of my project 'Disappear2009' (you can check it here), so it will be connected to 'half of the piece about disappearing' and to the piece I made in México. because of scheduling issues, we only managed to arrange 2 weeks of work, but they will be vey intense. we will have a showing at the end of the 2 weeks. I'm struggling to plan a bit, and find strategies to produce something presentable to the audience, but at the same time to keep the process faithful to what I'm interested in, to really research and try out things without narrowing down all the possibilities from the beginning. we will see how it goes...

• 2009.11.15 back in town
last monday I flew to Buenos Aires. originally a family visit, this trip ended up becoming a very busy one. for the first time in 4 years I am working again in projects in Argentina. today we had the performance in Ciudad Cultural Konex of 'Homenaje a Mauricio Kagel', a program dedicated to the Argentinian/German composer. it was directed by Diana Theocharidis, with whom I used to work for years. it included 3 different pieces, one of them choreographed by Diana. I designed the lighting for the whole project. it was a complicated job because the times for working and there were not many technical resources available, but in the end it worked out quite well. I'm very happy with the lighting, and I received quite good reactions on it. we will repeat the show in the auditorium of the Goethe Instituut of Buenos Aires, in December.

• 2009.11.08 getting finished (for now...)
trying to update the website at least a bit, I look back on how intense this trip to Mexico has been. yesterday night we had the second (and very good) performance of the piece we made with Chicken Democracy: 'la vejez de las paredes una negra sonrisa de alegría un rincón apacible un modo diferente de conspirar de conocer la vida un poco envenenada'. yes, that's the title. but anyways, to keep it brief, the process was fantastic. the collaboration here was very smooth and nice, and I think we are all already looking forward to working together again in the future. to read more from the process, check the blog we wrote. the title of the piece links to it

• 2009.10.13 getting started
yesterday night I arrived to Mexico D.F. I'm still quite dead, after the 4 weeks of work with the Half, travelling back to Amsterdam for half a day, and a long flight to Mexico. but tonight we start with the rehearsals of Mexico desaparece, which is the working title of the project with Chicken Democracy. yesterday night I met the dancers, Ireri, Semis and Vianney, for the first time. we had dinner together right after I landed.

• 2009.10.12 first stage
last saturday we had the 3rd research showing of the the Half, in Tanz Fabrik, Berlin. Diego Gil and me were there for a week, after one week of rehearsals with Igor Dobricic in Amsterdam. Tian Rotteveel sent us from Salzburg a remix of a playlist I chose to dance to. we continued researching the working dynamics, he productive staging of the production conditions, and mainly the halving between dance and music. exploring a new (non)relation between movement and sound, not dancing to the music in a conventional sense but also not ignoring it.

• 2009.09.16 moving out on moving on moving
a short note after the summer. I finally managed -for the first time in years- to really let go of stresses, disconnect from work and stop anticipating the future. I had a fantastic vacation. and, ironically, as soon as I managed to stop thinking about making things happen, things happened. many things. among them, I was invited for working with different people. very interesting projects. in short: next month, on the 12th of October I will go to Mexico D.F. to do a residence/collaboration with the local group Chicken Democracy, a small company with support from the Centro Nacional de las Artes. I will work with them intensively for four weeks, and we will make a new choreography within the frame of my project Disappear2009. more blogs and informative spaces coming soon...

• 2009.09.14 halves
today I had my first encounter with the working group for the Half, the new collaborative creation of Diego Gil and Igor Dobricic. Diego started a 2 weeks research process in het veem theater, Amsterdam, together with Paz Rojo and Tian Rotteveel. I happened to be in town and joined a couple of rehearsals, though this first instance of the research is focused on Paz as a performer and her interaction with Tian and his music. next week there'll be research presentations in the theater, and afterwards I will work with Diego for 2 more weeks, including 1 week research in Tanz Fabrik, Berlin.

• 2009.04.18 short visit
I just came back from Frankfurt. I was there for a week, visiting The Forsythe Company, taking a ballet class with them in the mornings and watching their rehearsals. It was a great and curious experience. I was very surprised by their working dynamics and by the very relaxed atmosphere. Their approach to the work seems to be quite unique, relying very much on their shared history (most of the dancers have been working with Forsythe for a long time), on codes and materials in common, and in a certain body memory. The choreographic work keeps intriguing me, the sensation that it is constituted by a network of textures, a somehow flexible field of smaller structures and forms... So, I hope I'll be able to organize another visit some time, or eventually the possibility to see them working on a new creation. Would be fantastic :)
And, as a side note, I have to mention the ballet classes. Just to admit that I did feel like a clown, and that I had to take them as a challenge and a way to practice humility. Otherwise I wouldn't have shown up until the last day.

• 2009.04.17 finally...
after a very very very very very long time, I finally managed to update (actually, to set up for the first time) the lighting section. I've placed there quite a few pictures, mostly captures from videos - don't expect great quality (except for a few 'real' photos), but more of an overview or general idea of the kind of lighting I've been doing.

• 2009.03.28 updates
once more, a little update to this website. not so easy, though, to keep track of so many things, and find the time to keep this site also up to date. there are some updates in the CV/Bio section. also posted one or two new pictures under images, and added a link or two. finally, I'm still working on the lighting section, updates there are going slow, sorry...

• 2009.03.28 news
as for the news, I just finished the performances of my recent choreography, 'smaller, slower, unproductive and resentful'. you can read more about it in morethanhuman.com.ar and you can check notes about the creative process on the blog smallerinamsterdam.wordpress.com.

• 2009.03.28 institutions
another piece of news: we have finally inscribed our new project, the foundation stichting plan B. together with composer Cecilia Arditto and documentalist Alexandra Indaco, and a group of other artists from Argentina and The Netherlands, we have finally set up the foundation. the idea is to create a platform for producing work of contemporary artists with a base (or a pivot point) in The Netherlands and Argentina. we are now officialy registered, we have started working on our first projects for 2009-2010, and our website will be online soon.

• 2008.11.23 on-line (more and more)
finally, after a very long process, my websites are on-line. I made designs that were programmed by people in Argentina, communicating by e-mail and phone, which is not always very easy or smooth. it took a very long time to get things ready, but I'm happy to think that these virtual spaces were created with the tools internet provides, not only in terms of what was produced but also in terms of the process. I think it is a great practice, and I look forward to use these tools more and learn to do it better.
for my other website please visit www.morethanhuman.com.ar

• 2008.11.22 new creative process
and yet another website is on-line now. I finally got my new blog started, as a space for writing, reflecting, rehearsing and exposing the creative process of my new coreography, which will be presented in Het Veem Theater in Amsterdam in march 2009.
please visit www.smallerinamsterdam.wordpress.com

• 2008.10.29 in Japan
I am still in Japan, though my trip is coming to an end. on friday 17/10 my coreography 'Japón' was performed by the dancers of the Ochanomizu University Dance Club in Tokyo. after that I visited Hiroshima, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka, and I'm now heading back to Tokyo to fly to The Netherlands in the beginning of November.
to read more about my trip and projects in Japan, please visit www.pabro.wordpress.com

• 2008.10.20 teaching
saturday 18/10 I taught the last of my Movement Research classes in studio ArchiTanz, in Tokyo. it was a nice group and a nice experience, and I'm looking forward to more teaching.
to read more about the class and for practical information please visit http://www.a-tanz.com/dance/pablo.html