CANARY ISLANDS BONDS FOR DANCE & CONTEMPORARY BOD Y PRACTICES - Dance Interfaces

BONDS FOR DANCE
& CONTEMPORARY BODY PRACTICES
                      CANARY ISLANDS

20                        Imagen DIF2019: Idaira del Castillo

DANCE INTER FACES
CANARY ISLANDS − LEAL.LAV
JAN 24th-27th 2019
LA LAGUNA (TENERIFE)

II DANCE INTER FACES is the second edition of an international meeting of programmers,
mediators and curators which is held biannually in La Laguna (Tenerife). It is coordinated by the
Laboratory of Live Arts (directed by Javier Cuevas) for Teatro Leal in La Laguna. This project is
focused on dance and contemporary body & movement practices generated in Canary Islands and
it aims to promote and internationalize dance made by artists from this region.

II DANCE INTER FACES invites a selection of national and international professionals from the
realm of dance, as well as programmers from regional exhibition centers to connect with eight
carefully selected scenic proposals of dance and movement arts. The selection of artists that will
showcase their work has been made by all participants that have submitted their project to the
open call. The scenic proposals will be presented in a shorter format of 20 minutes each along
two days. The program also includes meetings, professional talks between attending artists and
programmers, presentations of local projects as well as visits to places of cultural and touristic
interest in La Laguna and Tenerife. Dance Inter Faces is approached as a window of opportunity
for artists, programmers as well as for the general public to enjoy presentations in different mid-
length duration formats of dance and movement practices that represent the Contemporary
Creation in Canary Islands.

The Laboratory of Live Arts is a contemporary scenic arts project focused on research,
production, training, mediation and exhibition. It was created in 2012 by Javier Cuevas, currently
the Artistic Director. Between 2012 and 2018 The Laboratory has hosted more than 20 artistic
residencies, around 30 professional training programs, continuous mediation activities and
nearly 100 performances of regional, national and international artists and companies.
The Laboratory of Live Arts continues its work to generate highly caring spaces for creative
processes, artists and cultural contexts in small formats to promote experimentation and
research, considering the outermost regions as a paradigm of a new centre.

II DANCE INTER FACES is a project by Javier Cuevas for the Laboratory of Live Arts of Teatro Leal
La Laguna with the support of Acción Cultural Española (ACE), Cabildo de Tenerife and the
Government of Canary Islands.

GOALS AND CONTENTS
The goals of 2019’s edition of DIF are focused on:

   •   The national and international promotion of dance and movement arts created in Canary
       Islands and/or by Canarian artists; the regional promotion of dance made in Canary
       Islands, mainly among programmers linked to insular and regional circuits of theatre and
       dance.
   •   The creation of networks between different spaces on a regional, national and international
       level to seek support, follow-up and co-production for projects as well as potential linkages
       between projects and artists from different territories.
   •   The promotion of the city of La Laguna, Tenerife and Canary Islands as a place that shows a
       special sensibility for Contemporary Dance and as a territory that hosts a research on new
       models and caring relationships.
   •   To make the public acquainted to the new practices and languages that dance made in
       Canary Islands has acquired. We intend to achieve that by showing the works in a short but
       rigorous format and by involving the audience in the selection of a project that will receive
       the Public’s Prize.
   •   The strengthening of the relational and professional network of dance and contemporary
       movement practices by enhancing the encounter of artists themselves with the practices of
       other fellow artists and by making them participate in the selection process that appeal to
       a shared custody of Dance.

        HOW HAS THE SELECTION PROCESS BEEN?
The Coordination Team of DIF 2019 shares the will to work horizontally in the sense of having a
shared custody of public resources. Likewise, we trust the opportunity we have as artists and
curators to embrace this selection process in a mature and responsible way. The contents (to be
shown in the live performances) have been selected by the same artists who presented their own
projects to the Open Call for proposals at DIF 2019. This participative and horizontal selection
procedure has been agreed by the artists as well.

Therefore, after an anonymous and individual voting process, 8 scenic pieces have been selected
and they will represent dance and contemporary body and movement practices in Canary Islands
at DIF 2019.

               WHO ARE THE SELECTED ARTISTS?
                          Carmelo Fernández, Indicaciones artificiales
                              Carmen Fumero, Un poco de nadie
                             Carmen Macías, Y también mañana
                                  Daniel Morales, Invisible
                                  Darío Barreto, Moonlight
                          Raquel Ponce, Taller de público para público
                             Tamara Ascanio, La voz transparente
                              Carlota Mantecón, Gimnástica Off

All artists who submitted their project to DIF 2019 and met the requirements will have the chance
to participate in the professional meeting sessions MEET THE ARTISTS.

ACTIVITIES’ PLANNING AND SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 24th JAN
18.00h-20.00h.
Extraordinary Assembly of Artists of Movement Arts Association of Canary Islands PiedeBase and
Presentation of Fátima Anllo’s Report about the Situation of Dance in Canary Islands (Director of the
Observatory of Independent Creation).

FRIDAY 25th JAN
9.30h. Opening doors and welcome at Teatro Leal
10.00h-12.00h. Presentation of DIF2019 and Guests + Conversation: New Centres (beyond the concept of
‘periphery’) by Abraham Hurtado/ AADK International Platform + Eduardo Bonito/ International
Curator.
12.30h-13.30h Presentation of Marijana Cvetkovic, Station Service for contemporary dance,
Belgrade / Nomad Dance Academy(Serbia).
13.45h-17.00h Lunch and rest.
17.00h Opening doors at Teatro Leal. Meeting place at Café Room.
17.45h. Introducing the performance presentations and voting system to the public and professionals
attending.

18:00-18:30              Carmen Macías, Y también mañana (18′)          Main Hall
18:45-19:30              Tamara Ascanio, La voz transparente (45′)      Chamber Hall

19:45-20:15              Darío & Aleksandar, Moonlight (20′)            Chamber Hall
20:30-21:00              Carlota Mantecón, Gimnástica Off (25′)         Chamber Hall

SATURDAY 26th JAN
9.00h -13.30h.            MEET THE ARTISTS, Professional meetings between artists and professionals
at different public and private locations in La Laguna. With the collaboration of EASD.

13.45h-17.00h Lunch and rest

17.00h Opening doors at Teatro Leal. Meeting place at Café Room.
17.45h Introducing the performance presentation and voting system to the public and professionals
attending.

18:00-18:45               Carmelo Fernández, Indicaciones… (40′)         Main Hall
19:00-19:15               Daniel Morales, Invisible (15′)                Main Hall

19:45-20:15              Raquel Ponce, Taller de público (30′)           Chamber Hall
20:30-21:00              Carmen Fumero, Un poco de nadie (15′)           Chamber Hall

23:00-01.00               DIF2019 Micromusic Session.                    Aguere Cultural

SUNDAY 27th JAN

9.30h -14.00h MEET THE ARTISTS, MEET THE ARTISTS, Professional meetings between artists
and professionals at different public and private locations in La Laguna. With the collaboration
of EASD.

14.00h Closing and Farewell.

DIF 2019’ GUEST LIST
   Abraham Hurtado, AADK Spain (Plataforma Internacional)
   Alina Folini, Arqueologías del Futuro (Argentina)
   Anna Estdhal, Mediadora Internacional (Italia)
   Anna Gessualdi y Giovanni Trono, Altofest (Nápoles y Malta)
   Eduardo Bonito, Dança em Foco (Brasil)
   Fernando Pérez, Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao)
   Jazmín Chiodi y Alexandre Iseli, Tipperary Dance Platform (Irlanda)
   Katjia Somrak, PTL- Dance Theatre Ljubljana (Eslovenia)
   María González, Mes de danza (Sevilla)
   Marijana Cvetkovic, Nomad Dance Academy (Serbia)
   Mónica Pérez, Teatro Principal de Palma (Mallorca)
   Natalia Álvarez Simó, Centro de Danza Canal (Madrid)
   Neus Ribas, Institut de Estudis Balearics - FIRA B (Mallorca)
   Omar Khan, Revista Susy Q (Madrid)
   Rui Torrinha, Centro Cultural Vila Flor - A Oficina CIPRL (Portugal)
   Sergio Porlán, Centro Párraga (Murcia)

DIF 2019’ ARTISTS LIST
   Acerina Amador
   Carlota Mantecón
   Carmelo Fernández
   Carmen Macías
   Carmen Fumero y Miguel Ballabriga
   Cristina Hernández
   Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera
   Daniel Morales
   Darío Barreto y Aleksandar Georgiev
   Javier Alemán
   La Reversa Cía de Danza
   Obdulia Bustos
   Paloma Hurtado
   Paula Quintana
   Raquel Ponce
   Que te performen
   Tamara Ascanio
   Zireja

DIF 2016 - PROJECT MEMORY

DANCE INTER FACES
is a Javier Cuevas //solucionesdramáticas project for the Live Arts Lab at Teatro Leal de La Laguna
(Organismo Autónomo de Actividades Musicales del Ayuntamiento de La Laguna, Tenerife).