Callandia (creation 2027)
The project Callandia (working title) is the third and final part of the trilogy 18 Steps Through (Stories of) Dance, initiated in 2020. 
Callandia has a futuristic tone. The participating dancers find themselves in an artistic dystopia year 3017 where all art has died. Together they portray museum attendants whose primary mission is to promote and to defend abolition of dance as an artform. In secret, few of them unite around a shared plan to overturn their assignment. 
The first part of the research process is carried out through short residencies with one performer at a time. Through interviews, movement-based explorations, and the collection of artistic material in the form of sound, video, and text, the focus lies on developing methods of creation in which documentation does not merely function as a trace of the process, but as a performative expression in itself.

Bios

Liza Penkova is a Swedish dancer/teacher/choreographer/ based in Gothenburg. She studied dance at The Royal Swedish Ballet school and P.A.R.T.S, and holds a Ma- degree in choreography with focus on dance didactics from Stockholm University of the Arts.
Formerly a dancer in Brussels, she performed for several years with renowned choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, where she deepened her understanding of choreographic structure and musicality. A formative collaboration with Michèle Noiret introduced her to dance-cinema and cross-disciplinary imagery. She also worked with Helena Franzén, whose dedication to developing a personal movement language highlighted the emotional power of abstraction. Collaborations with freelance artists across Europe such as PHDin one night, Georgia Vardarou, Veli Lehtovaara, Pauline Fonsny, Dejana Sekulić, and Meri Pajunpää have further inspired her to create her own work.

Kevin Fay is a French-American dancer, writer and choreographer. Kevin Fay trained at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, U.S.A., B.A. Dance & Communication), the Hubbard Street Dance Center, and the Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance. After working professionally in classical and contemporary dance companies and projects, he moved to Brussels, BE. Based in Brussels since 2016, he has collaborated as a dancer with Veli Lehtovaara, Éric Minh Cuong Castaing, Eleanor Bauer & Chris Peck, Marc Vanrunxt – Kunst/Werk, Fabrice Samyn, Manon Santkin, Adrian Kurth, Olga de Soto, Marco Berrettini, and La Monnaie/De Munt. Since 2017, he has been studying voice with Fabienne Seveillac and developing his work as a writer, editor and transcriber.