Here are my first toughts on motivations for mode05 from about a month ago:
When I got interested in studying dance, I could only find programmes that would interest me in the Netherlands. In Germany, there was not a single programme that would treat dancers/choreographers as artists from the beginning on (and not only after having undergone a rigid physical and/or intellectual practice) and offer theory, practice and space for own work as well as for reflecting oneself within various contexts. Still, such programmes are rare in Germany, if at all they exist. For me, co-organising mode05 is an opportunity to help change this situation plus the benefit of organising a sort of international think tank on the issue. Effects that go beyond the situation in Germany are more than welcome to me.
Well, looking at it now, I wonder about a few things, for example:
What did I mean by " being treated as an artist from the beginning on"?
Looking back at my learning history and comparing it to other people's histories, it seems that I have been quite lucky so far. Somehow I have always been surrounded by a sense of intuitive learning. People around me always trusted that I would learn it, what ever "it" was. And if I didn't, it wasn't a problem. I was allowed to do it my way or not do it at all (or, in highschool, I would sneak my way around it). This trust in my learning capacities gave me a lot of power and freedom, for example in timing my learning steps.
This must sound pretty "beautiful-worldish". Well, it wasn't always. But my point is that "being treated as an artist" is some kind of metaphore for "being treated as a person", rather than as a student.
Which opens yet another field of questions: What is the role of an artist today? His/her image in society? Self-image? What are the differences between an artist, a person, a student...?
I guess, my main motivatin for mode05 is to raise questions.
