The context program “Dear festival and friends…” curated and facilitated by Rodia Vomvolou (dance dramaturg, PhD researcher) and Betina Panagiotara (dance theorist, dramaturg) returns for its second year and proposes the activation of critical thinking and creative writing around the performances of Open House Festival 2024. 

With letter writing as a key working practice, the programme aims to critically reflect on the performances and provide feedback to both the festival and its participants. The working group follows the festival and meets daily to discuss and write down in the form of letters the thoughts/reactions motivated by the performances. These texts are based on the performative writing method and are then published and shared online and in print as a way of reframing the curatorial gaze of the festival. Read the texts from Open House Festival 2023 here.

Open call

We invite individuals with an interest in the practice of critical thinking and performative writing (artists, students, researchers, journalists, writers, audience members etc) to participate in this year’s programme. The working group will work 4 hours a day during the festival (3-4-5-6/10) and will collectively attend all the performances with free admission.

Workshop hours: Thursday – Friday 14:00-18:00 / Saturday – Sunday 11:00-15:00.

For the performances, see the programme here.

Interested individuals are invited to send: a short CV, a paragraph explaining what motivates their application (100 words), and a sample of their writing (up to 600 words). Deadline 25/09/2024 at admin@dancehouselemesos.com with subject Dear Festival & Friends / APPLICATION.

For further information you can contact us at admin@dancehouselemesos.com / 25340618