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Interview of CONTRA-TIEMPO’s Ana Maria Alvarez
Check this wonderful interview of CONTRA-TIEMPO’s Ana Maria Alvarez
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CONTRA-TIEMPO / New Haven Register preview: Wesleyan University to host performance by Contra-Tiempo dance theater company
‘With joy and love at its essence amidst defiant calls for social justice, “joyUS justUS” tells the stories of the dancers, collaborators and communities of color from South Los Angeles. They shared their personal experiences during workshops and council sessions, each one adding depth and Through expressive dance, impassioned spoken word, and enveloping layers of transcendent…
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2019 APAP Showcases by the Lotus Companies
RSVP to info@lotusartsmgmt.com A.I.M (Kyle Abraham) * Friday, January 4, 2019 7-8pm * Saturday, January 5, 2019 7-8pm The Ailey Studios (6C/6D), 405 W 55th Street (@ 9th Avenue), New York, NY 10019 A.I.M presents a mixed repertory selection of dances by Artistic Director Kyle Abraham, including SHOW PONY, a new solo work performed by A.I.M dancers;…
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Images of the Bereishit Workshop at NYU Abu Dhabi
Click on photo to view all images. Photo credit: Clive Primrose
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Artkentro preview: ‘When Martial Arts Meets Contemporary Dance’
‘Localities have disappeared today. The development of media has made glocalization of the world irrelevant to the regional and collective characteristics of culture. It is as if the artistic style of an area or group is under the influence of each other, such that pure artistic characteristics of an individual are difficult to designate as…
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Magpie Preview: ‘In the Beginning: What Bereishit Tells Us About Modern Dance’
Bereishit Dance Company is heading to the NYUAD Arts Center this week, performing ‘Judo’ and ‘Balance and Imbalance’ on November 28! ‘Bereishit combines a contemporary dance tradition that is very obviously Western with an ancient Korean musical heritage based on percussion. Here’s Soon-ho on why this is a natural fit: “Contemporary dance is a special genre in…
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Miami New Times preview: ‘Contra-Tiempo Director Ana Maria Alvarez: “Joy Is a Radical Act”‘
“Social dance is so connected to social change. People getting together as a community inside oppression, resistance, pain, and difficulty and still having the capacity to move together and feel joy has been a form of resistance. We get so bogged down in the ins and outs, but our bodies and the art form of…
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CONTRA-TIEMPO PREVIEW: ‘JOYUS JUSTUS’ A DANCE OF COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION’
Alvarez speaks on the process of the piece, which took almost two years to develop. With joyUS justUS,she looked into everything unique about each artist involved. Working with 8 dancers of diverse backgrounds, she was not looking for unity but for the thing that makes each artist different. Through the work, the dancers were really connected to…