Friday 10. February, artist and critic Ilse Ghekiere will talk with dance artists Bara Sigfusdottir and Orfee Schuijt about the performance Fabulation. The after talk lasts approximately 20 minutes and takes place shortly after the performance has finished.
Bio:
Ilse Ghekiere is an artist and art critic. She studied dance at the Conservatory of Antwerp and has a MA in Art Sciences from The Free University of Brussels. As a dancer she has worked with, among others, Michèle Anne De Mey, Mette Ingvartsen and Jan Martens. In 2017, she received a scholarship from the Flemish Government to investigate sexism in the Belgian dance field. She is the founder of ENGAGEMENT ARTS, an artists’ movement that tackles sexual harassment, sexism and abuse of power in the Belgian art world. As an art critic she writes for, among others, Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift and Rekto:Verso. She is also a board member of PRAXIS OSLO. She works and lives in Oslo and Brussels.