In the period 2008-2010, Artscollaboratory has financed several of LOT's international exchange projects. The interdisciplinary character of these projects, and the high quality colaboration between Peruvian and international experts have had a profound impact on the local artistic scene. The international exchanges have not only opened up new visions and know-how for all participants, but have also created a dynamic of dialogue and colaboration between Peruvian artists and experts on local level.
Marina Kaptijn of the Jan Fabre Teaching Group gave a five-day workshop for professional performers, actors and dancers in Lima, Peru in the second half of April 2008. "I teach the techniques that Jan Fabre developed in his lengthy career as choreographer and director for directing his actors, performers and dancers on stage. Central focus is not placed on a certain artistic discipline, but on the physical possibilities of the body."
"Although most of the workshop participants know each other and follow one another's work, we almost never have an opportunity to work together intensively for a period of five days.", says José Ruíz, one of the few male participants.
Karine Aguirre is a member of the contemporary dance group Cuatro Costillas Flotantes. "We have been wanting to combine dance and performance for quite some time. That demands a different type of body control, making different combinations possible, for example with language and alternative spaces. In the next few weeks I will be sharing my experience with my three colleagues because the interdisciplinary nature of the workshop was exactly what we have been looking for."
The workshop offered by the Jan Fabre Teaching Group was part of the first phase of cooperation between the Peruvian interdisciplinary theatre company La Otra Orilla Teatro (LOT) and Troubleyn, Jan Fabre’s theatre and artistic laboratory in Antwerp. The events also included the premiere in Lima of Fabre’s Quando l’uomo pricipale è una donna, a free workshop on physical theatre for theatre students, and a conference on performance and the visual arts.