CCA’s Contemporary Performance Practices (CPP) program aims to acknowledge and expand the performing arts canon, tracking current trends and discovering new ones, for the benefit of contemporary performers and performance-makers. We will be offering intensive education, taught by prominent international practitioners and educators, focusing on developing strategies for jump-starting new work from scratch by layering compelling visuals, vivid relationships, coherent text, and propulsive narrative. 

As we gain solid footing within the landscape of the 21st-century time-based art, it is evident that traditional definitions of genres and disciplines are being transcended in favor of multiple, fluid, hybrid art forms. Along with the resurgence of site-specific, devised, immersive and virtual-reality projects, the role of the performer is rapidly evolving, away from being simply an interpreter of scripts / scores to becoming a co-creator of work – one whose contributions are integral to the vision and identity of the new creations.

The second edition of CPP is a two-week summer intensive training geared towards a broad range of performing arts students and practitioners, from 20 July - 1 August 2020. On behalf of CCA, it is my privilege to invite members of Jan Fabre’s TROUBLEYN (Antwerp, Belgium) and SITI Company (New York, USA) for a return engagement this summer. And I am thrilled to join the renowned choreographer Alexandra Beller (New York, USA) in co-teaching MINDFLOCK, a week-long devising and dramaturgy workshop for the performing arts practitioners. Taking place in the picturesque, sun-drenched city of Rijeka, Croatia, crowned by the European Union as a 2020 European Capital of Culture, each group of instructors will focus on intensive training and knowledge-sharing of their companies’ respective methodologies. While their philosophies approach performance-based work from different angles, they are equally deeply committed to developing truthful, compelling, rigorous visions for the stage, honoring the performer’s intuition and intelligence to advance their development as co-creators rather than merely interpreters of work. These visions complement each other in a way that will afford participating artists a well-rounded preparation, inspiring them to generate their own unique creations in the future. We look forward to welcoming you in Croatia this summer!

Ivan Talijancic, Artistic Director, Contemporary Performance Practices @ CCA (Croatia) / Co-founder, WaxFactory (USA)

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