The International Festival of Dance in Urban Landscapes Old Havana: City in Motion ends this Sunday with a commitment to artistic experimentation and a call to preserve nature and the conjugation of talents of different ages, official media on the Island report.
After three days of activities, the closing of the event was marked by a body laboratory, led by Mexicans Lariza González and Lizbeth Almanza, who sought to recreate the piece Polimeratus, kingdom of garbagealong with scenic artists interested in linking plastic elements to dance, according to an office from the agency Latin Press (PL).
Similarly, the EIH Interactive Ensemble of Havana set out to create music in real time for six videos starring Cuban dancers Vivian Ferrero, Yasel Muñoz, Mariana Hutchinson, Carolina Rodríguez, Sarah Gutiérrez and Lester Domínguez, under the direction of Pepe Gavilondo, the medium refers.
?Snapshots captured yesterday at the opening of the Dance Festival in Urban Landscapes. Havana City in Motion 2022
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In addition to the presentations in emblematic places of the capital city, such as the Plaza de Armas and Las Carolinas, other places such as the Sala de la Diversidad and Habana Espacios Creativos hosted during this weekend master classes, conferences, panels, exhibitions and projections of videos, by renowned choreographers.
In this sense, the report of PL highlights the theoretical meeting entitled “Dance: the doing of your saying?”, which included the intervention of the Franco-Tunisian choreographer Radhouane El Meddeb, teachers and creators associated with the Faculty of Dance Art of the University of the Arts, and the Argentine teacher Silvina Szperling.
In the forum, the participants discussed the link with community projects, the consolidation of academic collaborative networks in Ibero-American videodance and the analysis of the concept of choreographic work throughout the 20th century, details the program of the event.
Likewise, the Flamenca Ecos company was in charge of creating a Flashmob por bulerías, a party dance in which diverse artists joined in the street, which was an opportunity to “make passers-by and artists vibrate with joy”. Havana’s Historic Center, the agency specifies.
In parallel, the XVI edition of the DV Danza Habana, Movimiento y Ciudad International Videodance Festival also took place, which screened works from Chile, Mexico, the United States, Finland, Brazil, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Germany and Cuba.
In accordance with PLHabana Vieja: Ciudad en Movimiento is a unique event that has been held annually since 1996 and seeks to bring the viewer closer to a combination of artistic expressions inspired by the history, architecture and design of the historic center of Havana.
The publication recalls that the event celebrated on this occasion the 35th anniversary of the Retazos Dance Theater Company, which is in charge of organizing the meeting, which has the support of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havanathe National Center for performing arts and other cultural entities of the Island.
