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CONTEMPORARY Dance Map 2008, the must-see art event this season, has
begun. Conceived in 1982 to celebrate Dance Day every April 29, it
was initiated in Philippines in 2005 by then Choreographers’
Network Chair, Myra Beltran. It is the experimental ground of the
larger festival, Wi-Fi Body Festival, held at the Cultural Center of
the Philippines. The festival serves as the venue for cutting edge
choreography.
It brings together the country’ leading
independent dance companies such as Dance Forum, Airdance, Dancing
Wounded Contemporary Dance Commune, Chameleon Dance Theatre,
University of the Philippines Dance Company, Halili-Cruz School of
Ballet.
Contemporary Dance Map 2008 schedule
• April 16: Uncensored Bodies dance video
screenings with artists’ talk with Sarri Lluch Dalena, Ruello
Lozendo and Myra Beltran at the Magnet Café Katips, 335 Katipunan
Ave., Quezon City, 5:30 p.m.
• April 19: Not Mine performance by Myra
Beltran, Dance Forum a the Instituto Cervantes Manila Library, 855
T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila, 3 p.m.
• April 19: Memory Wares performance by the
Chameleon Dance Theatre including retrospective works by Oliver
Palad, Rudolph Segundo, Eric de la Cruz, Joel Simbulan and Raul
Alcoseba at the Chameleon Dance Studio, 89B Diego Silang, Cubao,
Quezon City, 7 p.m., Gate P100
• April 20: Academe Creates New performance by
the UP Dance Company and HC School of Ballet production at the HC
School of Ballet, 1227 Quezon Ave., Quezon City, 7 p.m., Gate P100
• April 23: Uncensored Bodies dance video
screenings with artists’ talk and dance jam with Diego Maranan,
Jay Cruz and Tes Jamias at the Magnet Café Katipunan, 5:30 p.m.
• April 25: Betrayed by Martha performance A
Dance Forum and Airdance production at the Dance Forum Space, 36E
West Ave., Quezon City, 8 p.m., Gate P100
• April 26: Contemporary Dance Map Gala 2008
performance by artists of Contemporary Dance Map featuring Dance
Forum, Airdance, Chameleon Dance Theatre, UP Dance Co., Dancing
Wounded Commune, HC School of Ballet
• April 29: Día Internacional de la Danza
(International Dance Day) at the Instituto Cervantes Manila. Events
include: Danza y periodismo (Dance Journalism) seminar discussing
about issues in writing about dance, with special guest, Amb. Delfin
Colome at 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; and Coreografías para el Día
Internacional de la Danza (Dancers for International Dance Day) at 7
p.m. featuring perfomances such as “Sepia” by Ava Maureen
Villanueva of Airdance, “Dulce” by Elena Laniog of UP Dance Co.,
“Heavy Side Layer” by Raul Alcoseba of Chameleon Dance Theatre
and a piece by Dancing Wounded Contemporary Dance Commune.
For details call 0917-526-9724 or e-mail myrabeltrandanceforum@yahoo.com.
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