THE ABBEY REBELS
Happening inside of the Maubuisson Abbey, "The Abbey Rebels" project is about transforming this former Cistercian nunnery into a "School of Disobedience" for women, composed of an experimental, radical, critical and anti-canonical Performance Art School, a Fight Club for women empowerment and a Healing Center for modern life shits.
During our sessions we will truly and honestly encourage you to:
During our sessions we will truly and honestly encourage you to:
- Develop self-confidence, find your own artistic voice and personal aesthetic;
- Liberate yourself from your fears, transgress your boundaries, go beyond your limits and push yourself out of your comfort zone;
- Dare to be you: defy self-doubt, fearlessly follow your own path and be confidently yourself!
schedule
Flexible commitment: Attendees can register independently for each day separately.
Mon, Nov. 8. 14-17h - "Exploitation"
Tue, Nov. 9. 14-17h - "Violence"
Wed, Nov. 10. 14-17h - "Powerlessness"
Thu, Nov. 11. 14-17h - "Marginalization"
Fri, Nov. 12. 14-17h - "Cultural imperialism"
Tue, Nov. 30. 14-17h - "Legitimacy"
Wed, Dec. 1. 14-17h - "Self-censorship, fear of speaking"
Thu, Dec. 2. 14-17h - "Inferiority, self-confidence"
Fri, Dec. 3. 14-17h - "Need for validation"
Sat, Dec. 4. 14-17h - "Others' judgements, Expectations"
Mon, Nov. 8. 14-17h - "Exploitation"
Tue, Nov. 9. 14-17h - "Violence"
Wed, Nov. 10. 14-17h - "Powerlessness"
Thu, Nov. 11. 14-17h - "Marginalization"
Fri, Nov. 12. 14-17h - "Cultural imperialism"
Tue, Nov. 30. 14-17h - "Legitimacy"
Wed, Dec. 1. 14-17h - "Self-censorship, fear of speaking"
Thu, Dec. 2. 14-17h - "Inferiority, self-confidence"
Fri, Dec. 3. 14-17h - "Need for validation"
Sat, Dec. 4. 14-17h - "Others' judgements, Expectations"
topics
NOVEMBER 8-12: "WHO IS THE BOSS?"
Dates: November 8-12: 14-17h / day
Venue:
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Why are people so willing to humiliate people from other social groups? What are the factors responsible for psychological and physical aggression? What are those aspects of human nature which lead to social exclusion? What are the cognitive, affective and motivational components of intergroup brutality? How can we resist, protest and fight against domination and oppression? What are our tools and how can we use them?
Through discussions (based on readings, life experience, self-examination) and practical application (creation of performance, dance, choreography…) we will trace the history of different forms and levels of domination, including institutional, interpersonal, and unconscious, their similarities and differences. We will discuss the experience of living with alienation, whether it is due to race, sex, sexuality, class, ethnicity, religion or an intersection of these, the ways in which the theoretical texts we discovered relate to our personal experiences and to socio-political contexts, and we create in response concrete actions, activist performances and politically engaged body-works.
Schedule:
Mon, Nov. 8. - "Exploitation"
Tue, Nov. 9. - "Violence"
Wed, Nov. 10. - "Powerlessness"
Thu, Nov. 11. - "Marginalization"
Fri, Nov. 12. - "Cultural imperialism"
Venue:
- Maubuisson Abbey - Regional Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (FR)
- Dance Studio
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Why are people so willing to humiliate people from other social groups? What are the factors responsible for psychological and physical aggression? What are those aspects of human nature which lead to social exclusion? What are the cognitive, affective and motivational components of intergroup brutality? How can we resist, protest and fight against domination and oppression? What are our tools and how can we use them?
Through discussions (based on readings, life experience, self-examination) and practical application (creation of performance, dance, choreography…) we will trace the history of different forms and levels of domination, including institutional, interpersonal, and unconscious, their similarities and differences. We will discuss the experience of living with alienation, whether it is due to race, sex, sexuality, class, ethnicity, religion or an intersection of these, the ways in which the theoretical texts we discovered relate to our personal experiences and to socio-political contexts, and we create in response concrete actions, activist performances and politically engaged body-works.
Schedule:
Mon, Nov. 8. - "Exploitation"
Tue, Nov. 9. - "Violence"
Wed, Nov. 10. - "Powerlessness"
Thu, Nov. 11. - "Marginalization"
Fri, Nov. 12. - "Cultural imperialism"
NOVEMBER 22-26: "FEAR AND THE UNKNOWN"
Dates: November 22-26: 10-13h / day
Venue:
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Through discussions (based on readings, life experience, self-examination) and practical application (movement research, performance, choreography making, drawing, creative writing…) you will be introduced to the topic of fear in different contexts:
Schedule:
Mon, Nov. 22. - "Fear at work: failure, rejection, judgment"
Tue, Nov. 23. - "Fear in the street: domination, oppression, violence"
Wed, Nov. 24. - "Fear in the heart: love, relations, emotions"
Thu, Nov. 25. - "Fear in the bed: sexualities, desires, fantasies"
Fri, Nov. 26. - "Fear in the mind: the unusual, the unexpected, the unknown, the unsaid"
Venue:
- Maubuisson Abbey - Regional Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (FR)
- Dance Studio
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Through discussions (based on readings, life experience, self-examination) and practical application (movement research, performance, choreography making, drawing, creative writing…) you will be introduced to the topic of fear in different contexts:
- Fear at work: failure, rejection, judgment
- Fear in the street: domination, oppression, violence
- Fear in the heart: love, relations, emotions
- Fear in the bed: sexualities, desires, fantasies
- Fear in the mind: the unusual, the unexpected, the unknown, the unsaid
Schedule:
Mon, Nov. 22. - "Fear at work: failure, rejection, judgment"
Tue, Nov. 23. - "Fear in the street: domination, oppression, violence"
Wed, Nov. 24. - "Fear in the heart: love, relations, emotions"
Thu, Nov. 25. - "Fear in the bed: sexualities, desires, fantasies"
Fri, Nov. 26. - "Fear in the mind: the unusual, the unexpected, the unknown, the unsaid"
NOVEMBER 22-26: "UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA"
Dates: November 22-26: 14-17h / day
Venue:
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Through the exploration of nature and environment, power and society, speculative fiction and eco-criticism, we will dress the limits and possibilities of how art is able to respond and to challenge the anthropocentric conundrum. We examine our personal and professional engagements with nature, rethink and redefine the concept of human, non-human, animal, and vegetal. During this class, we place equal weight on critical theory and artistic creation, develop ideas and fluency. We will observe our relationship with nature, our engagement with ecology, our psychosocial impacts of climate change (eg. scepticisme, denial, critical rejection, anxiety, indifference, panic...).
Schedule:
Mon, Nov. 22. - "Fear, frustration, anxiety, stress"
Tue, Nov. 23. - "Domination, oppression, exploitation, control"
Wed, Nov. 24. - "Powerlessness, being trapped, incapacity to act"
Thu, Nov. 25. - "Violence, aggressiveness, explosion"
Fri, Nov. 26. - "Skepticism, doubt, critical rejection"
Venue:
- Maubuisson Abbey - Regional Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (FR)
- Dance Studio
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Through the exploration of nature and environment, power and society, speculative fiction and eco-criticism, we will dress the limits and possibilities of how art is able to respond and to challenge the anthropocentric conundrum. We examine our personal and professional engagements with nature, rethink and redefine the concept of human, non-human, animal, and vegetal. During this class, we place equal weight on critical theory and artistic creation, develop ideas and fluency. We will observe our relationship with nature, our engagement with ecology, our psychosocial impacts of climate change (eg. scepticisme, denial, critical rejection, anxiety, indifference, panic...).
Schedule:
Mon, Nov. 22. - "Fear, frustration, anxiety, stress"
Tue, Nov. 23. - "Domination, oppression, exploitation, control"
Wed, Nov. 24. - "Powerlessness, being trapped, incapacity to act"
Thu, Nov. 25. - "Violence, aggressiveness, explosion"
Fri, Nov. 26. - "Skepticism, doubt, critical rejection"
NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 4: "RIGHT FOR FIGHT"
Dates: November 30 - December 4: 14-17h / day
Venue:
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Have you ever felt yourself illegitimate? Have you ever hesitated to enter in an art space, speak up in a political conversation, join an activist community, because you felt that you maybe don't have enough knowledge to have relevant things to say, or enough personal experience to hove interesting feedbacks to share? Why do we feel ourselves excluded in some cases, why do we have the feeling of not having the right to express ourselves on this or that topic or to fight for this or that cause? Why do we have this inferiority syndrome and why do we practice self-censorship? Is it due to a lack of academic knowledge, or a need of validation?
Can a men create a feminist artwork? Can a rich person talk about poverty? Can a cis heterosexual person claim for queer rights? Can someone defend minority groups without being part of? Can I talk without reading ? Can I express my opinion without having theoretical references? My experiences and emotions have the same weight as my knowledge? Can knowledge replace personal experiences? Is experience a type of knowledge by the way? What should I do, what should I know, who should I be, what story should I have to obtain the legitimacy to fight for those values and ideologies I truly believe in, but I am personally not concerned with? Who has the right for fight and who don’t? Who is empowered to decide it?
Schedule:
Tue, Nov. 30. 14-17h - "Legitimacy"
Wed, Dec. 1. 14-17h - "Self-censorship, fear of speaking"
Thu, Dec. 2. 14-17h - "Inferiority, self-confidence"
Fri, Dec. 3. 14-17h - "Need for validation"
Sat, Dec. 4. 14-17h - "Others' judgements, Expectations"
Venue:
- Maubuisson Abbey - Regional Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (FR)
- Paris, public spaces
- Dance Studio
Art forms: dance, performance, choreography, movement research
Description:
Have you ever felt yourself illegitimate? Have you ever hesitated to enter in an art space, speak up in a political conversation, join an activist community, because you felt that you maybe don't have enough knowledge to have relevant things to say, or enough personal experience to hove interesting feedbacks to share? Why do we feel ourselves excluded in some cases, why do we have the feeling of not having the right to express ourselves on this or that topic or to fight for this or that cause? Why do we have this inferiority syndrome and why do we practice self-censorship? Is it due to a lack of academic knowledge, or a need of validation?
Can a men create a feminist artwork? Can a rich person talk about poverty? Can a cis heterosexual person claim for queer rights? Can someone defend minority groups without being part of? Can I talk without reading ? Can I express my opinion without having theoretical references? My experiences and emotions have the same weight as my knowledge? Can knowledge replace personal experiences? Is experience a type of knowledge by the way? What should I do, what should I know, who should I be, what story should I have to obtain the legitimacy to fight for those values and ideologies I truly believe in, but I am personally not concerned with? Who has the right for fight and who don’t? Who is empowered to decide it?
Schedule:
Tue, Nov. 30. 14-17h - "Legitimacy"
Wed, Dec. 1. 14-17h - "Self-censorship, fear of speaking"
Thu, Dec. 2. 14-17h - "Inferiority, self-confidence"
Fri, Dec. 3. 14-17h - "Need for validation"
Sat, Dec. 4. 14-17h - "Others' judgements, Expectations"
activities
- CREATION: performance/dance/choreography making, narrating and composing through structured improvisation and movement, creative writing, drawing, video, photo...;
- RESEARCH: talks, readings, personal narratives, historical material, archives and divers audiovisual resources;
- COMMUNITY: building sustainable communities, care-healing-rituals, conscious clubbing;
- FIGHT CLUB: battles, physical & mental fights, self-confidence, empowerment, self-care, self-love, collaboration/cooperation.
your learning outcomes
Creativity
Risk taking, challenging the unknown
Curiosity, openmindness
Self-confidence, self-expression
- Create sincere, powerful and authentic art works
- Experience sisterhood, build sustainable communities
Risk taking, challenging the unknown
- Mix different artistic forms and expressions (performance, dance, acting, creative writing in different forms (poetry, manifest, comics, diary...), drawing, video, photo...);
- Experiment with different methodologies and techniques of creation (narrating and composing through structured-improvisation, movement research through storytelling, personal narratives, historical material, archives and divers audiovisual resources....)
Curiosity, openmindness
- Aquire the ability to think and act freely and critically;
- Get briefly introduced to some theoretical concepts linked to the module's topic (feminism, oppression, domination, exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, violence, cultural appropriation...)
Self-confidence, self-expression
- Accentuate your uniqueness, develop out-of-the-box thinking;
- Create your own artistic voice and personal aesthetic;
- Liberate yourself from your fears, transgress your boundaries, go beyond your limits and push yourself out of your comfort zone;
- Dare to be you: defy self-doubt, fearlessly follow your own path and be confidently yourself!
unlearning facilitators
- Anna Ádám, HU (Artist, Performance maker)
- Petr Dlouhý, CZ (Performance curator, Researcher, Y events, Cross Attic)
- Eden Tinto Collins, FR (Musician, Singer, Transmedia Artist)
organization
Length: Flexible commitment: Attendees can register independently for each day separately
Venue:
"Maubuisson Abbey" is a Cistercian nunnery at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (FR), transformed into the regional Contemporary Art Center. Classes will be hold in the theater studio of the Abbey, a classical black box, suitable for movement, dance and performance art practices.
More about the Abbey...
Number of participants: 8 women / module
Fee: 40€ / day
Application process: here
Venue:
"Maubuisson Abbey" is a Cistercian nunnery at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (FR), transformed into the regional Contemporary Art Center. Classes will be hold in the theater studio of the Abbey, a classical black box, suitable for movement, dance and performance art practices.
More about the Abbey...
Number of participants: 8 women / module
Fee: 40€ / day
Application process: here
