*Eduardo Martino"Over three sold-out nights at the Lillian Baylis Studio of Sadler’s Wells (London), Colombia’s pioneering contemporary dance corps La Compañía del Cuerpo de Indias presented its moving choreographic symphony Inxile: The Trail of Tears, which explores exodus, displacement and the loss of loved ones.
El Colegio del Cuerpo (the College of the Body) directed by Alvaro Restrepo in collaboration with choreographer Marie France Delieuvin provides opportunities for hundreds of youngsters from Cartagena's most impoverished districts. The dance academy has been honoured by the United Nations as an alternative for conflict resolution in war-torn areas and praised by the contemporary dance world for its cutting-edge choreographies." http://www.colombianembassy.co.uk/en/news/94-success-for-colegio-del-cuerpo-in-london
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In London's Sadler's Wells theater, one of the most important contemporary dance worldwide, today announced the Company of the Corps de Indias, Colombia.The company is, according to dancer and choreographer Alvaro Restrepo, "the cutting edge or tip of dance" at the College Corps, a project that he and the French choreographer Marie France Delieuvin began in 1997 in Cartagena de Indias.Related ContentThe law seeks to prevent "the greatest robbery in the history of Colombia"DESH, return to the origins of dance throughThe Pet Shop Boys, from pop to balletAccording to them, in the last 15 years more than 8,000 children and adolescents, most of the poorest areas of the Caribbean city, participated in the programs of the institution.Restrepo was one of those invited to speak this weekend at the TEDx event organized by the British newspaper The Observer, which is modeled after the TED talks in the United States established in 1984 under the slogan "Ideas worth spreading" .The inspiring event also took part, among others, the Malian musicians Amadou and Mariam, the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, the Spanish winemaker and promoter of sustainable environmental practices Miguel Torres, the Lebanese culinary activist Kamal Mouzawak and British music teacher Rosemary Nalden, founder and director of Buskaid String Ensemble of Soweto, South Africa.
Colombia's dancers and musicians performed together in South Africa Sadler's Wells.In his presentation, which was more than a chat choreography, Restrepo said he knew that his project would be on track since he told his friend Gabriel García Márquez was creating an institution called the College of the Body and the novelist answered it was an excellent name, which seemed the title of a book of poetry.After a brief introduction about his own life, the choreographer introduced through the dancers, the story of the school and the impact it has had on them and many other children and youth.At the end of the presentation and to the surprise of the audience who rewarded them with a standing ovation, South American artists danced while playing youth of Soweto.Restrepo said that in late 2010, in Colombia, had seen a documentary and wept upon learning that someone in South Africa was doing a project similar to yours, with poor children, some of whom are now studying in the most prestigious music schools ofworld.The next day, spoke to Rosemary Nalden and proposed work. A few months later, the Soweto String Ensemble traveled to Colombia and then the Corps Indies Company was made in South Africa.Physical and psychological violenceRestrepo told BBC News that the College Corps, also known by its acronym ECDC is the result of a dream that he "had been stroking for many years."
"I decided in 1991 to return to my country with the idea of creating a center that could offer opportunities I never had"Alvaro Restrepo"I started in dance late, at age 24 after having passed through many other ways," he said.According to him, although he was born in an upper middle class family, had a childhood and adolescence "very unhappy and confused", marked by a very strict education in a Catholic school, including physical and psychological violence, and sexism and violence at home and in Colombian society in general.Thanks to one of their grandmothers, who was a pianist and organist, as a child was interested in music and taught piano for nine years.After studying philosophy and literature, he worked on the streets of Bogota and abandoned children, thinking that the theater might be a good teaching tool to help them, decided to join a drama school.It was in that school and exbailarina an actress, Rosario Jaramillo, helped him to discover their potential in dance.Beginning in 1981 with a grant from the Colombian government, Restrepo studied dance in the U.S. under the guardianship, among others, Martha Graham, Jennifer Muller, Merce Cunningham and Cho Kyoo-Hyun."After doing my training in New York, to begin my career as a performer and creator of my own choreography, traveling the world, decided in 1991 to return to my country with the idea of creating a center that could offer opportunities I did not, "he said."I always say that El Colegio del Cuerpo is a way to heal myself from a pedagogical process tortuous and difficult, and I could somehow offer these opportunities to young people who did not have this."An error 'criminal'One of the children who benefited from the project and now, at 26, is one of the stars of the company is Eduard Martinez.
Restrepo told a brief history of each of the dancers. The display will go to Eduard Martinez when he was 11."The story of Eduard is interesting because he was not chosen in the first group as they were 480 children and we wanted to select only 30 for a pilot group," Restrepo told the BBC."And Eduard left out. Did not see, and surely we made were too many injustices. But six months after he arrived, with its 11 years old, knocked on the door and said, 'I come to talk to you because you made a mistake. Please read the survey I answered. '""We read it and saw that in the part where it asked whether, if selected, would like to continue in school, he had written: 'I want to continue in the College of the Body for contemporary dance was invented for me and a few others' "."Seeing the overwhelming response so decided to give it a try and sure enough, a few weeks we realized we'd made a grave error not only criminal but because we had let this guy out of the dance and his vocation. The vision he had was awesome. "Eduard Martinez told the BBC that he was fascinated by dance since seeing a presentation at her elementary school, while studying in sixth grade, the company at that time headed Delieuvin Restrepo, El Puente."It was special because in Cartagena contemporary dance is very new. All we were there we had 11 or 12 years and see the experience of a movement entirely, see Japanese dancers, Spanish, French, moving in a way that did not recognize was, I believe, what most caught my attention because I realized I could go into a vocabulary that did not know and I felt I had a close for me, which related a lot to me. "
"Everything I learned in school, in one way or another, I can provide it to other boys, whether in the social or artistic project"Eduard MartínezAlthough at all times had the support of his family, especially after the school principals visit your home and convince their parents of the seriousness of the project, the road was not always easy."Cartagena is a very macho and usually very difficult for a man working in the dance because the connotation is that dance is only for women and homosexuals.""On the other hand, the dance is not really considered a career or a respectable profession. Dance is more like a creative use of leisure time."Now, in addition to dance with the "tip dance" project, is very interested in sharing their experiences with younger generations."Everything I learned in school, in one way or another, I can provide it to other boys, whether in the social or artistic project. The idea is to provide all knowledge, all the baggage, all material of everyday life through dance and experience with the body and with others, an individual and collective at the same time, plus provide a high-level training. "New HeadquartersSince its foundation, El Colegio del Cuerpo has enjoyed the support of local and national authorities, including ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, as well as Colombian and international institutions.
The school already has a project to its new home, made by architect Javier Combariza Leopold. Now looking for resources to implement it.The school already has a project to its new home, made by architect Javier Combariza Leopold. Now looking for resources to implement it.Enlarge imageFrom 2007 to 2010, ECDC has developed a project with 1,200 children from 18 schools in the poorest areas of Cartagena with funds from the Japanese government, channeled through the World Bank.Now, the dream of Restrepo and his boys Delieuvin is moving to larger quarters than they have in the historic center of Cartagena, a city designated by UNESCO in 1984 as a World Heritage Site."Five years ago we received from the mayor of Cartagena four hectares of land in the suburbs, in a beautiful place in the town of Pontezuela, and the Spanish Agency for International Development also gave us a grant for the design of the new headquarters, "he said."We are now in the process of obtaining resources, a huge effort to build it to be not only a center for training, experimentation and educational innovation but also a cultural center that could be a laboratory of social inclusion for children, youth and the general population, from all social backgrounds. We believe that art has the power to convene, to erase the differences and get people to integrate. ""I am a deep admirer of the maestro Abreu has created in Venezuela and sleep with the Colombian government to propose something similar for our country, but with the dance"Alvaro RestrepoIn addition, Restrepo would like to take the project to other parts of Colombia and develop something similar to the National Children and Youth Orchestras established by José Antonio Abreu in Venezuela."It's one of my obsessions. I am a deep admirer of the maestro Abreu has created in Venezuela and sleep with the Colombian government to propose something similar for our country, but to dance, because it could be very powerful and much cheaper because they do not have to buy tools because we are born with the instrument set, we are the instrument. ""Obviously, adequate space should be built, bringing teachers, but I think the implications could have a construction work of these bodies for art, for life-the body as sacred habitat where life happens, can have extraordinary consequences for the processes of building peace for citizens of our country and the world. "Citizens for PeaceOne of the places in Colombia where Restrepo would like to take the College of the Body is the region of Chocó on the Pacific coast, where a large population of African descent with similar characteristics to that of Cartagena and for whom the dance is very natural."I have a story too personal with the Chocó, as my sister, Monica Restrepo, who is dedicated to the work we are presenting in London, 'Inxilio the trail of tears', was the great architect of the Law 70 of title collective land for Afro-descendants. is a topic that touches me very closely, as that of the displaced because my sister was also in charge of this country at the time of his death 12 years ago " .
The work was created by Álvaro Restrepo in 2011 in collaboration with Marie France Delieuvin.The choreography, which was presented at the Lilian Baylis study of Sadler's Wells and in the coming days will be in Paris at the National Dance Center-reflects the plight of those displaced by violence in Colombia."This book is a version of camera did a huge ceremony in December 2010 attended by 200 people -150 of which were people in situation of displacement, 25 dancers from the College of the Body and 25 players, plus one hundred musicians of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogota. ""It is a work which is focused on raising awareness, reach out to the hearts of viewers, to tell the Colombians and the world in general because I think the issue of displacement, the exodus, migration is the story of humanity-that is a problem that affects us all, we can not see it as something that happens to others, but it is happening to a body part of Colombia. ""I think the bulk of Colombia we all are, we are interdependent, share responsibility and this is part of what the work wants to play as a message, and reflection."The piece, which includes two women dressed as if they were virgins outputs an icon, it starts with a "sound sculpture" created by Colombian artist Oswaldo Macia living in London, in partnership with the British minimalist composer Michael Nyman, based on recordings of cries Macia files compiled by different parts of the world."I think the bulk of Colombia we all are, we are interdependent, we are co-responsible and this is part of what the work wants to play as a message, and reflection"Alvaro RestrepoIn a screen to project images of the original ceremony in Bogota and then come closer and closer details of paintings by the artist and architect Leopoldo Colombian Javier Combariza, while listening to the Symphony of the Lamentations of the Polish composer Henryk Gorecki."It was our intention to go from something very specific, as are the masses at the beginning, and go to ever more microscopic: the cosmic, from macro to something very intimate and very abstract.""That mass flow moving on stage, we going to individuals and individuals turn to issues that are textures, atmospheres, hence, writing and finally to the word, when at the end of this reflection Cherokee Indians, which states that "Peace is the law ', which is the desire of our country and the world."
In London's Sadler's Wells theater, one of the most important contemporary dance worldwide, today announced the Company of the Corps de Indias, Colombia.The company is, according to dancer and choreographer Alvaro Restrepo, "the cutting edge or tip of dance" at the College Corps, a project that he and the French choreographer Marie France Delieuvin began in 1997 in Cartagena de Indias.Related ContentThe law seeks to prevent "the greatest robbery in the history of Colombia"DESH, return to the origins of dance throughThe Pet Shop Boys, from pop to balletAccording to them, in the last 15 years more than 8,000 children and adolescents, most of the poorest areas of the Caribbean city, participated in the programs of the institution.Restrepo was one of those invited to speak this weekend at the TEDx event organized by the British newspaper The Observer, which is modeled after the TED talks in the United States established in 1984 under the slogan "Ideas worth spreading" .The inspiring event also took part, among others, the Malian musicians Amadou and Mariam, the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, the Spanish winemaker and promoter of sustainable environmental practices Miguel Torres, the Lebanese culinary activist Kamal Mouzawak and British music teacher Rosemary Nalden, founder and director of Buskaid String Ensemble of Soweto, South Africa.
Colombia's dancers and musicians performed together in South Africa Sadler's Wells.In his presentation, which was more than a chat choreography, Restrepo said he knew that his project would be on track since he told his friend Gabriel García Márquez was creating an institution called the College of the Body and the novelist answered it was an excellent name, which seemed the title of a book of poetry.After a brief introduction about his own life, the choreographer introduced through the dancers, the story of the school and the impact it has had on them and many other children and youth.At the end of the presentation and to the surprise of the audience who rewarded them with a standing ovation, South American artists danced while playing youth of Soweto.Restrepo said that in late 2010, in Colombia, had seen a documentary and wept upon learning that someone in South Africa was doing a project similar to yours, with poor children, some of whom are now studying in the most prestigious music schools ofworld.The next day, spoke to Rosemary Nalden and proposed work. A few months later, the Soweto String Ensemble traveled to Colombia and then the Corps Indies Company was made in South Africa.Physical and psychological violenceRestrepo told BBC News that the College Corps, also known by its acronym ECDC is the result of a dream that he "had been stroking for many years."
"I decided in 1991 to return to my country with the idea of creating a center that could offer opportunities I never had"Alvaro Restrepo"I started in dance late, at age 24 after having passed through many other ways," he said.According to him, although he was born in an upper middle class family, had a childhood and adolescence "very unhappy and confused", marked by a very strict education in a Catholic school, including physical and psychological violence, and sexism and violence at home and in Colombian society in general.Thanks to one of their grandmothers, who was a pianist and organist, as a child was interested in music and taught piano for nine years.After studying philosophy and literature, he worked on the streets of Bogota and abandoned children, thinking that the theater might be a good teaching tool to help them, decided to join a drama school.It was in that school and exbailarina an actress, Rosario Jaramillo, helped him to discover their potential in dance.Beginning in 1981 with a grant from the Colombian government, Restrepo studied dance in the U.S. under the guardianship, among others, Martha Graham, Jennifer Muller, Merce Cunningham and Cho Kyoo-Hyun."After doing my training in New York, to begin my career as a performer and creator of my own choreography, traveling the world, decided in 1991 to return to my country with the idea of creating a center that could offer opportunities I did not, "he said."I always say that El Colegio del Cuerpo is a way to heal myself from a pedagogical process tortuous and difficult, and I could somehow offer these opportunities to young people who did not have this."An error 'criminal'One of the children who benefited from the project and now, at 26, is one of the stars of the company is Eduard Martinez.
Restrepo told a brief history of each of the dancers. The display will go to Eduard Martinez when he was 11."The story of Eduard is interesting because he was not chosen in the first group as they were 480 children and we wanted to select only 30 for a pilot group," Restrepo told the BBC."And Eduard left out. Did not see, and surely we made were too many injustices. But six months after he arrived, with its 11 years old, knocked on the door and said, 'I come to talk to you because you made a mistake. Please read the survey I answered. '""We read it and saw that in the part where it asked whether, if selected, would like to continue in school, he had written: 'I want to continue in the College of the Body for contemporary dance was invented for me and a few others' "."Seeing the overwhelming response so decided to give it a try and sure enough, a few weeks we realized we'd made a grave error not only criminal but because we had let this guy out of the dance and his vocation. The vision he had was awesome. "Eduard Martinez told the BBC that he was fascinated by dance since seeing a presentation at her elementary school, while studying in sixth grade, the company at that time headed Delieuvin Restrepo, El Puente."It was special because in Cartagena contemporary dance is very new. All we were there we had 11 or 12 years and see the experience of a movement entirely, see Japanese dancers, Spanish, French, moving in a way that did not recognize was, I believe, what most caught my attention because I realized I could go into a vocabulary that did not know and I felt I had a close for me, which related a lot to me. "
"Everything I learned in school, in one way or another, I can provide it to other boys, whether in the social or artistic project"Eduard MartínezAlthough at all times had the support of his family, especially after the school principals visit your home and convince their parents of the seriousness of the project, the road was not always easy."Cartagena is a very macho and usually very difficult for a man working in the dance because the connotation is that dance is only for women and homosexuals.""On the other hand, the dance is not really considered a career or a respectable profession. Dance is more like a creative use of leisure time."Now, in addition to dance with the "tip dance" project, is very interested in sharing their experiences with younger generations."Everything I learned in school, in one way or another, I can provide it to other boys, whether in the social or artistic project. The idea is to provide all knowledge, all the baggage, all material of everyday life through dance and experience with the body and with others, an individual and collective at the same time, plus provide a high-level training. "New HeadquartersSince its foundation, El Colegio del Cuerpo has enjoyed the support of local and national authorities, including ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, as well as Colombian and international institutions.
The school already has a project to its new home, made by architect Javier Combariza Leopold. Now looking for resources to implement it.The school already has a project to its new home, made by architect Javier Combariza Leopold. Now looking for resources to implement it.Enlarge imageFrom 2007 to 2010, ECDC has developed a project with 1,200 children from 18 schools in the poorest areas of Cartagena with funds from the Japanese government, channeled through the World Bank.Now, the dream of Restrepo and his boys Delieuvin is moving to larger quarters than they have in the historic center of Cartagena, a city designated by UNESCO in 1984 as a World Heritage Site."Five years ago we received from the mayor of Cartagena four hectares of land in the suburbs, in a beautiful place in the town of Pontezuela, and the Spanish Agency for International Development also gave us a grant for the design of the new headquarters, "he said."We are now in the process of obtaining resources, a huge effort to build it to be not only a center for training, experimentation and educational innovation but also a cultural center that could be a laboratory of social inclusion for children, youth and the general population, from all social backgrounds. We believe that art has the power to convene, to erase the differences and get people to integrate. ""I am a deep admirer of the maestro Abreu has created in Venezuela and sleep with the Colombian government to propose something similar for our country, but with the dance"Alvaro RestrepoIn addition, Restrepo would like to take the project to other parts of Colombia and develop something similar to the National Children and Youth Orchestras established by José Antonio Abreu in Venezuela."It's one of my obsessions. I am a deep admirer of the maestro Abreu has created in Venezuela and sleep with the Colombian government to propose something similar for our country, but to dance, because it could be very powerful and much cheaper because they do not have to buy tools because we are born with the instrument set, we are the instrument. ""Obviously, adequate space should be built, bringing teachers, but I think the implications could have a construction work of these bodies for art, for life-the body as sacred habitat where life happens, can have extraordinary consequences for the processes of building peace for citizens of our country and the world. "Citizens for PeaceOne of the places in Colombia where Restrepo would like to take the College of the Body is the region of Chocó on the Pacific coast, where a large population of African descent with similar characteristics to that of Cartagena and for whom the dance is very natural."I have a story too personal with the Chocó, as my sister, Monica Restrepo, who is dedicated to the work we are presenting in London, 'Inxilio the trail of tears', was the great architect of the Law 70 of title collective land for Afro-descendants. is a topic that touches me very closely, as that of the displaced because my sister was also in charge of this country at the time of his death 12 years ago " .
The work was created by Álvaro Restrepo in 2011 in collaboration with Marie France Delieuvin.The choreography, which was presented at the Lilian Baylis study of Sadler's Wells and in the coming days will be in Paris at the National Dance Center-reflects the plight of those displaced by violence in Colombia."This book is a version of camera did a huge ceremony in December 2010 attended by 200 people -150 of which were people in situation of displacement, 25 dancers from the College of the Body and 25 players, plus one hundred musicians of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogota. ""It is a work which is focused on raising awareness, reach out to the hearts of viewers, to tell the Colombians and the world in general because I think the issue of displacement, the exodus, migration is the story of humanity-that is a problem that affects us all, we can not see it as something that happens to others, but it is happening to a body part of Colombia. ""I think the bulk of Colombia we all are, we are interdependent, share responsibility and this is part of what the work wants to play as a message, and reflection."The piece, which includes two women dressed as if they were virgins outputs an icon, it starts with a "sound sculpture" created by Colombian artist Oswaldo Macia living in London, in partnership with the British minimalist composer Michael Nyman, based on recordings of cries Macia files compiled by different parts of the world."I think the bulk of Colombia we all are, we are interdependent, we are co-responsible and this is part of what the work wants to play as a message, and reflection"Alvaro RestrepoIn a screen to project images of the original ceremony in Bogota and then come closer and closer details of paintings by the artist and architect Leopoldo Colombian Javier Combariza, while listening to the Symphony of the Lamentations of the Polish composer Henryk Gorecki."It was our intention to go from something very specific, as are the masses at the beginning, and go to ever more microscopic: the cosmic, from macro to something very intimate and very abstract.""That mass flow moving on stage, we going to individuals and individuals turn to issues that are textures, atmospheres, hence, writing and finally to the word, when at the end of this reflection Cherokee Indians, which states that "Peace is the law ', which is the desire of our country and the world."
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