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The Fire of Flamenco Entreflamenco presents its 2017 summer season

June 21, 2017 by Emily Van Cleve Leave a Comment

Flamenco dancers and Entreflamenco dance company co-directors Antonio Granjero and Estefania Ramirez present a new, full-length production during their company’s 2017 summer season. Performances focus on interpretive solos, duets and trios.

“I feel a great artistic responsibility to maintain Santa Fe’s rich flamenco tradition but also challenged to revive a standard of authenticity that has somewhat diminished in recent years,” says Granjero, who was born in Andalusia, Spain and worked with Maria Benitez’s Santa Fe company Teatro Flamenco as a soloist and choreographer for close to 20 years. “I want our audience to experience the genuine art from my motherland as I know it.” [Read More…]

Power of the Goddess Pomegranate Studios honors female archetypes in its annual production

June 12, 2017 by Emily Van Cleve Leave a Comment

It’s all about goddesses and female archetypes during Pomegranate Studios’ 19th annual dance production “Invaders of the Heart 2017: Ascendance of Athena” on June 23 and 24 at the James. A. Little Theater.

Studio founder, dancer and choreographer Myra Krien says the show is a prayer for peace.

“We’ve never done this theme before,” explains Krien, who established Pomegranate Studios in 1996. “Female archetypes have their own difficulties, just like their male counterparts. The point is that we are all in this together.” [Read More…]

Multimedia Performances, Interactive Installations and More The work of new media artists are showcased at Currents New Media Festival

June 6, 2017 by Emily Van Cleve Leave a Comment

The work of emerging and established video and new media artists are showcased in Currents New Media Festival, an annual citywide event opening on June 9 and running through June 25 that brings together the work of artists from New Mexico and around the world.

Currents New Media Festival features interactive and fine art video installations, multimedia performances, single channel video, animation, digital dome programs, experimental documentaries, web based/app art forms, architectural mapping, the oculus rift, robotics and 3D printing. [Read More…]

Spotlight: Jessica Lang Dance The New York-based company showcases a work inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe

May 10, 2017 by Emily Van Cleve Leave a Comment

Jessica Lang Dance, a New York-based dance company that has performed at top venues around the country including Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., takes center stage at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on May 23.

The company was founded in 2011 by Lang, a former member of Twyla Tharp’s company THARP! and award-winning choreographer who has created more than 95 works on companies worldwide since 1999.

Five works choreographed by Lang are on the program including “The Calling,” a solo piece from 2006 that has become one of the company’s signature works. [Read More…]

Belly Dancing Through a Winter Wonderland Mosaic Dance Company gets into the holiday spirit

November 17, 2016 by Emily Van Cleve Leave a Comment

“Belly dancing has gone through a transformation during the past 20 years,” explains Myra Krien, who founded Mosaic Dance Company in 1998 and is its director and choreographer. “Even the pure Egyptian style has grown and changed. Modern Egyptian belly dancing looks different today than it did several decades ago.”

Mosaic Dance Company, which presents original works that combine traditional movements with a wide range of international dance styles including flamenco and jazz, presents its annual holiday performance titled “Winter Wonderland” on December 10 at the Railyard Performance Center.

On the program is the company’s unique version of “The Nutcracker” ballet in which, according to Krien, “the movements, music and costumes relate to the steampunk aesthetic” that was inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. The performance also includes tongue-in-cheek dances to select Christmas songs and a lighthearted presentation of “Jingle Bell Rock” that features some of Krien’s youngest student dancers. “Our goal is to get people in the Christmas spirit,” she says. “I’m into all holidays. I love to celebrate.” [Read More…]