Daniel Mariblanca: A transgender voice in dance

I am 36 years old and I have lived 34 of those years as a woman who identified as a lesbian. Those are very solid pillars in me which I have defended with strong emphasis. Then five years ago, I started to get in contact with a lot of Trans people in Barcelona who inspired me deeply. That was when I started questioning the pillars of my live. In some way it was like getting to understand the relation between pieces that weren’t yet connected. We could maybe say that being a woman and being a lesbian was a massive cover up under which I felt encouraged and secure. By then being Trans was an inaccessible idea to me, something difficult to understand.

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HKICAROS & Hong Kong International Choreography Festival – Where east and west meet. A space to question, discuss, explore and develop choreography; creating its present to envision its future.

HKICAROS (Hong Kong International Collective Artists in Residency for Opportunities and Sustainability) and Hong Kong International Choreography Festival is a tandem, a five week choreographic residency followed by a three day festival happening in the symbiotic city of Hong Kong from May 27th to June 29th 2019.

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PROJECT | CONNECT – ‘Uniting the conversation between what has happened, what is happening and what is going to happen in dance.’

Summer 2019 will see the launch of PROJECT | CONNECT an unprecedented dance festival taking place in the magnificent city of London. What began as a reunion of ex-colleagues and friends orchestrated by Robert Dungey, has bloomed into a three week summer intensive which brings together the international crème de la crème of dance.

Robert Dungey has gathered an exclusive faculty of artists from Netherlands Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, American Ballet Theater, Alvin Ailey, Compañía Nacional de Danza, National Ballet of Canada, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Staatsballett Berlin and Batsheva Dance Company amongst many others, to come together and help the new generation of dance artists dive into the profession. To accomplish this goal, PROJECT | CONNECT has programmed an intensive schedule of master classes, which range from traditional ballet to Ohad Naharin’s unique Gaga style, repertoire workshops exploring the works of renowned choreographers such asGlen Tetley, Hans van Manen, Maurice Béjart, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek and Nacho Duato, choreographic residencies and career advice.

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Van Legakis, Unity Space and this summer’s “Interdisciplinary Festival of Embodiment” East Point West

The festival truly is interdisciplinary in that classes involving painting, dance on film and massage are also offered in the program schedule. Separated into performance workshops, and elective classes, participants are given the freedom to build their own experience by selecting from the diverse line-up of guests. Each artist in the performance project series will be sharing their individually developed processes: Anton Lachky with Puzzle Work, Edivaldo Ernesto with Depth Movement, Judith Sanchez Ruiz with Your Own God, Inaki Azpillaga with Powerful and Fragile and finally Vangelis Legakis with Embodied Unity.

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Dancing Femmes / The Gracefool Ladies

Dancing Femmes is a series that wishes to explore the views of performing artists that happen to be born in a female body. Dancing Femmes focuses on how being female can affect your career.
Dancing Femmes portrays a spectrum of women´s experiences , from the newest to the veterans. Getting to know their work, their ideas, their aspirations, their struggles, their emotions… as a woman.

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How to organize a unique event: Behind the scenes of Ballet United Gala

I was strolling on facebook a couple of weeks ago when I saw Tom’s post promoting the event he was organizing: Ballet United Gala. The poster described it as a  «unique evening of ballet performed by young dancers» showcasing pieces from well-known choreographers such as Benjamin Millepied, but also some pas de deux from the classical repertoire. The performance would take place in Cadogan Hall, London, the 19th of July.

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