If I Cant Dance – I Dont Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution Itziar Okariz, Climbing Buildings, 2003 Huis & Festival a/d Werf presents If I Cant Dance, I Dont Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution Edition II: Feminist Legacies and Potentials in Contemporary Art Practice Episode III at Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht May 17 May 26 2007 http://www.ificantdance.org http://www.festivalaandewerf.nl bel hook talks about feminist movement, reactivating the term in a transitive way – as a verb almost – so that it becomes this notion of constant action and a kind of restless criticality. Connie Butler 2007 If I Cant Dance is a rolling curatorial project based on performative practices, which departs from a spirit of open questioning and a long term enquiry with artists. Currently it focuses on the legacies and potentials of feminism(s) in relation to art today. Inspired by the quote of Emma Goldman, If I cant dance, I dont want to be part of your revolution, the project explores the critical and celebratory implications of this statement in artists work. This edition of If I Cant Dance explores how feminist thinking on all levels (social, artistic, political, theoretical, ideological or structural) may be important in our cultural life. The project has explored these tendencies as inquisitively and openly as possible over the last year and a half by repeatedly working with an expanding group of over thirty artists and mounting exhibitions, organising symposia and performance events, and running an on-going reading group. This May for Festival a/d Werf in Utrecht a new programme of performances by Jutta Koether, Jon Mikel Euba, Itziar Okariz and planningtorock will take place. If I Cant Dance will also premiere the newly commissioned film of The Otolith Group, Otolith II, at Casco in Utrecht. Programme The Otolith Group – Otolith II Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory, Nieuwenkade 213-215 Dutch premiere on Thursday May 17, 20:00 with an introduction by the artists Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun; further screenings on Friday May 18, Saturday May 19 & Sunday May 20 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00 (45 min) Otolith II is coproduced by Huis & Festival a/d Werf, If I Cant Dance…, KunstenFestivalDesArts & Argos, Centre for Media and Art Jutta Koether – Touch and Resist Huis a/d Werf, Studio 2 and 3 Monday May 21 & Tuesday May 22 19:30 hrs (30 min) Touch and Resist is coproduced by Huis & Festival a/d Werf Jon Mikel Euba Re: HORSE & RGB Horse Cartesiusweg Re: Horse: Tuesday May 22 & Wednesday May 23 17:00 (60 min) RGB Horse: Friday May 25 & Saturday May 26 19:30 (30 min) Itziar Okariz – Climbing Buildings De Neude Friday May 25 & Saturday May 26 in the afteroon planningtorock – Show me what you got Huis a/d Werf, Koepelzaal Friday May 25 & Saturday May 26 22:15 (45 min) Curators Frederique Bergholtz and Annie Fletcher. Partners & Episodes Edition II of If I Cant Danceis staged in 4 episodes: Huis & Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht, May 2006 & May 2007 | de Appel, Amsterdam, November 2006 January 2007 | MuHKA, Antwerp, October 2007 January 2008 Financial Support Edition II of If I Cant Dance… is financially supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, British Council, Stichting Cultuurfonds van de Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten, The Netherlands Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Mondriaan Foundation, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. Information For updated information on the programme and addresses of the venues, times and entrance fees check: http://www.festivalaandewerf.nl. Contact info@ificantdance.org