Ankor movement based arts practice research sharing
Ankor , a European interdisciplinary movement-based arts practice constellation established in Sept 2017 in Cavan, Ireland A European interdisciplinary movement-based arts practice constellation focused around p eer sharing that aims to research and create platforms to support our art practice and processes (visual art and/or contemporary dance) This grew from the initial concept by Maria Kerin, an interdisciplinary artist-curator, in response to her own needs to link with a creative like-minded community of movement-based artists and her desire to support and share movement-based research and knowledge horizontally. During 2017, from meetings with artists Alexandra Rafferty, IRE, Helle Kvamme, SW, Mairead Vaughen, IRE, Russell Brown US, and Dr. Eleftheria Rapti, Greece, the urgency to establish a community was apparent. In September 2017, Maria Kerin invited Russell Brown, Daire Skuze (radio producer/folklorist) and Alexandra Rafferty to a sharing of pract