Join Maria Salome Nieto of pataSola dance for a free workshop that explores fundamentals of movement, creation and improvisation in Butoh dance
Date/Time: Oct 15 2017, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
New Westminster, Anvil Centre | Event calendarCost: Free
Where: Anvil Centre Dance Studio 415
What: FREE and open to the public. Limited spaces available; registration required.
How: To register email kfiedrich@newwestcity.ca or call 604-515-3837
Exploring the body through somatic and improvisational techniques, this workshop will introduce participants to the principles of Butoh. Class will include a warm up followed by explorations of space and time, and the use of imagery as a source of movement.
This workshop is geared to dancers, actors and the general public interested in the exploration of creative movement and Butoh. Please wear comfortable clothes that allow free movement, No shoes required, dancers will move with bare feet. All levels welcome.
pataSola dance was founded in 2013 in Vancouver, Canada by collaborators Eduardo Meneses-Olivar and Salome Nieto. Highly influenced by Ralismo Magico and Butoh, pataSola dance’s work intersects the line between the material and spiritual worlds, exploring themes of ritual, myth and spirituality and their significance within contemporary dance. The company has performed in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua and Thailand. pataSola dance strives to produce work that is challenging, provocative and innovative in performance and presentation.
Salome Nieto
Co-founder, Choreographer, Dancer
Renowned for her emotionally-charged performances, audiences have described pataSola co-founder, Salome Nieto, as ethereal, evocative and enchanting. Her work explores the essence of Butoh and the integration of spirituality with her cultural identity. An accomplished dancer and choreographer, Salome has 23 years of specialized Butoh training with internationally-renowned instructors and has danced extensively with Kokoro Dance Company. As well as executing her own works in Vancouver, BC, Salome has performed in Argentina, Mexico, Nicaragua, Thailand, England and Poland. Recent collaborations include projects with Butoh Masters Gustavo Collini-Sartor (Argentina) and Valentin Tzin (Russia),
Poet Kagan Goh and Donna Redlick Dance (Canada).
Eduardo Meneses-Olivar
Co-founder, Director
Eduardo Meneses-Olivar discovered the performing arts in his native Colombia and developed his artistic eye studying architecture at Los Andes University. He proceeded to develop his professional repertoire working as a lighting and production designer as well as an artistic director. Credits include The Opera Workshop at Colombia’s Caldas University, the Colombian National Ballet
Company and Soledad y Compañia—a multidisciplinary piece he directed inspired by his own photography—B-Floor Theatre at the 2014 International Butoh Festival in Bangkok, Thailand where he also directed and designed Camino al Tepeyac. Eduardo is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations including a Jessie Award for lighting design for the Firehall Arts Centre’s Reading Hebron.
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