Milan Tomášik & Charlie Brittain | Artists in Residence | Kamov Residency

Photo: Andi Bančić

• Biography
• The Project
• Organized by

• Milan Tomášik & Charlie Brittain

  Milan Tomášik

  Milan is an artist dedicated to teaching, creating and performing. Born in Slovakia in 1981, currently resident in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He studied dance at the Conservatory J. L. Bellu in Banská Bystrica and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 2004, he graduated from P.A.R.T.S., the international dance school in Brussels directed by Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker.

  In 2004, he received the Prize of the City Prievidza (Slovakia) for representing contemporary dance at home and abroad. His teaching activities includes giving classes Happy Feet for professional companies, festivals and dance Academies as well as workshops Playful Presence in most of the countries in Europe, Argentina, China, Democratic Republic of Kongo, Russia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. He is a co-founder of Les SlovaKs dance collective, the company based in Brussels. With them, he created three dance performances (Opening Night, Journey Home and Fragments), and between 2007-2018 performed and toured worldwide, including most of the European capitals, Africa, China, Middle, North and South America.

  Charlie Brittain

  Charlie completed the ‘Artist in Process’ professional training program at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (AT), majoring in choreography. He graduated with distinction from the Professional Dance Course at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts (UK), having commenced his formal training at the Centre for Advanced Training, London Contemporary Dance School and been founding member of the English National Ballet Youth Company.

  Charlie works internationally as a rehearsal director and choreographic assistant in a variety of artistic environments for choreographers such as Etta Murfitt, Kerry Biggin, Milan Tomášik & Co, Barnaby Booth, Jo Meredtih, Louise Bennett, Helen Parlor, Richard Chappell and Holly Noble; at SEAD he was assistant director to Helder Seabra, Jorge Crecis, Milan Tomášik, Paul Blackman & Christine Gouzelis. He was interim rehearsal director to SEAD’s Bodhi Project and spent three seasons as rehearsal director at the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain. Alongside his freelance portfolio he is Associate Creative Director at the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain, Associate Artist at English National Ballet and Rehearsal Director at Richard Chappell Dance. Alongside his commitment to dance, Charlie is a qualified Clinical Sports Therapist and musculoskeletal health specialist.

• Arms that never knew me

  13.-27.02.2023.

  Inspired by the ancient Arabic poetic form ghazal, comparable to the sonnet in European literature, the piece investigates how these literary forms can influence and relate to the moving body – rhythmically, musically, texturally, emotionally and philosophically. Arms that never knew me is a solo dance performance centred on the themes of being, consciousness and vulnerability. Building on an intensive period of artistic research and development, we will explore these concepts with and through each of the theatrical elements; dancing, sound, light, costume, set, text and dramaturgy will be woven together to create a rich and diverse expression of the exhilaration and fragility of (the) human being.

• Croatian Cultural Centre in Sušak

  Croatian Cultural Centre in Sušak (HKD)

  HKD is a public cultural institution that hosts numerous cultural, educational and entertainment programs throughout the year with dance, drama, music, film and multimedia activities, as well as visual arts in the Kortil Gallery. Kortil has been operating as an exhibition space since 1997, with exhibition program open to contemporary domestic and foreign artists, applied art, for exhibitions of artists who marked the art of the 20th century, but at the same time for young authors who are just entering the art scene.  

  HKD hosts educational programs with dance, drama and music workshops and training for children and young people. It also implements community programs such as Kortil live and has its own volunteering program.

  HKD is a member of the European dance networks Aerowaves and Pan-Adria and the music/organizational network MOST Music.