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Sir David Chipperfield &
Simon Kretz
architecture,
2016 - 2017
Instead of working on a building together, British architecture mentor Sir David Chipperfield and his Swiss protégé Simon Kretz decided on a theoretical project about a complex development site in London. They discovered that
a comparison of planning processes in Switzerland and Britain was fertile ground for a debate about the profound influence planning has on the physical and social form of cities, of how we live and perceive our environment.
The result of their research will appear in a book in 2018.
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Peter Zumthor &
Gloria Cabral
architecture,
2014 - 2015
Gloria Cabral, from Asunción in Paraguay, spent weeks at the Swiss studio of her mentor Peter Zumthor, who involved her in the whole process of building a tea chapel in South Korea, opening up her mind “in a radical way”.
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Kazuyo Sejima &
Yang Zhao
architecture,
2012 - 2013
Japanese mentor Kazuyo Sejima and protégé Yang Zhao believe architecture is about more than constructing buildings – it’s about changing lives. They put their conviction into practice with a humanitarian project as Zhao designs
a community gathering place in a tsunami-devastated area.
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Álvaro Siza &
Sahel Al-Hiyari
architecture,
2002 - 2003
For Álvaro Siza, Portugal’s master architect, his profession is not about copying designs of the past. His protégé, Sahel Al-Hiyari, says “with Siza … it’s much deeper than that.” Al-Hiyari explains that “architecture is synonymous
with human existence. It’s one’s second skin.”
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Ohad Naharin &
Londiwe Khoza
dance,
2016 - 2017
Protégée Londiwe Khoza who had trained in classical dance was immersed into Ohad Naharin’s Batsheva Dance Company after she moved to Tel Aviv for the mentoring year. Having never rehearsed without a mirror, she had to redefine
her understanding of dance without using one. Learning to improvise based on Naharin’s dance language Gaga, Khoza says her dancing and her life – physical, emotional and mental – have been transformed. “I can see with Londiwe
that she opened up,” Naharin says. “She learned to be in the moment when she dances. She learned about her instinctive movement.”
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Alexei Ratmansky &
Myles Thatcher
dance,
2014 - 2015
Russian-born choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and his protégé Myles Thatcher share a deep respect for the “language” that is classical dance. Both are intensely involved in reinvigorating their art form for the 21st century.
A perfect partnership.
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Lin Hwai-min &
Eduardo Fukushima
dance,
2012 - 2013
Young Brazilian dancer Eduardo Fukushima moves from São Paulo to Taiwan, where his mentor, Asia’s premier choreographer Lin Hwai-min, elaborates his unique philosophy of movement and being. A year with this “very generous person”
has “transformed my life”, Fukushima declares.
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Trisha Brown &
Lee Serle
dance,
2010 - 2011
For young Australian dancer Lee Serle, a year in New York being mentored by one of the world’s greatest choreographers, Trisha Brown, is an opportunity to “go back to the source”, as both mentor and protégé search for originality,
humanity and beauty of movement.
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