AWA / As We Are (Luxembourg) @ Holding Space : PFS5
4 Feb:
Social Media Awareness workshop (closed door)
5 Feb:
Artist Diaries 2.3: Dancing Digital Behaviour (ticketed)
6 Feb:
Filming Movement: workshop for dancers and filmmakers
(registration required)
7 Feb am:
Misinformation Matters: special event for educators and students
(by invitation)
7 Feb pm:
public performance of Shoot the Cameraman (ticketed)
We are delighted to open our Season with AWA / As We Are from Luxembourg. Set up by Baptiste Hilbert & Catarina Barbosa, AWA / As We Are is a dance company whose inspiration comes from contemporary social matters mainly related to the new behaviors created by the digital age. They aim to create new places of movement by combining choreographic art and latest technological innovation to reveal ourselves as we are. They believe that exchanging daily with others is essential to nurture their creativity and share these ideas. And so we have curated a week of varied engagements for them along with our many amazing partners.
Public Engagements
5 February ’25 | Artist Diaries 2.3: Dancing Digital Behaviour
Glenburn Penthouse
6:30 pm
Registration Fee: Rs. 1000
Co-hosted and presented by Glenburn Culture Club and Pickle Factory Dance Foundation at the Glenburn Penthouse, ‘Artist Diaries’ is an exclusive series centred around an artist’s approach to the creative philosophy that drives their work, and insights into their current projects. This session with As We Are features an unplugged excerpt from Shoot the Cameraman, inviting audiences to closely view how the moving body and the moving camera work together to play with our perceptions. The excerpt will be followed by a conversation with the artists around the themes and process of their work.
6 February ’25 | Filming Movement
workshop for dancers and filmmakers
G. D. Birla Sabhaghar
6:30 pm
Workshop Fee: Rs. 500
This workshop is for dancers and filmmakers, and will introduce participants to the creative techniques the company uses along with discussion on constraints, possibilities and aesthetics. Participants will then be invited to create short movement films in collaboration with each other under the guidance of the company members.
7 February ’25 | Shoot the Cameraman
contemporary dance performance from Luxembourg
G. D. Birla Sabhaghar
7pm
Tickets: Rs. 200, Rs. 300, Rs. 500, Rs. 700
Shoot the Cameraman brilliantly employs contemporary dance and live camera (with the two camerapersons choreographed into the piece) to comment on the relationships between media, power and perceptions. The audience are offered a permanent double reading of the piece and have the opportunity to simultaneously attend a live performance on stage and on screen. Seeing is interactive, personal and supposedly unfalsifiable. But how much of what we see and perceive is directed by a cameraman’s framing? And how does that shape our imaginations and perceptions of reality?
Closed Door
4 February ’25 | Social Media Workshop
a workshop for media students
Venue to be confirmed
11 am
This workshop is designed specially for media and communication students. Through demonstration and group exercises, participants will be to think about the power of the image and how its use can impact our cultural, political or social judgement of a situation.
7 February ’25 | Misinformation Matters
event for educators and civil society organisations
G. D. Birla Sabhaghar
11 am – 2 pm
This event is designed in collaboration with Alt Ed, and is ideal for educators interested in concepts around countering false narratives, navigating misinformation & examining bias.
The event will include:
- A performance of Shoot the Cameraman by As We Are, Luxembourg
- A discussion addressing the topic of false news & misinformation in classrooms & living rooms from Luxembourg to India by Directors of As We Are, Pickle Factory Dance Foundation & an Indian journalist
- Alt Ed presentation outlining pathways forward – knowledge mindset, pedagogy & transactional skill
- Case studies and project displays from schools trained by Alt Ed
Please email creativeprod.picklefactory@gmail.com if you would like to attend this event.
India Tour
2 February ’25
Ahmedabad
Natarani Amphiteatre
8:30 pm
9 February ’25
Bangalore
Prestige Centre for Performing Arts
6:30 pm
14 February ’25
Delhi
British Council Theatre
7:30 pm
16 February ’25
Mumbai
National Centre for Performing Arts
7 pm
MEET THE ARTISTS
Baptiste Hilbert hails from Arlon, a small town in Belgium. He studied dance at the Epsedanse dance school (FR) and continued his training in England, with Verve13, the postgraduate company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds (UK). He completed his studies at the Ballet Junior de Genève (CH). There, for a year, he performed in various well-known repertory choreographic works.
With Catarina Barbosa, he co-founded the AWA As We Are company in Luxembourg, which is subsidised by the Ministry of Culture and the biennial Plate-Forme AWA dance festival. Baptiste also continues to perform freelance for other companies, and works as a production and tour manager and in cultural mediation
Ben Moon is a light & video artist and technician based in London. He works predominantly in live video performance and dance productions. They have performed, exhibited, and toured throughout the UK and Europe.
As a designer, Ben has extensively worked collaboratively with choreographers including Lea Tirabasso, Eva Recaha, Lola Maury and Yukiko Masui amongst others. As well as technical and production with artists including Sharon Eyal, Martin Spangberg and Xenia Aidonopoulou.
Georges Maikel Pires Monteiro trained training at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg before joining the third edition of SEED’s Professional Master program, supervised by the CobosMika Company in Spain. While in Spain, he collaborated with many notable artists there and has also now worked with a diverse range of choreographers, directors, musicians and visual artists across Europe
Georges Maikel has co-choreographed the duet fest alongside dancer and choreographer Piera Jovic and solos such as !MAKi!?. In 2020, he produced the dance video It Gets Better, which won the Dance from Home contest. He has also choreographed for feature films such as Stargazer by Luxembourgish director Christian Neuman and La Cache by Swiss director Lionel Baier.
Piera is a dancer and physical theatre performer based in Luxembourg. She particularly enjoys interdisciplinary formats in live performance, and the complementary nature of the arts in general. A professional since 2015, she devotes herself to her career as a dancer and stage performer, but also places great emphasis on artistic collaboration, whether in the form of an outside view or choreographic consultancy for theatrical productions. She is an active member of the multidisciplinary artists’ collective MASKéNADA, as well as ASPRO, the association for professionals in the performing arts. She also counts the Trois C-L Maison Pour la Danse among her first partners.
Pedro Barbosa is Portuguese videographer and photographer , born and raised in Oporto.
Used to work for production companies and marketing agencies but his desire to work on different projects lead him to work as freelancer for the last few years.
For the last 9 years he has also been working with AWA as photographer, videographer, and in the last 5 years he worked for the company as a performer too, in the piece “Shoot the Cameraman”. Beside this, he works closely with the all the members of the team in the communication process of the company , where he creates multimedia and social network content for AWA communication channels.
His collaboration with AWA relies on the possibilities, that dance and performative art, can achieve in his own creative process as well as in the communication process of the arts.
Tanisha Addicott has trained at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. She has toured nationally and internationally with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures on their production of Romeo + Juliet. Her other credits include working with Sadler’s Wells Young Associate Blue Makwana for their Mixed Bill and the production FOUR, as well as touring nationally with Ballo Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl. Has also worked with artists such as Jess and Morgs and Clod Ensemble, and previously worked with artists such as Akram Khan, Ana Maria Lucacui and Matsena Productions at Rambert School.
LOCAL GUEST PERFORMERS
Aliza has had hands on experience in the fields of Arts Management, Teaching and Performing Arts. Her degree and theatre practice has further helped enhance her communication and writing skills. She has been working in theatre as a performer and a production manager for the last six years. She has worked extensively as a freelance content writer and a mentor. She is also a trained Kathak dancer.
Alize performs with the company in Ahmedabad.
Triparna Sen is a performer, theatre practitioner, and independent researcher. A graduate of Presidency University, where she specialized in Drama, Triparna’s academic pursuits echo the voices of tradition and empowerment, merging scholarly rigor with the vibrancy of performance. Her master’s thesis (2021-22) delved into the therapeutic and transformative power of Jaat Pala, a women-led folk tradition.
Her collaborations as a researcher extend to interdisciplinary projects like Hridaypur (a visual art installation by Pradip Das) and Nothing Left to Call Home (a photo-documentary by Taniya Sarkar), finding beauty in the convergence of art forms.
Triparna continues to explore and train with diverse movement practitioners, seeking to integrate varied vocabularies into her work, and aims for a dynamic intersection where practice informs research methodology and vice versa, weaving a vibrant tapestry of shared human experiences.
Triparna performs with the company in Calcutta.
Deepthi Bhaskar is a Bangalore based singer, actor and playback theatre artist with a deep passion for exploring personal stories and their power to build community. With over a decade of experience in theatre, she has performed, composed, and acted in numerous theatrical productions, excelling in both scripted and unscripted performances. Deepthi is particularly drawn to non-normative, fragmented storytelling, often creating dreamscapes through the innovative use of text, sound, and body.
Her work goes beyond performance, as she is also dedicated to curating and developing music for both national and international theatre productions. Her diverse skill set allows her to engage with a range of artistic expressions, from intimate, community-driven pieces to large-scale productions.
Deepthi continues to explore new avenues for creative expression, ensuring that her work remains deeply connected to both the personal and the collective.
Deepthi performs with the company in Bangalore.
Vanshika Dogra began her journey as dancer at the age of 10, and received over ten certificates for her dance performances & stage presence from 2012 to 2023. She has performed at Taj Night Finale Season 9 dance competition 2023, and is associated with Bright Screen Production & Studio 19 Films as a model. She is an actor at Kanupriya Theatre Company and has performed titular characters in over 10 KTC Productions.
Vanshika performs with the company in Delhi.
Vanya Singh is a 21 year old writer, actor and theatre-maker based in Mumbai. Her first play, Birdflight, premiered at Thespo 25 and has since been performed several times across four cities. It is produced by D for Drama and written, directed and performed by her. She has recently been associate director on two productions by aRANYA theatre – Tumhaare Baare Mein and Pyaar Aadmi Ko Kabootar Bana Deta Hai – both written and directed by Manav Kaul.
She is currently working on a new original script. Interested in exploring new and meaningful ways for the medium of theatre to interact with the world, she is excited about expanding her personal and theatrical vocabulary.
Vanya performs with the company in Mumbai.
