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CHICAGO & HAVANA: DANCE UNITES TWO WORLDS
Jan Bartoszek, Artistic Director and Founder of Hedwig Dances
Maray Gutiérrez, Hedwig Dances Artistic Associate and ensemble member (native of Cuba)
Susana Pous, DanzAbierta resident choreographer
Roell Schmidt, Director of Links Hall (co-presenter of Trade Winds/Aires de Cambio)
Join Chicago-based Hedwig Dances and Havana-based DanzAbierta as they discuss cross-cultural collaboration in the field of dance. These two dance theater ensembles have participated in a two-year international cultural exchange initiative that has resulted in a new work entitled Trade Winds/Aires de Cambio (Air of Change) based upon the central theme of cyclical time in two different cultures. It will receive its world premiere at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago October 9-11, 2014. In this panel discussion, the artists and choreographers examine the successes and difficulties of simultaneously choreographing one piece in two separate countries and how international collaboration draws our world closer through the medium of dance.
Hedwig Dances is supported by grants from The Arts Works Fund for Organizational Development, a donor advised fund of the Chicago Community Foundation; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund; The MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; the National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund/Forth Fund; Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Dolores Kohl Education Fund from the Morris & Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund; a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; the Illinois Arts Council Agency; and, many generous individuals. Hedwig Dances has received project support from New Stages for Dance II, administered by Dance/USA in partnership with Audience Architects. Leadership Support for the New Stages for Dance II Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation. Hedwig Dances gratefully acknowledges the assistance of McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, and the contributions of the Copperbridge Foundation, and Art Encounter.
Trade Winds/Aires de Cambio has been made possible by a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund. Trade Winds is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Links Hall in partnership with DanzAbierta, COCA, Kate Corby & Dancers and NPN. The Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency).For more information:www.npnweb.org.
Hedwig Dances' and DanzAbierta's performances at The Dance Center are funded, in part, by the National Performance Network (NPN) Performance Residency Program, the MacArthur Fund Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
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LocationInstituto Cervantes Chicago (View)
31 W. Ohio Street
Chicago, IL 60654
United States
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