Bush Hartshorn and Ieva Navickaitė will be in artistic residence at O Espaço do Tempo from 11 to 23 March, working on Old Dog New Tricks and Stripper, respectively. On 20 March, the two artists will come together for a public sharing of their creative processes, including a conversation with the audience and the presentation of selected fragments from their pieces.
Bush Hartshorn has developed his career as a community artist, dramaturge, theatre programmer and artistic director. Since 2015, he has been mentoring and coaching artists from various countries. In Old Dog New Tricks, his first presentation in 25 years, Hartshorn sets out to perform practices taught to him by others, such as magic, ballet, stand-up comedy, and line dance.
Ieva Navickaitė is a dancer and creator who has performed with many dance companies in Lithuania and around Europe. Stripper is an autobiographical contemporary dance solo that explores the body as a workplace, a political space and a creative instrument, drawing on a decade of experience in sex work and contemporary dance, situated between the theatrical stage and the erotic nightclub.