DANCE EDUCATION IN ARGENTINA: 1987/1998

Drama – dance – yoga - tap-dance

Contemporary Dance Training School - Buenos Aires General San Martin Theatre:1987/90
Teachers: Ana Itelmann – Ana M. Stekelmann – Sonia V. Potovsky – Cristina Barnils – Marina Giancaspro – Roberto Dimitrievich – Norma Binaghi

EDUCATION ABROAD:

- U.S.A. - AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL (June - August 1990)
Cunningham: Jeff Slayton -Limon-Muller: Duc Varone Graham: David Hochoy

- NEW YORK (August - October 1990)
Summer Workshop at the Alwin Nikolais and Jose Limón School Muller tecnic: Willam Adaire

- VIENA - AUSTRIA (July - August 1997)
INTERNATIONAL SOMMER TANZWOCHEN
Contemporary dance: Susanne Linke - Lutz Forster - Malou Airaudo

- GERMANY (September 1997 - February 1998)
TANZTHEATER BREMEN - SUSANNE LINKE / Ballet and Contemporary classes in the company.
TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL - PINA BAUSCH
Ballet classes taken in the Company. Investigation and participation in the rehearsals of "Spring Consecration",
"Café Muller", "Palermo, Palermo", all these are the creations of Pina Bausch

FOLKWANG TANZSTUDIO - Essen
Contemporary dance: Malou Airaudo - Dominique Mercy - Lutz Forster.

CHOREOGRAPHISCHES THEATER - JOHANN KRESNIK – Berlin
Investigation and Participation in the setting process of "Hotel Lux".
Analysis of the plays in the repertoire "Macbeth", "Frida Kahlo", "Passolini Theorem".

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

1990 - AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL – North Carolina ICW (International choreographer workshop)

1994 - FONDO NACIONAL de las ARTES - Creation.

1997 - FONDO NACIONAL de las ARTES - Creation.

1997 - INSTITUTO GOETHE - FUNDACION ANTORCHAS – ITI
(International theatre Institute)- Choreographic Residence in Germany - Dance Companies Hans Kresnik - Pina
Bausch - Susanne Linke.

1999- FUNDACION ANTORCHAS; Creation

2004 – AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL – ICCP - International Choreographer commissioned program

 


CHOREOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES - OWN PLAYS


1989 - INSOMNIO / Music: Peter Gabriel

1991 - NACERES / Music: Marcelo Moguilievsky

1992 - EL ANSIA / Music: Beatles – Rubini

PIENSA EN MI / Music: Boleros - Elvira Ríos - Luz Casal

SONAMBULA / Music: Arvo Part

 

ANTIKOS COMPANY

1993 - FRIO ASCETICO / Music: Giacinto Scelsi

1994 - FABULA APOCRIFA / Music: Arvo Part - K. Penderecky - Duruffle.

1996 - MISERERE / Music: Arvo Part

 

MR DANCE Co/ BuenosAires

1998 - MALDITA TIERRA BENDITA / Music: Bolivians and Serbio Folks

FURIAS (Bagnolet choreographic competition pre selection) / Music: Shostacovich.

2001- VARIACIONES CROMATICAS ALREDEDOR DEL NARANJA / Music: Martin Bauer

2001- KYU PINK SHOW / Music: Argentinean electronic music and Japanese and Javanese traditional folk music

2001- PROYECT TIME / Music: Martin Bauer / Festival International de Singapore

2002- FRATRES / Music: Arvo Part / Ballet Mercosur de Maximiliano Guerra

TABULA RASA / Music: Arvo Part / Festival de danza de Buenos Aires

2004 – ASEPCIA / Music: Karaoke / Alvear Theatre at Buenos Aires

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2004 -SOMETHING BENEATH / Music: Vainer – Ceratti / Reynolds Theater – American Dance Festival

2004 -DESOLADO / Music: Klimek / Galpon de la Comedia La Plata

2005 – SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT/ MUSIC: Jorge Grela / Cemtro Experimental teatro Colon

 

AS a GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER

2004 - Invited for the American Dance Festival to the ICCP to do new creation SOMETHING BENEATH


2003 – Invited for The Ballet Of the San Martin Theater to do a new creation PAMPA`S

 

CO-PRODUCTIONS WITH THE SAN MARTIN THEATER

1995 - FABULA APOCRIFA PAMPA`S

1996 - MISERERE

1998 – FURIAS

2001 – KYU PINK SHOW

 

AWARDS

1991 - BIENAL de ARTE JOVEN - NACERES

1992 - Mention FAIDEC - EL ANSIA

1993 – Primer premio de DANZA TEATRO 93 Liberarte: FRIO ASCETICO

1999- Best Choreographer of the year “Diario Clarin”

2002 – Diario Clarin Nomination TABULA RASA

2004- Diario Clarin nomination ASEPCIA

 

INTERNATIONALS AND NATIONALS FESTIVALS

2004 – American Dance Festival - USA

2003 - International Festival Oaxaca- Mexico

2002 – IIIº Festival de Danza de Buenos Aires

2001 - Singapore Arts festival

2000 – IIº Festival de Danza de Buenos Aires

1999 - International Festival Buenos Aires

1998 - International Festival Caracas - Venezuela
International Dance Festival Rio -Brazil
International dance Festival Montevideo – Uruguay

1997 - Festival de Teatro y danza Celcit – Bs As – Sta Fe – Mendoza (Argentina)
Festival de danza de Mar del Plata (Argentina)

 

CHOREOGRAPHIC COLLABORATIONS

1990 - Ana María Stekelmann: “winter in the hot space” / American Dance Festival - Durham - USA
Susana Tambutti: “The mourning Kiss”

1998 - Graciela R. Saiz: “Lorca poems”

 

TEACHING ACTIVITY

1999 – 2003 Contemporary dance and choreographic composition at the San Martin Theatre Dance school.

1993 – 1999 Contemporary dance and choreographic composition at the Centro Cultural
Ricardo Rojas Dance department from the Buenos Aires Universitie.

1992 Pedagogic project around Argentina with the support from the Antorchas Foundation and Nucleodanza, cities:
Mendoza, Neuquen, Rosario, Mar del Plata, Corrientes, and Santa Fe.

1992 – 2003 Contemporary dance workshops at Corrientes dance festival, Mendoza dance Festival, summer workshop
at Norma Fontenla Dance school Mar del Plata, Rosario, Santa Fe Workshops at Rosario

2003 – Workshops at Casa de la Cultura, Bellas Artes and Oaxaca dance company Oaxaca, Mexico

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY AND CONFERENCES

1993 - Participated as Lecturer at the First Meeting of Young Choreographers, organised by The Institute of Show Arts, School of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires.

1995 - Lecturer regarding the topic "The Role of the Choreographer. My work", during the presentation of the first dance notebooks, published by the School of Philosophy and Letters University of Buenos Aires.

1996 - Lecturer regarding the topic "Relationship between the German style dance and my choreographic work", in connection with the research Communication Arts and Media directed by Licentiate Elena Sagaseta. Institute of Show Arts, School of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires.

 

ACTIVITIES AS JURY AND PROGRAMMER

1997 - Dance Programmer at the C.C. Ricardo Rojas

1998 - Jury to the Dance Meeting held in Mar del Plata.

1999/2000/2001: Jury and Dance Programmer at the C.C. Ricardo Rojas