Residency
With the TMS residency, Solène will explore the first stage of an R&D looking at how the dedicated space of a theatre with all its artifices, suited for magic and illusion, can enhance a performance that talks about manufacturing truth.
About the artist
Solène Weinachter’s love for dance started when she was 5 doing pirouettes (only) on her kitchen floor. Later she formally trained at the CNR of Lyon and LCDS where she obtained a BA(Hons) and an MA in contemporary dance and performance. Solène's different identities in dance includes being a choreographer, a performer, a co-deviser, a teacher and a rehearsal director. She has built long lasting creative relationship with Scottish Dance Theatre (Janet Smith & Joan Clevillé), Lost Dog (Ben Duke) and OD WORKS (Oona Doherty), and has been part of projects with Gecko, Vera Tussing and Rosalind Masson. Solène is a co-founder of the Glasgow based music/dance improvisation Collective Endeavours. Solène has been focusing on making her own work since 2020. Her first solo show, AFTER ALL opened at the fringe 2023 and is currently touring in the UK and internationally.
Read more about Solène
https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/dancer-and-choreographer-solene-weinachter-on-listening-to-that-voice-inside-of-you/ Recent interview on my last show and the bigger picture: https://springbackmagazine.com/read/solene-weinachter-dancer-interview/
Follow Solène’s work
www.soleneweinachter.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/soleneweinachterdance/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/soleneweinachterdance
Read the blog Solène wrote for us ahead of their residency.
About the programme
Earlier this year, Studio Somewhere put a call out for submissions to our Spring 2024 Studio Somewhere residency programme. We had four residencies available for artists based in Scotland. The residencies are opportunities for artists working in experimental performance to put an idea in motion or explore a new collaboration. We were looking for artists who wished to explore projects that raise interesting new questions relevant to our time, or innovative in approach to form.