Workshop
HOT BODIES CHOIR
with Gérald Kurdian

Meetings:

• Wednesday, May 7, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
• Thursday, May 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
• Friday, May 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
• Saturday, May 10, from 10:00 to 12:00 AM and from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
• Sunday, May 11, from 2:00 PM, with a performance at 7:00 PM

Location:
Sala Ex Scuderie - Borgo Palazzo | via Borgo Palazzo n. 16, Bergamo

Here’s a small preview of the program for the 12th edition of Festival ORLANDO: this year, the Festival expands beyond its traditional boundaries, with local initiatives already launched in October, as we’ve shared in previous months. Some of the offerings during the Festival will be the result of collective creative processes. We believe that culture should be experienced through various forms of participation, which is why we invite you to contribute to the creation of this edition, enriching the Festival with your presence and sharing moments together. In March, we announce three workshops with national and international artists. We invite you to register by April 20, as spots are limited!

French musician and performer Gérald Kurdian invites a group of residents from Bergamo and its province to engage in the collective writing of texts inspired by experiences, reflections, and readings of queer, feminist, sex-positive, and decolonial manifestos. These unique, polyphonic, and untamed texts will form the basis of a choral composition, musically arranged by the artist and performed live by all participants.

At the end of the workshop, the group will present a live performance directed by Gérald Kurdian during the closing evening of Festival ORLANDO.
Hot Bodies_Choirs is the third project within the research cycle Hot Bodies Of the Future by the French musician and performer, dedicated to sexual revolutions.

Participation is free, but places are limited. Reservation is mandatory at prenotazioni@orlandofestival.it by April 20. Registered participants must be able to attend all sessions, including the final performance. The workshop is open to individuals aged 16 and over and will be conducted in English, with Italian translation assistance available if needed. No singing experience is required. The other workshops in the program are Oblio by and with Muna Mussie and Mai+ by and with F. De Isabella and Lele Tori.

Gérald Kurdian (they/them) studied visual arts at the ENSAPC before entering the contemporary dance program Ex.e.r.ce 07 under the direction of Mathilde Monnier and Xavier Le Roy. 
Their oblique concerts, joining electronic music, performance art and documentary practices are since then regularly presented in Europe and abroad (Usine C - Montréal, Crossing the Line - New York, Steirischer Herbst - Graz, Centre Pompidou - Metz, Fondation Cartier, etc).
In 2018, they initiated HOT BODIES OF THE FUTURE!, a series of musical and performative research projects (performances, queer-feminist choir workshops, inclusive parties, and more) around sexual revolutions.
They are currently one of the artist-researchers of the ESACM’s research cooperative and presented their new piece X ! (un opéra fantastique) in 2022 in the frame of the french Festival d’Automne à Paris.