SELFIE CONCERT | Ivo Dimchev
Ivo Dimchev (Bulgaria)
SELFIE CONCERT
February 4 | 7:30 PM
$25 GENERAL/$20 MEMBERS
Please note, the purchase of a general admission ticket includes an MZD Membership for the 22-23 Season!
Selfie Concert is the most recent work of Ivo Dimchev and is part of a series of performances in which Dimchev investigates different ways of interacting with the audience. In P Project (2012), Dimchev paid the audience to perform with him on stage, while in Facebook Theatre (2016) the performance was based on texts written by spectators on real time in social media, which the author considers an endless source of content and interaction.
A Selfie Concert suggests an altering of the relationship between the audience and the performer, a different way of sharing. Selfie simply shows. It does not explain, it is evidence. However, the selfie is also a reason to be together, to be close physically. Selfie is an instrument for making the monotonic dramaturgy of the concert more alive – and for breaking it.
SELFIE CONCERT PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
Performance, 50 minutes, no intermission
"Selfie is a choreography, selfie is a sculpture, selfie is a tragedy, selfie is love. Selfie is less about me, it's more about us." – Ivo Dimchev
Selfie Concert is being presented across Canada by PUSH Festival/Left of Main in Vancouver, Mile Zero Dance, and MAI in Montreal.
"A Selfie Concert suggests an altering of the relationship between the audience and the performer, a different way of sharing."
SHARE YOUR SELFIES @MILEZERODANCE
PROGRAM AND CREDITS
Idea, text and music by: Ivo Dimchev Performed by: Ivo Dimchev and the audience Production: Humarts Foundation (Sofia - BG) Co-production: ImPulsTanz (Vienna - AT), mumok (Vienna - AT) Management and Distribution: Something Great (Berlin - DE)
ARTIST BIO
Ivo Dimchev (1976) is a choreographer and performer from Bulgaria, known internationally for his provocative and often controversial works of performance art. His work is an extreme and colorful mixture of performance art, dance, theatre, music, drawings and photography. Dimchev is an author of more than 30 performances. He has received numerous international awards for dance and theatre and has presented his work across Europe, South America and North America.
THANK YOU
Mile Zero Dance Staff: Gerry Morita | Artistic Director, Lexi Pendzich | Communications Specialist, Katrina Smy | Bookkeeper/Grantwriter, Gabe Wong | Poster Design, Trent Crosby | Technical Director, Ariadne Bell | Front of House
MZD Board of Directors: Idris Fashan, President, Bryan Roberts, Treasurer, Deviani Andrea, Secretary, Mpoe Mogale, Jen Mesch, Falon Scheers, and Asal Andarzipour
Thank you to all of our volunteers! Visual Art (outdoor sign): brief buds, Sylvie Ellis
"Selfie simply shows. It does not explain, it is evidence." – Ivo Dimchev
SHARE YOUR SELFIES @MILEZERODANCE
UPCOMING SHOWS
GO WHERE LIGHT IS | Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy | March 16-18
PARALLAX | erψn temp3st | April 13-15
SHADOW OF A DOUBT | MZD Mainstage | May 11-13
REELING: Dance on Screen | July 18-30
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Show Credits
Idea, text and music by: Ivo Dimchev
Performed by: Ivo Dimchev and the audience
Production: Humarts Foundation (Sofia - BG)
Co-production: ImPulsTanz (Vienna - AT), mumok (Vienna - AT)
Management and Distribution: Something Great (Berlin - DE)
Featuring
Ivo Dimchev (1976) is a choreographer and performer from Bulgaria, known internationally for his provocative and often controversial works of performance art. His work is an extreme and colorful mixture of performance art, dance, theatre, music, drawings and photography. Dimchev is an author of more than 30 performances. He has received numerous international awards for dance and theatre and has presented his work across Europe, South America and North America.